Brightwork newmusic is a nonprofit organization encompassing three programs: Brightwork ensemble, [email protected], and Project Beacon. Application for Brightwork Highschool Composer Initiative is November 8th.
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Happy Holidays from Brightwork newmusic! AND Happy Birthday to our incredible pianist and director, Aron Kallay!
Enjoy his awesome Tedtalk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efpO9Uq_e-c
and amazing performance videos on his website!
https://aronkallay.com/media/
The next Brightwork member feature is clarinetist Brian Walsh! He "is a musician who is interested in sound and communication, regardless of genre. He specializes in performance on the clarinet and bass clarinet and seeks to redefine their role in various styles.
Mr. Walsh frequently performs with such diverse groups as Wild up Modern Music Collective, gnarwhallaby, The New Century Players, The California E.A.R. Unit and is a member of Creative Underground Los Angeles. He also leads Walsh Set Trio, a jazz ensemble focusing on the performance of his own compositions."
Performances have taken Walsh throughout the world!
Walsh has premiered pieces by Luigi Nono, Anne LeBaron, Girard Grisey, and many others!
Check out his incredible performances on YouTube or on his website!
https://www.brianwalshclarinet.org/
#clarinet #newmusic #composer #chambermusic #BWHSCI
Check out Brightwork members Sara Andon, flute and Aron Kallay, piano, perform Vera Ivanova's Laughing Man Alphabet from the Hear Now Festival in Los Angeles!
From Sara Andon's post about the performance with program notes on the piece.
HEAR NOW - A FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS - LOS ANGELES - Such a joy to be a part of this Los Angeles contemporary music festival performing this amazing piece "THE LAUGHING MAN ALPHABET" by phenomenal composer Vera Ivanova, for Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo and Piano, with extraordinary pianist, Aron Kallay.
What a trip transporting into this incredible world of color and imagination based on themes of composer Helmut Lachenmann.
PROGRAM NOTES by composer VERA IVANOVA: "The title of the piece ("The Laughing Man Alphabet") refers to the last name of the contemporary German composer Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935), whose last name, loosely translated to English, means "laughing man." The reference will not limit itself only to the title of the piece; my musical idea is to incorporate Helmut Lachenmannan's suite for piano " Ein Kinderspiel" (Child's play," a suite of seven little pieces composed in 1980) as a framework in my own composition, shaping the form as seven variations on Lachenmann's seven little piano pieces. A particular emphasis (in terms of musical references) is given to the first piece from the suite, "Hanschen Klein" (translated to English as "Little Hans"), because of its importance and placement (as an opening movement) in Lachenmann's suite.
"Hanschen Klein" is the title of a poem by German author and public school teacher Franz Wiedemann (1821-1882). It is a story about a little boy who was gone for seven years and when he comes back, he is all grown up and changed so much that only his mother recognizes and welcomes him back. The importance of this poem is significant in German culture: the text was set to a tune (the source of the tune is debated) and became a popular children's song, which was quoted at the opening of the iconic movie about the World War II, " Cross of Iron" (1977). It also seems that the reference in the Wiedemann's poem to seven years of wandering might have impacted the overall form of the Lachenmann's suite, written in seven movements, and that's why not only the titles of Lachenmann's short seven pieces are quoted in subtitles of my seven variations, but also lines from Wiedemann's poem, tracking the path a prodigal son.
The goal of incorporating Lachenmann's "Ein Kinderspiel" into my own composition is not only to reference his piano suite, but also to re-imagine the seven years of "joy and tears" of the prodigal son's journey through my seven variations for flute and piano."
Enjoy!
#Composer #piano #flute #newmusic #bwhsci
The Laughing Man Alphabet Composed by Vera Ivanova Performed by Sara Andon, flute Aron Kallay, piano Recorded during the 2016 Hear Now Festival! Program Note...
The next Brightwork member feature is flutist Sara Andon! "Sara Andon is an international soloist, recording artist and teacher based in Los Angeles and performs regularly in many music genres including solo, chamber, symphonic, opera, ballet, new music, jazz and Broadway. She has performed all over the world in major concert venues, TV and radio broadcasts, as well as on motion picture, TV and video game soundtracks, as well as for Disney Parks."
She has also performed with many southern California orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Ballet Company, Redlands Symphony and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and frequently records with the Hollywood Studio Orchestras, in all chairs! Sara’s newest album is CINEMA MORRICONE – AN INTIMATE CELEBRATION which is her debut recording as a soloist for Sony Classical.
In addition, there is a new digital single of her solo playing also recently released on Sony Classical of Ennio Morricone's music called "RETURN TO LIFE" in honor of the recent passing of Maestro Morricone. It is a companion piece to the Cinema Morricone Album.
Sara is a part of the elite faculty at the University of Redlands School of Music and Idyllwild Arts Academy as Artist Teacher of Flute." Amazing!
