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Past Performances, Berkeley New Music Project

Fall 2020

  • Saturday, February 29 8-10pm, Hertz Hall,
    Berkeley New Music Project/Eco Ensemble
    David Milnes conducts recent works by UC Berkeley graduate student composers featuring our resident professional new music ensemble.

Fall 2019

  • Sunday, April 7pm, Hertz Hall,
    Quince Ensemble and Berkeley New Music Project

Spring 2019

  • Saturday, March 2, 8pm, Hertz Hall,
    David Milnes, conductor
    Sivan ELDAR you’ll drown, dear (US Premiere)
    Carmine CELLA When the light thickens (US Premiere)
    Amadeus REGUCERA RAW (World Premiere)
    Matthew SCHUMAKER Nocte Lux
    CELLA La mémoire de l’eau (US Premiere)

Spring 2018

  • Sunday, May 6, 5pm Zellerbach Playhouse
    eco ensemble; Foxtrot Delirium
    Live silent film score with screening of The Oyster Princess (1919)
  • Wednesday, May 9, 8pm, Hertz Hall,
    David Milnes, director
    New works by graduate composers Andrew Harlan, Kayla Cashetta, Selim Göncü, and Ursula Kwong-Brown

Spring 2017

  • Monday, May 8, 8pm, Hertz Hall
    Eco Ensemble presents Berkeley Composers
    David Milnes conducts new works by UC Berkeley graduate student composers featuring ECO, our resident professional new music ensemble.

Fall 2015

Spring 2014

  • Monday, May 12, 8PM, Hertz Hall, free
    Berkeley New Music Project/Eco Ensemble
    David Milnes conducts recent works by UC Berkeley graduate student composers featuring our resident professional new music ensemble.

Spring 2013

  • Monday, May 13, 3PM, Hertz Hall
    Berkeley New Music Project
    David Milnes conducts new works by UC Berkeley graduate student composers featuring our resident professional new music ensemble.

Spring 2012

  • Wednesday, April 11, 12:15pm, Hertz Hall
    Berkeley New Music Project
    New works by Berkeley graduate student composers
  • Monday, May 7, 8PM, Hertz Hall
    Berkeley New Music Project
    New works from Cal’s distinguished graduate composers from around the world, including new electronic sounds from Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technology featuring the Eco Ensemble, CNMAT’s professional ensemble in residence, led by David Milnes.

Fall 2011

  • Monday, December 12, 2011. 8PM, Hertz Hall
    Berkeley New Music Project
    New works from Cal’s distinguished graduate composers from around the world, including new electronic sounds from Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technology featuring the Eco Ensemble, CNMAT’s professional ensemble in residence, led by David Milnes.Program:
    Thatchatham Silsupan (“Big”): All the people,… (2011)
    Nils Bultmann: From the depths for viola, didjeridu, and video projection (2011)
    Lily Chen: Four Moods (2009)
    Andres Cremisini: Move, tongue (2010)
    Ilya Y. Rostovtsev: Understatements (2010)
    Dan Van Hassel: Revoked for electric guitar and string quartet

Spring 2011

  • Wednesday, January 26, 2011. 12:15pm, Hertz Hall
    Beat Furrer: Percussion Quartet
    Presenting his work, visiting composer Beat Furrer, conductor and founder of the Klangforum Wien, a leading European contemporary music ensemble, will work with composition students
  • Sunday, February 6, 2011, 8PM, Hertz Hall
    Liza White: Groove II for solo piano
    David Coll: Derive for bass clarinet, cello, and electronics
    Jason Levis: Dub Concr�te II for tape
    Dan VanHassel: Poised to Make Gains for piano with live audio and video processing
    Nils Bultmann: Improvisation for viola and live video processing
    Evelyn Ficarra: Vagues / Fenêtres for String Trio and Electronic Sounds
  • Sunday, April 10, 2011, 3PM, Hertz Hall
    ANDREW IMBRIE FESTIVAL
    In conjunction with members of the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota
    Andrew Imbrie: Piano Quartet; Spring Fever; Sextet for Six Friends
    Cindy Cox: New work in memory of Andrew Imbrie
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 12:15pm, Hertz Hall
    Eco Ensemble – New Music by Berkeley Composers
    More information TBA
  • Monday, May 9, 2011, 8PM, Hertz Hall
    This professional new music grou performs adventurous musical works from established and emerging Berkeley composers
    More information TBA

Fall 2010

  • Monday, December 13, 2010 8pm, Hertz Hall
    New acoustic and electronic music by graduate student and faculty composers fo the BNMP performed by members of the Eco Ensemble:
    John MacCallum – Aberration for Percussion Trio
    Chris Froh, Loren Mach, and Dan Kennedy, percussion Sivan Eldar – Archive(s) Rama Gottfried – One Loop for Nine Michael Nicholas – the anticipation of inspiration Matthew Goodheart – For Clarinet and Metal Percussion
  • Wednesday, December 1, 2010, noon, Hertz Hall
    New music from the composers in the graduate composition seminar of Edmund Campion:
    Michael Nicholas – Aphorisms for solo piano
    Andrew Ly – Porphyria’s Lover for soprano, two violins and viola
    Thatchatham Silsupan – Kalamasutra for clarinet, cello and piano
    Ian Saxton – Alluvium For Cello and Electronics

Fall 2009

  • 2009 November 18, Hertz Hall
    New music from the composers in the graduate composition seminar of Franck Bedrossian.

