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Recent Past Performances
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Sunday, February 7, 2010, 4:00 pm
--Noe Valley Chamber Music

Program: Music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Paweł Szymański, Tania León and Philip Glass.
Where: Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $18 General, $15 Students and Seniors
For tickets and more information: Noe Valley Chamber Music

January 11, 2010, 7:30 pm
--"Music at Meyer"

Program: Music by Béla Bartók, Lou Harrison, Zhou Long and Gabriela Lena Frank.
Where: Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $22-$25
For tickets and more information: 1-800-838-3006 or Music at Meyer

December 4 - 6, 2009
--GARDEN (chapter one “Night”); Intermedia project with Chris Jonas

Where: Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM
For more information: Center for Contemporary Art
Surrounded by sound and projected video, this immersive environment will transport the audience to a completely different realm.

Wednesday, November 18, 9:15 – 10:05 am
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Reading of student works
Where: Hercules Middle/High School, 1900 Refugio Valley Road, Hercules, CA

Friday, November 13, 2:10 – 3:15 pm (two back-to-back shows)
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Reading of student works
Where: Herbert Hoover Middle School, 2290 - 14th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:47 - 2:34 pm
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Reading of student works
Where: Herbert Hoover Middle School, 2290 - 14th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11:45 – 12:45 pm
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Reading of student works
Where: Hercules Middle/High School, 1900 Refugio Valley Road, Hercules, CA

Sunday, October 25, 2009, 5:00 pm
--Benefit Performance for MENVI [Music Educators' Network for the Visually Impaired]

Suggested donation: $20.00
Where: Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA
For more information: (510) 323-4934 or MENVI

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 8:10 – 8:55 am
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Longfellow Group #2: A Chocolate Allegro
Longfellow Group #3: Song
Longfellow Group #5: A Raging Surprise…Snake!
Longfellow Group #1: Storm to Come
Longfellow Group #4: Triste
Where: Longfellow Magnet Middle School, 1500 Derby Street, Berkeley, CA

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 9:50 – 10:30 am
--“Composing Together” Final Concert
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Lowell Group #5: Church's Dungeon
Lowell Group #2: Dogs and Cars
Lowell Group #3: Final Breath
Lowell Group #4: Burning Desires of a Lonely Man
Lowell Group #1: Midnight Mood
Where: Lowell High School, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco, CA

Monday, October 19, 2009, 1:15 – 2:05 pm
--"Composing Together" Reading Session
Educational project with Katrina Wreede


Katie Wreede subs for Charlton

Where: Edna Brewer Middle School, 3748 - 13th Avenue, Oakland, CA

Friday, October 9, 7:30pm
--Samovar Performance

Program: Music by Paquito D'Rivera, Paweł Szymański, Gabriela Ortiz, Astor Piazzolla, Gabriela Lena Frank, Paul Yeon Lee and George Gershwin.
Where: Samovar Hall, 1077 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA
Tickets: $20.00 general admission, $15.00 senior and students.
For tickets and more information: Samovar

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 12:15 pm
--"Chancellor's Concert Series"

Free lunchtime concert on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

Program: Music by Gabriela Ortiz, Paweł Szymański and Paul Yeon Lee.
Where: Mission Bay Genentech Hall Atrium, 600 - 16th Street, San Francisco, CA
For more information: Chancellor's Concert Series

Thursday, October 1, 2009
--Symphony Space

Del Sol's New York debut, inaugurating Symphony Space's 2009-2010 season. Co-produced by Polish Cultural Institute and Symphony Space.

Where: Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY
Program: Music by Gabriela Ortiz, Paweł Mykietyn, Paweł Szymański and world premiere performance of Tania León's "Esencia."
For tickets and more information: Symphony Space Box Office (212) 864-5400, or Symphony Space

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:00 pm
--Concert: Gabriela Lena Frank

Program: Music by Paquito D'Rivera, Tania León, Gabriela Ortiz and Gabriela Lena Frank
Where: La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Tickets: $12 general admission
For more information: (510) 849-2568 or La Peña

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 6:30 pm
--Chamber Music Day. Live + Free

“Join us for a chamber music marathon with 15 of the hottest ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area! With each group introduced by a local presenter, you will experience diverse music - from baroque and classical to contemporary and jazz - and find out who is showcasing the ensembles and where.”

