CONCERT TO HONOR CALARTS STAFFER.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. will celebrate the career of music innovator and longtime faculty member Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick (born April 13, 1933 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. with a concert in honor of the composer's 70th birthday. Faculty members and students will perform several of his compositions at the event, at 8 p.m. April 16 in the Roy O. Disney Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971, aged 78) was, with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company. Roy served as the company's chief executive officer (1929–1971)-though title name wasn't given until 1968-, Music Hall on campus, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia. Among Subotnick's works to be performed are the trumpet concerto ``After the Butterfly'' featuring CalArts graduate student Lisa Edelman as soloist, and ``Axoloti,'' a composition for solo cello with electronic augmentation, commissioned and premiered by Joel Krosnick Joel Krosnick (born 1941) is an American soloist, cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician who has performed all over the world for over thirty-five years. As a member of the Juilliard String Quartet since 1974, he has performed the great quartet literature throughout North of the Julliard String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. in 1982. Also on the program is a composition by alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Nicholas Francis Chase for two vocalists, amplified piano, tape and turntable, inspired by Subotnick's `'The Wild Bull.'' Coordinated by violinist Mark Menzies, chairman of the programs in performance at CalArts, and cellist Erica Duke-Kirkpatrick, a CalArts faculty member and frequent collaborator of Subotnick's, the concert is part of CalArts' Musical Explorations 2003 series. ``CalArts is a major part of my life,'' Subotnick said. ``The school draws some very special people with a particular kind of creativity and imagination. The people here are like family, and it's great that everyone wants to wish me a happy birthday.'' Subotnick's career at CalArts began in 1969 when he was appointed associate dean of the School of Music. Now in his fourth decade of teaching, he holds the Mel Powell Chair in composition. A student of Darius Milhaud, he is one of the acknowledged pioneers in the field of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. The recipient of awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. , the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, Subotnick's works have been performed by major orchestra and chamber ensembles throughout the world. |
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