Southern Exposure New Music Series

Imani Winds
Wednesday, February 29

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Exposed Wiring IV: Take 2
Saturday, January 21

Southern Exposure and xMUSE (USC’s Experimental Music Studio, under the direction of Reginald Bain) combine forces once again to present an amazing evening of genre-bending music and cutting edge technology. This concert is the "second take" of a program originally planned two years ago but snowed out -- the artists were stuck in a blizzard in New York City! Assuming the weather cooperates this time, we're excited to at long last feature the splendid duo Odd Appetite, New York based performers/composers Ha-Yang Kim (cello) and Nathan Davis (percussion), in works for musically interactive computer software, spatial speaker configurations, amplified triangles, microtonal bells, drums, tuned aluminum pipes, and a de-tuned and amplified cello with stomp boxes and electronic effects, all played with dazzling virtuosity and passion. In addition to music by Davis and Kim, Odd Appetite will also perform Radiohead's "Like Spinning Plates" in an arrangement that uses electronic loopers, wine glasses, and whirly tubes. The concert also includes Lois Vierk's "Go Guitars" for solo and pre-recorded electric guitars, influenced by traditional Japanese court music, and performed by local guitar hero George Fetner; and Reginald Bain's "Jovian Images," inspired by NASA photographs of planets and performed by renowned saxophone virtuoso Susan Fancher.

Nathan Davis and Ha-Yang Kim will give a public talk at the USC School of Music (R210), Friday, January 20, 2:30-4 p.m. (R210)

Calder String Quartet
hursday, November 17

The Southern Exposure New Musi Series proudly presents a concert by one of the most exciting and engaging string quartets performing today. Called "superb" by the New York times, the Calder String Quartet defies boundaries by performing a broad range of

repertoire at an exceptional level. Already the choice of many leading composers to perform their works--including Christopher Rouse, Terry Riley and Thomas Adès--the group's distinctive approach is exemplified by a musical curiosity brought to everythiing they perform, whether it's Beethoven, Mozart, or Haydn, or sold-out rock shows with bands like The National or The Airborne Toxic Event. Inspired by the innovative American artist Alexander Calder, the quartet is known for the discovery, commissioning, recording, and mentoring of some of today's best emerging composers, and the group continues to work and collaborate with artists across musical genres, spanning the range of classical and contemporary music, as well as rock, dance, and the visual arts; and in venues ranging from art galleries and rock clubs to Carnegie and Walt Disney concert halls to the Late Show with David Letterman. Their Southern Exposure performance features works by Thomas Adès and Henryk Górecki, as well as new works commissioned by the Calder Quartet by Andrew Norman and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse. This is a concert you won't want to miss! So mark your calendars, and please join us for this very special event.

ACME Ensemble
Friday, October 7

Winner of the Chamber Music America / ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the Southern Exposure New Music Series kicks off its 2011-2012 season with a performance by the acclaimed ACME Ensemble. Hailed by Time Out New York as

"one of New York's brightest new music indie-bands." ACME's dedication to cutting-edge contemporary literature extends across genres, and has earned them a reputation among both classical and rock crowds. They've performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Brooklyn Academy of Music, andcollaborated with artists and bands ranging from pianist Simone Dinnerstein to Grizzly Bear. ACME's instrumentation is flexible, and includes some of new music's most sought-after and engaging musicians, including flutist Eric Lamb, clarinetist Joshua Rubin, violinist and composer Caleb Burhans, violist Nadia Sirota, cellist and artistic director Clarice Jensen, pianist and composer Timo Andres and percussionist Chris Thompson. ACME does not subscribe to one stylistic movement or genre, its concerts present all genres of contemporary music in the same light and with the same conviction. In that spirit, their Southern Exposure performance includes "Come Round," a classic by American composer Jacob Druckman, as well as new works by John Luther Adams, Missy Mazzoli, Marcos Balter, and Nico Muhly. So mark your calendars, and please join us for the beginning of a brand new Southern Exposure season!

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