Check out her website (with beautiful intro music) here!
https://sara-andon.com/
LAST DAY TO APPLY TO THE BRIGHTWORK HIGH SCHOOL COMPOSER INITIATIVE! Attention high school composers living and going to school in Los Angeles County!You do not want to miss out on this unique opportunity supported by New Music USA to be mentored by award winning composer #NinaShekhar and Brightwork newmusic!
APPLY BELOW FOR FREE by the extended deadline November 8th!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
Anyone in L.A. county passionate about music and curious about composing and hearing their music performed live are eligible to apply!
Brightwork Highschool Composition Initiative Faculty:
(More interviews and faculty member features coming soon)
Mentor composer Nina Shekhar - http://ninashekhar.com/
Brightwork Ensemble- https://brightworknewmusic.com/
Aron Kallay, executive director, #piano - https://aronkallay.com/
Shalini Vijayan, #violin - https://www.lamusicalsalon.org/shalini-vijayan/
Check out her recent interview here -
https://brightworknewmusic.com/news/interview-with-our-violinist-shalini-vijayan/
Maggie Parkins, #cello - https://maggieparkins.com/
Check out her recent interview here - https://brightworknewmusic.com/news/interview-with-our-cellist-maggie-parkins/
Sara Andon, #flute - https://sara-andon.com/
Brian Walsh, #clarinet - https://www.brianwalshclarinet.org/
#BWHSCI #pierrotplus #newmusic #losangeles
From a CD review by Sequenza 21 written by Paul Muller on Chinary Ung's "Still Life After Death" in Anne Harley's recent album Voices of the Pearl: "The instrumental accompaniment (to Stacey Fraser, soprano and James Hayden, bass-baritone) by Brightwork newmusic is extraordinary, with vivid coloration and strong dynamics...Still Life After Death is a dramatic portrait of the emotions experienced at the end of life and the timeless reassurance of prayer."
Also check out the "rapid, spiky passages, masterfully played by Brian Walsh" in "My Spirit is Chanting" by Yii Kah Hoe.
Listen to the album, it is available on Amazon and Apple Music!
https://www.sequenza21.com/2020/11/cd-review-voices-of-the-pearl-vol-3/
Voices of the Pearl, Vol. 3 Anne Harley Various Artists Voices of the Pearl, Volume 3 is one of a series of albums featuring song cycles dedicated to the rediscovery, through contemporary music, of the voices of women from ancient times to the present.. According to the organization website: “The ...
ATTENTION composers and music teachers in L.A. County! The DEADLINE for the Project Beacon Brightwork High School #Composer Initiative has been EXTENDED to NOVEMBER 8TH! Your students still have a chance, make sure their apps are in! You do not want to miss this incredible opportunity to have your music mentored by #ninashekhar and performed and recorded by the Brightwork newmusic ensemble!
Apply (for free) below! NEW DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 8th!!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
#BWHSCI
#newmusic
#violin
#piano
#cello
#flute
#clarinet
#highschoolcomposer
Attention high school composers living and going to school in Los Angeles County! Project Beacon High School #Composer Initiative, supported by a New Music USA #ProjectGrant, is accepting (free) applications to work with Brightwork ensemble and #NinaShekhar!
Composers and music teachers share the flyer with your students and friends!
Anyone in L.A. county passionate about music and curious about composing and hearing their music performed live are eligible to apply! You do not want to miss out on this incredible opportunity!
Apply (for free) at the link below by November 1st!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
Brightwork Highschool Composition Initiative Faculty:
(More interviews and faculty member features coming soon)
Mentor composer Nina Shekhar - http://ninashekhar.com/
Brightwork Ensemble- https://brightworknewmusic.com/
Aron Kallay, executive director, #piano - https://aronkallay.com/
Shalini Vijayan, #violin - https://www.lamusicalsalon.org/shalini-vijayan/
Maggie Parkins, #cello - https://maggieparkins.com/
Sara Andon, #flute - https://www.redlandssymphony.com/featured-artists/sara-andon
Brian Walsh, #clarinet - https://www.brianwalshclarinet.org/
#BWHSCI #pierrotplus #newmusic #losangeles
The next #BWHSCI faculty feature is cellist Maggie Parkins! She "is equally at home performing chamber music, orchestral music and the avant-garde, and has concertized throughout the Americas and Europe.
Her interest in music outside the classical tradition has led her to perform with the Jazz Passengers, the Anthony Braxton Tri Centric Ensemble, Caetano Veloso, Bjork, percussonist Alex Cline and Zeena Parkins' The Phantom Orchard Orchestra. As an orchestral performer, Parkins has performed under the batons of Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, Oliver Knussen, and Andre Previn." Awesome!
Check out her interview, recent projects, and performance videos below!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/news/interview-with-our-cellist-maggie-parkins/
Her website:
https://maggieparkins.com/
Brightwork High School Composition Initiative application is due November 1st! Link below!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
Hey high school composers living and going to school in Los Angeles County! Project Beacon High School #Composer Initiative, supported by a New Music USA #ProjectGrant, is accepting applications to work with Brightwork newmusic and #NinaShekhar! Ever wanted the opportunity to have your music mentored and performed by amazing world-class professionals? For FREE? Now is YOUR chance!!
