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Media Release
TR/PR Public Relations & Marketing January 15, 2021
Art of Elan and The San Diego Museum of Art Announce Two
Upcoming Virtual SDMA+ Offerings
As 2021 kicks off, Art of Elan and The San Diego Museum of Art continue their
creative partnership and commitment to presenting musical interpretation of
works in the Museum collection. Originally conceived as live "pop-up" concerts,
both organizations worked to re-frame the presentations as part of the
Museum's growing Virtual SDMA+ programming.
Virtual SDMA+ Art of Elan presents: "Identities"
Jan 22, 7pm
Video Premiere
PERFORMERS: Andrew Hayhurst (cello), Travis Maril (viola), Kate Hatmaker
(violin)
The Virtual SDMA+ Art of Elan "Identities" video premiere will be shared on
Friday, January 22 at 7:00 p.m. PT on The San Diego Museum of Art
YouTube channel and is available for free streaming thereafter.
Spanish multidisciplinary artist Ana de
Alvear's contemporary work shifts
perceptions and perspectives in a way
that's both subtle and transformative.
A search for identity pervades her
multifaceted projects. Her work is
explored through this engaging online
video performance by Art of Elan
Anna Thorvaldsdottir musicians, including Executive and
Artistic Director Kate Hatmaker,
featuring the haunting "Spectra" for violin, viola, and cello by Icelandic
composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir. This will be the San Diego premiere of this
atmospheric work, filmed safely at The San Diego Museum of Art.
"When I first listened to "Spectra," I was
thinking of the word spectral, meaning
ghosts, rather spectrum, as in a range of
things or band of colors. For me the
piece is quite haunting," explained
Travis Maril (viola.) "There are places
where we are asked to make sounds
with our instruments that sound like a
ghostly inhalation and exhalation, and
Travis Maril other icy and shivery sounds permeate
the work. Playing without an audience
and within the empty museum, these stark sounds of breathing are powerful.
That power is amplified when stepping back and resonating in the larger
background of our current COVID environment."
Virtual SDMA+ Art of Elan presents "Abstraction & Allegory"
Feb 19, 7pm
Video Premiere/Art of Elan Commission
Unsuk Chin, Advice from a Caterpillar (2007), from Alice in Wonderland
Andrea Isabel González, Jabberwocky (2021), World Premiere
PERFORMER: Joshua Rubin (bass clarinet)
The Virtual SDMA+ Art of Elan "Abstraction & Allegory" video premiere will be
shared on Friday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. PT on The San Diego Museum
of Art YouTube channel and is available for free streaming thereafter.
This multi-media performance video takes its inspiration from the thoughtful
works of photographic art currently on display in Masters of Photography:
The Garner Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art, which features
iconic images by some of the most famous photographers from the 20th
century to the present.
As a direct tie-in to the exhibit's
"Manipulating Reality" theme, Art of
Elan takes a closer look at the
power of transformation, featuring
two incredibly compelling pieces of
music for solo clarinet and
multimedia: "Advice from a
Caterpillar" for bass clarinet from
the opera "Alice in Wonderland" by
Unsuk Chin
South Korean composer Unsuk
Chin, and "Jabberwocky" by Mexican composer Andrea González. This
colorful and fantastical online program, featuring internationally acclaimed
clarinetist Joshua Rubin, will be the world premiere performance of González's
work, which was inspired by the Lewis Carroll poem and was created for Art of
Elan as a companion piece for this special Virtual SDMA+ concert.
"This work has been really interesting to
make because it is the first time I made
this kind of project where I can include
video, an instrument and electronics.
'Jabberwocky' is a nonsense poem that
leaves an open interpretation about what's
happening so that was what I wanted to
tell in this piece," said Andrea Gonzalez,
a resident of Querétaro, México
"I'll be playing two pieces that were
inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll,
Andrea González
whose ideas permeated the imagination of
so many artists in the 20th and 21st century," explained Joshua Rubin. "The
notorious chapter where Alice
seeks advice from a caterpillar is
depicted by the bass clarinet in
her opera, and that's the scene
that I'll be playing. I'm an
enormous fan of composer
Andrea González's video
pieces that create touching and
dynamic sonic landscapes. For
Joshua Rubin this concert, she wrote a brand
new piece for bass clarinet and
video based on the Jabberwocky, the poem that somehow conjures so many
images while being built from nonsense."
More info at artofelan.org
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Art of Elan by the Numbers - 2006-2021
Performed 103 public concerts
Showcased 355 musicians
20 bi-national venues
13 year partnership with The San Diego Museum of Art
Presented 21 world premieres of commissioned works
Implemented a highly coveted ensemble-in-residence program
Participated in 91 unique, cross-disciplinary and collaborative
productions
Completed 6 residency programs in National City at A Reason to
Survive (ARTS), including 61 world premieres of works by Young
Artists in Harmony students.
Over 55,000 streams on Art of Elan's free music app, Instant Encore,
thanks to listeners in 28 different countries
Pioneering unique events and bringing the
excitement of classical music to diverse
audiences.
The mission of Art of Elan is to build community
through music and enrich the cultural life of San
Diego by presenting exciting and exceptional
chamber music concerts, simultaneously
educating and exposing diverse audiences to
classical music through innovative programming,
the commissioning of new works, unique
performance venues and personal connections.
By drawing inspiration from the word élan, which represents momentum,
vigor and spirit, and providing an opportunity to connect directly with
concertgoers, Art of Elan hopes to engage and energize audiences in new
ways.
Art of Elan concerts are available via download at
Instant Encore
MEDIA CONTACT: Toni Robin, tr@trprsandiego.com
Toni Robin
TR/PR Public Relations and Marketing
tr@trprsandiego.com
www.trprsandiego.com
858.483.3918
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