ArtCAP.org Artscetera Archives Kern Holoman; La Bottine Souriante; Project Bandaloop; MASS Ensemble; AlexanderString Quartet; Cirque Éloize; Empyrean Ensemble; pianist lara downes; and a http://www.artcap.org/91002.htm
Extractions: Artscetera September 02 Mondavi Center opens with a bang For a complete schedule and ticket reservations, contact 530-757-3199, cpmailbox@ucdavis.edu or visit http://cfa.ucdavis.edu/index.lasso September in Paris ciaopatricia@accessbee.com Out of sight photos Empty bowls filled Donations paid for food for homeless youth at the Wind Youth Center. The bowls are kept by the guests as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. valice1@earthlink.net
Extractions: Law ... sgrockwell@ucdavis.edu MUSIC DANCE LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH UC Davis' pianist-in-residence, Lara Downes , can tell the stories behind some of the most famous music written for children by composers such as Debussy, Bartok, Schumann and Villalobos. Downes, a concert pianist who made her debut performance at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1988, has studied the composers in their culture as well as their personal and musical history. Contact: Lara Downes, Music laradownes@hotmail.com UC Davis music professor Pablo Ortiz pvortiz@ucdavis.edu Theatre and Dance bjbolden@ucdavis.edu Poet and educator of UC Davis can talk about how to reach children's creative center through poetry. Winner of numerous national awards for his seasonal poems, Alarcón writes bilingual poems about the Hispanic American experience for children. His children's books include "Jitomatoes Risueñas" ("Laughing Tomatoes") and "From the Bellybutton of the Moon." A teacher of college Spanish composition, Alarcón also wrote a best-selling high-school textbook on Spanish for Spanish speakers. He gives poetry workshops to elementary-school children and their parents throughout California. Contact: Francisco X. Alarcón, (fluent in Spanish)
UC Davis Events Concert, sponsored by the Department of Music. UC Davis Symphony Orchestra,conducted by Kern Holoman, with pianist lara downes. http://www-news.ucdavis.edu/Seminars/eupcoming.html
Extractions: Exhibit. The Master: A 30-Year Retrospective of D.R. Wagner will be on display through Nov. 22. Light-reactive needlepoint works and rugs, as well as a video of his electronic installation created at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Design Museum. Exhibits. Ideas for Art: Sketchbook and Other Studies; and Images From Buddhism will be on display through Dec. 13. Nelson Gallery. Exhibit. Craft Center First Annual Craft Show and Auction will be on display through Dec. 13. Works by Craft Center staff with silent auction. Craft Center Gallery. Exhibit. Paintings by UC Davis alumnus Duane Slick featuring shadow images of animals with acrylics on canvas and works by Jason Lujan will be on display through Dec. 20. Carl Gorman Museum. Exhibit. Poetry chapbooks published by D.R. Wagner in the 1960s and 70s, as well as manuscripts and a selection of his books will be on display through Dec. 14 in Special Collections, north side of the first floor, Shields Library. Needlework and art books that feature Wagner's needlework, as well as posters and other paper ephemera will be on display through Dec. 14 in the lobby exhibit cases, Shields Library. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20
WNYC - Soundcheck: Blues Travelers (January 31, 2003) Sure, pianist lara downes plays all of that Beethoven, Mozart and Bach music inrecitals, but now shes taking the sounds of young composers like Lowell http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/archive.html?month=200301
WNYC - Soundcheck: Crossing Boundaries (January 17, 2003) Crossing Boundaries. Friday, January 17, 2003. Sure, pianist lara downes plays allof that Beethoven, Mozart and Bach music in recitals, but now shes taking http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/01172003
Extractions: Sure, pianist Lara Downes plays all of that Beethoven, Mozart and Bach music in recitals, but now shes taking the sounds of young composers like Lowell Lieberman and Pablo Ortiz to the rock and jazz clubs. Speaking of jazz, singer Akiko Yano joins us to tell us what the jazz life is like for a young Japanese woman. We also take a listen to the new soundtracks that the Alloy Orchestra composed for the films of Buster Keaton.
»»Jazz K Music Reviews«« Postcards new releases are classical pianist lara downes, bassist Joris Teepe withDon Braden and Chris Potter, and percussionist / ethnomusicologist Royal http://www.megamusicreviews.com/Jazz/Jazz_A_to_Z/Jazz_K/
Extractions: Buy one from zShops for: Artist: Tracks: Average review score: Wow ! ! ! Franco and the OK Jazz are an institution in Central African popular dance music. Between the 1960's and 1990's they had hit after hit (reportedly they recorded over 100 albums!). They performed in concerts and clubs all over the world. I was fortunate to see them in 1990, in the Vis-a-Vis club in the Matonge nightclub district in Kinshasa (in Zaire/Congo, home to the OK Jazz); to keep it short: that night is one of the most memorable musical experiences of my life (though by that time lead singer Franco had died and the band broke up a few years later). Many OK Jazz (sometimes called the TPOK Jazz) albums are available on CD, and every "world music" enthusiast should have at least a half dozen. What makes this CD special is its early vintage. These tracks were recorded in the late 1950's and are an extremely interesting foreshadowing of what was to come. It's fascinating to hear African pop music develop before your ears, as the OK Jazz mix African and Latin American rythms and styles. (All the more interesting because Latin American music is itself partly derived from African sources. Latin American records, brough by Europeans and Americans, were very popular in Africa in the middle decades of the 20th century.)
