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Schedule Archive

Jorge Liderman’s Swirling Streams, with Earplay Herbst Theater, San Francisco May 24, 2010 8:00pm May 24, 2010 10:00pm
Conducting Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory Apr 19, 2010 8:00pm Apr 19, 2010 10:00pm
Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for guitar and string quartet Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory Apr 7, 2010 8:00pm Apr 7, 2010 10:00pm
Chamber Music Masters series
Recital Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle Mar 16, 2010 7:30pm Mar 16, 2010 9:30pm
Conducting Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory Mar 11, 2010 8:00pm Mar 11, 2010 10:00pm
Recital Xavier University, Cincinnati Feb 28, 2010 2:30pm Feb 28, 2010 4:30pm
Recital Dominican College, San Rafael, California Feb 21, 2010 3:00pm Feb 21, 2010 3:00pm
Recital including chamber performance of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Repentence for with Thomas Viloteau and Paul Psarras, guitars, Peter Wyrick, cello and Scott Pingle, bass
Peter Sculthorpe's Nourlangie for guitar and orchestra Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory Feb 20, 2010 8:00pm Feb 20, 2010 10:00pm
Nicole Paiement, conductor
Master Class Mount Royal Conservatory, Calgary Feb 1, 2010 5:00pm Feb 1, 2010 7:00pm
Master Class Calgary, Canada Jan 31, 2010 1:00pm Jan 31, 2010 4:00pm
Solo recital concert followed by a master class and workshop Calgary, Canada Jan 30, 2010 8:00pm Feb 2, 2010 8:00pm
Recital Recital at Mount Royal College, Leacock Theater, Calgary, Canada Jan 30, 2010 8:00pm Jan 30, 2010 10:00pm
Music by Weiss, Visee, Gaultier, Reich, Riley and Rodrigo
Premiere of a new chamber piece by Oscar Bianche Herbst Theatre, San Francisco CA Jan 25, 2010 8:00pm Jan 25, 2010 10:00pm
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Herbst Theater, San Francisco Jan 25, 2010 8:00pm Jan 25, 2010 10:00pm
Oscar Bianche’s Zaffiro for flute, viola, baritone sax and guitar
Aaron Kernis 50th Birthday Concert Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, New York Tickets $15 212- 505-FISH Jan 18, 2010 7:30pm Jan 18, 2010 9:00pm
The 50th birthday concert of Aaron Jay Kernis, featuring new works for guitar with the family: four hand piano played by Aaron and his wife Evelyne Luest, their daughter Delphine on violin and their son Jonah on cello, with DT on guitar.
Conducting Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory Jan 6, 2010 1:37pm Jan 6, 2010 1:37pm
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
Master Class Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Jan 6, 2010 1:34pm Jan 6, 2010 1:34pm
Guitarrada V with Pepe Romero SF Conservatory, San Francisco CA Dec 14, 2009 3:30am Dec 14, 2009 3:30am
New Guitar Ensemble Old First Church, San Francisco Dec 5, 2009 4:00am Dec 5, 2009 4:00am
Conducting Conservatory Guitar Ensemble SF Conservatory Recital Hall, San Francisco CA Dec 3, 2009 4:00am Dec 3, 2009 4:00am
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Nice, France Nov 16, 2009 4:00am Nov 16, 2009 4:00am
New Guitar Ensemble San Francisco Conservatory Nov 12, 2009 4:00am Nov 12, 2009 4:00am
Made To Order: Commissions And Collaborations Herbst Theatre, San Francisco CA Nov 3, 2009 4:00am Nov 3, 2009 4:00am
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Ken Ueno, new work (2009, commission, world premiere)
Ken Ueno, voice
Ronald Bruce Smith, Five Pieces for Guitar and Electronics (2007)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
Donnacha Dennehy, new work (2009, commission, world premiere)
Philippe Leroux, De la texture (2007, commission)
Conservatory Guitar Ensemble SF Conservatory Recital Hall, San Francisco CA Oct 28, 2009 3:00am Oct 28, 2009 3:00am
David Tanenbaum conducts the SF Conservatory Guitar Ensemble.
Pacific Guitar Alliance Freight and Salvage, Berkeley CA Oct 19, 2009 3:00am Oct 19, 2009 3:00am
A birthday celebration with Peppino D'Agostino with special guests Daniel and Anthony Lavezzo, Aleza D'Agostino , Kelsey Love Russom , Pacific Guitar Alliance (featuring Peppino D'Agostino, David Tanenbaum, Jon Mendle, Larry Ferrara, Marc Teicholz, Michael Bautista), Carlos Reyes (world-renowned Paraguayan harpist and violinist) and children's choir VOENA with Annabelle Marie.
A Weekend with Terry Riley Festival Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Oct 11, 2009 3:00am Oct 11, 2009 3:00am
An evening of improvised works with Terry Riley (keyboards) accompanied by Gyan Riley (guitar), Tracy Silverman (strings), David Tanenbaum (guitar), and William Winant (percussion).
La Guitarra California Santa Maria College, California Sep 26, 2009 4:00pm Sep 26, 2009 6:00pm

