Eric Starr, trombone
Friday, April 28, 2023
8:00 PM
San Diego New Music invites composers from grades 9–12 to apply for the Emerging Composers Workshop of Spring 2023. In this program, high school students participate in a three-part workshop with San Diego State University music composition and theory professor, Dr. Texu Kim, to compose an original musical work. The workshop will culminate in a public reading session with professional performers on Friday, April 28 at the Athenaeum Art Center at Bread and Salt.
Eligibility: Participants must be enrolled in high school in San Diego County, have completed at least two musical compositions and be able to demonstrate recent compositional activity, and is considering studying music composition in college.
Featured Composers:
Paola Martinez — Hilltop High School
Liam Rodrigues — The Preuss School
Mauricio Salas — The Preuss School
Texu Kim — Composition Mentor
Ensemble:
Camellia Aftahi — Double Bass
Ryan Nestor — Percussion
Anahita Pesonjamasp — Flute
Eric Starr — Trombone
Workshop Dates:
Feb 24 – 5 PM
March 17 – 5 PM
April 14 – 5 PM
Public Reading:
April 28 – 8:00 PM
San Diego New Music is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the public performance of notated music of the highest integrity and artistic caliber from the 20th and 21st centuries. We seek to advance the art form by promoting music composed with conceptual rigor, passionate energy and singular artistic vision. SDNM enriches the artistic culture of San Diego through the presentation of an annual concert series and the soundON Festival of Modern Music, and through fostering its resident performing ensemble, NOISE.
In 1994, the only place in San Diego where you could hear an entire concert of 20th-century music was on a college campus. San Diego New Music pitched the idea of a concert series devoted to modern music and 20th-century classics at the Athenaeum. The concerts of modern music perfectly complement the exhibitions of modern art held in the Athenaeum’s galleries. In 1996, San Diego New Music presented its first season. The series was called "Noise at the Library," and the ensemble would later adopt the name, as well.
San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum have been happily co-presenting concerts of new music ever since.
For more information on the organization go to www.sandiegonewmusic.com.
Generously underwritten by the Sleet Music Performance Fund in memory of Don Sleet, Down Beat Magazine acclaimed trumpeter of the year and leader of the CD "All Members"; Marshall C. Sleet, instrumental music coordinator & educator for the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District; Anna Mae Sleet, Choral director at La Mesa Jr High and La Pressa Middle School, and Jeffery Barnett Sleet, Cellist, and a member of the acclaimed San Diego Youth Symphony who passed away in 2022 at the age of 58.
The concert will be in person at the Athenaeum Art Center. There are no physical tickets for this event. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. This event will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of the concert.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home.