Boston Conservatory’s contemporary music ensemble, contraBAND, presents Ivesian Set, a program of chamber music by Charles Ives, Gabriela Lena Frank, Lisa Bielawa, Erin Rogers, and Anna Clyne.
Program Information Repertoire
CHARLES IVES: From the Steeples to the Mountains
GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Suite Mestiza
Haillí
Luciérnagas
CHARLES IVES: Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass., 1840–1860”
IV. Thoreau
—INTERMISSION—
ANNA CLYNE: Just As They Are
LISA BIELAWA: Synopsis #14: No, No, No—Put That Down
ERIN ROGERS: Rise Up
CHARLES IVES: Set No. 1
III. Ruined River
V. Calcium Light Night
A Note from the Director
When I was beginning to curate this show, I was listening to a new release of the Concord Sonata by local pianist and Ives Society president Don Berman, as well as hearing some Ives songs performed at a contemporary music festival in the Netherlands. This music still sounds so fresh, inventive, fun, and unapologetically American to my ears and hopefully to yours. It has been a joy teaching Ives to the next generation of contemporary artists, as well as pairing his work with other living composers who are each mavericks in their own right.
Ensemble
CONDUCTORSarah BradyFLUTE / PICCOLOShion Suzuki, PSC '25CLARINETJohn Azpuru Jr., MM '25Andrew Coleman, MM '25BARITONE SAXOPHONEKeaton Shaw, MM '25TRUMPETJackson Stahlman, BM '28CJ Waldrop, MM '25TROMBONEMikayla Frank-Martin, MM '25PERCUSSIONMichael Avanessian, MM '25Dennis Smith, BM '27ORGANAudrey Puschinsky, MM '26Yuseok Seol, MM '25PIANOAudrey Puschinsky, MM '26Yuseok Seol, MM '25Sumi Kim, GPD '26VIOLINClara Mazo, MM '25CELLOSophie Paul, MM ‘25 Concert Services Staff
Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov
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