Pacific Rim Music Festival

"New and Traditional"
Pacific Rim Music Festival 2003

(Concerts & Symposiums)
April 2 - May 2, 2003
Prof. Hi Kyung Kim, Artistic Director
Harry Mack, Production Manager
Presented by UCSC Department of Music

The Events:

1. Celebration of Chou, Wen-Chung's 80th Birthday
2. Contribution to Chou, Wen-Chung by his distinguished disciples
3. Chamber Music Concert/ Premiere Concert
4. Music of the Local Composers from the Bay Area
5. Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Works
6. "2003 World Women in Music Today"
7. Northwest Passages: Eve Egoyan, piano

1. Celebration of Chou, Wen-Chung's 80th Birthday

Performers: New Music Ensemble, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Guest Artist: Jeong-Sung Kim (Korean Daekeum, National Intangible Treasure Asset)
Co-Presenters: BluePrint Festival American Composers Forum
Program: Works by Chou, Wen-Chung; Edgard Varese; Joji Yuasa; Chinay Ung; Hi Kyung Kim

I. Concerts:

• April 2, 2003 (Wednesday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz
• April 3, 2003 (Thursday), Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco

II. Symposia at UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley

2. Contribution to Chou, Wen-Chung by his distinguished disciples

Performers: Empyrean Ensemble, University of California, Davis
Conductor: Karla Lemon
Co-Presenters: UC Davis Department of Music and UC Berkeley Department of Music
Program: Works by James Tenny; Tan Dun; Chen Yi; Bright Sheng; Zhou Long; Pablo Ortiz; Edmund Campion

I. Concerts:

• April 4, 2003 (Friday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz
• April 6, 2003 (Sunday), Studio Theatre of Mondvi Center for Performing Arts, UC Davis
• April 8, 2003 (Tuesday), Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley

II. Symposia: "Music Influenced by Asian Culture Today" at UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis

3. Chamber Music Concert/ Premiere Concert

Performers: William Barbini (violin), Jean-Michel Fonteneau (cello), John Sackett (clarinet / bass clarinet), Gyan Riley (guitar), Sarah Cahill (piano)
Program: Andrew Imbrie; Terry Riley; Tristan Murail; John Sackett; David Evan Jones; Sung-Jae Lee; Kui Dong; Evan Ziporyn

Concert: April 9, 2003 (Wednesday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz

4. Music of the Local Composers from the Bay Area

Performers: New Music Works, Santa Cruz
Conductor: Philip Collins
Program: Paul Nauert; Peter Elsea; Tania Leon; Bruce Crossman; Eun-Kyung Kim

Concert: April 11, 2003 (Friday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz

5. Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Works

Director: William Winant
Program: Alvan Curran; James Tenney; Chou, Wen-Chung; David Cope

Concert: April 16, 2003 (Wednesday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz

6. "2003 World Women in Music Today"

In collaboration with the International Women Composers' Festival in Seoul, Korea
Presented by International Alliance of Women Composers and The Korean Society of Woman Composers

Performers: Ensemble Parallele (Faculty Ensemble at San Francisco Conservatory)
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Guest Artists: Ae-Ri Ji (Korean kayakeum), Jae-Sun Cho (Korean pansori singer, National Intangible Treasure Asset)
Co-Presenters: BluePrint Festival, American Composers Forum, UC Davis Department of Music
Program: Shulamit Ran; Betsy Jolas; Chan-Hae Lee; Young-Ja Lee; Melissa Hui; Kaja Saaraiho

I. Concerts:

• April 23, 2003 (Wednesday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz
• April 24, 2003 (Thursday), Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco
• April 25, 2003 (Friday), Studio Theatre of Mondvi Center for Performing Arts, UC Davis
  

II. Panel Discussion

7. Northwest Passages: Eve Egoyan, piano

Comissioned by the Japan-Canada Fund

Performers: Eve Egoyan, piano
Program: U.S. premieres of works by Jo Kondo, Maoru Fujieda, James Tenney; works by John Cage, Judith Weir, and Erik Saties.

Concert: April 30 (Wednesday), Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz

Korean Musical Ceremony

April 2002
UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and San Francisco
Prof. Hi Kyung Kim, Artistic Director
Co-presented by UCSC Arts & Lectures

Reviews of this Year's Events:

• San Jose Mercury News http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/entertainment/columnists/anita_amirrezvani/3076425.htm