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Fridays with 45th Parallel: Adoration

February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

Virtual Concert

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“I got probably more publicity nationwide than perhaps any other Pulitzer Prize winner. But not a single orchestra approached me about doing the piece or any piece. It materialized in nothing.”
 — George Walker

Fridays with 45th Parallel presents the Arcturus Quintet’s performance of Adoration, in honor of Black History Month, featuring brilliant music by Florence Price, Ed Bland, Valerie Coleman, George Walker, Justinian Tamusuza, William Grant Still, and Adolphus Hailstork.

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WORKS

Ed Bland: For Clarinet
Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn for Flute and Piano
Adolphus Hailstork: Bassoon Set
Florence Price: Adoration (arr. James Shields)
William Grant Still: Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano
Justinian Tamusuza: Okukoowoola Kw’Ekkondeere (“Horn Call”)
George Walker: Wind Set for Woodwind Quintet

PERFORMERS

Joe Berger, horn
Martha Long, flute
James Shields, clarinet
Steve Vacchi, bassoon
Karen Wagner, oboe
Maria Garcia, piano

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Fear No Music: “Tomorrow Is My Turn” Mini Concert No. 3: Flutist Amelia Lukas

March 1, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm PST

Virtual Concert

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Fear No Music premieres their third virtual Mini Concert of the Tomorrow Is My Turn season, featuring flutist Amelia Lukas in dazzling solo performances of music by Black American composers. Known for her especially pure tone and passionate performances, Lukas offers “a fine balance of virtuosity and poetry.” (The New York Times) Recently appointed as a Powell Flutes Artist, Lukas “excels at bringing drama and fire to hyper-modernist works with challenging extended techniques.” (Oregon ArtsWatch) This uniquely varied and flashy mini program beautifully showcases her wide range of skill and color.

With the Tomorrow Is My Turn season, Fear No Music offers a small glimpse into the breadth and depth of phenomenal music being created by Black artists across the nation. Thoughtfully curated for an optimal online listening experience, this Mini Concert is thirty minutes in length, and is FREE with RSVP; available for streaming on Fear No Music’s YouTube channel.

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Program:

Valerie Coleman, Danza de la Mariposa (2008)

This rhythmic, melodic tone poem gives the listener a tour of South America. Inspired by the various species of butterflies inhabiting the continent, Danza de la Mariposa is full of rich color, with butterflies dancing and weaving in syncopated rhythms while alternating between the feel of 3 over 4 throughout. 

Carlos Simon, Move It  (2020) for alto flute

From the Composer’s Note: The pandemic of COVID-19 has continued to influence my social, professional and personal life in ways that I never imagined…. This piece is meant to represent my desire to get out MOVE. My intent is to make this piece an imaginary syncopated joy ride. I wanted to explore the percussive and rhythmic nature of flute; something that moves with energy and forward motion. 

Allison Loggins-Hull, Homeland (2018)

From the Composer’s Note:  With so many people throughout the world dealing with tragic domestic issues, I began to think about the meaning of home during a crisis. What does home mean when the land has been destroyed? What does it mean when there’s been a political disaster, or a human disaster? How does a person feel patriotic when they feel unwelcomed at the same time? Homeland is a musical interpretation and exploration of those questions. 

Joshua Mallard, Perennial (2019)

From the Composer’s Note:  Perennial is a work that seeks to repurpose cyclical material by obfuscating and stretching the proportional relationship between each melodic phrase. In some ways, it is also a commentary on my experiences while learning flute. The familiar underpinnings of many older solo flute works has been slightly altered by the use of microtones.

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Fridays With 45th Parallel: Unvanishing Evocations

Virtual Concert

February 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST

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“All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters, what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated, are personal, private, vanishing evocations.”   – James Baldwin

In honor of Black History Month, Fridays with 45th Parallel presents four programs of music by black artists, starting this week with Unvanishing Evocations, featuring music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Keyla Orozco, performed by James Shields, Emily Cole, Greg Ewer, Charles Noble, Marilyn de Oliveira, and Maria Garcia.

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WORKS

Keyla Orozco: Piezas de Bolsillo
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Quintet in F# minor for clarinet and strings, Op. 10

PERFORMERS

James Shields, clarinet
Emily Cole, violin
Greg Ewer, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Maria Garcia, piano

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