Tuesday,February13,2018SchoolofMusic,Room101

3:00p.m.

TheBoldCityContemporaryMusicEnsemble

FeaturingmusicbycomposersfromtheUniversityofFloridaSchoolofMusicCompositionStudio

Program

TuningExerciseNr.4 NavidBargrizan

Discursusanachronismus1. PassacagliaMensuras,'patermeusbac(c)h(us)est'2. Machaut,Mitter,Messiaen,'ASecretLabyrinth'3. Fantasia&Fugue,'SumiteKarissimi'

JordanAlexanderKey

InTime TreyaNash

Einstein’sDreamofaUnifiedField

PaulRichards

JuxtaposedColors DiogoCarvalho

AWalkandaSkip EmmanuelDanielson

MantraI TabajaraBelo

TheIsleisFullofNoises BrendanSweeney

Ouroboros PaulRichards

The program will conclude at approximately 4:00pm

ProgramNotes

The fourth piece in a series of chamberworks dealingmainlywith the issues of tuning and intonation,TuningExerciseNr.4delves intoquarter-toneandone-sixth-tonescales.Bymeansof re-tuningall the instrumentsbutpiano,thepiececonstructsmicrotonalmelodicandharmonicstructures,employingquarter-andone-sixth-tones.Itaimstoexpandthelimitedscopeofthetwelve-toneequaltemperamentandscalesbasedonhalf-andwhole-tones. Tuning exercise Nr. 4 is also inspired by various motivic, thematic, timbral, and rhythmical elements invariousFar-EasternandMiddle-Easternmusicaltraditions, includingGamelanandPersianclassicalmusic,aswellasjazzandblues.

DiscursusAnachronismus isabouttheinterplayoftime,bothliterallyandfiguratively,utilizingvariousstylesandforms simultaneously, creating a “discourse against time.” Jordan Key is not only a composer but also amusicologistandorganist; consequently,he findshimself regularlypulledbetween theworldsof contemporary,Baroque, and early music, since his primary research focus and performance repertoire are music from the14th/15th centuries and the early Baroque respectively. Discursus Anachronismus embraces all three of theseworlds,drawingofstylesfromJordan’sfavoritecomposersandperiods;thisincludesthecomposersGuillaumedeMachaut(c.1300–13707),ZacaradeTeramo(d.after1413),JohannesCiconia(1370–1412),AlexanderAgricola(1457/58–1506), JohannesMittner(diedc.1530), JohannPachelbel (1653–1706), JSBach(1685–1750),BelaBartok (1881 – 1945), Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992), Conlon Nancarrow (11912 – 1997), and Peter MaxwellDavies(191934–2016).Thefirstmovement,PassacagliaMensruas, isapassacagliathatreferencesthestylesofBach, Bartok, and very modestly Nancarrow. The second movement, Machaut, Mittner, Messiaen, ‘A secretLabyrinth’,takesitsstylisticinspirationfromtheeponymouscomposer,andusesformaldesignesfromtheMiddleAgesandGothic renaissance:crabcanon,prolationcanon,mirrorcanon,and isorhythmall inonemovement. Italsousesamodeof limited transporitionandadditive/subtractive rhythmsa laMessiaen. The finalmovement,Fantasia and Fugue, ‘Sumite KArissimi’, opens with a series of double-leading-tone-lower-third cadences,fashionableduringthelateMiddleAgesandRenaissance.Afterthisintroduction,thepieceisastylisticcollageofalltheabovementionedcomposers,withPachelbel’sfugalstylefunctioningasthetonalbackdroptothepiece’ssecondhalfInTimeisapiecethatcombinesclaritywithextendedtechniquetohighlightthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinthetimbresof the instruments inaPierrotensemble.Thepieceuses limitedpitchmaterial inorder tohighlight themainfocus,whichistocreateasoundworldofunusualtimbresthatequallyblendandcontrast.Thepiecehasalayereddevelopment,movingbetweensectionsconsistingofalltheinstruments,andsectionsfocussingonduetsortrios.Einstein'sDreamofaUnifiedField...feverishlytryingtoreconcilefundamentalforces,violininhand.Juxtaposed Colors reveals specific instrumental techniques and musical gestures through a process ofjuxtaposition. These techniques and gestures are glissandi, tremolos, trills, harmonics, frullato/throat tones,obbligatofigures,aswellas tastoand ponticellobowings.The jarringalternationbetweenand juxtapositionofthese techniques prompt the listener to recognize the incommensurability of some of these techniques,whichultimately results in unique color combinations otherwise unavailable when these sounds are individuallyemployed. Inwritingthepiece,Carvalhocreatedanabstractvisualcharttorepresentvariousparametersofthemusic’s unfolding. For example, musical gestures and ideas were assigned specific colors, which were thencombinatorially organized from left to right over a time axis. This sketching process focused only on the visualrealizationofthemusic’sstructure,havingnopre-conceivedexpectationsfortheresultingsound.Aftercompletingthisvisualplan,Carvalhofollowedthegeneratedgraphicconfigurationsandtranslatedtheabstractcolor-collageintosound,buildingaformthatexposesthevariousdiversemusicalelements.Mantra 1wasoriginally conceived as an accompaniedmelody on the acoustic guitar, a fewdays after one thecomposer’smosttalentedyoungstudentsdiedinacaraccident.Itslyrical,modal/tonalandmodulatorycharacterresemblesBrazilianslowfolkballads.

