Sonic Inertia Concert Series This concert is made possible by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council

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Sonic Inertia Concert SeriesThis concert
is made possible by a grant from the Illinois
Arts Councilplease visit sonicinertia.com
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Concert IIMosaics and Complex
WaterNovember 19 and 20 at 730 Sherwood
Conservatory of MusicFeaturing the Apollo Trio
and the Tiny Mahler Orchestra
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Sonic Inertias mission is to provide a forum for
the creation and performance of new works of
music, dance, and electronic media. The
productions are collaborative works of kinetic,
visual, and musical expression that surpass the
traditional boundaries of each artistic medium
generating new forms of sonic inertia.
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Sonic Inertia Concert Series 2008-09I
September 4 5 111 PagesII November 19 20
Mosaics Complex WatersIII January 8 9
Hammer Dulcimer PremieresIV March 12 13
Music of Moldova
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SONIC INERTIA began in 2004 by producing a joint
concert with Tyego Dance Project. Since then SI
has performed at many locations across Chicago,
including the Zhou B. Arts Center, Chicago
Cultural Center, Ruth Page Center for the
Performing Arts, and FOCUS Arts Festival in
Highland Park. Recently, SI has added SI2
(multi-media duo Matthew Coley and Cory Hills),
SI5 (Bar Music Album Quintet), and the Sonic
Inertia Concert Series (concerts presented in
collaboration with other Chicago ensembles) to
the organizations structure.
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Tiny Mahler Orchestra   Small group big sound
Performing the best in rarely heard music of any
century.  
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Concert II Thursday, November 20, 2008

• Tiny Mahler Orchestra Complex Waters
• Spectre de la Rose
• L'Ile inconnue
• Absence
• Puisqu'ici bas
• Hoffmann
• C'est une chanson d'amour
• Hoffmann finale
• intermission
• Apollo Trio
• The Garden of Adonis (1973) by Alan Hovhaness
• I. Largo
• II. Allegro
• III. Adagio Like a solemn dance/ Senza misura
• IV. Allegro/Allegro Senza misura
• Mosaics (1993) by Eric Ewazen

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Tiny Mahler OrchestraComplex Waters

• Liquid-themed vocal works, mostly by French
  composers

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Performers

• Jenny Swanson, flute (Wednesday only)
• Richard Zili, clarinet
• Shani Schechter (Thursday only)
• Carolinz Gomez, cello
• Matthew Coley, dulcimer
• Peter Slavin, piano
• singers Bryna Berezowska, Heather
  Brandon-DeSouza, Heather Robins, Leon Shernoff

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Jules Massenet

• Pourquoi me reveiller
• Hector Berlioz
• Spectre de la Rose
• Llle inconnue
• Absence

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Gabriel Faure

• Puisquici bas

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Jacques
Offenbach

• Cest une chanson damour
• Finale

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Performers

• Jenny Swanson, flute (Wednesday only)
• Richard Zili, clarinet
• Shani Schechter (Thursday only)
• Carolinz Gomez, cello
• Matthew Coley, dulcimer
• Peter Slavin, piano
• singers Bryna Berezowska, Heather
  Brandon-DeSouza, Heather Robins, Leon Shernoff

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Intermission!

• 15 minutes

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Dont Miss SI5 on December 18th!

• SI5 (Sonic Inertia Quintet) was formed to bring
  the concept and name of SONIC INERTIA into
  performance venues that it normally would not
  perform in as a contemporary multi-media group. 
  The Bar Music Project was an idea to explore a
  new genre and reach a new audience in bars, at
  social events, and smaller spaces.
• The Bar Music Project is a creation of composer,
  Bjorn Berkhout.  Bjorn has taken the unique sound
  of SI5 and crafted a palette of movements that
  teeter on and off the lines of pop and
  contemporary music, sending the listeners on a
  rockin' ride!
• Well be at Uncommon Ground on Devon (1401 W.
  Devon Ave.) Thursday, December 18, 8pm (tips
  appreciated)
• Check us out on Facebook (SI5) to hear a sample
  (click on Hey Listen to Me) and be our friend!

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UP NEXT APOLLO TRIO

• Scott Metlicka Flutes
• Karl Rzasa Bassoon
• Matthew Coley Marimba,
• Percussion, and Hammer Dulcimer

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Apollo Tri Bios
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• Scott Metlicka is a member of the Elgin,
  Rockford, and Illinois Symphonies.  Other
  orchestral engagements include Joffrey Ballet,
  Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Sinfonietta and
  the Grant Park, Green Bay and Northwest Indiana
  Symphonies. 
• Scott teaches flute at Columbia College in
  Chicago, flute method classes for music education
  majors at DePaul University in Chicago, and has a
  private studio in Elgin. 
• He received two degrees in flute performance a
  Bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois
  University in 1993 and a Masters degree from
  Northwestern University in 2002. 
• As a performer, Scott has played in master
  classes with James Galway, Jeanne Baxtresser,
  Keith Underwood, and Donald Peck he has studied
  privately with Walfrid Kujala, Mary Stolper,
  Peter Middleton, and Mary Louise Poor. 