Caramba! - Klavír lara downes (USA); Louis Crescenti (USA); Lovro Pogorelich (Chorvatsko); MarcAndréHamelin Chopin III; Franz Liszt Page; The Prokofiev Page; Prokofiev as pianist; http://www.caramba.cz/page.php?PgID=548
Popular Music : American Ballads lara is gorgeous and not your typical classical pianist. and discovered that she sREALLY not your typical classical pianist! Miss downes is a big talent. http://www.shopping-for-stuff.com/cgi-bin/amazon_products_feed-item_id-B000059T2
Extractions: OK, I admit it! I picked up this CD because of the great-looking Ralph Lauren-esque cover art. Lara is gorgeous and not your typical classical pianist. But then I listened to the recording and discovered that she's REALLY not your typical classical pianist! A feisty, swinging musician with a mind of her own, she brings a brand new sound to these terrific American classics. I can't recommend this enough.
Pianists : Art Directory (Rating 0.00 Votes 0) Rate It. da Matta, Paula Brazilian pianist. (Rating0.00 Votes 0) Rate It. downes, lara Offers news, reviews, and music. http://www.123artist.com/art/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Pianists/more
Wauu.DE: Arts: Music: Instruments: Keyboard: Piano: Pianists: D cliente.escelsanet.com.br/marcosdessaune/. Diaz, Raoul pianist based in http//communities.msn.com/AlexanderDjordjevicpianist.downes, lara Offers news, reviews http://www.wauu.de/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Pianists/D/
SacTicket // Onstage Newsletter Players Music lara downes El Fuego Nuevo Theater Visiting Mr. Green MusicViolafest! Music 2003 World Women in Music Today Music pianist Olga Kern http://www.sacbee.com/static/live/ads/mediakit/SacTicketOnstageNewsletter.html
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Kevin Lau: The Furry Conflict Audio Drama He is active as both a pianist and composer of contemporary classical music. Elite(Albertan drum corps), and renowned artists such as lara downes and Eighth http://www.furryconflict.com/audiodrama/credits/kevin_lau.html
Extractions: Summary Kevin Lau, 21, is currently studying at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Canada. He is active as both a pianist and composer of contemporary classical music. His works have been performed in Canada and in the United States by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Allegiance Elite (Albertan drum corps), and renowned artists such as Lara Downes and Eighth Blackbird. Kevin has also composed the music to several student films, documentaries, an "audiodrama", and is currently preparing work on two feature-length productions. This year he is also acting as the first "composer in residence" for UTS, a secondary school affiliated with the University of Toronto. He aspires to a career in both concert and film music. Sex: Male Locale Toronto, Canada Booking Info E-mail: lau4302@rogers.com Site: members.rogers.com/lau4302/ Please note: Contact details are made available for booking or obtaining quotes for voice jobs. It is forbidden to use these details for any other purpose - such as to offer services. Other Projects
SFFCM:Calendar Of Chamber Music Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg And lara downes, pianist ShostakovichString Quartets, Second Series Mondavi Center, Studio Theater 2 pm and 8 http://www.sffcm.org/calendar/calendar.htm
Extractions: Bay Area Chamber Music Concerts SFFCM follows Chamber Music America's CMA definition of chamber music. CMA defines chamber music as music written for small ensembles, whose members generally perform one to a part, without a conductor. Concerts are listed under the name of the presenting organization or performing organization if self-producing. Links to the presenting organization or performing group are given, when available, for more specific information about the concert. Presenters and professional ensembles: If you would like to have your public chamber music concerts listed in this calendar, please contact us at: 3701 Sacramento Street, PMB 357
Frederic Rzewski and piano works that have been successfully performed and recorded across the world;he is also active as a pianist. lara downes, piano (Postcards 2002, 2001). http://composers21.com/compdocs/rzewskif.htm
Extractions: he Living Composers Project Rzewski Frederic (b. April 13, 1938, Westfield, Massachusetts). American composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been successfully performed and recorded across the world; he is also active as a pianist. Prof. Rzewski studied music at first with Charles Mackey of Springfield, and subsequently with Walter Piston, Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt at Harvard and Princeton. He went to Italy in 1960, where he studied with Luigi Dallapiccola and met the flautist Severino Gazzelloni, with whom he performed in a number of concerts, thus beginning a career as a performer of new piano music. His early friendship with Christian Wolff and David Behrman, and (through Wolff) his acquaintance with John Cage and David Tudor, strongly influenced his development in both composition and performance. In Rome in the mid-1960s, together with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum , he founded the MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva) group, which quickly became known for its pioneering work in improvisation and live electronics. Bringing together both classical and jazz avant-garde composers (including Anthony Braxton and Steve Lacy), MEV developed an aesthetic of music as a spontaneous collective process, an aesthetic which was shared with other experimental ensembles of the same period (especially the Living Theatre and the Scratch Orchestra). Since 1977, he has been Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Liège. He has also taught at the Yale School of Music, the University of Cincinnati, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California at San Diego. In addition, he has taught at Mills College, the Royal Conservatory of Den Haag, the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, and the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe.