Master class

La Guitarra California Santa Maria College, California Sep 26, 2009 1:30am Sep 26, 2009 1:30am

Program includes composers Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and


Sofia Gubaidulina.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Blueprint Series Mar 8, 2009 4:00am Mar 8, 2009 6:00am
Program includes:
Terry Riley: Y Bolanzero
David Tanenbaum conducting the SFCM Guitar Ensemble

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: Things Fall From The Sky Feb 24, 2009 4:00am Feb 24, 2009 4:00am
Program:
Roscoe Mitchell, WRC2A, Opus 1 (2008) (world premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for New Orleans (2006) (world premiere)
Terry Riley, Quando cosas malas caen del cielo (2003)
Lee Hyla, Polish Folk Songs (2007)
Cindy Cox, [new work] (2008) (world premiere)

Featuring:
Roscoe Mitchell, saxophone
David Tanenbaum, guitar
William Winant, percussion

With three world premieres, including a Roscoe Mitchell/William Winant duet, and a David Tanenbaum guitar solo, this is sure to be a memorable evening. Cindy Cox and Roscoe Mitchell (who made his name as a jazz saxophonist with the Art Ensemble of Chicago before shifting his focus to chamber music composition) bring us three much-anticipated new works. Lee Hyla and Terry Riley take up the populist point of view with a boisterous, unpredictable collage of Polish folk music and an Iraq War protest piece played on the National Steel guitar.

$28 general, $23 senior, $10 student

Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness at McAllister Street, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.
Adam Chamber Music Festival: Fandango Feb 7, 2009 3:30am Feb 7, 2009 5:30am
Concert
Schubert’s heart-breakingly beautiful Cello Quintet, the favourite Desert Island Disc of many music lovers, crowns this line-up of brilliant and innovative musical delights. Ross Harris heard the NZSQ's ‘Goldberg Variations’ and "became obsessed” – his Variation 25 is the highly expressive result. The Bartok Dances are given a new twist with guitar accompaniment, and there could be dancing in the aisles to the Fandango from Boccherini's famous Quintet!

  • Ross Harris: Variation 25 for String Quartet world premiere
  • Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances
  • Boccherini: Fandango Quintet
  • Schubert: Quintet in C


Nelson Cathedral


Adam Chamber Music Festival: Virtuoso Guitar Feb 5, 2009 9:00pm Feb 5, 2009 11:00pm
Concert
In this programme, visiting virtuoso David Tanenbaum presents some of his favourite works for solo guitar and is joined by the NZSQ’s Douglas Beilman in Astor Piazzolla's modern classic L'Histoire du Tango.

St John's Methodist Church, Nelson
Adam Chamber Music Festival: Tanenbaum In Takaka Feb 5, 2009 2:00am Feb 5, 2009 4:00am
Solo Concert
…an appealing selection of Baroque, and Spanish music including pieces by Rodrigo, and recent guitar works that will dazzle the senses.
Takaka Church of the Sacred Heart

Adam Chamber Music Festival: Masterclass Feb 3, 2009 7:00pm Feb 3, 2009 10:00pm
Masterclass
Auditorium
Nelson School of Music
48 Nile Street
Nelson, New Zealand
Adam Chamber Music Festival: Tanenbaum In Mot Feb 3, 2009 2:00am Feb 3, 2009 4:00am
Solo Concert
…an appealing selection of Baroque, and Spanish music including pieces by Rodrigo, and recent guitar works that will dazzle the senses.
Motueka Chanel Arts Centre
10th Annual Adam Chamber Music Festival Jan 30, 2009 4:00pm Feb 7, 2009 6:00am
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An SPCO Celebration Jan 25, 2009 10:00pm Jan 26, 2009 12:00am
Concert

Members of the SPCO survey invigorating chamber music works by American composers who have had strong past associations with the orchestra. From Aaron Copland to Aaron Jay Kernis, musical greats have found a welcoming home with the SPCO throughout its 50 years, and this program features their music alongside works by John Adams and John Harbison.

Program
  • John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances for String Quartet and CD
  • John Harbison: Twilight Music for Horn, Violin and Piano
  • Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for String Quartet
  • Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for Guitar and String Quartet featuring David Tanenbaum

The Music Room, Spco Center

An SPCO Celebration Jan 24, 2009 4:00am Jan 24, 2009 6:00am
Concert

Members of the SPCO survey invigorating chamber music works by American composers who have had strong past associations with the orchestra. From Aaron Copland to Aaron Jay Kernis, musical greats have found a welcoming home with the SPCO throughout its 50 years, and this program features their music alongside works by John Adams and John Harbison.