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• A native of Manchester, NH, Karl Rzasa holds a
  Bachelors Degree from Oberlin College and a
  Masters Degree from University of Massachussetts
  Amherst.
• Karl was a member of the Civic Orchestra of
  Chicago from 2004-2006. Aside from the Civic
  Orchestra, Karl has become a professional
  substitute of sorts, appearing with the Vermont,
  Albany (NY), Chicago, and Elgin Symphonies. Karl
  has also recently played with MusicNOW and the
  International Contemporary Ensemble.
• Karl serves as bassoon faculty at the Vermont
  Youth Orchestra Reveille! festival in Burlington,
  VT every summer and attended the Banff Centre for
  the Arts in Banff, Alberta, Canada as a member of
  the Hara Quintet in the summer of 2006.
• Karl's principal teachers include Janet Polk,
  George Sakakeeny, Stephen Walt, and Bill Buchman.

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• Matthew Coley is a marimba, percussion, and
  hammer dulcimer artist, composer, and clinician.
  His range of experience as a musician is fully
  diversified.
• Matthew has presented solo marimba and percussion
  concerts throughout the US and abroad, most
  recently performing at Virginia Commonwealth
  University and University of North Texas.
• He placed third in the 2008 5th World Marimba
  Competition in Stuttgart, Germany (the only
  American to ever place), is a featured artist on
  the Illinois Arts Council ArtsTour Roster for
  2007-2009, endorsed by Vaughncraft Percussion and
  Innovative Percussion, placed third in the 2005
  WAMSO/Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist
  Competition, a published composer, and was a
  finalist in the 2004 Houston Symphony Orchestra
  Ima Hogg Young Artist Competitions.
• He won first place in the 2000 Music Teachers
  National Association Solo Percussion Competition,
  the 2000 Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Marimba
  Concerto Competition, and the 1999 Yamaha Young
  Performing Artist award.
• He is founding artistic director of SONIC
  INERTIA, has degrees from University of North
  Texas and Northwestern University, and can be
  found on the web at www.hearmatthewcoley.com or
  www.sonicinertia.com.

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Again, dont Miss SI5 on December 18th!

• SI5 (Sonic Inertia Quintet) was formed to bring
  the concept and name of SONIC INERTIA into
  performance venues that it normally would not
  perform in as a contemporary multi-media group. 
  The Bar Music Project was an idea to explore a
  new genre and reach a new audience in bars, at
  social events, and smaller spaces.
• The Bar Music Project is a creation of composer,
  Bjorn Berkhout.  Bjorn has taken the unique sound
  of SI5 and crafted a palette of movements that
  teeter on and off the lines of pop and
  contemporary music, sending the listeners on a
  rockin' ride!
• Well be at Uncommon Ground on Devon (1401 W.
  Devon Ave.) Thursday, December 18, 8pm (tips
  appreciated)
• Check us out on Facebook (SI5) to hear a sample
  (click on Hey Listen to Me) and be our friend!

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Concert II Thursday, November 20, 2008

• Tiny Mahler Orchestra Complex Waters
• Spectre de la Rose
• L'Ile inconnue
• Absence
• Puisqu'ici bas
• Hoffmann
• C'est une chanson d'amour
• Hoffmann finale
• intermission
• Apollo Trio
• The Garden of Adonis (1973) by Alan Hovhaness
• I. Largo
• II. Allegro
• III. Adagio Like a solemn dance/ Senza misura
• IV. Allegro/Allegro Senza misura
• Mosaics (1993) by Eric Ewazen

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Selections from Garden of Adonis  by Alan
Hovhanhess

• I. Largo
• II. Allegro
• III. Adagio, like a solemn dance senza misura
• IV. Allegro/Allegro senza misra

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Mosaics by Eric Ewazen

• I.  Barcarolle
• II. Fantasia and Fugue
• III. Pavanne
• IV. Tarantella

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• Octabones
• by Adi Morag
• Matthew Coley marimba
• Christopher Riggs marimba

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• Please visit
• www.hearmatthewcoley.com
• www.hearmatthewcoley.com/Apollo_Trio
• www.tinymahler.com
• www.thirdcoastpercussion.com
• www.miramusic.org

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Thanks for joining us for Concert II of the Sonic
Inertia Concert Series.

