NACUSA San Francisco presents
A RENAISSANCE OF WONDER
Two concert performances of contemporary chamber music
November 5, 2022 7:30PM
November 6, 2022 3:00PM
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA will present two performances of new chamber works written by our members and performed by an ensemble of outstanding Bay Area musicians. The program will include the winning works from the First Annual Young & Emerging Composer Competition established in memory of composer and NACUSAsf-founder Nancy Bloomer Deussen.
CONCERT PROGRAM
DAVID DREXLER Snow Flakes
Leslie Chin, flute; Stephen Zielinski, clarinet; Monika Gruber, violin; Victoria Ehrlich, violoncello; Lori Lack, piano
BRIAN FIELD Three Passions for Our Tortured Planet
Paul J. Dab, piano
MARY FINEMAN Suite from the Faraway Pavilion
Leslie Chin, flute; Stephen Zielinski, clarinet; Monika Gruber, violin; Victoria Ehrlich, violoncello; Lori Lack, piano
MONICA CHEW Daisy Bell
Leslie Chin, flute; Paul J. Dab, piano
SASCHA CHERNESKY Trickle (Young Composer Competition Winner)
Leslie Chin, flute; Stephen Zielinski, clarinet; Lori Lack, piano
ROBERT STINE Voice of the River
Leslie Chin, flute; Stephen Zielinski, clarinet; Monika Gruber, violin; Victoria Ehrlich, violoncello; Paul J. Dab, piano
DAVIDE VEROTTA Despite It
Stephen Zielinski, clarinet; Monika Gruber, violin; Victoria Ehrlich, violoncello; Lori Lack, piano
ELIZABETH JONASSON Purgatory (Emerging Composer Winner)
Paul J. Dab, piano
CONCERT TIMES & LOCATIONS
Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:30PM
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
201 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132
Sunday, November 6, 2022 3:00PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
1300 Fifth Ave., Belmont, CA 94002
Please Note: Both performances will be presented before a live audience. Masking is recommended but is not required.
The First Annual Nancy Bloomer Deussen Young & Emerging Composer Competition is funded in part by a generous anonymous donation through the Vanguard Charitable Trust.
NACUSAsf is the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA, a non-profit organization founded in 1933 by Henry Hadley. The San Francisco Chapter was founded by Nancy Bloomer Deussen and John Webber more than twenty years ago. Since then, NACUSAsf has evolved into an active organization with a peak membership of seventy-five composers. It produces four to six concerts a year in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, refer to our website at http://nacusasf.org/