همراهان عزیز،
از این‌که در طول چهار روز گذشته با امضای بیانیه به هم‌دلی با خانواده‌ی کوچک خود، دانشکدهی موسیقی دانشگاه هنر پرداختید، بی‌نهایت سپاس گزاریم و دستان پر مهرتان را به گرمی می‌فشاریم.
شایان ذکر است که به جز دانش‌آموختگان و مدرسین پیشین دانشکدهی موسیقی دانشگاه هنر که مخاطب اصلی برای حمایت از این نامه بودند، چند تن از مدرسان فعلی دانشکده نیز به جمع ما پیوستند، که این اقدامشان شایسته‌ی ستایش است.
باری، در نهایت شمار امضا‌های ثبت شده به بیش از دویست تن رسید که با توجه به تعداد اندک ورودی در هر سال، رقمی بسیار پرشمار‌تر از آنی بود که انتظار داشتیم.
از این رو، امیدواریم این قدم کوچک باعث دل‌گرمی دانشجویان گشته و در آینده نیز بتوانیم صدای مطالبات آنان باشیم.
در پایان اعلام می‌داریم، به دلیل به پایان رسیدن مهلت اعلام شده برای امضا، نسخه‌ی بیانیه از امروز از دسترس خارج شده و نسخه‌ی نهایی آن، همراه با لیست نهایی امضاکنندگان که فقط با اکتفا به اسامی و سال ورود (به دلیل محدودیت نشر تعداد صفحات در اینستاگرم) تهیه شده در این پست با شما به اشتراک گذاشته می‌شود.
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You can watch the recording of my song cycle “Language of Loss” on YouTube now.
You’ll be showered with the deep and powerful poetry of @sholeh_wolpe , and the intensity and subtlety that @charl_ttemundy and @nathaniellanasa have injected into the dots and lines I put on paper will mesmerize you from the beginning to the end.
I’m grateful to all of these incredible artists for their gift, and of course to @brooklynartsongsociety for making this collaboration possible.
Here are two excerpts from the cycle. Watch the full performance using the link in my bio.
Video courtesy of Brooklyn Art Song Society
Audio Engineer: Ron Anderson
Video Engineer: Jonathan Estabrooks
Video Edition: Damien Mittlefehldt
It’s been five years since I sat with Anssi Karttunen in his Paris apartment, and he asked if I wanted to write a work for cello and orchestra for him. I remember how unreal it felt to receive this proposition from a legend whom I had known from years ago for his recordings of Kaija Saariaho, Betsy Jolas, and Magnus Lindberg, and the YouTube video of his workshop with Kaija Saariaho at Weill Music Institute.
Later on, Christian Baldini, director of UC Davis Symphony Orchestra generously accepted to program the world premiere of the work. However, it took five years, a pandemic, a couple of moves, and major life events to finally materialize this collaboration. I’d be naive to think that these events did not play a role in shaping “Meditations on Departure.” I made several attempts at developing ideas, sketching, and even composing, and all but the last one failed and were thrown out. Doubting, questioning, failing, and starting over exist in the fabric of this piece. To say Anssi Karttunen and Christian Baldini have been patient, gracious, and compassionate with me in this process is an understatement.
“Meditations on Departure” is unapologetically quiet and fragile but also direct, and raw. Anssi has given it so much beauty and nuance with his mastery, and Christian has complemented it with such passion, care and artistry. I’m grateful to and for both of them.
The UCDSO musicians have been troopers, and the production staff is amazing as always.
The world premiere is at Mondavi Center in less than two hours. Some of the kindest and most supportive humans I’ve ever known, who taught and advocated for me as their former student, and who will always be my dear friends, are going to be present. So, the night couldn’t be more special. Davis has always been so good to me. My heart is full.
The concert will be streamed on YouTube. Find the link in my bio. It will remain active if you want to watch later.
Back in Davis, CA after three years for a project that took nearly five years to come to fruition. Take this snapshot from our first rehearsal of “Meditations on Departure” at Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, and grab your tickets for the show this Saturday at 7:30pm. It’s going to be a very special evening with very special friends, without whom this piece wouldn’t have come to life. More soon!
