 Director Lewis Kaplan with Jamie Laredo following their performance of the Bach Double Concerto |
Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music
The Gamper Festival has presented the works of of 20th century and contemporary American composers, including the Festival's guest composers, composers-in-residence, and top participants, since 1965.
Juilliard Technology Center
The Bowdoin International Music Festival hosted the Juilliard Music Technology Center in 2010, presenting multi-media performances directed by Edward Bilous, the Center's director, with technical production help from William Fastenow of
Park Boulevard Productions. The Saturday program presented works by composer-in-residence Samuel Adler, Richard Francis, our 2010 Composition Competition winner Elliott Bark, and Festival participants Ryan Chase, Noam Faingold, and Garth Neudstadter.
2010 Schedule
Performances July 29, 31, and August 1, 2010, 7:30pm at Studzinski Recital Hall.
Suggested donation $10.00.
2010 Gamper Festival media sponsor: The Portland Phoenix
The Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music is funded in part by The Charles Gamper Music Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, the Alice M.
Ditson
Fund of Columbia University, and BMI Foundation, Inc.
2010 Gamper Festival Programs
| Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m. |
Mark O'Connor
Devil's Dream
Bunker Hill
Bonaparte's Retreat
Micah Gangwer, violin
Matthew Weber, doublebass
Langdon Crawford, projection design
Igor Stravinsky
L'Histoire du Soldat
Francisco Ladrón de Guevara, violin; Matthew Weber, doublebass; Eric Fung, clarinet;
Briana Lehman, bassoon; Richard Kelley, trumpet; Alexei
Doohovskoy, trombone; Luke Rinderknecht, percussion;
Robert Moody, conductor
Alejandro Rodriguez, actor; Esmé Boyce, dancer
Text by C.F. Ramuz
Translation by Kitty Black and Michael Flanders
Direction, choreography, and video art by Yara Travieso
Ryan Hartley, illustration and video art
Abraham Halbert, director of photography
Cathryn Garcia-Menocal, set and costume design
Mary Ann Eggers, assistant director |
Location: Studzinski Hall |
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m. |
Samuel Adler
Canto XXI (World premiere)
Dedicated to June Han and
Bridget Kibbey
June Han, harp
Noam Faingold
A Knife in the Water: A recitative for violin and cello
Justyna Jara, violin; Susanna Mendlow, cello
Ryan Chase
Duo for Harp and Piano
Maria Rindenello-Parker, harp; Shuang Liang, piano
Richard Francis
Sonata for Violin and Piano (World premiere)
Sergiu Schwartz, violin; Michal Harris, piano
Elliott Bark
2010 Composition Competition winner
autumn leaves canvas
Caroline Nelson, harp
Garth Neustadter
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Garth Nuestadter, violin;
Bethany Pietroniro, piano
Samuel Adler
String Quartet #9
Muneko Otani,
Eunice Keem, violins
Celia Hatton, viola;
Hyewon Kim, cello |
Location: Studzinski Hall |
| Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m. |
Johann Sebastian Bach
"Aria"
Chorale, based on a harmonization of O Gott, du frommer Gott; Aria from Cantata #58 Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid II
Joanna Nelson Gates, soprano;
Renee Jolles, violin;
Andre Emelianoff,
cello;
Michael McClure, doublebass;
Naydene Bowder, harpsichord
Yara Travieso, choreography
Jakub Ciupinski, projection design
Judith Shatin
Cherry Blossoms and a Wrapped Thing
Eric Fung, clarinet
Langdon Crawford, projection design
Judith Shatin
Spring Tides
Tara Byrdsong, flute;
Ann Hung, clarinet;
Muneko Otani, violin;
Carmine Miranda, cello;
Naomi Woo, piano
Langdon Crawford, projection design
Jacob TV
Lipstick
Laura Block, flute
Jeremiah Bills, projection design
Blind Ear
Synched
Suliman Tekalli, violin; Yiu Ting Francis Chik, violin; Yuqing “Sissi” Zhang, violin; Barbora Kolarova, violin; Hsiang-Hsiang Tsai, viola; Gerald Wawrzynek, viola; Veronica Staupe, cello; Matthew Rosenthal, doublebass
Jakub Ciupinsk, projection design
Jakub Ciupinski
Improvisation
Jakub Ciupinski, theremin
Ali Hossaini and SWEATSHOPPE, video art
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Location: Studzinski Hall |
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2010 Festival Dates
June 26 - August 7
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