 

  • 2009 December 17, Hertz Hall
    New acoustic and electronic music by graduate student and faculty composers fo the BNMP performed by members of the Berkeley Contemporaty Chamber Players (BCCP)

 

  • 2009 October 12, Hertz Hall
    Iannis Xenakis, Rebonds a
    Isamu Kanai, Music of Mercurius
    Anonymous, Banshikicho-no Chosi (from 10th-century Japanese Gagaku music)
    Keiko Harada, Structured Improvisation I-X
    Heather Frasch, entangled strife
    Daniel Cullen, Sculpture Garden
    Jen Wang, Orography

Spring 2009

  • 2009 April 13, Hertz Hall
    David Coll, Stanza in Meditation
    Daniel Cullen, Magnetic Poetry
    Robin Estrada, Dasal
    Jen Wang, Interstate/Luminesce
    Philipp Blume, leuchtertrautfernemdnahes
    Heather Frasch, Web of Welded Connections

Fall 2008

  • 2008 November 24, Hertz Hall
    Jimmy Lopez, Kasa
    Nils Bultmann, A collection of short duos for viola and percussion
    David Coll, Muthologos
    Amadeus Regucera, Revuelta, Revoluci�n, Rebeli�n (despu�s de Octavio Paz)
    Edmund Campion, From Swan Songs
    Ken Ueno, Reverse Swastikas Mark the Place of Buddhist Temples

Spring 2008

  • 2008 April 14, Hertz Hall
    Elliott Carter, La Musique
    Evelyn Ficarra, Night Edge II
    Jean Ahn, Folksong Revisit
    Hubert Ho, Septic/Ice/Snow
    Jen Wang, The Garden of Forking Paths
    Heather Frasch, Welded Collage
    Michal Rataj, The Autumn Story
    Music Cindy Cox/Text John Campion, Singing the lines

Fall 2007

  • 2007 December 17, Hertz Hall
    Evelyn Ficarra, Night Edge
    Robin Estrada, Et Apertum est Templum
    Jean Ahn, OPEN
    Heather Frasch, Segmented Fragmentations
    Jason Levis, Dub Concrète
    John MacCallum, …almost like hail…
    Jeremy Hunt, in_videophone_surround

Spring 2007

  • 2007 April 2, Hertz Hall
    Loretta Notareschi, From the Inside for oboe, 4 violins, and cello
    Aaron Einbond, Temper for bass clarinet and live electronics
    Gaël Tissot, Instants de marche for solo viola and tape
    Robert Yamasato, Silewhet for string quartet
    Jason Levis, Étendue for contrabass and electronics
    David Coll, 1956-1958 for violin, cello and percussion
    Heather Frasch, to wrest unknown vibrations for trombone and two bass clarinets
    John MacCallum, -frozen into shards of ice- for electronics

Fall 2006

  • 2006 November 20, Hertz Hall
    Heather Frasch, Context, Opposition, Mechanics (electro-acoustic)
    Mei-Fang Lin, Souvenir d’une fée for amplified violin with reverb
    Jason Levis, fallen leaves gather for 10 players and 2 conductors
    Jeremy Hunt, spectre (electronics/animation)
    Jason Levis, Collected Fictions for cello and piano
    Robert Yamasato, Composition of Chambers

Spring 2006

  • 2006 April 3, Hertz Hall
    David Coll, without (“…and dropped land into the bottom as it left rocks and kame when it pulled back…'”
    Jason Levis, IV. Aspects
    Aaron Einbond, Microtures for piano (2005)
    Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, Réfractions d’une trajectoire sans but
    Brian Kane, neither super-idealized guidance nor caprice
    Jean Ahn, Ornament for Piano Duo
    Robert Yamasato, Void

Fall 2005

  • 2005 November 21, Hertz Hall
    John MacCallum, Le campane nella campagna
    Jean Ahn, Open
    Mei-Fang Lin, L’image Reconstitúee
    Aaron Einbond, Leaping Lizards
    Loretta Notareschi, Dimwit’s Delight
    Robert Yamasato, Scherzo

Spring 2005

  • 2005 April 4, Hertz Hall
    David Coll, “…t_ho_d th_fu_ure unt__ he_uture_ade ba_k to th_ spot…”
    Brian Kane, Figura
    Loretta Notareschi, Savor (2004)
    Jean Ahn, Koto (2005) (work in progress)
    Philipp Blume, Separated at Birth (2003)
    Aaron Einbond, Arie