Program: Del Sol performs music by Gabriela Ortiz, Tania León and Gabriela Lena Frank.
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Tickets: FREE!
For more information: (415) 710-0551 or San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:30 pm
--The Lensic: The Del Sol String Quartet

Del Sol will perform works by composer and collaborator Chris Jonas of Littleglobe and excerpts from their collaboration piece, GARDEN, an intermedia performance of live music and projected video. Presented by The Lensic and Littleglobe, in association with SITE Santa Fe and the Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe (CCA).

Program: Chris Jonas GARDEN (10 minute work-in-progress selection) and music accompaniment for the silent films “Automatic Moving Company” (1912) and “The Pumpkin Race” (1908). Also string quartets by Pawe? Szyma?ski, Paquito D'Rivera and Gabriela Ortiz.
Where: The Lensic, Santa Fe's Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM
Tickets: $12-$30, students half price with ID Santa Fe at The Lensic 505-988-1234

Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:00-2:00 pm
--"You Are Hear at SFO" Del Sol performs for frequent flyers. Fasten your seat belts!

Program: A miscellany of Del Sol repertoire
Where: San Francisco International Airport

August through November, 2009
--"Composing Together" Educational Program with Katrina Wreede

Entire classrooms of students engage in the compositional process, culminating in performances of their completed string quartets.

Where: Lowell High School (San Francisco), Longfellow Magnet Middle School, (Berkeley, CA), Hercules Middle/High School (Hercules, CA), Herbert Hoover Middle School (San Francisco), Edna Brewer Middle School (Oakland, CA).
For more information: Composing Together

Monday, June 29, 2009, 2:00 - 6:30 pm
Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:00 – 6:30 pm
Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 2:00 - 6:30 pm
Thursday, July 2, 2009, 10:30 am – 8:00 pm

--"QuartetFest" San Francisco’s premier string quartet training workshop for young musicians.

More Info: QuartetFest

Friday, June 26, 2009, 11:00-2:00 pm
--"You Are Hear at SFO" Del Sol performs for frequent flyers. Fasten your seat belts!

Program: A miscellany of Del Sol repertoire
Where: San Francisco International Airport

Sunday, June 21, 2009
--"Garden of Memory: A Columbarium Walk-Through Event" A walk-through concert to celebrate the summer solstice

Program: A miscellany of Del Sol repertoire
Where: Chapel of the Chimes (next to Mountain View Cemetery) 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA
When: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m and 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tickets & Info: Garden of Memory

Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:30 pm
--WET INK Concert, Music In the Mountains Festival Four World Premieres of string quartets by composers of the Nevada County Composers Cooperative.

Program:

  • Jerry Grant: "Polarities" (2009)
  • Randy McKean: "Passages" (2009)
  • William Jay Sydeman: String Quartet No. 1 (1954)
  • Mark Vance: “between midnight and dawn” (2009)
Where: The Amaral Center, Nevada County Fairgrounds
11228 McCourtney Rd, Grass Valley, CA
Tickets: $20 general; $5 student
More Info: Music in the Mountain box office, 530-265-6124, or Music in the Mountains

Friday, May 8, 2009 8:00 pm
--Home Season Performances: 'Mestizaje'

Program:

  • Tania León (b. 1943, Cuba): [String Quartet No. 1] (2009) WORLD PREMIERE
  • Paul Yeon Lee (b. 1970, Korea): “Ari, Ari... ari” (2009) WORLD PREMIERE
  • Philip Glass (b. 1937): String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
  • Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957, USA): “Gondola” (String Quartet No. 4) (2007)
Composers Tania León and Paul Yeon Lee will attend the performance and participate in a discussion with the audience and reception immediately after the concert.

