Tonight is the first concert of the 9th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music. Come check it out!

Where:
San Francisco Community Music Center
544 Capp Street
San Francsico, CA

When:
Saturday, July 30, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Cost:
$10 adults, $5 students (with valid ID), seniors and ARTS Card members

Program:
Mendel Lee – Timpani Forces for timpani
Laurence Sherr – Four Short Pieces for violin
Anna Armstrong – Exorcism of a Succubus for viola
John Bilotta – Yeats Songs for baritone and piano

– INTERMISSION –

Bruce Bennett – …how sad to hear day turn to dark for english horn and guitar
Lansing McLoskey – Sudden Music for soprano and piano
Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn – Firecracker for clarinet
Daniel Houglum – et si sensus deficit for violin
Jean Ahn – A Flash of Ravel for violin, cello and piano

The Festival of Contemporary Music is under the direction of Brian Bice, John Bilotta and Davide Verotta.

The following composers and pieces have been selected for inclusion in the 9th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music.

Saturday, July 30, 2011
Armstrong, Anna – Exorcism of a Succubus for viola
Bennett, Bruce – How Sad To Hear for english horn and guitar
Dunn, Aleksander – Firecracker for clarinet
Houglum, Daniel – et si sensus deficit for violin
Lee, Mendel – Timpani Forces for timpani
McLoskey, Lansing – Sudden Music for soprano and piano
Sherr, Laurence – Four Short Pieces for violin

Saturday, August 13, 2011
Barnett, Michael – Lunar Rhapsody for piano
Dangerfield, Joseph – Remnants for piano
Ho, Hubert – Configdurations for violin and piano
Kotcheff, Thomas – Four Vignettes for piano
Steinke, Greg – Tomorrow on Yesterday for harp
Yip, Stephen – Cloud. Color II for violin and cello

In addition there will be performances of music composed by the Festival directors: Brian Bice (August 13), John Bilotta (July 30) and Davide Verotta (August 13).

We received many great pieces and it was a challenge to select which pieces to program. On behalf of John Bilotta and Davide Verotta, I would like to thank all of the composers who submitted works. We have an exciting program lined up for this year’s Festival. We look forward to meeting all of the composers this summer.

Later this afternoon the selected composers for the 9th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music will be announced on New Music Forum. There were may great entries this year and we are excited about the upcoming concerts.

Check back later to see who was selected.

New Music Forum is excited to announce the dates for the 9th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music.  The annual two concert summer event will take place on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.  Both concerts will take place at the San Francisco Community Music Center.

The call for scores will be published in the near future so please stay tuned.