Laura Carmichael
Friday
Sept. 1, 2000 8PM
Concert #59
Featuring:
Laura Carmichael, clarinet
Sylvia Mattheus, various electronics
| Silvia Mattheus and Laura Carmichael | Day of Two Noons for clarinet and electronics |
| created in collaboration with Pamela Z | Teeth for clarinet, electronics, and text |
| Larry Austin | Tarogato! for bass clarinet and electronics |
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intermission |
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| Simon Burgers | Pastiche for bass clarinet and electronics |
| Tristian Keuris | Canzone for solo clarinet |
| Chen Yi | Monologue for clarinet solo |
| Jorge Liderman | T'fila for clarinet solo |
| Laura Carmichael | improvisations based on Sephardic themes |
Laura Carmichael returns
to the Bay Area for a visit from Amsterdam, where she has been living for the
past year, studying bass clarinet with Harry Sparnaay, Karnatic music with
Raphael Rena, performing and investigating the Dutch new music scene.
She will perform her new solo program featuring original works with electronics
and text, improvisations based on Sephardic musical sources, and music by
contemporary Dutch and American composers. She will also perform here in
San Francisco at Meridian Gallery on the 8th of September, then in Southern
California at Cal Arts, Northern Arizona State University and University of
Texas at Austin, where she will also give master classes. In November she
makes her New York debut at Merkin Recital Hall, sponsored by the League of
Composers and the International Society for Contemporary Music.
Please join Laura for this new program of adventurous, original and personal
music. Now is your chance to hear what she has been up to, since she will
return to Amsterdam in the following season to work with the Dutch modern dance
company Chriztina de Chatel Dance Group and choreographer Dylan Newcomb.
The company's new work for six musicians and six dancers will tour 30 cities
next year, and will incorporate music composition, improvisation, text, and
movement.
In the Bay Area she has performed in a wide range of settings, including
performing with several orchestras, and ensembles such as the San Francisco
Contemporary Music Players, Left Coast Ensemble, and John Schott's Diaglossia.
Many Bay Area residents know her as the leader of Alternate Currents. With
Alternate Currents, she has held a residency at ODC/SF Theater, received awards
and grants from the Copland Foundation, Zellerbach Family Fund and Chamber Music
America, and performed throughout the Bay Area.