UCD Department Of Music pianist lara downes continues her Perspectives series of Concert in Context with Triad The Schumanns and Brahms, which includes Robert Florestan and http://music.ucdavis.edu/events/2004-2005season_launch.htm
Extractions: Oct. Nov. Dec. (more to come) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ULLA MCDANIEL, PUBLIC EVENTS MANAGER (530) 752-7896; e-mail: ucmcdaniel@ucdavis.edu UC DAVIS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES 2004 - 05 CONCERT SEASON DAVIS, Calif. - The UC Davis Department of Music is pleased to announce the concert schedule and artists-in-residence for its 2004-05 season. Subscription sales for renewing subscribers are May 5 to June 5; new subscription sales start May 5; and single tickets go on sale August 30. Please see below for season highlights, followed by a complete chronological event listing. The Department of Music's artists-in-residence for the 2004-05 season are the Arianna String Quartet and soprano Christine Brandes.
School/University Partnerships joint concert. A new adjunct faculty member, pianist lara downes,concentrates heavily on outreachrelated performances. Top of http://sup.ucdavis.edu/k12invhumlangsoc.htm
Extractions: Our regular offerings include extended summer institutes, year-round workshops on particular topics in history, and an annual weekend book retreat. The project also supports focused working groups of teachers and linguists to develop resources and expertise in discipline-specific literacy development. A calendar of events is available on our web site: http://historyproject.ucdavis.edu In a "teachers teaching teachers" format, expert teachers share the knowledge and skills they have developed in a collegial atmosphere with regional colleagues and UC faculty. The Marchand Room, a teaching resources library located on campus, contains books, slides, lessons and other teaching materials for loan. We invite teachers to make the room "your office on campus." The Marchand Collection of teaching materials and images in U.S. history is available for download from our web site Funding: Combined annual funding for the project is provided by the California History-Social Science Project and three Teaching American History grants, in partnership with Grant Joint Union School District, Sacramento City Unified School District and San Juan Unified School District.
Extractions: The UC Davis Department of Music last week officially announced the lineup for its 2002-03 season, including its inaugural events in the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Announcing the 44th season were music chair Ross Bauer and UC Davis Symphony Orchestra conductor Kern Holoman. "We’ve got a really great mix of home-grown talent and imported talent," Bauer said. "I’m not sure everyone realizes how impressive our home-grown talent is." He noted upcoming performances including those showcasing the work of university bands director Jonathan Elkus, choral director Jeffrey Thomas, pianist Lara Downes, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, San Francisco violist Geraldine Walther and the Fridegg Trio of Germany. In addition, special fanfares have been commissioned to, early in the season, honor music patrons Barbara Jackson and the Mondavis. Concertgoers can look forward to hearing "a new warmth, unparalleled resonance, and richness all around," said Holoman. "It’s supposed to be the best acoustics anywhere, and so far there’s every reason to imagine that will be so." "Acoustics mean so much to the success of a concert," Bauer added. "So this is an important moment for all of us. We’ve wanted (a facility) like this for probably 50 years."
JAZZ SERVICES: JAZZ LINKS: Musicians downes, Pete Gig list, recordings, MP3 audio samples, photos, publicity materialfor Pete and his trio Helmut, Sterr Jazz pianist. James, lara (United Kingdom). http://www.jazzservices.org.uk/link/Musicians.htm
Extractions: Please note that it is impossible for us to check all these sites ourselves, but we would welcome any feedback on these sites and any others to do with jazz. Abbey, Helen Jazz vocalist (United Kingdom) Alldis, Dominic Piano (United Kingdom) Allen, Jackie tunes from her cd,club dates,contact info,great links and more (United Kingdom) Allin, Ralph (United Kingdom) Anderson, Marco Details and downloadable MP3s. (United Kingdom) Arguelles, Steve Bass guitar (United Kingdom) Arnold, Bruce Guitarist. (USA) Arthurs, Tom Information on award-winning Trumpet Player and Composer Tom Arthurs (United Kingdom) Ashton, Liz Vocalist site with sound clips. (United Kingdom) Aspelin, Mathias (United Kingdom) Aspeling, Trude Atzmon, Gilad (United Kingdom) Bady, Judy Bailey, Derek Web site with biographies of best known UK and European improvising musicians (United Kingdom) Baker, Chet Chet Baker Lost and Found. (Canada) Ballamy, Iain (United Kingdom) Banks, Dan (United Kingdom) Barber, Chris (United Kingdom) Bateman, Ian
The Music Dealers Network: Musicians/Keyboard Players Diaz, Raoul pianist based in Mexico. Profile and album information withaudio samples. downes, lara - Offers news, reviews, and music. http://www.music-dealers.net/start/Musicians/Keyboard_Players/more2.html
