Posts Tagged ‘Steven Schick’
Lei Liang’s Opera ‘Inheritance’ Premieres in La Jolla
San Diego composer Lei Liang has turned the eccentric heiress Sarah Winchester and her strange obsessions into a one-act chamber opera, titled “Inheritance,” which received its premiere last week in the Experimental Theatre at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Read MoreAvant-Garde and Traditional Cohabit Comfortably at La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Concert
Living up to its reputation as a citadel of the avant-garde, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus under the direction of Steven Schick closed its 2017-18 season Sunday (June 10) with two substantial new works: Rand Steiger’s ”Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Orchestra” and Courtney Bryan’s “Yet Unheard,” as well as Gabriel Fauré’s endearing Requiem.
Read MoreSameer Patel Leads La Jolla Symphony on a Modernist Field Day
Sameer Patel, Associate Conductor of the San Diego Symphony, led the La Jolla Symphony this past weekend in a stirring program of 20th-century modernists–Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, and Messaien–with a 2016 work by the American composer Hannah Lash.
Read MoreSteven Schick, the San Diego Symphony and the Music of Takemitsu: a Match Made in Heaven
Although a few events remain in San Diego’s “It’s About Time” music festival, Festival Curator Steven Schick pulled out all the stops for his last festival appearance conducting the San Diego Symphony Sunday, January 28, at the Jacobs Music Center . . .
Read MorePaul Taylor Dance Brings Sparkling, Sardonic Works to the Spreckels
As we anticipated three dances — “Arden Court,” “Changes,” and “Cloven Kingdom,”
there was a sense of connecting with history, almost touching Taylor’s long arms, and those he had touched.
Impressive All-Percussion Extravaganza at the Jacobs Music Center
Steven Schick ramped up the excitement of his It’s About Time Festival with an all-star percussion marathon at the Jacobs Music Center Tuesday, January 16 . . .
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