Bradford Werner

New Music Giants – presented by Hillside Printing
Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:30pm
Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora

$25/15 general admission
Free for VCM students and faculty

New Music Giants features music by John Cage, Steve Reich, Jacques Hetu,David Loeb, and VCM composers Stephen Brown and RD Wraggett, performed by members of the Conservatory’s string and guitar faculty, together with outstanding students from the Collegium Program for Young Musicians. A program for those who love new music—and for those who think they don’t!

VCM Website: vcm.bc.ca
Hillside Printing: hillsideprinting.com

Who’s Playing ?

• Bradford Werner, classical/electric guitar
• Michael Dias, classical guitar
• Douglas Hensley, classical guitar
• Christine Prince, viola
• Masako Hockey, vibraphone
• Paula Kiffner, cello
• Collegium Students, Radios
• VCM Collegium String Quartet: Nelson Moneo, violin; Rae Gallimore, violin; Stephanie Galipeau, viola; Elise Cassidy, cello.
• Radios: Brenna Hartman, Marvin Ren, Jacob van der Sloot, Simon Farintosh, Nathan Bomans, Stephanie Galipeau, Chloe Kersen, Pearse Wolfe Liblong, Brian Fremlin, Bronwyn LeBlanc, Anne van der Sloot, Kelsey Dupuis, Amita Symons-Yu, Rae Gallimore, Anne Mauz, Caleb Guenette, Ian Howland, Haekyo Lee, Aline Dumalski, Kate Thomas, Emily Groseth, Elise Cassidy, Piersson Richards, Steven Jeon, Ryan Howland

Amazing VCM Composers:

• Stephen Brown
• RD Wraggett

What’s on the program?

• John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes for 12 radios (that’s right, 12 radios!)
• David Loeb: Between Sea and Sky
• Jacques Hétu: Concerto for two guitars (Mov I)
• Stephen Brown: There Was a Lady in the East – Third Suite for Solo Cello (world premiere by VCM Composer!)
• Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar and pre-recorded tape
• RD Wraggett: 33 Pieces of Pandora’s Box  (world premiere by VCM Composer!)

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From a past concert but check this out anyway: