2010-11 Season Announced!

2010-11 Season Events

Next season, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players will celebrate its 40th Anniversary with three subscription series concerts, and three Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation events. In addition, the ensemble has been invited to perform a fourth concert as part of the prestigious Morrison Artists Series at San Francisco State University. Each concert is packed full of innovative new music that looks to the past, present, and future.

Subscription tickets go on sale on Wednesday, May 12 at City Box Office.

SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERTS:

CONCERT #1
Monday, November 8, 2010
Points in Recent History
8:00 p.m. Herbst Theatre
7:00 p.m. pre-concert talk
Unconducted. Special guest: Gabriele Vanoni.

Program:
Jérôme Combier, Heurter La Lumière Encore (2005), Essere Pietra (2004) (U.S. premieres)
John Cage, Seven (1988, SFCMP co-commission)
Gabriele Vanoni, Space Oddities (2008, West Coast premiere)
Tod Brody, flute
Philip Glass, Music in Similar Motion (1969)

CONCERT #2
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tradition, Influence, Evolution
8:00 p.m. Herbst Theatre
7:00 p.m. pre-concert talk
Donato Cabrera conducts. Special gusts: Du Yun, Ronald Bruce Smith, Brian Current.

Program:
György Ligeti, Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano (1982)
Du Yun, Vicissitudes, No. 1 (2002)
Ronald Bruce Smith, new work (2010, commission, world premiere)
Brian Current, Strata (2010, commission, world premiere)

CONCERT #3
Monday, April 4, 2011
Fortieth Anniversary Gala Concert
7:30 p.m. Herbst Theatre
Post-show Gala Celebration event in the Green Room!
Sara Jobin conducts. Special guests: Terry Riley, Olly Wilson.

Program:
Olly Wilson, new work (2011, commission, world premiere)
Salvatore Sciarrino, Il silenzio degli oracoli (1989)
Beat Furrer, Spur (1988, West Coast premiere)
Terry Riley, In C (1964)

SPECIAL EXTRA CONCERT:

Sunday, March 6, 2011
Morrison Artists Series Concert
3:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre, SF State University
Program TBA
A FREE event.

CONTEMPORARY INSIGHTS: MUSIC AND CONVERSATION:

Sunday, November 7, 2010
John Cage's Seven
4:30 p.m. ODC Dance Commons
A co-commission from 1988.

Sunday, Februrary 27, 2011
A new work by Ronald Bruce Smith
4:30 p.m. ODC Dance Commons
Conducted by Donato Cabrera.

Sunday, April 3, 2011
Beat Furrer's Spur
4:30 p.m. ODC Dance Commons
Conducted by Sara Jobin.