2007 Alfred Loeffler
New Music Symposium
Sun., Nov. 4-Wed. Nov. 6
Various Times/Locations
The 4th annual Alfred Loeffler New Music Symposium will take place Sunday, Nov. 4 through Wednesday, Nov. 7 at CSU, Chico and will include concerts and master classes on composition.
The New Music Symposium honors the late Alfred Loeffler, composer and music professor at Chico State, and features works by guest artists, faculty, and student composers.
“The concerts will present a mix of new pieces and masterworks of contemporary composition,” said Department of Music faculty member David Dvorin, coordinator of the event. “Additionally, the program includes a few highly anticipated premier works written especially for the symposium.”
Works by student composers will be featured during the the first concert, which takes place Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. in the Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information contact Dvorin, at 898-5152.
“Each event will vary in music selections from chamber music to multimedia works,” noted Dvorin.
Headlining the second concert of the series, composer and percussionist John Lane from Sam Houston State University in Texas will perform his own works and those from the modern percussion repertoire on Monday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harlen Adams Theatre. Included will be Lane’s musical composition “Sequences No.2” for DVD projection and marimba based on the Human Genome Project. Adding to the performance will be pieces by faculty composers, Jerry Grant and Russell Burnham. Advance tickets, at $15 adults, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
The third concert — Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall — features composer and saxophonist Randy McKean of Grass Valley. McKean will perform structured improvisational works with his trio of clarinet/saxophone, violin/oboe/electronics, and trombone. Rounding out the program will be premiers of chamber and multimedia works by faculty composers Tobin Roye, Ray Barker, the Faculty Jazz Quartet, and Dvorin. Advance tickets, at $15 adults, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
Lane and McKean will also offer master classes during the symposium dates. Composition for Percussion with John Lane will take place Monday, Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. in PAC 116. Improvisation in Composition with Randy McKean will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6 in PAC 112.
A last-minute addition to the symposium, preeminent composer Terry Riley will talk about his works during a master class on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. in PAC 116. Riley was listed by the London Sunday Times as “one of the 1000 makers of the 20th Century,” so don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to hear him present his work.
All three master classes are free and open to the public.
For disability-related accommodations, please call 898-4325. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door.
