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UCSD The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

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Contemporary Music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

Ensemble. Performing between 1977 and 2006, the group presented 37 concerts. Members included UCSD Faculty such as Philip Larson, Edwin Harkins, Carol Plantamura,

János Négyesy János Négyesy (or ''Négyesy János'', as should be written in Hungarian) was a Hungary, Hungarian violinist with a particular interest in contemporary music. He performed world premieres of numerous works, the first two books of the Freeman Etu ...

John Fonville John Fonville is a flutist and composer. Fonville specializes in extended techniques on the flute, especially microtonality, and performs on instruments including a complete set of quarter tone ( Kingma system) flutes.Steven Schick Steven Schick (born May or June 1954) is a percussionist and conductor from the United States, specializing in contemporary classical music. He teaches at the University of California, San Diego and is currently the Music Director and Conductor of ...

Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...

, Aleck Karis, Peter Farrell,

Bertram Turetzky Bertram Jay Turetzky (born February 14, 1933) is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, composer, teacher, and author of ''The Contemporary Contrabass'' (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways o ...

as well as associates and graduate students such as Päivikki Nykter, Hugh Livingston, Susan Barrett, Ross Karre, Rob Esler, Fabio Oliveira, Gregory Stuart, Justin Dehartand, and Orin Hildestad. Conductors and Directors included

Bernard Rands Bernard Rands (born 2 March 1934 in Sheffield, England) is a British-American contemporary classical music composer. He studied music and English literature at the University of Wales, Bangor, and composition with Pierre Boulez and Bruno Mader ...

Paul Dresher Paul Joseph Dresher (born January 8, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American composer. Dresher received his B.A. in music from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.A. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, where he st ...

Rand Steiger Rand Steiger (born June 18, 1957, in New York City) is an American composer, conductor, and pedagogue. Steiger attended the Manhattan School of Music and the California Institute of the Arts, where he became a faculty member in 1982. In 1987, he j ...

, Jean-Charles Francois, Thomas Nee, Jan Williams, and Keith Humble.

Discography

Robert Erickson Robert Erickson (March 7, 1917 – April 24, 1997) was an American composer. Education Erickson was born in Marquette, Michigan. He studied with Ernst Krenek from 1936 to 1947: "I had already studied—and abandoned—the twelve tone sy ...

: ''Robert Erickson,'' Composers Recording, Inc., nwcr 616, 1991 *

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...

: ''Ais/Gendy3/Taurhiphanie/Thallein,'' Neuma Records, Neuma 450-86, 1994 *

Roger Reynolds Roger Lee Reynolds (born July 18, 1934) is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer. He is known for his capacity to integrate diverse ideas and resources, and for the seamless blending of traditional musical sounds with those newly enabled by t ...

: ''Personae/The Vanity of Words/Variation,'' Neuma Records, CD, Neuma 450-78, 1995