Program
  • John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances for String Quartet and CD
  • John Harbison: Twilight Music for Horn, Violin and Piano
  • Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for String Quartet
  • Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for Guitar and String Quartet featuring David Tanenbaum

The Music Room, Spco Center
Recital at Lou Harrison House Jan 14, 2009 3:30am Jan 14, 2009 5:00am
Recital at the straw bale house (the first in California) built by the composer Lou Harrison. The program includes Scenes from Nek Chand, written for David Tanenbaum, which uses the Just Intonation National Steel guitar invented by Lou Harrison for his last completed piece.
Residency at Lou Harrison House Jan 11, 2009 8:01am Jan 14, 2009 7:59am
A three day residency in the special acoustical environment built by Lou Harrison.
Utah Classical Guitar Society Jan 11, 2009 2:30am Jan 11, 2009 4:30am
Master Class
1121 E 200 South
Utah Classical Guitar Society Jan 10, 2009 4:00am Jan 10, 2009 6:00am
Concert
Salt Lake City Recital Hall
Monterey Symphony Dec 14, 2008 11:00pm Dec 15, 2008 1:00am
  • Conrad Susa - Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D

with the Monterey Symphony at the Blackstone Winery.
Monterey Symphony Dec 13, 2008 4:00am Dec 13, 2008 6:00am
  • Conrad Susa - Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D

with the Monterey Symphony at the Carmel Mission.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: Furious Craft Dec 9, 2008 4:00am Dec 9, 2008 6:00am
Program:
Luca Francesconi, A fuoco (1995) (U.S. premiere)
Kaija Saariaho, Sept Papillons (2000)
Zhou Long, Wild Grass (2002)
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans maître (1955)

Featuring:
Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano
Leighton Fong, cello
Stephen Harrison, cello

Four works of intensity and craftsmanship warm this winter concert. David Milnes and the players delve into a rarely performed masterpiece by Pierre Boulez and a smoldering work by Luca Francesconi, featuring new ensemble member David Tanenbaum on guitar. Boulez’s unusual composition, for flute, guitar, viola, three percussion and mezzo-soprano, is widely regarded as his first great work. Complementing the ensemble pieces are two cello solos that ponder life’s ephemeral nature.

There will be a pre-concert talk before the concert. Guests TBA.

$28 general, $23 senior, $10 student
Order on our tickets page or call 415-978-ARTS (2787)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
701 Mission Street at 3rd Street, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: Contemporary Insights Dec 8, 2008 12:00am Dec 8, 2008 2:00am
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation

Each Contemporary Insights event focuses on a single piece from the following Monday’s subscription concert. Composers and musicians talk about the piece, and the musicians demonstrate parts of it. After performing the work in its entirety, the musicians will elicit reactions, answer questions, and dialog with the audience.

Share wine and hors d’oeuvres afterwards.

Program:
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans maître for mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, viola and three percussion

Widely regarded as Boulez’s first masterpiece, this celebrated, rarely performed work uses familiar Western instruments to create Eastern sounds that would have been exotic to Boulez’s first audiences. Music Director David Milnes and the ensemble, along with guest mezzo-soprano Janna Baty, perform and discuss this piece in the beautifully designed and acoustically superb Presidio Interfaith Chapel.

Presidio Interfaith Chapel:
130 Fisher Loop, Presidio
www.sanfranciscoweddings.org

Suggested donation: $10 per event.
American Mosaic Nov 4, 2008 4:00am Nov 4, 2008 6:00am
Program:
Elliott CarterLuimen (1997)
Reynold TharpLittoral (2006)
Dmitri TymoczkoFour Dreams (2006)
Lei LiangTrio (2002)
Mario DavidovskySynchronisms 12 (2006)
Mario Diaz de LeónGated Eclipse (2006)

Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness at McAllister Street, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation - Elliott Carter's Luimen Nov 3, 2008 12:30am Nov 3, 2008 2:30am
This piece will be performed again on the following evening at Herbst Theatre as part of American Mosaic, a concert of American music.

About the piece:
Elliott Carter, who celebrates his 100th birthday this year, is widely regarded as one of America's greatest composers. In this piece, fast-moving mandolin lines and a soloistic guitar section (played by new ensemble member David Tanenbaum) interweave with the sounds of trumpet, trombone, harp and vibraphone. This unconventional mix of instruments gives the piece it's unique, glittering texture.

The Players:
Jeff Biancalana, trumpet; Hall Goff, trombone; David Tanenbaum, guitar; Paul Binkley, mandolin; Karen Gottlieb, harp; William Winant, vibraphone.