TheIsleisFullofNoiseswaswrittentoexperimentwithdifferentandengagingtexturesaswellastheconceptofmusic as being gestural before functional. Thework is based off of a speech fromWilliam Shakespheare’s TheTempest, inwhichCalibanexplains to StephanoandTrinculo themysteriousmusicof the island that is createdwithmagic.Almostallofthemelodicpitchmaterialisderivedfromthetextbyassigningeachletteranumber1-12whichwasthentranslatedthroughapitchwheel.Thisandtheuniquevoicings,rhythmicgroupingsandextendedtechniquescreatethemagicalmusicoftheisland.

Benotafeard.Theisleisfullofnoises,Sounds,andsweetairsthatgivedelightandhurtnot.SometimesathousandtwanglinginstrumentsWillhumaboutmineears,andsometimevoicesThat,ifIthenhadwakedafterlongsleep,Willmakemesleepagain.Andthen,indreaming,ThecloudsmethoughtwouldopenandshowrichesReadytodropuponme,thatwhenIwakedIcriedtodreamagain.

Found in numerous ancient cultures, an ouroboros is a depiction of a serpent or dragon eating its own tail,typically symbolizingeternityor cyclicality.Manyof themusicalmaterials in thisworkare cyclic innature,withscales or interval patterns that are recursive in some way, exploring suggestions of infinity within a finitespace.Ouroboroswascomposedin2017fortheBoldCityContemporaryEnsemble.

PerformerBiographies:

TheBoldCityContemporaryEnsembleisacollectiveof13highly-trained,award-winningclassicalmusicianswhospecializeinthepresentationofworksbylivingcomposers.Workinginensemblesfrom2-13performers,BCCE'smodularstructuregivescomposersawidepaletteofcolorandpossibility,andtheaudienceauniqueopportunitytohearcontemporarymusic fromaround theworld.As theyadvance repertoire in the21stcentury,BCCEalsobucksconcert-halltrends,findinguniquewaystomergemusicwithvisualarts,writing,dance,food,improvisation--in this way they form a "listening bond" with the audience that contrasts what is typical of "classical"music.TonighttheypresentthemusicofstudentcomposersandaspecialpremierewrittenforthegroupbyPaulRichards. More information on the group can be found atwww.boldcity.organd they can be heard on theNaxos/Navonalabel.

Piotr Szewczyk (pyo-ter shef-chick), Polish-born violinist andcomposerhasbeenamemberoftheJacksonvilleSymphonyfirstviolinsectionsince2007.Heistheviolinist/composer-in-residenceof the Bold City Contemporary Ensemble and the creator of theViolin Futura Project. As a violinist, he is the winner of FSUDoctoral Concerto Competition, the New World SymphonyConcerto Competition, and other awards, and has completed athree-yearfellowshipattheNewWorldSymphonyunderMichaelTilson Thomas where he served as rotating concertmaster.SzewczykisthecreatorofViolinFuturaProject,arecitalseriesof33 commissioned solo violin works from composers around theworld, released in 2016 on Navona Records. He performed at

Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall and numerous festivals such as AspenMusic Festival, Spoleto Festival USA andColorado Music Festival in Boulder. As a composer, Szewczyk has received awards from The American Prize,Project Trio Competition, Flute New Music Consortium Competition, Shuffle Concert Competition, AmericanModern Ensemble, Rapido! Composition Contest, Third Millennium Ensemble, American Composers Forum,SocietyofComposers,andothers.HismusicwasfeaturedonNPRPerformanceToday,theCBSEarlyShow,andhasbeenperformedbyAtlantaChamberPlayers,AliasEnsemble,DoverQuartet,CarpeDiemStringQuartet,UFNewMusicEnsemble,VegaQuartet,Sybarite5,NewWorldSymphony,BrnoPhilharmonic,JacksonvilleSymphony.HischambermusicalbumBlissPointwasreleasedinMay2017onNavonaRecords.Dr.SzewczykholdsthedegreesofD.M. from Florida State University, B.M. and double M.M. in violin and composition from the University ofCincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He studied violin with Piotr Milewski, Kurt Sassmannshaus, DorothyDeLay and Corinne Stillwell, and composition with Joel Hoffman,Michael Fiday, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, HenryGwiazdaandDarrelHandel.Pleasevisitwww.VeryNewMusic.comforfullbiographyandmoreinformation.

BojaKraguljgives"well-rounded"entirelynewmeaning.Asaperformer,sheissoughtafterforintelligentandsensitiveinterpretationsofboththeclassical canon and contemporary repertoire. She regularly appears inrecitalandgivesmasterclassesacrosstheUnitedStatesandEurope.Withsecondary specialization in music technology, Kragulj combines herpedagogy and performance with tools available to educators andperformers in the 21st century. A founding member of the Bold CityContemporary Ensemble, she encourages the use of improvisation andelectronics alongside thepremiereof newworks.Ms. Kragulj descendsnot from a single lineage of teachers, but rather a broad spectrum ofteacherswhorepresentthemusicindustryandclarinetperformanceasawhole: Mel Warner (professor emeritus of Northern Illinois and theChicagoSinfonietta),JohnBruceYeh(Depaul,Roosevelt,andtheChicagoSymphony Orchestra), Richard Hawkins (Interlochen Arts Academy and

Oberlin Conservatory; mouthpiece craftsman), Kenneth Grant (Eastman School of Music and RochesterPhilharmonic),EricMandat(distinguishedscholar,clarinetist,composer,andexpertinextendedtechniques),KellyBurke (University of North Carolina-Greensboro), and Ricardo Morales (the Philadelphia Orchestra and CurtisInstitituteofMusic).Herformaltrainingincludesadoctorateinclarinetperformance,aMaster'sdegreeinmusiceducation,apost-master'scertificate inmusic theorypedagogy,andaMaster'sdegree inMusic technologyandproduction.

