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ART AND MUSIC MEET AT MUSAICS OF THE BAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

New Series Pairs Artists and Musicians in Multi-Arts Collaborations, Creating Over 60 New Works Premiered\u00a0<\/strong>in Virtual Concerts – Spring Season Announced<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Berkeley, CA – (March 4, 2021) – The Bay Area\u2019s exciting new concert series Musaics of the Bay continues its 2020-2021 season this spring with a slate of new premiere collaborations it\u2019s bringing into the world. By the end of the season, it will have commissioned and premiered over 60 new works. The multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary series adds a completely new dimension to the already rich San Francisco Bay area, and in addition to its commissioning program, it brings cultural partnerships and mentoring of top-tier local talent in live and filmed performance that will enrich the region\u2019s offerings.<\/div>\n
Every Monday through June 2021, Musaics of the Bay\u2019s signature series, the Stay-at-Home Symposium, unites diverse performers and living composers with visual artists, poets, sculptors, and filmmakers from the Bay Area and around the globe, in premieres of newly commissioned musical compositions, based on works of art, preceded by an in-depth conversation among all the participating artists. These Symposium premieres are \u201cmusical mosaics\u201d meant to spark the imagination of artists and audiences alike, adding a new dimension to the traditional listener experience.\u00a0Featured this spring are new works by composer Sophie Mathieu inspired by poet Martha Talburt for her granddaughter, Baroque cellist Madeline Bouissou; composer Alistair Coleman for violinist Emma Meinrenken, and composer\/pianist Milad Yousufi, all inspired by painter Simon Dinnerstein; jazz pianist and composer Jeremy Corren inspired by artist Ariel Soul\u00e9; Gareth Loy inspired by June Yokell; Peter Myers inspired by an art piece by Nomin Zolzaya for the SAKURA cello quintet; composer Alexander Gadjiev for pianist Andrei Gologan inspired by quilt artist Nadine Rosenthal, painter Katie Swatland, and calligrapher Hassan Massoudy; and composer Natsumi Osborn for violist Nicholas Gallitano and cellist Julia Weldon inspired by a Japanese antique object from the collection of purveyor Adam Irish.<\/div>\n
The vision of acclaimed young pianist, artistic director Audrey\u00a0Vardanega aims to bring the wonderfully transformative and life-enriching power of musical partnerships she has experienced in her own career to the series. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be able to not only add to the chamber music repertoire and cultural world at large by bringing new creations into the world,\u201d Vardanega said, \u201cbut to give our audiences the thrill of unexpected and of discovery. As a performer, it\u2019s always a wonderful adventure to crack open a new piece of music and see what\u2019s ahead, but adding another discipline takes it to a new level and I\u2019m excited to bring that to our audiences across the globe.\u201d<\/div>\n
Musaics of the Bay\u2019s Mentor Partnership educational series pairs talented young local students over a period of a few months with established artists, to also create brand new works for the Stay-at-Home Symposium. These relationships take an array of forms, where mentor performers, composers, or other artists guide the creative collaboration process. An upcoming highlight is pianist Jon Nakamatsu’s premiere of a new piece by the gifted student composer Tiffany Cuaresma, based on Simon Dinnerstein’s painting Night. Simon will guide Tiffany through the process of interpreting his painting, which she will take as the inspiration for her composition, premiering later this Spring.<\/div>\n
In addition to its monumental, ongoing commissioning project, Musaics\u2019 Virtual Season 2020 presented an exciting array of other online events. After having launched an in-person inaugural season pre-Covid the series, like so many others is now online, featuring Bay Area-based stars of the classical music world in performances of a wide range of repertoire, all of which are accessible online in\u00a0the Virtual Season archive<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Concerts are FREE. More information on the website<\/a>, and subscribe to Musaics of the Bay\u2019s YouTube Channel<\/a>\u00a0for access.\u00a0Check out the viewing room<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about the art and the musical creations it informed in.<\/div>\n
Media inquiries should be directed to Dworkin & Company at (914) 244-3803 or elizabeth@dworkincompany.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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2021 SPRING SEASON AT-A-GLANCE<\/strong><\/div>\n
All Stay-at-Home Symposium events are on<\/strong><\/div>\n
Mondays from 5PM PST unless otherwise noted<\/strong><\/div>\n
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March 15<\/div>\n
Here and Now for Gut Strings:<\/div>\n
A celebration of family through music for solo Baroque cello, poetry, and painting; composer Sophie Mathieu imagines a piece for Baroque cellistMadeleine Bouissou inspired by the paintings and poetry of Madeleine\u2019s grandmother,\u00a0Martha Talburt, who is also a visual artist.<\/div>\n
March 21<\/div>\n
VIRTUAL GALA CELEBRATION AT RUNNYMEDE SCULPTURE FARM<\/div>\n
