2011/12 Music Series

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Judy Niemack
Master Class · Friday, September 23, 2011, 12:00 pm

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Berlin-based jazz vocalist Judy Niemack joins Cornish jazz vocal students for a vocal masterclass on the art of singing jazz.

Stephen Drury
Chamber Music · Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8:00 pm

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Noted pianist Stephen Drury in a solo program entitled American Musical Genius featuring masterworks from the 20th Century repertoire including John Cage’s Dream and Etudes Australes (selections), Robert Schumann’s Papillons, and Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 2.

Ryan Francesconi
Master Class · Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:00 pm

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Portland-based guitarist and arranger Ryan Francesconi has caught the attention of guitar aficionados with his genre-bending approach to the instrument and his work with singer and harpist Joanna Newsom. Join us for this masterclass with Cornish guitar students.

Jon Jang
Master Class · Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm

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San Francisco-based composer and pianist Jon Jang presents “Traditions in Transformation: modernizing Chinese folk music into western music.”

Mike Clark
Master Class · Thursday, October 13, 2011, 1:00 pm

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Mike Clark will be leading a drum masterclass with Cornish music faculty and students.

Ken Ueno
Master Class · Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 1:00 pm

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California-based composer Ken Ueno presents selections of his music and speaks about his work for extended vocals and rock band (Midday Veil).

Shunzo Ohno
Master Class · Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:00 pm

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A veteran of both Art Blakey’s and Gil Evans’ bands, trumpeter Shunzo Ohno shares his talent and perspective at this noontime masterclass/clinic.

Julian Waterfall Pollack
Jazz · Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 8:00 pm

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The dynamic, young pianist Julian Waterfall Pollack is highly regarded for his technically ferocious and imaginative piano playing. Join us as his trio with Noah Garabedian, bass, and Evan Hughes, drums, makes their Seattle debut.

Boom Tic Boom
Master Class · Thursday, October 27, 2011, 12:00 pm

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Drummer Allison Miller, violinist Jenny Scheinman, pianist Myra Melford, and bassist Todd Sickafoose are Boom Tic Boom. Join us to hear this explosive quartet preview their evening concert and share their insights on music making.

Boom Tic Boom
Jazz · Thursday, October 27, 2011, 8:00 pm

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Versatile drummer Allison Miller (Brandi Carlisle, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant) leads her explosive quartet Boom Tic Boom featuring Jenny Scheinman, violin, Myra Melford, piano, and Todd Sickafoose, bass.

Jay Clayton
Master Class · Friday, October 28, 2011, 12:00 pm

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Jazz vocalist extraordinaire and former Cornish faculty member Jay Clayton joins current Cornish jazz vocal students for this special workshop.

Jay Clayton & Scrape
Jazz · Friday, October 28, 2011, 8:00 pm

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A birthday party so big it takes two nights to celebrate! Come help us celebrate jazz vocalist Jay Clayton’s 70th birthday as she performs with the innovative 16-piece string orchestra Scrape, co-led by Jim Knapp and Eyvind Kang.

Jay Clayton & the Jerry Granelli Trio
Jazz · Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8:00 pm

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Cornish favorite, vocalist Jay Clayton returns to Seattle to celebrate her 70th birthday with a special performance with percussionist and longtime collaborator Jerry Granelli and his trio.

Malcolm Goldstein
Master Class · Wednesday, November 02, 2011, 1:00 pm

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Composer, violinist, and improviser Malcolm Goldstein shares his music and his perspectives on Charles Ives, John Cage, composition, and improvisation at this special presentation.

Jim Knapp Tribute
Jazz · Wednesday, November 02, 2011, 7:30 pm

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For the past forty years, Jim Knapp and his eponymous Jim Knapp Orchestra (JKO) have set a standard for adventurous, imaginative music-making rivaled by few other Seattle musicians. Knapp’s compositions for orchestra or small ensemble, dance groups or the JKO have continually charted new territory. Perhaps Jim Knapp’s greatest legacy over the past forty years has been his inspired mentorship to successive generations of aspiring young musicians at Cornish College of the Arts.

Paul Taub: Edge
Chamber Music · Sunday, November 06, 2011, 7:00 pm

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Come join celebrate the release of renowned flutist Paul Taub’s new CD Edge - Flute Music from the Periphery of Europe in this concert for flute and mixed chamber ensembles. Receive your copy of Edge free with the price of admission! Note early start time.

La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina
Early Music · Thursday, November 10, 2011, 8:00 pmFriday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 pmSaturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00 pmSunday, November 13, 2011, 3:00 pm

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Cornish Opera Theater presents La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina (The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina), a rarely performed 17th Century Italian baroque opera by Francesca Caccini, and the first opera ever composed by a woman. Noted baroque choreographer Anna Mansbridge directs and Stephen Stubbs leads the period instrument ensemble with a cast featuring tenor Ross Hauck.