Cellist Linda Minke's earliest experiences playing contemporary music were as amember of theRochesterHigh School Jazz Band, inwhich she played electric anduprightbass.WhilepursuingherbachelorsdegreeinCelloPerformanceatNorthernMichigan University, Minke was a founding member of The MarquetteContemporary Ensemble, a group which modeled itself after The Paul WinterConsort.LindaparticipatedintheMemphisNewMusicFestivalwhilesheearnedhermastersdegree inCelloPerformanceatUniversityofMemphis (formerlyMemphisStateUniversity) and for several years afterward,while shewasassistantprincipalcellowiththeMemphisSymphony.LindahaslivedinJacksonvillesince1993,playingwiththeJacksonvilleSymphonyandfree-lancinginthearea.Shehasenjoyedplayingwith local singer-songwriters such as Mark Williams, Terry Whitehead, and MikeBernos. Her son, Victor Minke Huls, is an emerging cello virtuoso/orchestralconductor.Minke ismarried to Jacksonville's former public radio celebrity LandonWalker.

Currently on faculty at Northwest Florida State College and Bethune-Cookman University, Dr. Sarah Jane Young has performed with theTallahassee Symphony since 2005 and the Pensacola Symphony since2007 after having begun her orchestral career with the WallingfordSymphony Orchestra in Connecticut. After receiving her M aster ’ sdegree from Florida State University, Sarah Jane was selected as theProfessor of Flute at the King Hussein Foundation National MusicConservatory in Amman, Jordan. While there, she served as PrincipalFlutewiththeAmmanSymphonyOrchestraandtheAmmanSinfonietta,aswellastheNationalMusicConservatoryWoodwindQuintet.ShehasperformedforbothQueenNoor(QueenConsortofJordan)andPrincessMunaal-Hussein (Princessconsortof Jordan).Asa soloistandchambermusician, she has performed in Canada, England, Jordan, Costa Rica,

Belgium,Italy,Bolivia,andthroughouttheUnitedStates.PerformancevenuesincludeSpragueHall,WoolseyHall,JerashSouthTheaterinJordan,CarnegieHall,andLincolnCenter.ShehashadthehonortosharethestagewithsuchprestigiousartistsasGuntherSchuller,ChristopherO’Riley,J.K.Simmons,andRenéeFleming.AsachambermusicianSarahJanecurrentlyperformswithBoldCityContemporaryEnsemblebasedinJacksonville,Florida.SheisafoundingmemberofTraversoColore,anallbaroquefluteensemble;foundingmemberoftheCoreopsisWindQuintetwinnerofthePromisingYoungArtistCompetition;foundingmemberofDuoVelocipede,anadventurousfluteandsaxophoneduospecializinginthemusicofNeilAnderson-Himmelspach;andfoundingmemberofawardwinningnewmusicensembleWhatIsNoise.

Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr. has established a multifaceted career as anaccomplished musician, soloist, orchestral pianist, accompanist, and vocalcoach.HehasperformedallovertheUnitedStatesaswellasinternationallyin Poland, Italy, Austria, Greece, Cuba and Bolivia. He is a member of theEmerald Trio, Young-Peiskee flute-piano duo, the Bold City ContemporaryEnsemble, and theCeruleanTrio, finalists in the2016ChesapeakeChamberMusicCompetition.DeanhasperformedasasoloistwiththeBrazosChamberOrchestramultipletimes,andwasthepianistfortheSingingGirlsofTexasfor5years.HemadehisCarnegieHalldebut inMay2017,performingmusicofTimothyHoekman inWeill Recital Hall. Dean is presently pursuing a DM incollaborativepianoatFloridaStateUniversity,whereheearnedhisaMMinaccompanying.Hehas also acquired anArtistDiploma fromTexasChristian

University, where he earned his BM degree. Currently under the tutelage of Dr. Timothy Hoekman, his pastteachersincludeSandraSiler,JohnOwings,andJoseFeghali.