This special event comes to audiences from the beautiful barn at Runnymede Sculpture Farm (Woodside, CA). a 120 acre sculpture farm featuring over 160 works of art. The program features the cello, an instrument of huge range and versatility widely loved for its expressive possibilities and deep resonance. This program follows an arc anchored by the rich brown woodiness of the cello\u2019s open G string and the famous Suite No. 1 in G Major by J.S. Bach, the World Premiere of Weathervane for three cellos inspired by a Runnymede sculpture by composer Skyler Baysa, and more. With the performance setting of a weathered wooden barn, a natural extension of the instruments themselves, repertoire for one to three cellos, mainly centered around G, is on tap that evening.<\/div>\n
The Gala features San Francisco Opera Principal Cellist Peter Myers, cellist and Co-Director of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival Tanya Tomkins, and 19 year-old Oakland-based cellist Nick Reeves. Suggested Donation: $38-$250. RSVP here<\/a>.<\/a><\/div>\n
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March 29\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
I Cried\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Poetry, calligraphy and painting come together with cellist Andrew Janss and pianist Audrey Vardanega\u2019s performance of a new work by composer, pianist and visual artist Milad Yousufi, \u201cI Cried\u2026\u201d The piece is based on a calligraphic painting created by Milad called \u201cMemories.\u201d<\/div>\n
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April 5<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Watering Hole<\/em> Cello Concerto<\/strong><\/div>\n
Cellist Nicholas Politi composes and performs a fantastical musical narration for solo cello inspired by Bruce Herman\u2019s painting, Watering Hole. The new work is something in between a cello concerto and a duet for cello and fixed media.<\/div>\n
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April 12<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Purposeful Randomness<\/em> of Solaris<\/strong><\/div>\n
In composer Alistair Coleman’s solo piano meditation, he explores the \u201cpurposeful randomness\u201d of color, palette and texture in painter Simon Dinnerstein\u2019s Solaris. Dinnerstein\u2019s work was inspired by a palette he used for many months for an earlier painting. The buildup that ensued became a kind of found object, almost fossilized and affected by time, endowed with a kind of purposeful randomness.<\/div>\n
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April 19<\/strong><\/div>\n
Tatlin on Keys<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Jazz Pianist Jeremy Corren composes and performs a new piece for solo piano based on Italian artist Ariel Soul\u00e9\u2019s Tatlin.\u00a0The new work is a medition between the figurative and the abstract and charts a composition that follows extremes between the organic haze and geometric of the two.<\/div>\n
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April 26<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Decembrist<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Pianist and composerSpencer Cha performs a new solo piano composition inspired by Alastair Dacey\u2019s portrait, The Decembrist. The new work plays on the portrait\u2019s commanding reflectiveness.<\/div>\n
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May 3<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Sounds of the Kingdom<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Gareth Loy\u2019s composition, for cello and viola, guides listeners along a creek leading to the San Francisco Bay depicted in landscape artist June Yokell\u2019s painting Into the Kingdom. Cellist Amy Kang and violist Sydney Whipple bring to life the trademark beauty of the natural from which Yokell draws inspiration.<\/div>\n
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May 10<\/strong><\/div>\n
Saraband for Cello Quintet\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Peter Myers\u2019 Saraband for Cello Quintet suggests the characteristic rhythmic pattern of a saraband, a slow, stately Baroque dance form in three.\u00a0Well known to cellists from Bach\u2019s solo suites, and throughout the movement, the pattern expands and contracts metrically to shape its flow.\u00a0The Saraband is inspired by an art piece by Nomin Zolzaya and will be premiered by the SAKURA Cello Quintet consisting of cellists Stella Cho, Michael Kaufman, Benjamin Lash, Yoshika Masuda, and Peter Myers.<\/div>\n
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May 17<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sound Details of The Fulbright Triptych<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Composer and pianist Milad Yousufi performs his own composition for solo piano in response to the details of Simon Dinnerstein\u2019s legendary painting, TheFulbright Triptych. The almost overlooked work, due to its hybridity of medium, became asignature work of the artist.<\/div>\n
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May 24<\/strong><\/div>\n
Alexander Gadjiev: The Tree of Life<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Italian pianist and composer Alexander Gadjiev creates a new multi-movement work for solo piano for Salzburg-based pianist Andrei Gologan, inspired by quilt artist Nadine Rosenthal\u2019s Tree of Life Quilt, No. 12 from artist Katie Swatland\u2019s Elements Collection, and the rich, calligraphic work of Hassan Massoudy.<\/div>\n
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May 31<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Antiques of Japan<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Composer Natsumi Osborn realizes a composition for viola and cello performed by violist Nicholas Gallitano and cellist Julia Weldon, inspired by a Japanese antique object from the collection of purveyor Adam Irish.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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