New Music Concert
Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra
Featuring World Premieres By:
Richard Thompson
Chen Yi
&
Peter Askim
| SATURDAY, APRIL 28th, 7:30 PM IDYLLWILD ARTS ACADEMY (Free) IDYLLWILD ARTS FOUNDATION, BOWMAN HALL 52500 TEMECULA RD, IDYLLWILD, CA | APRIL 29TH, 4:00 PM BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE 4800 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA
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email Scott Schroeder, sschroeder at idyllwildarts.org
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra continues its tradition of performing the most exciting new works of our time, collaborating with world-class soloists and commissioning major composers.
The upcoming performance features the World Premieres of songs from Richard Thompson's Interviews with Ghosts, Chen Yi's Tone Poem, Peter Askim's Elsewhere and the World Premiere of the Orchestra Version of John Cage's Credo in US. Also on the program is the West Coast Premiere of So member Jason Treuting's Oblique Music and Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood.
Alongside the youthful virtuosi of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, Richard Thompson will sing and perform his new songs with orchestral accompaniment. So Percussion will be the featured soloists for three of the works.
PROGRAM:
Richard Thompson Interviews With Ghosts (World Premiere), Richard Thompson Voice and Guitar
Jason Treuting Oblique Music (West Coast Premiere), So Percussion
Chen Yi Tone Poem (World Premiere), Commissioned by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and the Richard P. Wilson Fund for New Music
Peter Askim Elsewhere… (World Premiere)
John Cage Credo in US (World Premiere of Orchestral Version), Authorized by The John Cage Trust), So Percussion
Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood , So Percussion