ComposerBiographies

TabajaraBeloisoneoftheoutstandingBrazilianmusiciansofhisgeneration.Hehasmadeanameforhimselfasavirtuoso guitar soloist, composer and arranger. He blends his concert programs with classical, Brazilianpopular/folkand jazzmusic.Alongwithhissolocareer,TabajarahascolaboratedwithseveralprestigiousartiststhroughoutBrazil, includingWagnerTiso,ClaudioNucci,PauloBellinati,MarinaMachado,DéaTrancoso,MarcusViana,VanderLee,PaulaSantoroandAmarantotrio.HehasappearedonnumerousrecordingsincludingTavinhoMoura&OrquestraSinfônicadeMinasGerais,inwhichheperformsasaguestsoloistwiththeorchestra.Whileinthe United States, he worked as a Teacher Assistant at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, where hecompletedhisMaster ofMusic degree in guitar, before returning toBrazil.Mr.Belo is a facultymember at theUniversidadeFederaldeOuroPretoandhasbeenconstantlyperformingthroughoutBrazil.Hemade,in2009,hisfirsttourinEurope,playingconcertsinItaly,FranceandPortugal.Hisfirstsoloalbum,releasedin2007,presentsarrangementsforBrazilianpopularthemesandalternatesguitarsolotracksandpiecesforatrioformat–guitar,bassandpercussion.WithflutistBrunoPimentaheconceivedhissecondCD–SuiteBrasil-aninterestingblendofimprovised and written-out textures through Brazilian various genres. In 2011, was awarded by GuitarInternationalMagazineasoneofthefeaturedguitaristsofthatyear.Alsoin2011,madeatouraroundtheU.S.–Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Kentucky and New York -, playing concerts and giving lectures and workshopsregarding Improvisation inBrazilianMusic,guitar techniqueandvariousapproachesonguitararrangements.Hewas recently awarded with 2nd. place at the prestigious National Prize for Guitar Composition “Novas 3”.Presently,Mr.BeloisaPhDstudentandTeacherAssistantattheCompositionProgramattheUniversityofFlorida.Navid Bargrizan is a Ph.D. candidate inmusicology at UF, pursing a cognate in composition. He has presentedresearch papers in more than twenty international conferences, such as Society for American Music, GermanStudies Association, Conference for Interdisciplinary Musicology, Conference of the Canadian University MusicSociety, International Association of the Study of Popular Music, and the chapter meetings of the AmericanMusicologicalsociety.NavidarticlesarepublishedinMüzik-BilimDergisi:TheJournalofMusicology, inecontact!Online Journal for Electroacoustic Practices, and in Systematische Musikwissenschaft: Popular Music StudiesToday.HisreviewsofAndrewGranade'sbook,HarryPartch:HoboComposerandKepplerQuartet'srecordingsofBen Johnston's stringquartetsarepublished in the Journalof theSociety forAmericanMusic vol.11 (1and2).Navid’s interviewwith the composerDon Freund is published in SCINewsletter and his research papers in theproceedingsofconferencesinBerlinandIstanbul.Navid’smusicisperformedinseveralinternationalvenues,suchastheNewYorkCityElectroacousticFestival,TorontoElectroacousticSymposium,EasternMusicFestival,MidwestMusicConsortium,FloridaContemporaryFestival,andSCIconferences.HehasreceivedUF’sBestofCollegeoftheArtsCreativeAwardforhis10Aphorismsforsaxduoandwasafinalist in2016AmericanPrizeforComposition,ChamberMusicDivision,forhisTuningExerciseNr.1forwoodwindquintet. Inordertoconducthisdissertationresearch,NavidwasawardedaDAADGermanStudiesScholarshipinsummer2015,GraduateSchoolDissertationTravelAwardinsummer2016,andtheTedderFamilyFellowshipoftheCenterfortheHumanitiesandthePublicSphere2017-2018.Diogo Carvalho, born in São Paulo, Brazil, is a composer, scholar, performer, and professorwith experience inelectroacoustic,concert,popular, jazz,andBrazilianmusic.HeiscurrentlyadoctoralcompositionstudentattheUniversityofFlorida.Carvalhostandsoutwithhisampleknowledgeandmusicality. In "Concerto forGuitarandOrchestra" (2011), the composer explores Brazilianmusical gestures in classical form. In the guitar+tape piece"Reveal" (2016), Carvalho merges live guitar sonorities with pre-recorded guitar sounds processed by thecomputer,inanorganizedsonicdeconstructionoftheinstrument."Collage"(2017),forStringQuartet,waswrittenafter the composer’s own experimentations with form, using timbre and idiomaticity asmusical subjects. As ascholar,Carvalhoembracestherelationshipbetweenartandresearch.Hisstudiesonthecompositionalprocessesof Debussy and Ravel were linked to his transcriptions of the pieces for solo guitar, recorded in the CD"Impressionism–AcousticGuitarSolo"(praisedas“highlyrecommended”byClassicalGuitarMagazine).

