HEAR NOW 2023 FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC BY CONTEMPORARY LOS ANGELES COMPOSERS ADDS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONCERT AND NEW VENUE
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Hugh Levick, Artistic Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Sylvi Brown 310-702-5847
March 27, 2023 UPDATED scbrownpr@msn.com
HEAR NOW 2023 FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC
BY CONTEMPORARY LOS ANGELES COMPOSERS
ADDS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONCERT AND NEW VENUE
CELEBRATING 12 YEARS, FESTIVAL DATES APRIL 13 TO APRIL 16
INCLUDES ARTISTS FROM DANCE, FILM AND ART
Los Angeles -- Hugh Levick, Ar s c Director, and Founder of HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL is pleased to
announce HEAR NOW 2023, A Fes val of New Music by Contemporary Los Angeles Composers, April
13 through 16, 2023. The fes val will present works by 24 composers with 12 premieres of
electroacous c, chamber music, and works involving more than one art form in a collabora ve
mul disciplinary concert. The fes val will be held at 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
90057. Tickets are available on the Hear Now website, hearnowmusicfes val.com.
“For many years HEAR NOW has wanted to present other art forms in collabora on with the music
wri en by LA composers. HEAR NOW 2023 makes that dream into a reality,” states Levick. “We are also
very grateful to be welcomed into the collabora vely curated venue, 2220 Arts + Archives, which, with all
of its ameni es, allows us to bring the concept of ‘ esta’ to the wide-ranging, bold and against-the-grain
music presented by HEAR NOW!”
The Fes val opens with Hear Now’s annual program of electroacous c works, curated in collabora on
with Isaac Schankler of People Inside Electronics (P.I.E.) and features Brightwork Ensemble in six works
for live instruments and electronics, including the West Coast premieres of Towdah by João Pedro
Oliveira and To the Lighthouse by Anuj Bhutani.
The mul disciplinary concert headlines with the renowned Brooklyn street dancer Storyboard P (“He’s
the Basquiat of street dancing…”—NY Times), who will choreograph and perform with piano trio in
OTHERWISE, a world premiere by composer Hugh Levick. an echo that Doesn’t rhyme, by Daniel
Newman-Lessler, choreographed by Mady Thornquest, is for 9 pianists on 3 pianos, 2 percussionists,
and solo dancer. Addi onal works are TRASH MOON, a collabora on between composer Brandon J.
Rolle and ar st Christopher Richmond which uses lm and music to build a second moon made of trash
from our planet (world premiere). Paleface by Russell Steinberg, in a collabora on with ar st Jerry
Kearns and video ar st Amanda Tiller, takes a look at the Old West with new eyes with Trio Accento and
video.
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Saturday and Sunday’s a ernoon programs include the world premiere of A Shadowy Figure Went Past, a
new work by Joseph Pereira for piano quartet; the West coast premiere of 86’d by Ian Dicke; the world
premiere of Cross the Line of Death by Pin Hsin Lin, and the US premiere of Our Glass Bodies by Carolyn
Chen.
Featured ensembles include the Lyris Quartet, Brightwork Ensemble, Trio Accento, and the newly
formed UCLA Philharmonia Soloists. Featured ar sts include baritone Joel Balzun in Peter Knell’s
ARKHIPOV, countertenor Darryl Taylor in the West Coast premiere of Ian Dicke’s 86’d, and Rachel
Constan no, horn, in Anne LeBaron’s Cosmic Rose (West Coast premiere), in addi on to many of the
brilliant and renowned Los Angeles musicians.
In a new venture, Hear Now and conductor Neal Stulberg are collabora ng on a large chamber
ensemble of 18 UCLA students - a large chamber ensemble of 18 UCLA students – UCLA Philharmonia
Soloists -- coached by composers as they prepare the works for performance. These large chamber
works will include 86’d by Ian Dicke in a West Coast premiere, and S ll Images by Vera Ivanova. Hear
Now has o ered its rst Ursula C. Krummel Commission to Arash Majd, an emerging and visionary
young composer with his work en tled Con nuum: Cause & E ect, composed for a 10-piece ensemble,
closing the fes val.
The new venue, 2220 Arts + Archives at 2220 Beverly Boulevard has a Main Theater space, a lecture
space, and a bar/cabaret space. Hear Now will be in the Main Theater, and the audience is invited to
enjoy the bar/cabaret space before the concert and at intermission. A er the nal concert on Sunday,
Hear Now o ers the audience a catered recep on in the bar/cabaret.
HEAR NOW Music Fes val promotes the breadth and diversity of concert music being wri en by composers living in
and associated with the LA area by presen ng concerts and informa ve ac vi es of high ar s c quality to the
general public. HEAR NOW strives to achieve equity and inclusiveness by reaching out in an Open Call to all
composers in the area.
The HEAR NOW Fes val of New Music by Contemporary Los Angeles Composers began in 2011 with two chamber
music concerts and has expanded to include up to six concerts of orchestral, electroacous c and chamber music.
The results from the last eleven fes vals are 184 new and recent works by 161 individual composers, from emerging
composers to masters.