Bruce Forman
Master Class · Friday, November 18, 2011, 12:00 pm

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Los Angeles-based guitarist Bruce Forman joins current Cornish guitar students for this special jazz guitar masterclass.

Chuck Deardorf and Friends
Jazz · Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 pm

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Veteran bassist and Cornish professor Chuck Deardorf leads a stellar group featuring Los Angeles based guitarist Bruce Forman to celebrate the release of his critically acclaimed new CD Transparence on the Origin label.

Gamelan Pacifica with Peni Candra Rini
World Music · Saturday, December 03, 2011, 8:00 pm

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Concluding her one-week residence at Cornish College of the Arts, the talented young Javanese singer and composer Peni Candra Rini joins Gamelan Pacifica in a concert of traditional Javanese gamelan music as well as her original compositions.

Bobby Previte
Master Class · Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 12:30 pm

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New York-based drummer Bobby Previte has worked with an unlikely array of leading lights in music over the past thirty years that includes John Adams, Johnny Copeland, Lejaren Hiller, Lenny Kaye, John Lurie, Michael Tilson Thomas, Tom Waits, Zeena Parkins, and So Percussion. Join us for this very special presentation.

Seattle Modern Orchestra
Chamber Music · Friday, January 27, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Seattle Modern Orchestra continues its thematic concert tradition with their latest concert entitled layers of time. Like the strata of the earth, formed over time periods, composers try to build co-existent layers of music, each with different temporal characteristics. This concert includes three superb examples with Piece No. 2 for small orchestra (1986) by Conlon Nancarrow, Eight Lines (1983) by Steve Reich, and Talea (1986) by Gérard Grisey.

Bill Frisell
Master Class · Thursday, February 02, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Seattle-based guitarist and composer Bill Frisell has collaborated with a staggering array of artists from around the globe that includes John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, Bono, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Marianne Faithful, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, Julius Hemphill, the Frankfurt Ballet, and film director Gus Van Sant. Join us for this special masterclass.

Tom Varner Nonet
Jazz · Saturday, February 04, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Tom Varner, award-winning composer and French hornist, premieres “Nine Surprises” and other works from his recent CD release Heaven and Hell, as well as selected earlier works scored for this innovative nine-piece ensemble comprised of some of Seattle’s best improvisers including Thomas Marriott, David Marriott, Mark Taylor, Eric Barber, Jim DeJoie, Phil Sparks, Steve Treseler, and Byron Vannoy.

Wayne Horvitz's Smokestack Arias
Master Class · Tuesday, February 07, 2012, 12:30 pm

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Join composer Wayne Horvitz, soprano Maria Mannisto, pianist Cristina Valdes and librettist Robin Holcomb, for this special presentation and discussion about “Smokestack Arias” Horvitz’s latest work to be presented at ACT: A Contemporary Theater, based upon the historical events surrounding the fateful 1916 labor protests that have come to be known as the “Everett Massacre.”

Erika Chang and Christine Knackstedt
Early Music · Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 pm

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Sopranos Erika Chang and Christine Knackstedt with Stephen Stubbs, Jillon Stoppels Dupree and Margriet Tindemans in a recital of baroque vocal music by Purcell, Telemann, Monteverdi and others.

Hossein Alizadeh and Pejman Hadadi
World Music · Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:00 pm

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The legendary Iranian composer and setar player Maestro Hossein Alizadeh and renowned percussionist/tombak player, Pejman Hadadi come together to perform a concert of Persian classical music.

Chris Acquavella
Master Class · Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 pm

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Join classical mandolinist Christopher Acquavella for this workshop on classical mandolin repertoire and mandolin left and right-hand technique. Come learn from this year’s 2011 Mandolin Symposium and Classical Mandolin Society of America featured instructor.

Cyndia Sieden, Stephen Stubbs and Maxine Eilander
Early Music · Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 pm

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An evening of 19th Century song repertoire featuring soprano Cyndia Sieden accompanied by harpist Maxine Eilander and guitarist Stephen Stubbs on period instruments.

Peter Bernstein
Master Class · Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Peter Bernstein has been one of the most in-demand jazz guitarists over the past two decades, recognized in both Readers’ and Critics’ polls in Downbeat magazine for the past three years. He continues to hone his style and has developed a distinctive and unforgettable guitar voice all his own.

Sachal Vasandani
Master Class · Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Join 2010 Downbeat magazine “Rising Star” award-winning vocalist, lyricist and bandleader Sachal Vasandani as he presents this jazz vocal masterclass with Cornish jazz vocal students.

Sachal Vasandani
Jazz · Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00 pm

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With his breakthrough debut release Eyes Wide Open in 2007 jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani immediately established himself as a promising new voice in modern jazz. Two subsequent releases since then and a 2010 Downbeat “Rising Star” award have only confirmed that Vasandani is one to hear.

