Jeff Stern

percussion

Nov
14
6:30 PM18:30

Counterpoint Concerts with Natalia Kazaryan

I join pianist and series director Natalia Kazaryan for an eclectic, immersive, electroacoustic program, with works by Wally Gunn, Emma O’Halloran, Andy Akiho, Christopher Adler, Jessie Marino, and more for the launch of a new DC music venue

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poster illustration by David Plunkert

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Sep
28
4:00 PM16:00

Amadeus Concerts with Julian Schwarz

I team up with the inimitable cellist Julian Schwarz for an afternoon duo program for with with works for percussion and cello by Caroline Shaw, Osvaldo Golijov, Andy Akiho, and Viet Cuong, as well as Michael Laurello’s I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream for solo percussion

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Jul
18
7:30 PM19:30

Santa Monica Music Festival

  • First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica (map)
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World premiere of Libby Larsen’s I am signaling you through the flames with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra along with Michael Laurello’s I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream for solo percussion and Bartók’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion

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May
16
7:00 PM19:00

Counterpoint Concerts with Natalia Kazaryan and Gabe Cabezas

I’m excited to join pianist and series director Natalia Kazaryan for the finale of this inaugural concert season, playing Michael Laurello’s I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream for solo percussion along with Caroline Shaw’s Boris Kerner for flowerpots and cello and Andy Akiho’s 21 for marimba and cello with yMusic’s Gabe Cabezas at this abandoned subway station-turned art space

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May
4
3:00 PM15:00

Constellations Chamber Concerts with the Peabody Percussion Group

  • 11508 Big Piney Way Potomac, MD, 20854 United States (map)
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Ian Rosenbaum and I take PPG on the road for this special program featuring music by Reich, Akiho, Torke, Seo, and Crumb, some of which we’ll be hopping in for alongside our students!

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Feb
14
12:30 PM12:30

In the Stacks: Songs from the Inside with icarus Quartet and the NEXT Ensemble

icarus joins Beth' Willer’s NEXT Ensemble with vocalists and instrumentalists at the Peabody Conservatory for a special project conceived and led by conductor Juliano Anecito. Luigi Dallapiccola’s Canti di prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment) for chorus, two pianos, two harps and percussion will be paired with the world premiere of Elijah Daniel Smith’s The Thought to Which I Lay, setting poetry by Brian D. Fuller

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Feb
13
7:30 PM19:30

In the Stacks: Songs from the Inside with icarus Quartet and the NEXT Ensemble

icarus joins Beth' Willer’s NEXT Ensemble with vocalists and instrumentalists at the Peabody Conservatory for a special project conceived and led by conductor Juliano Anecito. Luigi Dallapiccola’s Canti di prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment) for chorus, two pianos, two harps and percussion will be paired with the world premiere of Elijah Daniel Smith’s The Thought to Which I Lay, setting poetry by Brian D. Fuller

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Feb
8
8:00 PM20:00

Concerto with The Percussion Collective and The Florida Orchestra

I join The Collective and The Florida Orchestra for the concerto version of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne for six percussion soloists and strings under the baton of Chelsea Gallo with video by Kjell van Sice

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Feb
7
8:00 PM20:00

Concerto with The Percussion Collective and The Florida Orchestra

  • Straz Center for the Performing Arts (map)
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I join The Collective and The Florida Orchestra for the concerto version of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne for six percussion soloists and strings under the baton of Chelsea Gallo with video by Kjell van Sice

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Sep
30
7:30 PM19:30

Secrest Artist Series with icarus Quartet – "Bartók Rebórn" World Premiere

iQ performs Béla Bartók’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion, Witold Lutoslawski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini, and presents the world premieres of Bartók companion works by Martin Bresnick, Viet Cuong, and Jennifer Higdon, with all three composers in attendance

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