Berkeley Edge Fest - A Festival of Contemporary Performance

Thu, Jun 5 - Sun, Jun 8
June 5, 8pm; June 6, 8pm; June 7, 6pm & 9pm; June 8, 3pm
$22

Come celebrate the spirit of musical discovery at the first Biennial
Berkeley Edge Fest - A Festival of Contemporary Performance, June 5-8 at
Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.

This five-concert festival will focus on the music of experimentalists
and pioneers who have contributed groundbreaking works to the modern
musical canon, including performances and appearances by such
distinguished composers as Terry Riley, Cindy Cox, Edmund Campion,
Ingram Marshall, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, David Wessel, =93America=92s
composer laureate=94 (San Francisco Chronicle) John Adams, and a tribute
to one of the most important figures in 20th century music, Lou =20
Harrison.

The Berkeley Edge Fest is produced by Cal Performances in association
with the Department of Music and the Center for New Music and Audio
Technologies at UC Berkeley.

Thursday, June 5, 8 pm
The Music of Edmund Campion and Cindy Cox
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
David Milnes, conductor
Edmund Campion, sampler keyboard
Lauren Carley, soprano
Richard Lalli, baritone
Matthew Wright, musical systems designer
Danielle DeGruttola, cello
Cindy Cox, piano
Program:
Cox/"Geode"(1996);"World a Tuning Fork"(2001);"Hierosgamos":Studies in
Harmony and Resonance (2003=96world premiere);Campion/"Melt me so with =
thy
delicious numbers=85"(2003 =96 world premiere);"l'Autre" =
(1999);"ME"(2002).

Friday, June 6, 8 pm
The Music of Terry Riley
Terry Riley, keyboards
Sarah Cahill, piano
Joseph Kubera, piano
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio:
William Winant, percussion
Julie Steinberg, piano
David Abel, violin
Program: Riley/"Cinco de Mayo" (1997); "A Rainbow in Curved Air" (1969);
"Baghdad Highway" (Bay Area premiere - 2003);"Ritmo

Saturday, June 7, 6 pm
The Music of John Adams
and Ingram Marshall
Sarah Cahill, piano
Ingram Marshall, gambuh with electronics
Crowden School Ensemble
John Adams, conductor
Gloria Cheng, piano
Shai Wosner, piano
Onyx Quartet:
Anna Presler, violin
Phyllis Kamrin, violin
Kurt Rhode, viola
Leighton Fong, cello
Program:
Adams/"Christian Zeal and Activity"(1973);"China Gates"(1977);
"Hallelujah Junction"(1996 - Bay Area premiere);Marshall/"Fragility
Cycles"(1976);"Authentic Presence"(2000);"Evensongs"(1997)

Saturday, June 7, 9 pm
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
George Lewis, trombone
David Wessle, live electronics
Musicians and composers Steve Lacy, George Lewis and David Wessel
perform established works and improvise new ones in an evening of jazz,
improvisation and electronic inventiveness.

Sunday, June 8, 3 pm
A tribute to Lou Harrison
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio:
William Winant, percussion
Julie Steinberg, piano
David Abel, violin
Chris Froh, percussion
Dan Kennedy, percussion
Terry Longshore, percussion
Steed Cowart, conductor
Jennifer Cass, mbira and psaltery
Gordon Smith, mbira
Jody Diamond, gamelan director
Gamelan Si Betty
This tribute to the legendary Bay Area composer features the world
premieres of several new gamelan pieces.

Program:
Harrison/"Varied Trio" (1987);"Simfony #13"(1941);"Fugue"(1942);"Music
for Violin with Various Instruments"(1967);"Threnody for Carlos Chavez"
(1978);"Gending Bill"(world premiere);"Ladrang in honor of Carter
Scholz"(world premiere); "For the Pleasure of Ovids Changes"(world
premiere);"Orchard"(world premiere);"Another Orchard"(world premiere)

Venue:

Cal Performances
Hertz Hall - UC Berkeley Campus (near Bancroft Way between College =20
Avenue a
Berkeley
510-642-9988
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2002/edge_fest/=20
index.html

By Car
=46rom Interstate 80 (San Francisco, Oakland, Marin):
Exit on University Avenue. Continue east on University Avenue
approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street. Turn right on Oxford Street,
pass Bancroft Way, and turn left on Durant Avenue. Stay on Durant. Go
five blocks and turn left onto College Ave. Go one block and turn left
onto Bancroft Way. Look for the parking structure on your right (under
the tennis court). Hertz Hall is located on the campus a few yards
beyond the parking structure.

=46rom Highway 24:
Exit on Telegraph Avenue. Continue north on Telegraph Avenue
approximately 2 miles to Durant St. Turn right onto Durant and go two
blocks to College Ave. Turn left onto College Ave. and go one block to
Bancroft way. Turn left on Bancroft Way and look for the parking
structure on your right (under the tennis court). Hertz Hall is located
on the campus a few yards beyond the parking structure.

Parking: There is a campus parking lot located at: Bancroft Way between
College Avenue and Bowditch Street

By BART
Richmond Line: Exit at Berkeley Station, located at the corner of Center
Street and Shattuck Avenue. Walk one block east on Center Street to the
campus, then turn right on Oxford Street until Bancroft Way. Turn left
on Bancroft. Continue on Bancroft for approximately 5 blocks. When you
see a parking structure under a tennis court, turn into the campus and
walk a few yards beyond the parking structure to find Hertz Hall.

Concord Line: Exit at Rockridge Station. Take a #51 AC Transit Bus north
on College Avenue to the campus and exit at exit at Bancroft Way and
College Avenue for Hertz Hall.

Additional Info:

510-642-3499
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2002/edge_fest/=20
index.html