Ilia Radoslavov
Master Class · Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm

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Grand-prize winner at the 2009 Seattle International Piano Competition Ilia Radoslavov returns to Seattle to present a masterclass for Cornish piano students.

Ilia Radoslavov
Chamber Music · Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Grand-prize winner at the 2009 Seattle International Piano Competition Ilia Radoslavov returns to Seattle to present a solo recital that includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 (Pathetique) (1798), Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov’s Improvisation (1941), and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (1874).

Nicole Mitchell
Master Class · Friday, March 02, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Join 2010 Downbeat magazine “Top Flutist” and composer Nicole Mitchell as she presents this free improvisation masterclass with Cornish students.

Nicole Mitchell and the Cornish Contemporary Big Band
Jazz · Saturday, March 03, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell leads the Cornish Contemporary Big Band, under the direction of Jay Thomas, in a concert featuring Mitchell’s compositions. Mitchell has been named “Top Flutist” in Downbeat magazine’s Critics Polls. Her compositions integrate new ideas with jazz, gospel, and African percussion to create a fascinating synthesis of “postmodern jazz.”

Mara Gearman and Friends
Chamber Music · Thursday, March 08, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Cornish faculty violist Mara Gearman along with Seattle Symphony principals Elisa Barston (violin) and Efe Baltacigil (cello), as well as Brittany Boulding (violin), Paige Stockley Lerner (cello), Oksana Ezhokina (piano), Paul Taub (flute) and Eric Garcia (percussion) present a concert of classic and contemporary chamber music.

Projeto B
Jazz · Friday, March 23, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Combine the polyrhythms, harmony, and orchestration of the early 20th Century avant-garde with contemporary jazz, then add the undeniable influence of Brazil, and you get Projeto B, this exciting sextet straight from São Paulo.

The Dawn Clement Quartet
Jazz · Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Pianist and composer Dawn Clement leads her outstanding quartet- Storm Nilson on guitar, Steve Korn on drums, and Jon Hamar on bass- in an evening of Clement’s original compositions. Trombonist Julian Priester will join the band as a special guest.

Janet See
Early Music · Sunday, March 25, 2012, 7:00 pm

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One of the leading performers on Baroque and early Classical flutes in the world today, Janet See presents a program of works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach accompanied by fellow Cornish faculty members Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, and Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba.

The Corigliano Quartet
Master Class · Friday, March 30, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Michael Jinsoo Lim and Elisa Barston, violins; Melia Watras, viola; and Amy Sue Barston, cello, are the Corigliano Quartet. Join us as the Corigliano Quartet present an open reading of new compositions for string quartet by Cornish student composers in this evening masterclass.

The Corigliano Quartet
Chamber Music · Saturday, March 31, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Join us as The Corigliano Quartet—Michael Jinsoo Lim and Elisa Barston, violins; Melia Watras, viola; and Amy Sue Barston, cello—present a program of both classic and contemporary music for string quartet.

Anne La Berge & David Dramm
Master Class · Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 12:30 pm

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American-born, Amsterdam-based composers Anne La Berge and David Dramm share their perspectives on composition and improvisation in this presentation of their work.

Honey Ear Trio
Master Class · Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Join us for this masterclass with Brooklyn-based Honey Ear Trio, comprised of long-time musical cohorts Erik Lawrence, Rene Hart and Allison Miller, as they fuse the acoustic sound of a traditional saxophone trio with modern electronics.

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Cornish Jazz Ensemble
Jazz · Saturday, April 07, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Guggenheim fellow and Downbeat International Critics Poll Winner Rudresh Mahanthappa leads a handpicked ensemble comprised of Cornish students in this special concert.

Wolter Wierbos
Master Class · Friday, April 13, 2012, 12:00 pm

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Legendary Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos brings his own distinctive style of creative improvised music to Cornish for this trombone masterclass.

Cristina Valdes
Chamber Music · Saturday, April 14, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Pianist Cristina Valdes presents Mano a Mano: an evening of contemporary piano music by Latin American composers including seldom performed works by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Orlando Garcia, Jorge Grossman, Mario Lavista, and German Caceres.

Gamelan Pacifica & Midiyanto
World Music · Saturday, May 12, 2012, 8:00 pm

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Renowned Javanese gamelan musician Ki Midiyanto and Gamelan Pacifica in a concert of traditional gamelan music from Central Java and new compositions by Ki Midiyanto, Stephen Fandrich, and Jarrad Powell.

Ostad Hossein Omoumi
World Music · Saturday, June 30, 2012, 8:00 pm

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A concert of classical Persian music and poetry performed by the remarkable Ostad Hossein Omoumi, master of the Persian ney, along with vocalist Jessika Kenney, scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz and students of this summer’s Classical Persian Music workshop.

Upcoming Shows

World Music
Ostad Hossein Omoumi

Sat, June 30, 2012, 8:00 pm