Where: Main Post Chapel, Building 130 on Fisher Loop (near the Golden Gate Club) in the Presidio of San Francisco. Free parking; Wheelchair accessible; Muni 29 Sunset bus. Map.
Tickets: At the door. $25 adults, $20 seniors, $12 students/kids (Dance Palace members: $15 adults; $12 seniors; $7 students/kids).
More Info: 415-374-0074 or info@delsolquartet.com


This concert is supported, in part, by the San Francisco Arts Commission (Cultural Equity Grant Program), Grants for the Arts (San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund), and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. (Performing Ensembles Program).

Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:00 pm
--Home Season Performances: 'Mestizaje'

Program: World Premieres by Tania León and Paul Yeon Lee, and works by Philip Glass and Linda Catlin Smith.
Where: The Dance Palace, 503 - B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA
Tickets: At the door. $25 general, $20 seniors, $10 students. Dance Palace members: $20 general, $15 seniors, $5 students.
More Info: The Dance Palace or info@delsolquartet.com

Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:15 pm
--Chancellor's Concert Series

Program: Linda Catlin Smith 'Gondola' (String Quartet No. 4) and Philip Glass String Quartet No. 5.
Where: Laurel Heights Auditorium, UCSF Laurel Heights, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free admission.
More Info: 415-374-0074 or info@delsolquartet.com

Monday, March 30, 2009 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 7:00 pm
--Virginia Waring International Piano Competition

Program: Del Sol performs with competitors in piano quintet movements by Johannes Brahms, Cèsar Franck, and Robert Schumann.
Where: Indian Wells Theater, CSU San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus, 37500 Cook Street, Palm Desert, CA
Tickets: Free admission.
More Info: Virginia Waring International Piano Competition

Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:00 pm
Friday, March 6, 2009 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2009 8:00 pm
--Other Minds Festival XIV

Program: Premieres by Michael Harrison, Dobromila Jaskot, and Linda Catlin Smith.
Where: Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco
Tickets: JCCSF.
More Info: Other Minds

Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:00 pm
--Old First Concerts "ChamberBridge: Messiaen Illuminated"
Program: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992, France): Pièce pour piano et quator à cordes [Piano Quintet] (1991).
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA
More Info: Old First Concerts

Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:00 pm
--San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music "Chamber Music Day"

Program: (DSSQ paired with presenter Other Minds).
Where: Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA
More Info: San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

Thursday, September 25, 2008
--StringWreck Hits the Streets

Program: Del Sol Quartet with Janice Garrett and Dancers will perform highlights from the hit show StringWreck.
Where: Union Square, San Francisco, CA
More Info: Union Square Park Events

Sunday, September 7, 2008
--Music by the Mountain

Program: Del Sol Quartet with Sally Porter Munro, soprano, Laura Dahl, piano. Mozart, Faurè, Harrison, Gershwin.
Where: Mt. Shasta Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mt. Shasta, CA
More Info: Music by the Mountain

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
--Divide Light (opera)

Program: WORLD PREMIERE. Divide Light is a new opera based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The work began as an interdisciplinary collaboration between New York visual and performance artist Lesley Dill and Colorado composer and conductor Tom Morgan. The project has expanded to include a number of additional collaborators, including Philadelphia-based stage director Eleanor Holdridge and the San Francisco-based Del Sol String Quartet.

Divide Light is commissioned by Montalvo Arts Center, and supported in part by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation Multi Arts Production Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Where: Montalvo Arts Center, Garden Theatre, Saratoga, CA
More Info: Montalvo Arts

Sunday, May 4, 2008, 4pm
--Ring of Fire

Program: See below.
Where: The Dance Palace, 503 - B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

Saturday, May 3, 2008, 11am-noon
--SF Community Music Center Outreach

Program: Performance and talk with students of CMC's Saturday Music Program. Open to the public.
Where: San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Friday, May 2, 2008, 8pm
--Ring of Fire

Home to earthquake swarms and volcanic eruptions, the countries of the Pacific Rim also produce some of the world’s most groundbreaking composers. In this celebration of Del Sol’s latest CD release for Other Minds, the quartet leads an inspiring seven-country tour.

