Posts Tagged ‘Pei-Chun Tsai’
Art of Elan Brings Vibrant Chamber Program to the San Diego Museum of Art
Art of Elan returned to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park Wednesday, February 28, with a chamber music program of unusual scope and variety
Read MoreDefining Home: Art of Elan’s Multicultural Discoveries
‘Defining Home’–Art of Elan’s Sunday program presented at Balboa Park’s Mingei International Museum–featured the Hausmann Quartet playing contemporary music of composers from starkly different traditions.
Read MoreOnline NWEAMO 2021 Festival Offers Bountiful Array of Music Styles and Visual Invention
The NWEAMO 2021 new music festival presented its entire festival online Sunday afternoon, May 2, 2021. Although it tested the alert concentration and comprehension of even devoted new music followers, it offered an impressive array of musical and visual stimulation.
Read MoreSan Diego State University Musicians Offer Virtuoso Contemporary Fare at Bread and Salt in Barrio Logan
Music Director Michael Gerdes took the San Diego State University Chamber Orchestra and a cache of other SDSU musicians down to Bread and Salt in Barrio Logan Sunday afternoon to perform an engaging concert of contemporary music. With its high ceiling and unfinished, bare brick walls, the chaste performance space embraces all styles of music.…
Read MoreArt of Élan: Fine Performance Without Applause–an Idea Whose Time Has Come
Questioning the protocol of concert attendance is rarely undertaken, but Kate Hatmaker, Artistic and Executive Director of Art of Élan, made a brave suggestion before the group’s concert Tuesday, May 7, at the San Diego Museum of Art. She asked the audience not to applaud after each of the seven works on the evening’s program. The result proved astounding.
Read MoreChamber Music on the Cutting Edge from Franz Joseph Haydn to Matthew Aucoin
“All music was new at one time,” quipped Matthew Aucoin Tuesday as he welcomed the audience to his “Hearing the Future” festival chamber music program in the Auditorium at TSRI. Following his festival theme, Aucoin chose pieces that were pivotal when they were written, displaying approaches that pointed to a musical future barely on the horizon.
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