ODC Dance Commons, Studio B 

351 Shotwell St. at 17th, San Francisco

Near 16th Street BART.
Parking lot at the corner of 17th and Shotwell.
Click here for map and directions.
United Guitar Ensemble Tour Sep 23, 2008 7:00pm Sep 30, 2008 7:00pm
United Guitar Ensemble
Jorge Liderman Memorial Concert Sep 14, 2008 10:00pm Sep 15, 2008 12:00am
Concert
  • Jorge Liderman: Swirling Streams

Hertz Hall
UC Berkeley
Napa Music Festival Aug 25, 2008 12:00am Aug 25, 2008 2:00am
Concert

  • Kernis: Two awakenings and a Double Lullaby for soprano, violin, guitar and piano


Napa Music Festival
Markham Vineyards
2812 St. Helena Hwy North
St. Helena CA 94574
Napa Music Festival Aug 24, 2008 12:00am Aug 24, 2008 2:00am
Concert

  • Paganini: Terzetto Concertante for viola, guitar and cello

  • Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for string quartet and guitar


Napa Music Festival
St. Supéry Vineyards and Winery
8440 St. Helena Hwy.
Rutherford CA 94558
Guitar Foundation of America Convention 2008 Aug 5, 2008 3:00pm Aug 11, 2008 4:00am
Concert

  • Sergio Assad: Trois Brasiliens a Saint Paul

  • Terry Riley: The Moonshine Sonata, Y Bolanzero

  • Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby


Guitar Foundation of America Convention 2008
Cactus Pear Music Festival Jul 18, 2008 2:30am Jul 18, 2008 4:30am
Concert

  • Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby, for violin, soprano, guitar & piano; and 100 Greatest Dance Hits, for guitar & string quartet

  • Terry Riley: Cantos Desiertos, for flute & guitar

Cactus Pear Music Festival Jul 17, 2008 2:00am Jul 17, 2008 4:00am
Concert
  • Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby, for violin, soprano, guitar & piano; and 100 Greatest Dance Hits, for guitar & string quartet
  • Terry Riley: Cantos Desiertos, for flute & guitar
Bach, Dancing & Dynamite Society Summer Festival Jun 30, 2008 2:30am Jun 30, 2008 4:30am
Concert
  • Aaron Jay Kernis - Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby for soprano, violin, guitar and piano
  • Georg Frideric Handel - Flute Sonata in B Minor, HWV 367, for flute and guitar

Bach, Dancing and Dynamite Society Summer Festival
Bach, Dancing & Dynamite Society Summer Festival Jun 29, 2008 9:30pm Jun 29, 2008 11:30pm
Concert
  • Aaron Jay Kernis - 100 Greatest Dance Hits for guitar and string quartet
  • Franz Schubert - Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello

Bach, Dancing and Dynamite Society Summer Festival
Bach, Dancing & Dynamite Society Summer Festival Jun 29, 2008 2:30am Jun 29, 2008 4:30am
Concert
  • Aaron Jay Kernis - Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby for soprano, violin, guitar and piano
  • Georg Frideric Handel - Flute Sonata in B Minor, HWV 367, for flute and guitar

Bach, Dancing and Dynamite Society Summer Festival
Bach, Dancing & Dynamite Society Summer Festival Jun 28, 2008 2:30am Jun 28, 2008 4:30am
Concert
  • Aaron Jay Kernis - 100 Greatest Dance Hits for guitar and string quartet
  • Franz Schubert - Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello

Bach, Dancing and Dynamite Society Summer Festival
Recording Dates Jun 17, 2008 3:00pm Jun 23, 2008 3:00am
Recording Dates
  • Aaron Jay Kernis - Two Awakenings and A Double Lullaby
Boston Guitarfest 2008 Jun 14, 2008 11:00pm Jun 15, 2008 12:00am
Concert
  • Toru Takemitsu - All In Twilight

Boston Guitarfest
at New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Boston Guitarfest 2008 Jun 14, 2008 4:00pm Jun 14, 2008 7:00pm
Master Class
Boston Guitarfest
at New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Boston Guitarfest 2008 Jun 13, 2008 11:00pm Jun 14, 2008 12:00am
Concert
  • Terry Riley - When Bad Things Fall from the Sky
  • Ronald Bruce Smith - Five Pieces for Guitar and Electronics
  • Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint

Boston Guitarfest
at New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Boston Guitarfest 2008 Jun 12, 2008 4:00pm Jun 12, 2008 7:00pm
Master Class
Boston Guitarfest
at New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

New Music Works Avant Garden Party Jun 8, 2008 10:00pm Jun 9, 2008 2:00am
New Music Works' Avant Garden Party

  • Lou Harrison - Serenade and Scenes from Nek Chand

  • Terry Riley - When Bad Things fall from the Sky

  • Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint