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SAN FRANCISCO COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Presents "STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS" at Old First Concerts
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 8 pm

Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street/Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94109

PROGRAM

 

Philip Freihofner

Carmilla  

Lisa Scola Prosek , Soprano

 

Jonathan Russell

Double Bass Clarinet Concerto       video

Sqwonk Duo

Erik Jekabson

The Jungle  

Erik Jekabson is a trumpet player and composer whose music draws from many different sources, but remains firmly rooted in the "third-stream" explorative west coast tradition. A Berkeley, California native, his music has been shaped by his time spent studying at the Oberlin Conservatory, playing professionally in New Orleans (1994-98) and New York (1998-2003), and by his recent completion of graduate studies in classical composition at the San Francisco Conservatory in 2006. Erik has toured with John Mayer, Illinois Jacquet, the Woody Herman Big Band and the jam-band Galactic, and has composed for film and dance projects. His solo album "Intersection" was released in the fall of 2003 by the Fresh Sound/New Talent label.

Erik Jekabson , Trumpet

Michael Cooke

Symphony No. 3  "Shadows of Japanese Children"      video

II.  Where has the Shadow's Father Gone?
III. The Mountain of One Thousand Good Fortunes is Ablaze!

Mark Alburger

The Wind God  

I. I got my wish
II. I've a crick
III. Ocean is my friend
IV. Big Ship

Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano

Lisa Scola Prosek is a graduate of Princeton University in Music Composition. Her teachers include Edward Cone, Milton Babbitt, Lukas Foss, and Gaetano Giani Luporini. Scola Prosek is the recipient of numerous grants, commissions and awards, including The NY Center for Contemporary Opera "Atelier" Award for The Lariat. Scola Prosek has composed and produced eight operas with librettos in Italian and English. In 2012, Daughter of the Red Tzar, written for acclaimed tenor John Duykers, premiered in San Francisco to capacity audiences, and is currently on the outreach season with Long Beach Opera. Lisa serves as General Manager and Director of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, since 2001. Other awards have been from Theatre Bay Area, the LEF Foundation, The Argosy Contemporary Music Fund, Meet the Composer, the Hewlett Foundation, the American Composers Forum, The San Francisco Arts Commission, The Center for Cultural Innovation, The California Arts Council, the NEA and the Zellerbach Foundation.

Lisa Scola Prosek

Music from the Opera "Trap Door"   

III. Dream Morphine
IV. 100K

Maria Mikhenyenko, Soprano
Clifton Romig, Baritone

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PERFORMERS
 

Flute
Bruce Salvisberg
Harry Bernstein

Oboe
Philip Freihofner

Clarinet + (Bass Clarinet**)
Jonathan Russell + **
Michael Cooke **
Rachel Condry + **
Jeff Anderle **

Bassoon (ContraBassoon**)
Michael Cooke
Michael Garvey
Lori Garvey **


French Horn
Diane Ryan

Trumpet
Eric Jekabson

Piano
Lisa Scola Prosek
Davide Verotta

Percussion
Greg Simonds
Anne Szabla
Victor Flaviani



Violin I
Clare Twohy

Violin II
Hande Erdem

Viola
Patrick Kroboth

Cello
Dan Reiter

Bass
Michael Taddei