Apply at the link below by November 1st at no cost!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
#BWHSCI #violin #piano #clarinet #cello #flute #composer #newmusic
Are you in high school and interested in composing for live instruments? Click here to apply! Applying is quick and easy! Have a question? Send us an email. About HSCI Brightwork newmusic is thrilled to partner with composer Nina Shekhar to present the Project Beacon High School Composer Initiative....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfWDY9WkLo
Enjoy a video performance of Mine, Mime, Meme by Andrew Norman at the 2017 Hear Now Festival in Los Angeles by Brightwork Newmusic!
Stay tuned for more exciting member features!
Application deadline for the High School Composer Initiative is November 1st!
#BWHSCI
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
Are you in high school and interested in composing for live instruments? Click here to apply! Applying is quick and easy! Have a question? Send us an email. About HSCI Brightwork newmusic is thrilled to partner with composer Nina Shekhar to present the Project Beacon High School Composer Initiative....
The next member feature of Brightwork newmusic is violinist Shalini Vijayan! She is an advocate for new music and is an established performer and collaborator on both coasts in various award winning ensembles.
Shalini "was a founding member and Principal Second Violin of Kristjan Jarvi’s Absolute Ensemble, having recorded several albums with them including 2001 Grammy nominee, Absolution. As a part of Absolute, she has performed throughout the United States and Europe, most notably in London’s Barbican Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
A member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida from 1998-2001, Ms. Vijayan served as concertmaster for Michael Tilson Thomas, John Adams, Reinbert de Leeuw and Oliver Knussen. She was also concertmaster for the world premiere performances and recording of Steven Mackey’s Tuck and Roll for RCA records in 2000.
In Los Angeles, Ms. Vijayan is a member of the Lyris Quartet, resident ensemble of the famed Jacaranda Series in Santa Monica. She is featured regularly with Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music and can be heard on their Grammy-nominated “Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chávez, Vol. 3.” Most recently, she has been a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Chinary Ung’s Spiral XII and Tan Dun’s Water Passion."
So awesome!!
Check out a performance of the Varied Trio (Aron Kallay, piano; Shalini Vijayan, violin; Yuri Inoo, percussion) perform Varied Trio by Lou Harrison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJYiEdCCGUs
Listen to an amazing performance of Yalil Guerra's Grammy Nominated String Quartet No. 2 by the Lyris Quartet (Alyssa Park, violin, Shalini Vijayan, violin, Luke Maurer, viola, Timothy Loo, cello)
https://youtu.be/HwhdzUJwhds?t=69
Applications for the Brightwork Highschool Composer Initiative is November 1st! Link in bio!
The students of the #BWHSCI will work closely with composer #Ninashekhar and Brightwork ensemble. But who are we? Brightwork is a classical new music sextet based in Los Angeles, CA; a versatile group of world-class musicians.
The first member feature of Brightwork newmusic is executive director and pianist Aron Kallay!
From his bio because it is so great. Described as a “modern renaissance man,” (Over the Mountain Journal) Grammy® nominated pianist Aron Kallay‘s playing has been called “exquisite…every sound sounded considered, alive, worthy of our wonder” (LA Times). “Perhaps Los Angeles’ most versatile keyboardist,” (LaOpus) Aron has been praised as possessing “that special blend of intellect, emotion, and overt physicality that makes even the thorniest scores simply leap from the page into the listeners laps.” (KPFK) Aron’s performances often integrate technology, video, and alternate tunings; Fanfare magazine described him as “a multiple threat: a great pianist, brainy tech wizard, and visionary promoter of a new musical practice.”
Aron has performed throughout the United States and abroad and is a fixture on the Los Angeles new-music scene. He is the co-founder and board president of People Inside Electronics (PIE), a concert series dedicated to classical electroacoustic music, the managing director of MicroFest, Los Angeles’ annual festival of microtonal music, and the co-directer of the underground new-music concert series [email protected] Space. He is also the co-director of MicroFest Records, whose first release, John Cage: The Ten Thousand Things, was nominated for a Grammy® award for Best Chamber Music Performance. Aron has recorded on MicroFest, Cold Blue, Delos, and Populist records. In addition to his solo work, Aron is a member of the Varied Trio and the Ray Kallay duo and is the founder of this ensemble, the Pierrot + percussion sextet Brightwork newmusic! (Lots of fantastic videos online of their performances) How incredible!
Check out more of his music and amazing projects on his website at https://aronkallay.com/
Like this page to stay tuned for the upcoming member features of this ensemble.
Brightwork newmusic is thrilled to partner with composer Nina Shekhar to present the Project Beacon High School Composer Initiative which aims to mentor young composers! Nina Shekhar is a versatile performing artist and composer "who explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter to create bold and intensely personal works." Her music has been performed by Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, violinist Jennifer Koh and so many more world-class musicians and ensembles!
Check out Nina's music on her website!
http://ninashekhar.com/
Applications for the #BWHSCI are open until Nov. 1! Link below!
https://brightworknewmusic.com/hsci/
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