Program:
Del Sol Quartet: “Prelude Music”
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972): “Chasqui” from Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout (2001)
Zhou Long (b. 1953, China): Song of the Ch'in (1982)
Jack Body (b. 1944, New Zealand): Flurry (2001)
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): “Yearning” String Quartet No. 16 (2005) (selection)
Hyo-shin Na (b. 1959, Korea): Song of the Beggars (1998)
Chinary Ung (b. 1942, Cambodia): Spiral X: “In Memoriam” for amplified string quartet (2007)
Where: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall, 50 Oak St., San Francisco, CA 94102

Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 4-6pm
--SF Public Library Outreach

Program: Performance. Open to the public.
Where: Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Civic Center, San Francisco, CA

Saturday, April 26, 2008, 7:30pm
--Old Town Temecula Community Theater

Where: Old Town Temecula Community Theater, Temecula, CA
More Info: Old Town Temecula Community Theater

Thursday-Sunday, April 10-13, 2008, 8pm
--StringWreck

Program: a collaboration with Janice Garrett & Dancers and Charles Moulton
Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts FORUM, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA
More Info: Janice Garrett & Dancers

Sunday, March 30, 2008, 2-10 (7:30-8:30) pm
--Switchboard Music Festival

Program: Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960, Argentina): The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for klezmer clarinet and SQ (1994) with Jeffrey Anderle, clarinet;
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): String Quartet No. 16 (2005), selection;
Arturo Salinas (b. 1955, Mexico): Awiroma for percussion ensemble (2005) with Jeffrey Anderle, percussion;
Where: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St. (at Mission St.), San Francisco, CA
More Info: Switchboard Music Festival

Thursday and Saturday, March 6 and 8, 2008, 8pm
--Other Minds Festival 13

Program:
(March 6) Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (b. 1941, USA): Taif: Prayer in the Garden of the Hijaz (2007); with Smith, trumpet; Anthony Brown, percussion; WORLD PREMIERE (Other Minds commission)

(March 8) Keeril Makan (b. 1972, USA): Static Rising (2004); with David Shively, percussion

(March 8) Elena Kats-Chernin (b. 1957, USSR): Russian Rag (1996/2007); Fast Blue Village(2007) with Kats-Chernin, piano

Where: Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of SF, 3200 California St. (at Presidio), San Francisco, CA
More Info: Other Minds

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 8pm
--Coming Together

Program: a collaboration with clarinetist Jeff Anderle and master didjeridu player Stephen Kent, featuring the quartet and the two guest musicians assembled into duet, quintet, and sextet, performing works by Derek Bermel, Peter Sculthorpe, Osvaldo Golijov, and a work by Arturo Salinas in which the musicians experiment as percussionists. These works reflect diverse influences, including American jazz, Asian folk melodies, Klezmer music, and Mexican rhythms.
Derek Bermel (b. 1967, USA): Coming Together for clarinet and cello (1999) with Jeffrey Anderle, clarinet;

Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): String Quartet No. 16 (2005) with Stephen Kent, didjeridu;
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960, Argentina): The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for klezmer clarinet and SQ (1994) with Jeffrey Anderle, clarinet;
Arturo Salinas (b. 1955, Mexico): Awiroma for percussion ensemble (2005) with Stephen Kent and Jeffrey Anderle, percussion;
More Info: Program details
Where: Berkeley Chamber Performances, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Friday, November 30, 2007, 8pm
--Coming Together

Program: a collaboration with clarinetist Jeff Anderle and master didjeridu player Stephen Kent, featuring the quartet and the two guest musicians assembled into duet, quintet, and sextet, performing works by Derek Bermel, Peter Sculthorpe, Osvaldo Golijov, and a work by Arturo Salinas in which the musicians experiment as percussionists. These works reflect diverse influences, including American jazz, Asian folk melodies, Klezmer music, and Mexican rhythms.
Derek Bermel (b. 1967, USA): Coming Together for clarinet and cello (1999) with Jeffrey Anderle, clarinet;

Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): String Quartet No. 16 (2005) with Stephen Kent, didjeridu;
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960, Argentina): The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for klezmer clarinet and SQ (1994) with Jeffrey Anderle, clarinet;
Arturo Salinas (b. 1955, Mexico): Awiroma for percussion ensemble (2005) with Stephen Kent and Jeffrey Anderle, percussion;
More Info: Program details
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

Friday, October 19, 2007, 8 pm
-- Performance at Library of Congress

Program:
Chinary Ung (b. 1942, Cambodia): Spiral X (2007); WORLD PREMIERE (Koussevitzky Foundation Commission);
Kui Dong (b. 1966, China): Spring (2006);
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972, USA): Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout (2001);
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): Quartet no. 16 (2005) with Stephen Kent, didgeridoo;
Specials: 6:15 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Pre-concert presentation: A Conversation with Chinary Ung and members of the Del Sol String Quartet led by Steve Soderberg, Music Division
Where: The Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Ground Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, 1st and Independence Streets, SE, Washington, DC

Thursday, October 11, 2007, noon
-- UCSF Chancellor's Concert Series

Program:
Kui Dong (b. 1966, China): Spring (2006);
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972, USA): Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout (2001);
Jack Body (b. 1944, New Zealand): Epicycle (1989, rev. 2004);
Where: University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 7:00pm
-- Ghost Opera

Program: The Santa Fe Opera presents Ghost Opera. Ghost Opera is a five movement work for string quartet and pipa, with water, metal, stone and paper composed by Tan Dun. A reflection on human spirituality, it is a cross-temporal, cross-cultural and cross-media dialogue which touches on the past, present, future and the eternal, employing elements from Chinese, Tibetan, English and American cultures. Performed by the Del Sol String Quartet and pipa player Wu Man. Directed by Acushla Bastible.
Where: The Lensic, Santa Fe's Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM
Tickets: $10-$30
More INFO: click here and click on July 17 in the calendar, or call 505-988-1234

Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 6:00-7:30pm
--Spring Concert Series (Condensed)

Program: This will be a condensed version of the spring concert series program (see the 5/27/07 description). Free public program cosponsored by the SF Public Library and the Art, Music and Recreation Center
Where: San Francisco Public Library, Main Library Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
More INFO: SFPL Public Events Calendar

Sunday, June 3, 2007, 2:30pm
--Spring Concert Series

Program: See 5/27/07 description.
Where: Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco

Thursday, May 31, 2007, 7pm
--Spring Concert Series

Program: See 5/27/07 description.
Where: Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth Street, San Jose

Wednesday, May 30, 2007, 8pm
--Spring Concert Series

Program: See 5/27/07 description
Where: Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley

Sunday, May 27, 2007, 4pm
--Spring Concert Series
"Umbilical Chords -- Women Composers and the Creative Process"


Program: Del Sol explores the influence that motherhood has had on women composers' careers and compositions. This program features works from the past 111 years by Kui Dong, Linda Catlin Smith, Teresa Carreño, Sally Beamish, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Inspired by the life and work of Ruth Crawford Seeger, Bay Area composer Mark Fish, the only male composer featured in this program, composed Whatever Happened to Fireside Fancies (2007), which will have its world premiere. Additionally, folk songs collected by Ruth Crawford and arranged by Mark Fish will be interspersed within the program.
Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957, USA): As you pass a reflective surface (1991);

Ruth Crawford (1901-1953, USA): String Quartet (1931);
Mark Fish (b. 1969, USA): Whatever Happened to the Fireside Fancies? (2007); WORLD PREMIERE;
Teresa Carreño (1853-1917, Venezuela): Selection from String Quartet in B Minor (1895);
Sally Beamish (b. 1956, Great Britain): String Quartet No. 2 "Opus California" (1999);
Kui Dong (b. 1966, China): Spring (2006);
Specials: Mark Fish will discuss his new quartet and the arrangements at all the concerts.
Where: The Dance Palace, 503 - B Street, Point Reyes Station
Tickets: $20 adults; $15 seniors; $7 students/kids

Sunday, May 20, 2007, 10pm
--Papa Toby's Revolution Cafe and Art Bar

Where: 3248 22nd Street (at Bartlett), San Francisco, 94110

Monday, April 30, 2007, 7:30 pm
--Music at Meyer: "Remembering Lorraine"