Jordan Alexander Key currently pursues his PhD inmusic composition at theUniversity of Florida. His moresignificantrecentprojectsincludeperformancesbytheBostonStringQuartetofhisStringQuartetNo.1,theBoldCityContemporaryMusicEnsembleofhis“DiscursusAnachronismus,”andtheVancouverArtSongLabofhis"GodOurselves,” as well ashis work with the Florida Players on theatrical music for Sarah Ruhl’sMelancholy Play.Jordanalsoanticipatesthedisplayofhisrecentaudio-visualprojectsaspartoftheWolfsburgKunstmuseum’snewexhibit,“NeverEndingStories:TheLoopinArt,Film,Architecture,andMusic,”inGermanyduringtheWinterandSpringof2018.Asanacademic,Jordaniscurrentlyworkingontwoprojects:onecomparingthemusic15thcenturycomposerAlexanderAgricolaandthepaintingsofcontemporaryartist,HieronymusBosch;theotherfocusedontheaestheticofmathematicalirrationalityinearlyandmodernmusic.TreyaNashisinherfourthyearoftheBAprograminmusiccompositionattheUniversityofFlorida.Treyagrewupin the southwest of England. She has studied in England, Germany, Italy, Swaziland, China and the US. Shecompleted the International Baccalaureate atWaterford Kamhlaba UnitedWorld college of Southern Africa in2013.In2014,shebeganattendingtheUniversityofFlorida,whereshehascompletedaChineseminor.TreyawillgraduateinMay2018andhopestopursuegraduatestudiesincomposition.PaulRichardsisResearchFoundationProfessorofCompositionattheUniversityofFlorida.HisworkshavebeenheardthroughouttheUnitedStatesandinternationallyonsixcontinents.AwardsincludeSpecialDistinctionintheASCAPRudolphNissimPrize, theJacksonvilleSymphonyOrchestra’sFresh Inkcompositionprize, theNewMusicfor Sligo/IMRO composition prize, the Flute New Music Consortium composition prize, and manyothers.Commissionshavecomefromorchestras,windensembles,choirs,andchamberensembles,andhisworkshavebeenrecordedbyRichardStoltzman,theSlovakRadioOrchestra,theMoravianPhilharmonic,andnumerouschambergroups.MusicbyPaulRichards isrecordedontheMeyerMedia,MMC,Capstone,Mark,Pavane,OAR,and Summit labels, and is published by Carl FischerMusic, TrevCoMusic, the International Horn Society Press,Jeanné,Inc.,andMargalitMusic.BrendanSweeneyisacomposerandperformercurrentlylivinginTampa,FL.HisworkhasbeenperformedacrosstheUnitedStates.Hismusicalandcompositionalinterestscoverawidevarietyofstylesandtechniques,includingpost-minimalism,serialism, jazz,andelectroacousticmusic.BrendanhasbeeninrecentdemandtocreateworksfordifferentNewMusicEnsembles, includingcommissions fromtheHutchens-MyersDuoandtheofOfWoodandWindTriooutofNorthCarolina,The_____ExperimentoutofMichigan,andtheEUbaQuartetfromOntario,Canada.