Eric Starr, trombone
Thursday, August 3, 2023
7:30 PM
Premieres of new works by San Diego's emerging generation of composers, presented at the Athenaeum Art Center in Barrio Logan.
We celebrate San Diego's young and emerging composers with a concert of newly-composed works by composers selected through the 2023 Emerging Composers Commission Competition. Each one of these young composers is currently studying at a San Diego academic institution, and will be commissioned to compose an original work to be premiered on this concert.
Composers:
Joseph Ceballos, University of San Diego
Gabriel de Guzman, San Diego State University
Alex Laubach, Palomar College
Mai Pacumio, San Diego State University
Gerry Reoyo, San Diego State University
Performers:
Rachel Allen, trumpet
Anahita Pestonjamasp, flute
Varun Rangaswamy, bassoon
Eric Starr, trombone
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.
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.
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.