• Dont miss Concerts III and IV!
• III January 8 9 Hammer Dulcimer
  PremieresIV March 12 13 Music of Moldova
• VISIT SONIC INERTIA
• www.sonicinertia.com
• Oh the memories You can download and print this
  presentation there!

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• Like the famous American composer John Cage, Leon
  Shernoff is equally at home in music and mycology
  (the study of mushrooms). The winner of a BMI
  Award for Young Composers at age 16, he divides
  his time between musical activities and the
  editorship of Mushroom, the Journal of Wild
  Mushrooming, Americas only magazine for
  morel-hunters and other aficionados of edible
  wild mushrooms.
• A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, the
  California Institute of the Arts and the
  University of Chicago, his music has been
  performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the
  Mozarteum in Salzburg, and at the Pécs Music
  Festival in Hungary. His composition teachers
  include Mel Powell, Shulamit Ran, John Eaton,
  Andrew Imbrie, Stephen Mosko, Morton Subotnick,
  David Liptak and Robert Morris.
• Leon has rounded out his Western studies with
  study of and participation in music from a wide
  variety of other cultures, most notably the music
  of the Anlo Ewe people of coastal Ghana, which he
  studied with Kobla Ladzekpo, Alfred Ladzekpo, and
  Midawo Togbe Gideon Foli Alorwoyie. A former
  member of Golosa (the Russian choir of the
  University of Chicago), and a current member of
  the universitys Middle Eastern Music Ensemble,
  Leon ran an African music ensemble at the
  University of Chicago for eight years, teaching
  the coastal Ghanaian repertoire that he had
  learned.
• In his compositions, Leon aims for a synthesis of
  various approaches to music-making, and hopes to
  explore these through his work with the Tiny
  Mahler Orchestra.

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Peter Slavin
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• Peter Slavin received his BM in composition from
  the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he
  studied with Elinor Armer, David Conte and Conrad
  Susa, and his PhD in music from the University of
  California, Berkeley, where his teachers included
  Cindy Cox, Jorge Liderman and Andrew Imbrie. He
  has won awards and other recognition for his
  piano playing, and has worked professionally as
  an accompanist, organist and choir director, and
  freelance pianist since his teens. His
  compositions, which include a number of songs,
  choral works, chamber music, solo piano pieces,
  and an opera, have been performed widely in the
  San Francisco Bay Area and his native state of
  Texas. He is currently the music director of
  Immanuel United Church of Christ in Evergreen
  Park, IL.

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My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but
for all people, music which is beautiful and
healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters
called spirit resonance in melody and sound.
Alan Hovhaness
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Alan Hovhaness 1911-2000

• Alan Hovhaness is one of Americas most
  idiosyncratic musical pioneers who sought a
  musical reconciliation between East and West,
  spiritual and mundane.
• Born near Boston, Massachusetts to an Armenian
  father and a mother of Scottish ancestry. As a
  boy he composed in secret, once remarking "My
  family thought writing music was abnormal, so
  they would confiscate my music if they caught me
  in the act."
• An early musical mentor and personal friend was
  Sibelius, from whom Hovhaness perhaps acquired
  his love of long lyrical melodies.

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Things that are complicated tend to disappear
and get lost Alan Hovhaness
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Alan Hovhaness 1911-2000

• Following extended visits to India, Korea and
  Japan during 1959-62 to study the ancient
  Karnatic, Ah-ak, and Gagaku musical traditions,
  Hovhaness embarked on musical style incorporating
  Indo-Oriental idioms throughout the 1960s, a
  period when his music was at its most distant
  from Western models.
• From the 1970s Eastern influences receded
  somewhat, though Hovhaness remained very
  prolific, reaching around Opus 450 by the time of
  his death. His output comprises music in almost
  every conceivable genre, from large scale
  oratorios, operas and symphonies down to piano
  sonatas and solo works for Oriental instruments.

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Eric Ewazen

•  Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio.
  Receiving a B.M. At the Eastman School of Music,
  and M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from The Juilliard
  School, his teachers include Milton Babbitt,
  Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, Joseph Schwantner
  and Gunther Schuller. He is a recipient of
  numerous composition awards and prizes.
• His works have been commissioned and performed by
  many soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras
  in the U.S. and overseas. His works are recorded
  on Summit Records, d'Note Records, CRS Records,
  New World, Clique Track, Helicon, Hyperion, Cala,
  Albany and Emi Classics.
• He has been lecturer for the New York
  Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series,
  Vice-President of the League of
  Composers--International Society of Contemporary
  Music, and Composer-In-Residence with the
  Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. He has
  been a faculty member at Juilliard since 1980.

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