The Music Series features virtuosos from Southern California performing repertoire favorites and new music by living composers. The concert will take place in the Brand Library Recital Hall. Admission is free and seating is limited.
Sponsored by the Brand Associates. Please note: Music Series concerts are now held on Thursday evenings.
ACE Trio
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Brand Library Recital Hall
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The trio consists of flutist Shannon Canchola, clarinetist Micah Wright and pianist Leon Thomasian. Continually pushing at the edges of what it means to be a contemporary chamber ensemble, ACE Trio performs their own innovative arrangements and accessible contemporary music by living composers from around the world. The trio has won many awards and performed in concerts throughout Southern California.
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Program:
Sonatina for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano - Helen Stowasser
I. Allegretto Cantabile
Fantasy - Trio (arranged for flute, clarinet, and piano) - Howard Blake
Dance of the Woods for flute, clarinet, and piano - Herman Beeftink
Ecstatic Samba for flute, clarinet, and piano - Kevin Day
Portraits of Langston for flute, clarinet, and piano - Valerie Coleman
IV. Silver Rain
V. Parisian Cabaret
VI. Harlem's Summer Night
Sonatina for flute, clarinet, and piano - Paul Schoenfeld
I. Charleston
II. Hunter Rag
III. Jig
Ensemble Flame
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Brand Library Recital Hall
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The group consists of Eric Tinkerhess playing viola da gamba, Mana Tinkerhess playing triple harp and Robert Wang performing on the theorbo. Ensemble Flame is composed of instruments that were at the heart of the king’s court in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dedicated especially to French music, Ensemble Flame transmits the instruments’ warmth by imagining the music as a poem, appeasing our wavering spirits invaded by the passions of the soul.
Daniel Miles & Cameron Akioka
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Brand Library Recital Hall
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Introducing a New Duo - Violist Daniel Miles is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and a grad student at USC and most recently won the 2023 Beverly Hills Auditions. Pianist Cameron Akioka is a graduate of Rice University and a grad student at USC and won both the silver medal and audience favorite award at the 2022 Seattle International Piano Competition.
https://musicacademy.org/big-profiles/daniel-miles/
https://music.usc.edu/cameron-akioka-seattle-international-piano-competition/
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Program:
Florence Price - Elfentanz
Bowen - C Minor Sonata
Intermission
Brahms - E Flat Sonata
William Grant Still - Mother and Child