Fall 2004

  • 2004 November 22, Hertz Hall
    Aaron Einbond, Crazy Salad
    Christina Ahn, Paths to “G”
    Jeremy Hunt, Vi´nes en Campos de Vi´nes
    Loretta Notareschi, Liquid Sings
    Roberto Morales-Manzanares, Winding
    Jean Ahn, Five Pieces

Spring 2004

  • 2004 April 21, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    Aaron Einbond, “inside out” for solo violin
    Brian Kane, “Measure is the Heaven of Desire” for solo violin
    Loretta Notareschi, “Pido Silencio” for countertenor and ensemble
    Roberto Morales, Alcaravan II (New Work for flute, electronics, and video)
    Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, “A Sort of Homecoming” for string sextet

Fall 2003

  • 2003 November 22, International House
    Jean Ahn, Byukyaku for solo koto
    David Coll, Focus….Shift….Regions for solo piano
    Fernando Banadon, the best clock for five players
    Aaron Einbond, Fundamental Particles for four players
    Brian Kane, Clarinet Quintet

Spring 2003

  • 2003 May 5, Hertz Hall
    Philipp Blume, in nuce
    Peter Slavin, Remancillos
    Aaron Einbond, Fancies Curled
    Reynold Tharp, Cold
    Brian Kane, Nocturne
    Jean Ahn, Sextet
    Hubert Ho, Tremble
  • 2003 April 7, Hertz Hall (BCCP only)
    Steven Stucky (b. 1949), Boston Francies (1985)
    George Benjamin (b. 1960), Meditation on Haydn’s Name (1982)
    Gunther Schuller (b. 1925), Duo Concertante for Cello and Piano (begun 1947, completed 2002)
    John Thow (b. 1949), Dalla Selva Oscura al giardino bianco/verde (2002)
    Steven Stucky, Ad Parnassum (1998)

Spring 2002

  • 2002 March 11, Hertz Hall
    Roberto Morales, melco
    Roberto Morales and Ali momeni, lap dance
    Ali Momeni, j cyclo
    Keeril Makan, Braid (2001)
    Peter Slavin, anyone lived in a pretty how town (poem by E.E. Cummings)
    Dwight Banks, TRE

Fall 2001

  • 2001 October 15, Hertz Hall
    Ali Momeni and David Bithell, Same Rage Same Machine [Less Clear Channels]
    Hubert Ho, Stick Your Head in the Dryer
    Richard Dudas, Chorale, Variations and Ricercar
    Mason Bates, Elements

Spring 2001

  • 2001 April 2, Hertz Hall (UÇ Berkeley) April 3, Wyatt Pavilion (UC Davis)
    A Tribute to Andrew Imbrie
    Program I
    John Swackhamer (b. 1923), Trio (for A.I) (flute, clarinet, piano)
    Edward Cone (b. 1917), Variations for Solo Viola
    Jerome Rosen (b. 1921), Toot Suite (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)
    Jonathan Kramer (b. 1942), Imbrication (flute, clarinet, violin viola cello)
    Ross Bauer (b. 1951), Tribute (cello, piano)
    Olly Wilson (b. 1937), Andy’s Chorus (flute, clarinet, violin viola, cello, percussion, piano)
    Leon Kirchner (b. 1919), Solo for Violin
    Fred Lerdahl (b. 1943), Imbrications (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano)
    Andrew Imbrie (b. 1921), Piano Quartet (violin, viola, cello, piano)
  • 2001 April 9, Hellman Hall (San Francisco Conservatory) April 11, Recital Hall (UC Santa Cruz)
    A Tribute to Andrew Imbrie
    Program II
    Andrew Imbrie, Spring Fever
    Mario Davidovsky, Recit Andy
    Wayne Peterson, Inscape
    Sung-Jae Lee, Dalha Dalha
    Gunther Schuller, Sonata Fantasia
    John Harbison, Chaconne
    William O. Smith, Ottanta
    Elliott Carter, “_______”
    Robert Helps, Postcards
    Hi Kyung Kim, Orange Pastel
  • 2001 May 7, Hertz Hall
    Hubert Ho, Peeling the Lint
    Adriana Verdié, Quattro
    Ali Momeni, ””””””””, but in threes
    Ali Momeni, study for two voices and live electronics (article yellow section 3+)
    Peter Slavin, Two Movements for String Quartet
    Tom Swafford, Last Gasp

Spring 2000

  • 2000 May 6, Hertz Hall
    Michael F. Zbyszynski, Imbroglio for viola and piano
    Fernando  Benadon, Saxophone Etude
    Tom Swafford, Bluegrass Tango and Quiet Lament
    Richard Dudas, Morceau de Concert
    Richard Dudas, Some Little Duos for Violin and Viola
    Dmitri Tymoczko, This Picture Seems to Move
  • 2000 November 20, Hertz Hall
    Dmitri Tymoczko, I Will Not
    Mei-Fang Lin, Disintegration
    Tom Swafford, Aria for solo cello
    Alan Tormey, The Electric Oui-Oui Room