Ensemble for These Times

music that resonates today and speaks to tomorrow

Saturday, June 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Crystal: 15th Anniversary Celebration

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PERFORMED BY E4TT, JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS:

MARGARET HALBIG

MIA NARDI-HUFFMAN

NANETTE MCGUINNESS

TWO COMMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES

"Sparkle," for percussion by JUNO Award winning Canadian-Chinese composer and Santa Clara University faculty member Vivian Fung (b. 1975). Listen to her "Shimmer," the companion piece to "Sparkle," a 2022 E4TT commission:

"Igbo Landing," a new piano solo by South Side Symphony founder and conductor Marcus Norris (b. 1991). Listen to his "Lake Turkana:"

AND FAVORITES FROM THE PAST DECADE

Women and LGBTQIA Composers

Missy Mazzoli, "A Map of Laughter":

Melanie Mitrano, "Prom Date":

Claudia Montero, "Buenos Aires en tres," I:

Gabriela Ortiz, "Su-muy-key":

Elena Ruehr, "Celebration 15":

Brennan Stokes, "If Death Is Kind":

From E4TT's First Call for Scores Series, 56x54

Sam Krahn, "Missed Connections #1, 3":

From E4TT's Four CDs and (upcoming album) Emigres & Exiles in Hollywood

Lajos Delej (attrib), Scherzo:

David Garner, E4TT co-founder and Senior Artistic Advisor, "Mein blaues Klavier" #3, "Die Eichne Tuer" #5, and "Ricercar on Pablo Picasso:

Alexandre Tansman, "Cabaret":

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E4TT's 2022/23 season is supported by a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Ross McKee Foundation. E4TT's UPLIFT project and 2022/23 season are suppoorted in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.