Repertoire

Adams, John * Chamber Symphony, 1992 Argento, Dominick * Letters from Composers, 1968 Babbitt, Milton * Additional Correspondence, 1974–75 Balassa, S√°ndor * Music Based on Junk Mail, Op. 18, 1969 Barkin, Elaine * Election Pamphlet, 1982 Berg, Alban * Four Songs, Op. 2 * Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 * Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin and Thirteen Wind Instruments, 1925 Berio, Luciano * Lines Sequenza III, 1966 Circles, 1961 Bharali, Arun * Regan, 1994–95 Blaustein, Susan * Harlequinade * Heads! Heads! * Harliquin Bloom, Victor * Quintet, 1987–88 Bolcom, William * Lilith, 1984 Boulez, Pierre * Drive, 1984 Boone, Charles * The Khaju Bridge Bozay, Attila * Series for Chamber Ensemble, Op. 9, 1970 Brant, Henry * Ghost Nets, 1988 Brown, Earle * Centering Cage, John * Five Pieces from 26'1.1499" (solo contrabass), 1955 * Freeman Etudes, 1-XXXII (solo violin), 1977–1989 * Sonatas and Interludes (solo piano), 1946–48 * 4'33" (solo piano), 1952 * Music for Four, 1984–87 * Ryoangi, 1987 Carter, Elliott * Penthode, 1985 Chadabe, Joel * Many Mornings - Many Moods, 1988 Cox, Frank * Viz, 1989–91 * Di-remption (percussion solo), 1993 Cunha, Antonio * Ancient Rhythm, 1994 Curran, Alvin * Why Is This Night Different from All other Nights, 1992 Czernowin, Chaya * For Arye, 1990 * Dam Sheon Hachol (The Hourglass Bleeds Still), 1992Dallapiccola, Luigi * Due Liriche Di Anacreonte, 1946 Davidovsky, Mario * Salvos, 1986 Davies, Paul * Aurora Borealis, 1985 Davis, Anthony * Lost Moon Sisters, 1992 Densiov, Edison * Chamber Symphony Dobrian, Chris * Nonyx, 1986 * Now and Then, 1985 Donatoni, Franco * Arp√ge, 1986 Dubrovay, L√°szl√≥ * Violin Concerto Durand, Jo√©l-Fran√ßois * Un feu distinct, 1991 Durk√≥, Zsolt * Three English Verses, 1990–91 Eisler, Hanns * Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Geschreigen, Op. 7 Elliott Carter * A Mirror on Which to Dwell, 1975 Enriquez, Manuel * Tercia Erb, Donald * Views of Space and Time, 1988 Erickson, Robert * Cradles II, 1972 * Dunbar's Delight, tympani solo, 1985 * Fives * Kryl, 1977 * Night Music, 1978 * Nine and a Half for Henry, 1970 * The Pleiades, violin solo, violin solo, 1981 * Quintet, 1985 * Quoq, flute solo, 1978 * Ricercar √† 3, contrabass solo, 1967 * Sierra, 1984 * The Idea of Order at Key West, 1979 * Music for Trumpet, Strings and Tympani, 1990 * Taffytime, 1983 Estrada, Julio * Three Solos Felciano, Richard * Shadows, 1987 Felder, David * Inner Sky, 1993–94 Episode, 1978 Feldman, Morton * Crippled Symmetry, (1983) * Four Songs to e. e. cummings * I Met Heine on the Rue Furstemberg, 1971 Ferneyhough, Brian * Bone Alphabet (solo percussion), 1991 * Carceri d'Invenzione I, 1980–81 * Chute d'Icare, 1988 * Prometheus, 1967 * Superscriptio (solo piccolo), 1981 * Brain Terrain, 1992 Firsova, Elena * Forest Walks Sonata, Op. 16, 1976 Fonville, John * Mong Songs Fran√ßois, Jean-Charles * NOstreOS, 1987 * Obdobla, 1976 * Orbes, Aubade, 1989 * Sphyxis (T), 1991 Frank, Andrew * . . .of silence and slow time, 1979 Gaburo, Kenneth * Line Studies Inside: Quartet for One Double Bass Player, 1969 Gandolfi, Michael * Personae Gerhard, Roberto * Libra Octet, 1967 Ginastera, Alberto * Pampeana, No. 2 Giraud, Albert * Songs from PIERROT LUNAIRE Glasgow, Glenn * New Work, 1991 Gubaidulina, Sofia * Detto II Gy√∂rgy Ligeti * Chamber Concerto, 1969–70 Harrison, Lou * Solstice, a Masque, 1946 Hiller, Lejaren * Algorithms I, II, III, 1986–87 Hindemith, Paul * ''Kammermusik'' No. 3, Opus 36, No. 2, 1925 Humble, Keith * Kaleida's Cope, 1987 * Piano Sonata, No. 3, 1985 Ives, Charles * Largo, 1902 Johnston, Ben * Two Sonnets of Shakespeare A Sea Dirge, 1963 Kim, Earl * Now & Then, 1981 Koonce, Paul * Diapason Spin-Curve Foci, 1986 Korf, Anthony * Nothing but Love Songs Kraft, William * Harlequinade Krenek, Ernst * Altendichte (1927); Wechselsahmen (1966); Spahelese (1972) * Vier Ges√§nge Nachalten Gedichten,Op. 53 Kurt√°g, Gy√∂rgy * Bagatelles, 1981 Lam, Bun-Ching * Social Accidents, 1988 Lang, David * Dance/Drop, 1988–89 L√°ng, Istv√°n * Musica 3-4-2, 1979 Lansky, Paul * Stroll, 1988 Lanza, Alcides * Arghanum II, 1987 Larin, Eduardo * Iridescence, 1980 Lavista, Mario * Dusk Monologo, 1966 Leedy, Douglas * Canti, 1975 Leibowitz, Rene * Marijuana, 1959 Suite for 9 Instruments, Op. 81, 1967 Lewis, George * Nightmare at the Best Western (a few folk songs), 1992 Lierdeman, Philippe * Variations, Op. 5, 1993 Lifchitz, Max * Night Voices #6, 1985 Ligeti, Gy√∂rgy * Chamber Concerto, 1969–70 Lian, Rafael * Dubhe, 1986 Lyon, Eric * Splatter, 1989 Mabry, Drake * 11.10.83 (clarinet solo) Macchia, Salvatore * Evening Sky Martino, Donald * Triple Concerto, 1976–78 Martirano, Salvatore * LON/dons, 1988 Messiaen, Olivier *

Oiseaux exotiques ''Oiseaux exotiques'' (''Exotic birds'') is a piece for piano and small orchestra by Olivier Messiaen. It was written between 5 October 1953 and 3 January 1956 and was commissioned by Pierre Boulez. It is dedicated to Yvonne Loriod, the composer ...

, 1955–56 Moe, Eric * Kicking and Screaming, 1993–94 Moore, F. Richard * We, 1991 Mosko, Stephen * Schweres Loos Mosko, Stephen * Superluminal Connections I: "The Atu of Tahuti", 1985 Mumma, Gordon * Faisandage et Galimafr√©e, 1984 Murail, Tristan * Allegoresi, 1992 Nancarrow, Conlon * Study No. 1; Study No. 5; Study No. 9 * (arranged by Ivar Mikashoff) Studies for Player PianoNono, Luigi * Liebeslied, 1955 * Incontri, 1955Ogdon, Wilbur * A Fantasy for Violin and Piano, 153 * A Modern? Fable, 1990 * By the Isar * Eight Pieces for Violin and Piano, 1988–89 * Five Preludes, 1985 * Four DH Lawrence Songs, 1989 * Serenade for Wind Quintet, 1986–87 * Seven Pieces and a Capriccio, 1988 * Six Small Trios, 1982 * Summer images and Reflections, 1984-5 * Thireteen Expressions for solo violin and ensemble, 1993 * Three Baritone Songs, 1950/56 * Three Guitar Songs, 1988–89 * Three Trifles, 1957 * Two Ketchwa Songs, 1955 * Two Sea Chanteys, 1988 * Two Tonal Songs * UnTombeau de Jean Cocteau III, 1975–76 * Winter images, 1980Oliveros, Pauline * Portraits of SONOR, 1988 * Double Bases at Twenty PacesPayton, Leonard * 7 Apocalyptic SongsPecquet, Franck * Archipel Brise et Retour, 1988Pousseur, Henri * Trois Chants sacr√©s, 1954Powell, Mel * Modules: An Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra, 1985 * Settings for Soprano and Chamber GroupRan, Shulamit Amichai * Songs, 1984Rands, Bernard * Canti del Sole, 1982 * Canti Lunatici, 1980 * Memo 2bReck, David * Night Sounds (and Dream), 1965Reich, Steve * Eight Lines, 1987 Piano Phase, 1967Reynolds, Roger * Archipelago, 1983 * Emperor of Ice Cream, 1962 * Less than Two, 1977–79 * Personae, 1989 * The Palace, 1980 * Transfigured Wind III, 1984 * Personae, 1990 * Not Only Night, 1988 * Vertigo, 1986Risset, Jean-Claude * Profils, 1981-82Rose, Fran√ßois * Lueur de Nuit (solo violin), 1993Rosenman, Leonard * Die Estrade; AbsinthRuders, Poul * Corpus cum Figuris, 1984Rzewski, Frederic * Piano Sonata, 1991Saariaho, Kaija * Io, 1986–87Sch√°ffer, Boguslaw * Free Form No. 2/Evocazioni (solo contrabass) * Free Form No. 3 (for contrabass and piano)Schieve, Catherine * Tiger's Eye, 1981Schnittke, Alfred * Hymn II * Hymn IIISchoenberg, Arnold * Ode to Napoleon, 1942Sculthorpe, Peter * RequiemSessions, Roger * From My Diary, 1947Shapey, Ralph * De Profundis, 1960Simmons, Margo * ObeisanceSimons, Nettie * Wild Tales Told on the River RoadSollberger, Harvey * Killapata/Chaskapata, 1983 * The Advancing Moment, 1993Son, Yung-Wha * somewhere I have never travelled, 1982Stein, Leonard * MoquerieSteiger, Rand * Quintessence, 1981 * Double Concerto, 1986 * Woven Serenade, 1991Stevens, John * Pentas, 1986 * Sum over HistoriesStockhausen, Karlheinz * Kontra-Punkte *

Kreuzspiel (Crossplay) is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen written for oboe, bass clarinet, piano and four percussionists in 1951 (it was later revised for just three percussionists, along with other changes). It is assigned the number 1/7 in the comp ...

, 1951Stokes, Eric * The Greenhouse EffectStokes, Eric * Four Songs for Voice and Oboe, 1962Stravinsky, Igor * Elegie, 1944Strizich, Robert * HydraSubotnick, Morton * The Key to Songs, 1985Takemitsu, Toru * Rain Coming * Voice, 1980 * Waves, 1976 * Far Away, 1973 * Water Ways, 1977Tenney, James * Form 3, 1993 * Three Textures from Quintext (for String Quartet and Bass), 1972 * Wake for Charles Ives, 1974 * Crystal Canon for Edgar Varese, 1974Thimmig, Les * Sleeping Fire, 1971Torke, Michael * Yellow Pages, 1985Tower, Joan * Wings (solo clarinet) * PetroushskatesVar√®se, Edgard * Octandre, 1923 * OffrandesWebern, Anton * Two Songs for Chorus and Instruments, Op. 19, 1926 * Five Canons on Latin Texts, Op. 16, 1923–24 * Three Songs, Op. 18, 1925 * Three Songs, Op. 25 * Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7, 1910 * Three Small Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 * Konzert, Op. 24 Wilson, Olly * No More, 1985 Winkler, Todd * Cascade, 1986 Wolpe, Stefan * Chamber Piece No. 1 * Piece for 2 Instrumental Units * Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano, 1959–60 * Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments, 1971 Xenakis, Iannis * Thallein, 1984 * Morsima-Amorsima, 1956–62 * N'Shima Yin, Gan-wei * Chuen Mian, 1985 Yuasa, Joji * Domain, 1986 (flute solo) * Etude for "THE", 1983 * Mutterings, 1988 * Projection for Violoncello and Piano, 1967 * Nine Levels by Ze-Ami, 1987 * Maibatariki II for alto flute, 1987 * My Blue Sky, no. 3, 1977 * Terms of Temporal Detailing omage to D.H.(flute solo),1989 * Solitude, 1980 * A Winter Day: Homage to Bash√≥, 1981 Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe * Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players, 1984

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