Memorial Concert for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Program: Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957, USA): As you pass a reflective surface (1991)
Where: Temple Emanuel, San Francisco
More INFO: Click here

Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 12:00 noon
--Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Student Compositions

Program: Robin Estrada: Bad'iw..ng parangal, ng alaala (2007) WORLD PREMIERE
Jen Wang: String Quartet (2007) WORLD PREMIERE
Nils Bultmann: String Quartet in two movements (2007) WORLD PREMIERE

Saturday, April 21, 2007, 8:30 pm
--60 Friends for 60 Years

Benefit for the Crowden School / John Adams 60th birthday celebration
Program: John Adams (b. 1947, USA): John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953, USA): String Quartet (1931)
Lou Harrison (1917-2003, USA): String Quartet Set (1979)
Where: Meyer Sound's Pearson Theatre, 2837 10th St., Berkeley

Wednesday, April 19, 2007, 12:00 noon
--Leakey Foundation Event

Program: Franz Schubert (1797-1828, Austria): String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
Lou Harrison (1917-2003, USA): String Quartet Set (1979)
Where: Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery St., San Francisco

April 11-24, 2007
--Music at Kohl Mansion, Music in Schools

In-school performances in Burlingame and Millbrae school district elementary schools. Theme: Peace Through Music (Conflict Resolution).
More INFO: Click here

Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 7:30pm
--KQED-TV Spark

Watch us on TV and hear us rehearse and debut the work of contemporary chamber composers.
More INFO: Click here

Friday, March 30, 2007, 7:30pm
--Chamber Music Albuquerque

Program: José Evangelista (b. 1943, Spain): Spanish Garland: 12 folk melodies from Spain (1993)

Lou Harrison (1917-2003): String Quartet Set (1979)
George Antheil(1900-1959): String Quartet No. 1 (1924, rev. 1925)

Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972): Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout (2001)
Specials: Free pre-concert lecture 1 hour prior to performance.
Where: Simms Center for the Performing Arts at Albuquerque Academy, 6400 Wyoming Blvd, Albuquerque, NM
Tickets: Advance purchase: $20, At the door: $22, Students: half price Purchase tickets
More INFO: Click here

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7:30pm
-- John Donald Robb Composers Symposium Concert

Program: Richard Herman: Gerunds and Participles-an open folio for string quartet (2006-), Curt Cacioppo: a distant voice calling (Nilch 'i dine'e) (2001), plus music by Raven Chacon, Paul Lombardi, Thomas Licata, Brady McElligott.

Specials: Del Sol is ensemble in residence for the Composers Symposium.
Where: Keller Hall. UNM Fine Arts Center.
University of New Mexico.
Albuquerque, NM.
Tickets: Free admission.
More INFO: 505.277.8967 or Composers Symposium.

Monday, March 26, 2007, 7:30pm
-- John Donald Robb Composers Symposium Concert

Program: Hyo-shin Na: Fixed Stars (2005), plus music by Peter Lieuwen, Thomas Licata, Raven Chacon.

Specials: Del Sol is ensemble in residence for the Composers Symposium.
Where: Keller Hall. UNM Fine Arts Center.
University of New Mexico.
Albuquerque, NM.
Tickets: Free admission.
More INFO: 505.277.8967 or Composers Symposium.

Thursday, March 22, 2007. 3pm
-- DSSQ at Northeastern University

Program: Ronald Bruce Smith (b. 1961, Canada): String Quartet No. 2 "Nostalgia" (2002/2006),
George Antheil (1900-1959): String Quartet No 1: (1924, rev 1925),
Marc Blitzstein (1905-1934): String Quartet "The Italian" (1930),
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) String Quartet (1931)

Specials: Del Sol will be in residence at Northeastern this week
Where: 354 Ryder Hall. Northeastern University
Forsythe Street, Boston, MA. (building 24 on map below)
Tickets: Free admission.
More INFO: 617-373-2671 or Arthur Rishi.
Northeastern University.(click on "events")




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