New Voices Festival: Departures II is now available on our Digital Concert Hall! The second installment of our celebrated contemporary Art Song featured a plethora of Premieres and BASS Commissions. Curated by Artistic Director Michael Brofman, this poignant program showcased works by Katherine Balch (BASS Commission), Aida Shirazi (World Premiere, BASS Commission), Matthew Ricketts (World Premiere, BASS Commission), and Charlotte Bray (American Premiere) – with performances by sopranos Lucy Fitz-Gibbon and Charlotte Mundy, alto Emily Triebold, baritone Dominik Belavy, and pianists Nathaniel LaNasa, Brent Funderburk, and Ryan McCullough.
Be sure to catch this marvelous music for FREE over the seven days!
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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 | 8:00 PM
Excited to share that the first concert I’m curating for the NonSeq Series features the incredible Aida Shirazi and Niloufar Shiri. Join us for their debut at the Chapel in Seattle. See you there!
@aida.shirazi.composer@niloufar__shiri
More info:
/concerts/nonseq-aida-shirazi-niloufar-shiri/
At moments like this I realize why I’m doing what I’m doing and why I want to keep doing it for as long as I can. Don’t get me wrong though! It’s not about the spectacle, but rather the shared experience and the people who sculpt time, bring dots and lines to life, and move you with their gift.
Here are a few stills by Catherine Hancock from the memorable evening I shared with old and new friends.
@sholeh_wolpe , I’m eternally grateful to you for allowing me to set music to your powerful and poignant words.
Thank you so much again, @charl_ttemundy and @nathaniellanasa for your captivating interpretation of “Language of Loss!”
My deepest gratitude to @brooklynartsongsociety for this beautiful journey!
And a big thank you to all my dear friends for joining me for the show.
🤍🤍🤍
Images courtesy of @catherinehancockphotography
Composer Aida Shirazi discusses her BASS-Commissioned new song cycle, Language of Loss, which receives its Wolrd Premiere on Thursday, May 2, at 7:30PM as part of our New Voices Festival. Set to poetry by Sholeh Wolpe, the work explores different kinds of loss that we may experience. Using extended techniques and expressions, Aida’s music evokes the profound quality of Sholeh’s storytelling — Aida also references an Art Song from the Romantic repertoire. To find out which one, we hope you come to next week’s concert!
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An excerpt from Language of Loss by Aida Shirazi, text by Sholeh Wolpe. We are so excited for the world premiere of this work on Thursday, May 2 at New Voices Festival: Departures II. Aida’s score is sparse, haunting, and experimental to match Sholeh’s examination of exile and loss. Soprano Charlotte Mundy and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa are supremely gifted interpreters of the music of our time- you don’t want to miss their premiere performance of this work. Also, come early for a pre-concert talk between Aida and artistic Director Mike a Brofman. For tickets and details check out the link in today’s story.
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Late announcement:
Taking a break from an intense month to let you all know that last Sunday, April 14th, @jin.xiang_yu
and @frystreetquartet premiered “They Need to Remember” for voice and string quartet at Libby Gardner Hall, SLC. The piece was commissioned by @glfcam and Fry Street Quartet as part of GLFCAM’s “Composing Earth” initiative, focusing on climate change as a civilizational emergency, and our role as artists and storytellers to raise awareness and create change through creative work alongside scientific data provided by experts.
I had the pleasure of collaborating with amazing playwright @wrenbrian on this very special project. Wren wrote an incredibly powerful text which became the narrative and musical backbone of the piece.
I’m grateful to @gabrielalenafrank , Fry Street Quartet, Jx, and Wren for embarking on this journey of awareness, action, and empathy through artistic expression with me. The road is long, and there’s so much needed to be done on personal and collective levels, but as our “Composing Earth” mentor Dr. Rob Davies would remind us during our study year, everyone should do their part however big or small, and as long as we do our part, there is hope.
FSQ photo credit: Andrew McAllister
New Voices Festival: Departures II features the world premiere of Aida Shirazi’s Language of Loss, a powerful setting of texts from Sholeh Wolpe’s poetic memoir Abacus of Loss. Shirazi and Wolpe were both born in Iran and their work explores themes of exile, memory, and grief. Soprano Charlotte Mundy and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa give the world premiere of this profound new addition to the song canon on Thursday, May 2 at 7:30. Come at 7:00pm to hear Aida share her thoughts about the work. Details in the link in today’s story.
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