On Wednesday, July 29, faculty from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts live-streamed a concert from their respective living rooms and studios to welcome new and returning students.
The six-part program featured a diverse range of sounds, styles, and instruments, from classical guitar to electronic percussion. Check out the full-length concert video above, or at twitch.tv/calartsmusic.
See the concert program below:
Miroslav Tadic and Yvette Holzwarth: 3 Balkan pieces
Classical guitar / baritone guitar, and violin / viola
Arranged by Miroslav Tadic, InstrumentalArts: Guitar faculty
Yvette Holzwarth (Music MFA 16), violin / viola
Andrew McIntosh: Galanthus (snowdrop)
Linda Catlin Smith’s Galanthus (snowdrop) for violin
Andrew McIntosh (Music MFA 08), InstrumentalArts: Viola / Violin faculty
Nick Deyoe: Peel, Replace
Electric guitar and objects
Nick Deyoe, Director of InstrumentalArts
Tim Feeney: Improvisation
Percussion and field recording
Tim Feeney, InstrumentalArts and Performer-Composer faculty
Amy Knoles and Houman Pourmehdi: Flood Daf
Tar, Ney, Tambour, Voice, Analog / Digital Electronics
Amy Knoles, faculty of InstrumentalArts: Percussion and Electronic Percussion
Houman Pourmehdi, faculty of World Music Performance: Persian Music, World Percussion
Rachel Rudich: Air / Hon Shirabe
Toru Takemitsu’s piece Air (1995) for solo flute / traditional Honkyoku piece on shakuhachi titled Hon Shirabe
Rachel Rudich, faculty of InstrumentalArts: Flute
Clay Chaplin: Improvisation
CMOS synthesizer and video
Clay Chaplin, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices faculty