Mannes Composition: Play It Safe…

Performing students of the MANNES SCHOOL OF MUSIC present works by their colleagues in the composition department, centered on explorations of sonic space and the bravery necessary to explore.

Program:

LEAH JANE — my heart, the ocean (WORLD PREMIERE)

KALAISAN KALAICHELVAN –– shankh (WORLD PREMIERE)

SANDRO TSIKORIDZE –– Étude (WORLD PREMIERE)

YIFENG XIE –– but Fluffy… (WORLD PREMIERE)

HOLLY COLLIS HANDFORD –– One Day (WORLD PREMIERE)

FONG –– Toccata della Cisterna (WORLD PREMIERE)

(intermission)

BRUNO ROBLES-RENDÓN –– A future ruined (WORLD PREMIERE)

JESSICA YAERIM LEE –– Sonata for piano (WORLD PREMIERE)

TRISTAN WILSON –– Anti-Ombré (WORLD PREMIERE)

Featuring:

Julie Kim, cello

Zeelie Brown, cello

Athos Maelstrom, cello

Sandro Tsikoridze, piano

Weijia Wang, clarinet

Bill Zhang & Mingliang Han, marimba

Wang Xiang, piano

Stacy Ho, violin

Shiyu Zhou, soprano

Tongyan Guo, violin

Yolanda Yang, violin

Moussa Gueye, viola

Yuan Yin, cello

Luke Kraynak, conductor

Bruno Robles-Rendón, electric cello

Layne Bruce, prepared piano

Guillermo Hernandez Barrocal, piano

Avery Scott, violin

Jenny Bai, piano

ARHOLD HALL, Stiefel Hall – 7:30 pm

NEW YORK, NY

*SOME RECORDINGS AVAILABLE BY COMPOSER ONLY*