Hear Now Fes val of LA Composers
www.hearnowmusicfes val.com
hearnowcomposerfes val@gmail.com
(323) 226-0326
Hugh Levick, Ar s c Director
Peter Knell, Associate Ar s c Director
Joseph Pereira, Associate Ar s c Director
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Isaac Schankler, Associate Ar s c Director
Heidi Lesemann, General Manager
Lauri D Goldenhersh, Assistant General Manager
HEAR NOW Music Fes val 2023
FESTIVAL DATES: Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16
Venue: 2220 Arts & Archives (Main Theater), 2220 Beverly Blvd., LA 90057
The complete program follows. (Subject to change)
THURSDAY, April 13, 2023, at 8:00pm: Electroacous c Concert in collabora on with People Inside
Electronics (P.I.E.) and Brightwork Ensemble
Mr. Dis nguished (2011) Dante De Silva: for violin, alto saxophone, piano, and pre-recorded electronics
To the Lighthouse (2019) (West Coast premiere) Anuj Bhutani: for violin and live electronics
Towdah (2009) (West Coast premiere) João Pedro Oliveira: for ute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, and
electronics
Snow Crystals on Sagebrush (2022) Nick Norton: for string quartet and electronics
Echoes (2009) Liviu Marinescu: for ute and xed media
remnants (2019) Corey Dundee: for violin, bassoon, Piano+MIDI, Percussion+MIDI
FRIDAY, April 14, 2023, at 8:00pm: Mul disciplinary concert
TRASH MOON (2022) (World premiere) Brandon J. Rolle, composer, and ar st Christopher Richmond:
for video and immersive mul channel audio
an echo that doesn’t rhyme (2022), Daniel Newman-Lessler, composer, with Mady Thornquest, lead
dancer: for 9 pianists, 2 percussion.
Paleface (2017), Russell Steinberg, composer, in collabora on with ar st Jerry Kearns, and video ar st
Amanda Tiller: for video and live trio
OTHERWISE (2022) (World premiere) Hugh Levick, composer, with renowned Brooklyn street dancer and
choreographer Storyboard P as dancer with live piano trio
SATURDAY, April 15, 2023, at 2pm: Chamber music concert
86’d (2014) (West Coast premiere) Ian Dicke: for large chamber ensemble, and countertenor
Shadows and Songs (2019) Gabrielle Rosse: for string quartet
A Shadowy Figure Went Past (World premiere) Joseph Pereira: for piano quartet.
Cross the Line of Death (2022) (World premiere) Pin Hsin Lin: for piano, violin, cello
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Glimpse (2019) Tomás Peire Serrate: for bass clarinet, violin and cello
A Tempo (2011) Daniel Kessner: for ute/piccolo, clarinet/bass. clarinet, violin, violoncello, marimba/
xylophone, and piano
Cosmic Rose (2022) (West Coast premiere) Anne LeBaron: for harp and horn
Thrall (Þræll) (2014) (World premiere), Je rey Holmes: for solo piano, ute, bass clarinet, violin, cello,
contrabass
SUNDAY, April 16, 2023, at 5pm: Chamber Music Concert
S ll Images (2008) Vera Ivanova: for large chamber ensemble
Eighteen Melodies for Hujia (2022) Joan Huang: for soprano, ute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and
percussion
Quartet for the Love of Time (1987) William Kra : for violin, cello, clarinet, piano
Our Glass Bodies (US Premiere) Carolyn Chen: for violin, cello, percussion, piano, objects
Selec ons from ARKHIPOV (2022) Peter Knell: for baritone and piano
Con nuum: Cause & E ect (2022) (World premiere, Ursula C. Krummel Commission) Arash Majd: for
large chamber ensemble
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HEAR NOW Music Fes val promotes the breadth and diversity of concert music being wri en by
composers living in and associated with the LA area by presen ng concerts and informa ve.
ac vi es of high ar s c quality to the general public. HEAR NOW strives to achieve equity and
inclusiveness by reaching out in an Open Call to all composers in the area.
The HEAR NOW Fes val of New Music by Contemporary Los Angeles Composers began in 2011 with two
chamber music concerts and has expanded to include up to six concerts of orchestral,
electroacous c and chamber music. The results from the last eleven fes vals are 184 new and recent
works by 161 individual composers, from emerging composers to masters.
Recommended links:
Storyboard P: h ps://www.ny mes.com/2022/03/31/arts/dance/storyboard-p-performance-space-new-
york.html
Hugh Levick: h ps://www.hughlevick.com/
Daniel Newman-Lessler: h ps://www.danielnewmanlessler.com/
Russell Steinberg: h p://www.russellsteinberg.com/
Jerry Kearns: h p://jerrykearns.com/
Brandon Rolle: h ps://www.brandonjrolle.com/
Christopher Richmond: h ps://www.christopherchristopher.com/
Arash Majd: h ps://www.arashmajd.com/
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Je rey Holmes: h p://www.je rey-holmes.com/
João Pedro Oliviera: h ps://www.jpoliveira.com/
Anuj Bhutani: h ps://www.anujbhutani.com/
Peter Knell: h ps://peterknell.com/
Joseph Pereira: h ps://josephpereiramusic.com/
Ian Dicke: h ps://www.iandicke.com/
Vera Ivanova: h p://veraivanova.com/
Pin Hsin Lin: h ps://www.pinhsinlinmusic.com
Carolyn Chen: h ps://walkingmango.wordpress.com/
Lyris Quartet: h p://www.lyrisquartet.com/
Brightwork Ensemble: h ps://brightworknewmusic.com/
Trio Accento: h ps://www.trioaccento.com/
Neal Stulberg: h ps://www.uclaorchestras.com/the-conductor.php
Joel Balzun: h p://www.joelbalzun.com/
Darryl Taylor: h p://www.darryltaylor.com/
Rachel Constan no: h ps://www.rachelconstan no.net/
2220 Arts + Archives: h ps://www.2220arts.org/
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