2019 Cortona Program pt 1

2019 CORTONA SESSIONS FOR NEW MUSIC

10th Anniversary Season

MAY 18 - JUNE 1, 2019

CORTONA – TUSCANY - ITALY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

welcome – 4

list of fellows – 6

cortona collective / faculty list – 8

faculty / staff / selected bios – 9

schedule – 24

cortona prize – 26

concert 1: opening concert – 27

concert 2: contemporary performance competition – 28

concert 3: cortona collective – 30

concert 4: duo cortona – 31

forence excursion – 32

concerts 5-6: ensemble fellows – 34

concert 7: cortona collective – 36

concert 8: iron composer concert - 37

concert 9: cortona fellows – 38

wine tour – 40

concert 10: cortona collective – 41

concert 11: cortona percussion concert – 42

concert 12: premiere concert 1 – 44

concert 13: conducting workshop – 46

concert 14: premiere concert 2 – 48

concert 15: premiere concert 3 – 50

2018 fellow bios – 49

thank you / sponsors – 62

guide to cortona – 63

BENVENUTI

Welcome to the 10th Anniversary season of the Cortona Sessions for New Music. I can hardly believe we are here, in year ten, having enjoyed such incredible growth and amazing musical experiences since our rst visit to this beautiful place. is festival was founded by my wife and I back in 2010, with the hope that it would provide inspiration not only to our participants, but to our faculty as well, and that it would develop a legacy of Fellows and friends whose interactions would make any number of impressions on a diverse specturm of musical, social, and cultural communities. I could not be more proud of the paths our Fellows take and of the important relationships that have been formed here within the walls of this old monastary. As we go forward and continue our mission, I hope each of you will remember the love and beauty found here in Cortona and will use your experiences in Italy to grow your own careers in music and beyond, and to make lasting impacts on your own communities. By becoming a Fellow of the Cortona Sessions, your new network includes not only the 52 of you here this year, but the several hundred who have come before and our wonderful faculty. All of you have the experience of Cortona in common, and it is a powerful one! Enjoy the next two weeks and always make sure to enjoy a bit of la dolce vita every day!

Michael Kirkendoll Founder and Artistic Director of the Cortona Sessions

2019

*returning fellow

Alejandro Avila

Nikhil Bartolomeo

Jean-Patrick Besingrande

Andrew Dana

Maddy Dethlo

Wesley Ducote

Daniel Farrell

Seare Farhat

Sam Friedman

Eli Geruschat

Michael Giunta

Kyriaki Gkoudina

Aleia Gonzalez

Jack Hamill

Erik Helstrom

Robert Hess*

James Dongbin Hyun

Anika Kildegaard

Seika van Keuren

Brendan Jacklin

Jerrica Jenkins

Sara Kang

Kelly Lovelady*

Zachary McDonald

Lila Meretzky

Cody Myre

Lara Mitofsky Neuss

Rachael Owens*

Nicholas Politi*

Yibing Qian

Joshua Reinier

Leah Rosales

Jeremy Rosenstock*

Chris Ruenes

Michelle Di Russo

Dylan Scroggins

Barry Sharp

Matthew Shorten

Austin Smith

Annika Socolofsky

Emerson Sudbury

Morgan Sutherland*

Nupur akkar

Alissa Voth

Daijana Wallace*

Olivia Ward

Joshua Weinfeld

Kendra Wheeler

Rachel Lanik Whelan*

Shannon Leigh Williams

Will Yager

Yi Zhang

CORTONA FELLOWS

2018

*returning fellow

Emily Azzarito*

Aislinn Bailie

David N. Baker

Luke Bentley

Sebastian Buhts

Felicia Chen

Kenneth Cox

Andrew Dana

Teresa Diaz de Cossio

Luke Ellard

omas Faulkner*

Gavin Goodwin

Tristan Greeno*

Olivia Harris

Rose Hegele

Eric Hessel

Mai Hessel

Noel Holloway

Clark Hubbard

Paul Hwang

Laure Irene

Kathryn Irwin*

Brett Keating

Sungwoo Kim

Tony Kirk

Kelly Lovelady

Will Marchetti

Brianna Matzke

Lukas McIlhaney

Bonnie McLarty

Claire Niederberger

Rachel Owens

Emma Piazza

Keri Lee Pierson

Nicholas Politi

Alexandra Porter*

Stefanie Proulx

Jeremy Rosenstock

Kaela Scheidemantle

Christopher Schoelen

Gabriel Soileau

Emily Strachan

Kin Siu

Jenn omas

Kathryn Vetter

Magnus Villanueva

Trevor Villwock

Lu Wang

Jack Yarbrough*

Kristen Zelenak

2017

*returning fellow

David Abraham

David Angelo*

Mikey Arbula

Lisa Atkinson

Emily Azzarito

Madeline Barrett

Megan Baumann

Sonya Belaya

Mattie Brister

Crystal Buck

Flora Campbell-Tiech

Aidan Cook

Marco Crispo

Jovana Damnjanovic

Brian Daurelle

Amber Evans

Yijia Fang

Nadja Geier

Nave Graham*

Charlie Hackemer

Mimi Harding

Colin Hinton

Karl Hirzer

Ben Justis

Todd Kitchen

Forrest Lam

Margaret Lambie

Pascal LeBouef

Alexis Mitchell

Lauren Murphy

Jena Nahnsen

Dudley Raine IV

Jeremy Rosenstock

Brandon Snyder

Philip Snyder

Om Srivastava

Morgan Sutherland

Mari Takeda

Matthew Umphreys

Michael Vince

Garrett White

2016

*returning fellow

Camila Agosto

Alex Alfaro

Brian Allred

Amir Bitran

Natalie Calma

Luke Carlson

Oliver Chang

Yu-Han Chen

Caitlyn Chenault

Viet Cuong

Moose Davis

Brian Denu

Ariel Downs

omas Faulkner

Samuel Gabay

Nave Graham

Tristan Greeno

Laura Hundert

Robert Hess

Zhihua Hu

Kathryn Irwin

Marshall Jones

Sophie Kass

Yuan-Keng Ling

Benjamin Montgomery

Stephen Moratto

Daniel Morel

Isabel Ong

Wen-Ting Ong

Walter Park

Nicole Parks

Colin Payne

Zachary Pierce

Alexandra Porter

Jay Rauch

Diana Rodriguez

Benjamin Sledge

Leia Slosberg

Jason Stetler

Tina Tallon

David Vess

Xinyang Wang

Kaitlyn Williams

Jack Yarbrough*

2015

Je rey Allardyce

Hayden Anderson

David Angelo

Daniel Beilman

David Berrios

Alex Betsold

Grant Bingham

Sunny Byun

Mary Cervantes

Kanako Chikami

Richard Chowenhill

Megan Cooney

Amy Dauphinais

Jenny Davis

Tom Dempster

Kate Duncan

Kristen Dye

Jacob Egli

Matthew Ernster

Francesca Ferrara

Nina Fronjian

Jonathan Graybill

Robbie Harvey

Will Healy

Audrey Herren

Jake Hewitt

Alice Hinshaw

Ashlin Hunter

Zach Jones

William Kenlon

Bin Li

Kerrith Livengood

Jordan Lullo

Connor Mikula

Chrsty Muncey

Wen-Ting Ong

Eden Rayz

Jeremy Rapaport-Stein

Jonathan Russ

Aaron Singleton

Eliza Smith

Tai-Jung ‘Fofo’ Tsai

David Vess

Katherine von Bernthal

Rachel Lanik Whelan

Jack Yarbrough

2014

Clay Allen

Grant Bingham

Sean Bradley

Yu-Hsin Chang

Andrew Cole

Ariel Downs

Kate Duncan

Frederick Evans

Antoine Fachard

Stella Fiorenzoli

Edo Frenkel

Turkar Gasimzada

Caitlin Gilmore

Ana María Hernandez

Jake Hewitt

Peter Katz

William Kenlon

Aaron Kirschner

Chelsea Komschlies

Steven Kowaleski

Lindsay Laird

Dana Malseptic

Curren Myers

Lauren Parks

Samuel Parilla

Alexandra Porter

Dave Reminick

Jonathan Russ

Aaron Singleton

Tina Tallon

Catalina von Wrangell

Andrew Yoon

CORTONA FELLOWS

2013

Kelley Barnett

Adam Borecki

Brendan Faegre

Patrick Gutman

Alice Hinshaw

Devinder Kumar

Kyle Malone

Lisa Neher

Kelly Lynn Pierce

eresa Silveyra

Nick Virzi

Dakota Wayne

Yiguo Yan

Chun-Ju-Yen

Mary Young

2012

Michael Catania

Jason Charney

Caitlin Foster

Jason Gerraughty

Alice Hinshaw

Anna Hoard

Kevin Laba

Yayu Li

Daniel Liu

Yangzhi Ma

Paige Martin

Ryo Nakayama

Chris Prosser

Jared Redmond

Kim Rivera

Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie

eresa Silveyra

Tom Strauser

Tina Tallon

Mallory Turlington

MoJiao Wang

Sharra Wagner

Dave Waugh

Jennifer Weiman

2011

Ron Amchin

Jason Barabba

Kelley Barnett

Julian Day

Kristen Dye

Caitlin Foster

Jacob Gunnels

Kay He

Dana Limpert

Cesar Mantufar

Paul Poston

Ramteen Sazeghari

Björn Sikström

Michael Spicer

Matthew Taylor

Erin Tomkins

Ryan Woodhouse

2010

Stephen Bachicha

Jason Barabba

Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer

Breanna Ellison

Gilbert Galindo

Anne Guzzo

Leo Hurley

Laura Marsh

Nicholas Omiccioli

Marcílio Onofre

Julie Penner

Christopher Prosser

Jessica Rudman

Julia Snell

Hainu Tan

Sophia Tegart

Jeanette Wong

THE CORTONA COLLECTIVE

2019 faculty marked with *

ute | sarah brady*

mary fukushima

clarinet | michael norsworthy

gregory oakes*

saxophone | h2 quartet

geo rey deibel*

je rey loe ert

kimberly loe ert

jonathan nichol

violin | ari streisfeld*

cello | kivie cahn-lipman*

piano | amir khosrowpour

michael kirkendoll*

brianna matzke*

percussion | ji hye jung*

michael compitello

voice | laura bohn, soprano

rachel calloway, mezzo-soprano*

je rey gavett, baritone

sarah tannehill-anderson, soprano

conductor | chris younghoon kim*

jake wallace

composers | gabriela lena frank

suzanne farrin*

forrest pierce*

kay rhie

stevan tickmayer

entrepreneurship |

brianna matzke*

2019 SPECIAL GUESTS & DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS

2019 Ensemble Fellows

duo suspirium | ligament | viscera

resident-fellow in piano

cortona prize composition fellow

wesley ducote annika socolofsky

2019 FACULTY BIOS

SARAH BRADY, FLUTE

Called “enchanting” by the Boston Globe, utist Sarah Brady is sought a er across the country as a soloist, chamber musician, and master teacher. An avid promoter of new music she has premiered and recorded new music from many of today’s top composers. Recent projects have included premieres of new solo ute and electronic music from Elena Ruehr, Andy Vores and John Mallia, Curtis Hughesas well as music for ute and strings from Marcos Balter, Nicholas Vines and Johnathan Bailey Holland. Her solo, chamber and over 40 orchestral recordings can be heard on the Albany, Naxos, Oxingale, Cantalope and BMOP/Sound music labels. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music, she was invited to read and record new music commissioned by Yo Yo Ma for his Silk Road Project at Tanglewood.

Sarah lives in Boston and performs regularly as principal ute with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera. She can also be heard performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, Portland Symphony Orchestra and Boston Lyric Opera. As a chamber musician she has been described as “clairvoyantly sensitive” (New Music Connoisseur), and has collaborated with the Fromm Players at Harvard, the Firebird Ensemble, the Radius Ensemble, Boston Musica Viva, e Talea Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, Sound Icon and NotaRiotous. She is a member of the Michigan based new music ensemble Brave New Works a group that is dedicated to promoting new music throughout the US and Canada by premiering new music and educating young composers through a college residency program. e ensemble has been in residence at Cornell, Bowling Green University, the University of Michigan, Tu s University, University of Puget Sound, Williams, Western Washington University and the Boston Conservatory.

In competition she was awarded second place in the National Flute Association 2006 Young Artist Competition, where she also won an award for the best performance of the newly commissioned work by Paul Drescher. She was a Semi- nalist in the Myrna Brown Competition Flute Competition, Heida Herman Woodwind Competition, Eastern Connecticut Young Artist Competition, and twice received second place in Boston’s prestigious Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. As a soloist Sarah enjoyed a sold out debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall with pianist Oxana Yablonskaya. Sarah is Associate Professor of Flute and Head of the Contemporary Classical Music Program at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

GREGORY OAKES, CLARINET

Gregory Oakes is an exciting and energetic clarinetist and a passionate champion of the music of our time. From his Carnegie Hall debut with members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Boulez to his performances as a member of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Oakes has been praised by critics for his “outstanding performance” (New York Times) and “jazzy ourishes” (Denver Post). American Record Guide says “Oakes is the rare player who has both excellent classical training and a mastery of the otherworldly procedures demanded by non-traditional repertoire,” and Fanfare Magazine lauds the “formidable technical armamentarium at his command.”

A exible and versatile musician, Mr. Oakes has performed with notable musicians in prestigious venues around the world. He has been a concerto soloist with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Brass, performed with Grammy® Award-winner Terence Blanchard at the Telluride Jazz Festival, and appeared at the Chicago Arts Club. His recordings have been released on Bridge, Centaur, CRI, Gothic, Karnatic Lab Records, and Naxos and broadcast on National Public Radio. His recent CD, Aesthetic Apparatus: Clarinet Chamber Music of Helmut Lachenmann, appears on the New Focus Recordings label.

As a soloist, Mr. Oakes has performed at multiple International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests, the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, the New Music Gathering, the International Computer Music Conference, the Crested Butte Chamber Music Festival, Boulder’s Modern Music Festival (M2F), and the Pendulum New Music Series. An international artist, Mr. Oakes has performed frequently in the Netherlands at Amsterdam’s venerable new music hall De IJsbreker, Gaudeamus Music Week, Concerten Tot en Met, the Karnatic Lab concert series, De Badcuyp, STEIM, and Utrecht’s eatre Kikker. He has been a featured soloist at the prestigious MaerzMusik festival in Berlin. He has also toured Brazil—performing in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and Campinas—and conducted masterclasses at notable Brazilian universities UnB, UNIRIO, and UNICAMP. He was in residence as a guest artist at the MUPA Festival of Contemporary Music in Bangsaen, ailand. In the summer, Mr. Oakes is on the faculty of e Cortona Sessions festival for new music in Tuscany, Italy.

Mr. Oakes has been a member of several orchestras including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Ballet, Central City Opera, and the Colorado Music Festival. He is currently the principal clarinet of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra. He is also an active chamber musician. As a founding member of the new music and creative arts ensemble Non Sequitur, he has been in residence at Princeton University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and the Aspen Music Festival. Oakes has also performed as a member of the woodwind quintet Category 5 and the award-winning clarinet quartet Ensemble Syzygy.

Mr. Oakes holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, a master’s degree from DePaul University, and a doctorate from the University of Colorado. His teachers include Bil Jackson, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, and John Bruce Yeh. He has been honored as an Aspen Music Festival Fellow, a Tanglewood Music Festival Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar Finalist. Mr. Oakes has presented masterclasses at numerous institutions including the University of Michigan, University of California Berkeley, Peabody Conservatory, the Amsterdam Conservatory, and the Aspen Music Festival. He has previously taught at the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS) and Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN). Mr. Oakes is on the faculty of Iowa State University (Ames, IA).

Gregory Oakes is a Bu et Group USA and a Vandoren Performing Artist.

GEOFFREY DEIBEL, SAXOPHONE

A Washington, D.C. native, Geo rey Deibel is emerging as an important voice for the saxophone and contemporary music. He maintains a multi-faceted career as performer, teacher, and researcher. Recent concert highlights include performances with the Athens Saxophone Quartet (Cyprus), International Contemporary Ensemble at the Park Avenue Armory (NYC), concerts at Merkin Hall and Zankel Hall (NYC), and recitals in Brooklyn NY, Stuttgart, Germany, Cortona, Italy, and in Wichita, KS. Geo has been an invited guest lecturer at Die Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, at University College Cork, Ireland, and many Universities in the US. He has appeared at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, the International Iannis Xenakis Festival in Athens, Greece, and World Saxophone Congresses in the UK, Europe, and ailand. Geo has commissioned new works by both established and emerging composers, including Drew Baker, Nathan Davis, Claudio Gabriele, Martin Iddon, Robert Lemay, Marc Mellits, Joseph Michaels, Forrest Pierce, David Rakowski, David Reminick, Jesse Ronneau, and Eric Wubbels. He has also premiered the music of Louis Andriessen, Jason Eckardt, Hiroyki Itoh, Pierre Jodlowski, Marc Mellits, Elliott Sharp, Jagoda Szmytka, Mari Takano, Hans omalla, and Amy Williams. Geo is a member of the critically acclaimed h2 quartet, rst prize winners at the Fischo Competition, recent nalists at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and recipients of multiple Aaron Copland Fund Grants. e American Record Guide has hailed h2 as a group of “artistic commitment...boasting superb blend, solid technique, [and] tight rhythm.” h2 has six recordings available. Geo holds degrees in history and music from Northwestern University, and a doctoral degree from Michigan State University. His principal teachers have included Joseph Lullo , Frederick Hemke, Leo Saguiguit, and Reginald Jackson. Geo has held teaching positions at the University of Florida and Wichita State University, where he was the recipient of the 2015 College of Fine Arts Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity, and the 2016 WSU Faculty Award for Excellence in Creative Activity. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Florida State University. He also serves on the faculty of the Cortona Sessions for New Music, and the Great Plains Saxophone Workshop. Geo is a Yamaha and Vandoren performing artist, and performs on Yamaha Saxophones, and Vandoren reeds, ligatures, and mouthpieces exclusively.

ARI STREISFELD, VIOLIN

Violinist Ari Streisfeld has garnered critical acclaim worldwide for his performances of diverse repertoire and has established himself as one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary classical music. Praised for his “dazzling performance” by the New York Times and “scintillating playing” by New York Classical Review, Dr. Streisfeld is a founding member of the world renowned JACK Quartet. Recent season highlights include performances at Wigmore Hall (London), La Salle Pleyel (Paris), Teatro Colon (Argentina), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), Carriage Works (Sydney, Australia), Venice Biennale (Italy), Carnegie Hall, e Library of Congress, e Morgan Library (New York), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), and the Salzburg Festival (Austria). He has collaborated with many of today’s most prominent composers including John Luther Adams, Caroline Shaw, Julia Wolfe, Helmut Lachenmann, Matthias Pintscher, Georg Friedrich Haas, Steve Reich, and Salvatore Sciarrino. He has recorded for Mode, Albany, Carrier, Innova, Canteloupe, and New World Records.

Together with his wife, mezzo-soprano Rachel Calloway, Dr. Streisfeld formed Duo Cortona, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to the creation of new works for the unique instrumentation of mezzo-soprano and violin. Recent and upcoming performances include the Resonant Bodies Festival, SONiC Festival, e Stone (NY), Contemporary Undercurrents of Song Project (Princeton, NJ), New Music on the Point (VT), and e Cortona Sessions for New Music (Italy). He is also a member of Shir Ami, an ensemble dedicated to the performance and preservation of Jewish art music. Dr. Streisfeld frequently collaborates with some of today’s leading ensembles, including Ensemble Signal, Worldless Music Orchestra, and Weekend of Chamber Music.

Hailed as “imaginative” by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Streisfeld’s arrangements of madrigals and motets for string quartet by Machaut and Gesualdo have been performed to acclaim both at home and abroad. A recipient of the Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Dr. Streisfeld most recently premiered his Machaut arrangements for voice and violin at e Stone (New York). A passionate and committed music educator, Dr. Streisfeld serves on the faculty of New York’s Special Music School, Face the Music, New Music on the Point and the Cortona Sessions for New Music (Italy). Ari is a member of the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Music and holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (Bachelor of Music), Northwestern University (Master of Music), and Boston University (Doctor of Musical Arts). His teachers include Zvi Zeitlin, Almita Vamos, and Peter Zazofsky.

KIVIE CAHN-LIPMAN, CELLO

While all the other kids were learning addition in rst grade, Kivie Cahn-Lipman was running around the classroom singing that he was a yeti. His kindly teacher said he was very musical, so Kivie was allowed his choice of instruments along with the therapy. He told his parents he wanted to play the drums, so they asked him what instrument he REALLY wanted to play. “ e tuba,” he replied, and they handed him a violin. e violin teacher was all “you have to respect the violin before you can touch the violin,” but in their third lesson Kivie picked his nose and wiped it on the violin, and then that teacher went away and Kivie’s parents gave him a cello. And when he picked his nose and wiped it on the cello, the new teacher was like “ewww gross don’t do that, here’s a tissue, clean that up and let’s play music,” and that seemed like a good idea.

Eventually Kivie went to Oberlin and then Juilliard, and a er awhile each school gave him a fancy document written in Latin that hopefully indicates that he graduated. He nished up his education at the University of Cincinnati, and he’s a doctor now. Not that kind of doctor. Since its foundation in 2001, Kivie has been a cellist with the International Contemporary Ensemble (and don’t call it ICE anymore), and he still tours all over the world performing with them. He taught at Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and e College of New Jersey, and he’s now on the faculty of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. Whatever you think you know about Youngstown is probably true, but it also has a really pretty park and a surprisingly good artisanal hot dog shop.

Kivie started his own Baroque ensemble called ACRONYM (www.acronymensemble.com), and he nds seventeenth-century music in old manuscripts and transcribes it, and they give the rst performances of it in hundreds of years; they’ve got nine CDs of modern premieres released and more on the way. He also plays viola da gamba for some reason and performs and records with LeStrange Viols. Kivie’s 2014 solo recording of J.S. Bach’s cello suites got a nice blurb in a trade publication called e Strad, but he’s way more proud of the warm personal letter praising the disc which he received from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Kivie’s mom also claims to like the recording, but she thinks that some of the tempos are too fast. You can nd it on sale wherever you can still nd music on sale, and the discs make great coasters.

Also, a recent review in the New York Times noted that “his long, owing hair o en covered his face as he played.” Seriously, the New York Times printed that. Kivie mostly stopped picking his nose in 1985.

JI HYE JUNG, PERCUSSION

Praised as “spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “extraordinary” by the Ventura County Star, the Times describes percussionist Ji Hye Jung as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.”

Ms. Jung began concertizing in her native South Korea at the age of nine where she performed more than 100 concerts including solo appearances with every major orchestra in Korea. Soon a er coming to the United States in 2004, Ms. Jung garnered consecutive rst prizes at the 2006 Linz International Marimba Competition and the 2007 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition.

With percussion repertoire still in its formative stages, Ms. Jung feels strongly about collaborating with composers to further the creation of a new voice for the art form. She has commissioned and premiered works by several important composers including, Kevin Puts, Alejandro Viñao, Paul Lansky, John Serry, Lukas Ligeti, and Jason Treuting. In 2013 she made the premier recording of Michael Torke’s marimba concerto Mojave and in 2014 recorded Phillip Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra for the Naxos label.

Ms. Jung frequently performs with many of today’s most important conductors and instrumentalists. For six years she has served as principal percussionist with the west coast-based chamber music ensemble Camerata Paci ca, with whom she has premiered works by Bright Sheng and Huang Ruo. She has also recorded Stravinsky’s Les Noces with JoAnn Falletta at the Virginia Arts Festival, performed as soloist with David Robertson conducting an all Messiaen program at Carnegie Hall, and made her concerto debut with the Houston Symphony under the baton of Hans Graf in 2005.

Other performance credits include appearances at Portugal’s Tomarimbando Festival, the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland, e Intimacy of Creativity in Hong Kong, the Grand Teton Music Festival, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Grachtenfestival in Holland.

In 2015 Ji Hye Jung was named Associate Professor of Percussion at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. She previously served as Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Kansas for six years. An active educator and clinician, Jung has presented masterclasses at the Curtis Institute, the Peabody Conservatory, Rice University, Beijing’s Central Conservatory, and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.

Ji Hye Jung completed a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, both under the tutelage of Robert van Sice. As an artist endorser, she proudly represents Pearl/Adams instruments, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, and Zildjian cymbals.

MICHAEL KIRKENDOLL, PIANO

Called “the very model of a 21st Century musician” by critics of the Indianapolis Star, pianist Michael Kirkendoll has established himself at the forefront of contemporary pianism. A dedicated advocate for the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, Michael seeks out repertoire that combines beauty, adventure, and meaning to create musical journeys in the recital setting. A specialist in the theatrical piano music of Frederic Rzewski and others, critics have described Kirkendoll’s theatrical performances as “tours de force of skill, comprehension, and energetic, intelligent theatricality,” and also said “…to hear Mr. Kirkendoll perform Sun ower Sutra [by Jerome Kitzke] was an absolute wonder. Rarely have I seen any musician able to deliver text and poetry - all whilst playing insanely di cult music - with such natural dramatic sensibility.” Michael was a nalist n the 2009 American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship Awards, where his performances were heralded as “inspired” showcasing “extraordinary” technical gi s and “superior intelligence.” In 2018, with support from New Music USA, Michael released Acting Like a Pianist, Volume 1 direct to YouTube. is represents the rst commercial video release of Rzewski’s De Profundis and Marriage. e album has also been released as a limited-edition vinyl LP on Meyer Media, and digital audio providers. His previous CD, Bison Circles: Music of Forrest Pierce, is currently available on Meyer Media, and multiple collaborations with members of the h2 Quartet can be found on Blue Gri n Records.

Michael’s contemporary programming has been featured in concert venues around the U.S., including New York’s Bargemusic, Spectrum, and Carnegie Hall, and on major recital series in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Michael is a frequent artist-in-residence at major universities and conservatories, presenting recitals, masterclasses, and lectures on topics including entrepreneurship, contemporary repertoire and performance, building a virtuosic technique, and classes for composers. Internationally, Michael is a frequent guest in China and presented the opening recital for the rst MTNA China Conference in Guangzhou in 2018. He has been named a Visiting Professor at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and has performed and taught at both the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Michael is the founder of the Cortona Sessions for New Music in (www.cortonasessions.org), which has produced over 500 world premieres and encouraged dozens of young performers and composers since 2010. Annually, members of the Cortona Collective (the faculty performance ensemble) present concerts featuring major contemporary repertoire alongside works of Fellows at universities and concert halls around the U.S. is new-music band includes members of the JACK String Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, h2 Saxophone Quartet, Boston Modern Orchestra, and other innovative and exciting soloists. In concert, they perform works by Cortona Sessions Fellows, and diverse repertoire spanning all aspects of contemporary composition. Michael is also president of the International Foundation for Contemporary Music, a 501(c)(3) nonpro t organization which supports the creation and performance of contemporary music through commissioning awards and concert events around the U.S. e IFCM oversees both the Cortona Sessions, and also Concerts @ the Hammert – a series bringing renowned contemporary musicians to the small town of Eudora, Kansas for intimate concerts and educational outreach presentations.

Michael is Associate Professor and Chair of Piano at the University of Kansas, where he earned his doctoral and bachelor’s degrees. He also holds a masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to teaching at the Cortona Sessions for New Music, Michael is also on the faculty of the prestigious International Institute for Young Musicians. When not at the piano, Michael can be found enjoying ne wine, cooking, gol ng, or falling over in his wife’s yoga classes. Michael is also the author of the food and wine blog, e Uncorked Pianist, and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram @UncorkedPianist. Michael Kirkendoll is proud to be a Yamaha Artist.

BRIANNA MATZKE, PIANO/ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Dr. Brianna Matzke’s dynamic pianism shows “a sense of re nement, air, and technical prowess” (clevelandclassical.com). An avid performer and commissioner of new music, she has collaborated with many composers, including Michael Fiday, Elliot Cole, Marc Mellits, Mark Mothersbaugh, Douglas Knehans, Molly Joyce, Alexandra Du Bois, D. J. Sparr, Nate May, Tyler Eschendahl, Dylan Sheridan, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Paul Schuette, Danny Clay, Jennifer Jolley, Carrie Magin, Evan Williams, Paul Poston, Bryan Percoco, Trevor Gomes, and Lindsey Jacob. She has appeared in concert at TriBeCa New Music, ETHOS New Music, Malone University, the BOP Stop, Kendall at Oberlin, Christ Church Cathedral, Cli on Cultural Arts Center, and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.

Her ongoing commissioning initiative, called e Response Project, asks composers to write music for piano in response to a pre-existing artwork or idea. e project has premiered and recorded twelve new works, including ve works for solo piano written in response to Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Mikrophonie I (1964) and seven works for violin+piano written in response to the phrase “on behalf”. In 2018, e Response Project premiered thirteen new works for solo piano, written in response to Bob Dylan’s 1964 album Highway 61 Revisited.

In addition to performing, Brianna is a dedicated music educator and pedagogue. A Nationally Certi ed Teacher of Music (NCTM), she serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Wilmington College. She has also served on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory, Interlochen Arts Camp, Wilmington College, omas More College, and the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music Preparatory Department. As an educator, Brianna believes in the power of music to incite positive social change, and she encourages that change by working on the executive board of the Ohio Music Teachers Association Southwest Division.

She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the University of Kansas.

RACHEL CALLOWAY, MEZZO-SOPRANO

As an internationally recognized leading interpreter of contemporary and modern music, mezzo-soprano Rachel Calloway brings versatility and compelling insight to stages worldwide. Her work has been praised by the New York Times for “penetrating clarity” and “considerable depth of expression” and by Opera News for her “adept musicianship and dramatic air.”

is season’s highlights include a debut with the Orlando Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, the music of John Zorn at November Music in the Netherlands, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, and a continued collaboration with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with Ensemble Signal at the Library of Congress. At the University of South Carolina, Calloway will sing Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the USC Symphony and a world premiere by David Garner with the USC Wind Ensemble. Duo Cortona, Calloway’s duo alongside violinist Ari Streisfeld, appears in concerts and residencies at the University of South Carolina, Concerts at the Hammert and Kansas University, the University of Miami, and the Delaware Valley Community College New Music Concert Series. Calloway is a frequent collaborator with today’s leading ensembles including the Amernet Quartet and ird Coast Percussion, and she has appeared in opera and concert with Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Series, and the New York Philharmonic, among others.

Ms. Calloway serves on the faculty of the University of South Carolina as Instructor of Voice and Associate Director of Spark, Carolina’s Music Leadership Laboratory. She joined the faculty of the Cortona Sessions for New Music (Italy) in 2014 and Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard (Switzerland) in 2016. She is a founding member of Shir Ami, an ensemble dedicated to the preservation and performance of lost and unknown Jewish art music. Ms. Calloway holds degrees from e Juilliard School (BM) and Manhattan School of Music (MM) and can be heard on Albany Records, Tzadik Records, BCMF Records, and Toccata Classics.

www.rachelcalloway.com

CHRIS YOUNGHOOM KIM, CONDUCTOR

Chris Younghoon Kim has been at Cornell University as the director of orchestras and associate professor of music, since 2004. e League of American Orchestras and ASCAP have awarded the rst place award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music to the Cornell Orchestras among all collegiate orchestras in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. He has premiered over 200 works by contemporary composers worldwide. Cornell Symphony Orchestra has hosted two Meet the Composer New Partnership residencies. e American Prize recognized his work in 2014 in three di erent categories; Winner of the the American Prize in Orchestral Programming, 2014—Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award, Winner of the American Prize in Conducting, 2014—College/University Orchestra Division and nalist in the American Prize in Orchestral Performance—college/university orchestra. At Cornell University he directs the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, teaches conducting and works closely with the DMA composers in presenting their work in concert. With the Cornell Orchestras he has led international tours and joint collaborations with the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. In 2017 he will take the orchestra to Argentina to continue to multi year collaboration with Sinfónica del Neuquén and the conservatory in the city of Neuquén. He has appeared with orchestras in the United States and abroad, including ensembles such as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Delta Festival Ballet, Symphoria based in Syracuse, NY, Divertimento Ensemble of Milan, Italy. He has also appeared in music festivals such as, Kinhaven Music Center, Skaneateles Music Festival, and International Bartók Festival in Szombathely, Hungary among others. Recently he has been active in Asia guest conducting at Ewha Womans University, Shieh Chien University in Taiwan and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.

SUZANNE FARRIN, COMPOSER

Suzanne Farrin’s music explores the interior worlds of instruments and the visceral potentialities of sound. Her music has been performed by some of the great musicians of today on stages across Europe and North and South America. Tim Page, the former classical music critic of the Washington Post wrote: “If you can imagine the dense, perfumed chords of Messiaen’s piano music combined with the clangorous, insistent, near-pictorial tone-clusters of Frederic Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, you will have some idea of what Farrin’s work sounds like. Yet it transcends its derivations to leave the distinct impression of its own.” Her music has been featured at venues and festivals including e Gothenburg Art Biennial (with Jacob Kirkegaard), Mostly Mozart, Matrix, Alpenklassik, Music in Würzburg, BAM NextWave, eaterforum (Germany), Town Hall Seattle, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Symphony Space, the Walker Art Center, SALT (Victoria, BC), Festival Nuevo Mundo (Venezuela), Centro de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) and New York’s e Stone, Spectrum, Subculture, Miller eater, Merkin Hall and Joe’s Pub. She has been supported by organizations such as the Philharmonia Society of Bremen, the Rockefeller Foundation, Meet e Composer, the Wachovia Foundation, Concert Artists Guild and New Music USA. Musicians and ensembles who have interpreted her work include the American Composers Orchestra, e League of Composers Orchestra, the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Arditti Quartet, So Percussion and soloists Leonard Elschenbroich (Germany), Ksenija Sidorova (Latvia), Antoine Tamestit (France), Joshua Rubin (USA), Derek Bermel (USA), Kyle Armbrust (USA), Nuiko Wadden (USA), Ben Melsky (USA), and others. Recent radio appearances include a feature on “In-Studio” on WUOL Louisville, KY with pianist Renate Rol ng, “Abono 1110” on Radio Ciudad (Buenos Aires) with Sandra de la Fuente, and Radio Nacional Clásica’s “Juego de Cartas” with Laura Novoa (Argentina).

In addition to composing, Suzanne is a performer of the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument created by the engineer Maurice Martenot in France in the 1920s as a response to the simultaneous destruction and technological advances of WWI. She performed a solo recital at the Abrons Art Center in NYC in March 2016 that included works by Sean Harold (USA), Lars Peter Hagen (Norway), Alvin Lucier, Jacob Kirkegaard (Denmark, co-composed with Suzanne) and Oliver Messiaen. She performed in the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Tech and with the Farnorth Collective on a tour of Greenland. She gave a solo recital at the Centro de Artes in Buenos Aires that included works commissioned works as well as Debussy, Varese, Bach and Messiaen. She was recently featured as an ondes soloist in an episode of Mozart in the Jungle with Gael Bernal that was directed by Roman Coppola. Her latest piece, the monodrama Dolce la morte, based on the love poetry of Michelangelo, was commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble and will be premiered by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo at the Vélez Blanco Courtyard at the MET Museum on April 1st, 2016. It was performed again in July 2016 at the Crested Butte Festival in Colorado.

Suzanne is currently Professor and Chair of Music at Hunter College and Professor of Composition at e CUNY Graduate Center. She holds a doctorate in composition from Yale University. Corpo di Terra (New Focus Recordings) is devoted entirely to her music, which may also be heard on the VAI, Signum Classics, Tundra and Albany Records labels. Suzanne will be part of the composition faculty at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in summer 2017.

FORREST PIERCE, COMPOSER

Forrest Pierce is an American composer, poet, and student of the mysticism of sound and music. Raised in eastern Washington State, his music o en re ects the vast emptiness of that high desert landscape. Composer of ercely tuneful, virtuosic chamber music, as well as many dozens of works for voices, he enjoys working with texts by the world’s great mystical poets of all faith traditions. He serves as faculty at the University of Kansas, where he teaches composition and counterpoint alongside his brilliant and jovial colleagues. He has been performed and recorded by renowned professional ensembles and soloists, as well as by small church choirs and enthusiastic amateurs. Winner of the Barlow Prize, among others, his long-ago teachers were Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus, and Don Freund. At one time or another a student of piano, cello, tango, and Hindustani classical music, and still a student of Inayati Su sm, Pierce drinks espresso and leads Su Dancing and Zikr in Lawrence, Kansas. Pierce’s music is published at musicspoke.com.

DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS & STAFF

TINA TALLON, DOCUMENTARIAN

Tina Tallon is documentarian, composer, computer musician, and soprano living in Boston and working around the globe. rough her company, SALT Arts Documentation, Ms. Tallon has had the honor of working with many ensembles and presenters including the San Diego Symphony, Monday Evening Concerts, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ojai Music Festival, New Music Gathering, soundSCAPE Festival, Cortona Sessions for New Music, and Piedmont Chamber Music Festival among others. Her photography and videos have been published in major newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and the San Diego Union-Tribune, as well as many local journals and online publications. Ms. Tallon is passionate about creating new works and supporting emerging artists, and takes pride in combining technical mastery with a vast array of artistic experiences to create informed, nuanced, and sophisticated documentation. She is also a passionate educator and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Composition at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Clark University.

RACHEL LANIK WHELAN, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/INTERN

e music of composer Rachel Lanik Whelan has been performed by Omaha Symphony members, Orlando Cela, SBO Wind Ensemble (Taiwain), KC Vitas Choir, Choral Arts Initiative, and she has opened for Susan Werner at the Johnny Carson eatre in Lincoln, Nebraska. Whelan demonstrates versatile compositional abilities with with songwriting, chamber works, and her primary interest, music for choir and wind band. She has also collaborated with lm students at the University of Arizona, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and was Head Production Assistant for the UNL Feature Film “DIGS” (2013). She received her masters from the University of South Carolina where she was a graduate assistant for the Southern Exposure New Music Series. Her dedication to the performance of music by living composers is evident in her with the non-pro t concert series Treefalls : New Music in Spartanburg, SC, where she is assistant director. She is currently a PhD student and teaching fellow in composition at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX.

2019 CORTONA SESSIONS RESIDENT ENSEMBLE FELLOWS

Duo Suspirium | Kendra Marie Wheeler is a soloist, chamber musician, improviser and music educator that frequently works and collaborates with artists in a wide range of settings and styles from classical to jazz to funk and beyond. She has performed at major venues all over the Midwest, including e Ordway and Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Wheeler has also performed recitals and presented masterclasses at events such as Dean Sorenson’s Jazz Festival, hosted at the University of Minnesota. She has been the recipient of numerous scholarships, grants, and awards including prizes from Schubert Club, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), Minnesota Music Teachers Association (MMTA), Downbeat Magazine and Vandoren. Wheeler is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the University of Minnesota where she is a recipient of the prestigious Berneking Fellowship. She received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota in Music Education. Her primary teachers are Preston Duncan and Eugene Rousseau. Kyriaki Gkoudina is a PhD student in Composition at the University of Minnesota. Gkoudina earned her bachelor’s degree in Film Studies at Aristotle University in essaloniki (Greece) in 2015. While she has a specialization in Film Music, she has also intensely studied harmony and 16th century counterpoint at a private conservatory. In addition to her work as a composer, she is also an active researcher. Gkoudina has co-authored the book “Basic Music Technology” with Dr. Guerrino Mazzola, composition professor at the University of Minnesota and published a research article entitled “ e Origin of the Universe: A case study” regarding music and astrophysics in the “Collective Papers of Academy of Arts” journal in Serbia. Furthermore, Gkoudina’s work does not only include her research and compositions for plays, lms, documentaries, chamber groups, solo instruments and voice, but she is also a sound designer for interactive performances and lms.

LIGAMENT | Anika Kildegaard and Will Yager are LIGAMENT, a contemporary ensemble driven by two questions: whose music gets heard, and how does it get heard? With a dedication to performing and commissioning new works for our unique instrumental combination, our programming choices are informed by an e ort to represent composers and creators from diverse disciplines and backgrounds.

viscera | viscera is a cello and percussion duo formed at Oberlin Conservatory in 2018 with a mission rmly rooted in providing fresh experiences of concert music. With a namesake taken from the idea that viscera provide the inner workings of the main involuntary parts of the body, the group believes living composers complete the circuit by providing creative territory. Currently in the process of a commission project including six composers from Oberlin and beyond, the group plans to perform various concerts in 2019 highlighting these new works as well as arrangements of older masterpieces. e group includes cellist/composer Nick Politi and percussionist Eli Geruschat, who are both committed to cultivating an inviting concert experience as well as pushing the envelope for what can be part of it.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

18 MAY | SATURDAY

9h: Check-In / Arrival

18h30: Banquet (Cantina)

19 MAY | SUNDAY

9h: Welcome Session (Terrazza)

14h: Presentation: Brianna Matzke – Response Project (Montepulciano)

18h: Concert 1: Opening Concert (Neumann)

20 MAY | MONDAY

11h: Women’s Lunch (Lobby)

18h: Concert 2: Contemporary Performance Competition Semi-Finals (Neumann)

21 MAY | TUESDAY

11h: Contemporary Perfromance Competition Finals (Neumann)

14h: Composer Portrait – Suzanne Farrin (Neumann)

18h: Concert 3: Cortona Collective (Neumann)

22 MAY | WEDNESDAY

11h: Women’s Lunch

15h: John Liberatore – Guest Composer Lecture (Dolcetto)

18h: Concert 4: Duo Cortona (Neumann)

23 MAY | THURSDAY

8h: Florence Excursion / Day-O

24 MAY | FRIDAY

17h30: Concert 5: Ensemble Pro le – Duo Suspirium (Neumann)

18h15: Concert 6: Ensemble Pro le – viscera (Neumann)

19h: Concert 6: Ensemble Pro le – Ligament (Neumann)

25 MAY |

SATURDAY

14h: Composer Portrait – Forrest Pierce (Neumann)

18h: Concert 7: Cortona Collective (Neumann)

26 MAY |

SUNDAY

14h: Concert 8: Iron Composer Concert (Neumann)

18h: Concert 9: Fellows (Neumann)

27 MAY | MONDAY

7h45: Wine Tour Depart / Day-O

9h: Cannalicchio di Sopra

12h: Terralsole

28 MAY |

TUESDAY

18h: Concert 10: Cortona Collective (Neumann)

29 MAY | WEDNESDAY

14h: Concert 11: Cortona Percussion Group (Neumann)

18h: Concert 12: Premiere Concert 1 (Neumann)

30 MAY | THURSDAY

11h: Concert 13: Conducting Workshop (Neumann)

18h: Concert 14: Premiere Concert 1I (Neumann)

31 MAY | FRIDAY

9h: Closing Session (Terrazza)

11h: Concert 15: Duo Cortona Readings (Montepulciano)

18h: Concert 16: Premiere Concert III (Neumann)

1 JUNE | SATURDAY

6h-11h: Check-out / Depart Cortona

THE CORTONA PRIZE

In 2014, the International Foundation for Contemporary Music (previously the DuoSolo Foundation) and the Cortona Sessions for New Music awarded the rst Cortona Prize for Composition. e Cortona Prize is an open call for scores tting the instrumentation of the Cortona Collective, who also serve as the judges. e winner of the Cortona Prize is o ered a scholarship to attend the Cortona Sessions, where the winning work will be performed by members of the Collective. Future collaborations with members of the Collective are given to winners of the Cortona Prize. Submissions that are of particular interest to members of the Colelctive are chosen as Special Selections and may also receive performance during the Cortona Sessions.

WINNER OF THE 2019 CORTONA PRIZE

ANNIKA SOCOLOFSKY | DON’T SAY A WORD (pierrot ensemble + mezzo-soprano)

WINNER OF THE 2018 CORTONA PRIZE

Tonia Ko | Reaction (Axis III) ( ute/piano)

WINNER OF THE 2017 CORTONA PRIZE

Pascal LeBoeuf | Obliquely Wrecked for violin, cello, piano

WINNER OF THE 2016 CORTONA PRIZE

Viet Cuong | Wax and Wire for clarinet, violin, cello, piano

WINNER OF THE 2015 CORTONA PRIZE

Bin Li | Fuzhou, 1860 for violin and piano commissioned piece: Concetto Spaziale 5 (violin, cello) premiered at the 2016 Cortona Sessions

WINNER OF THE 2014 CORTONA PRIZE

Dave Reminick | Consort for 4 soprano saxophones commissioned piece: Bird Songs ( ute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, piano) premiered at the 2015 Cortona Sessions

CONCERT 1: OPENING CONCERT

sunday | may 19 | 6pm

sala neumann

CORTONA COLLECTIVE | SOLI e DUE

Many Handed Body

Lisa Atkinson* (b. 1992)

Gregory Oakes, clarinet

Lunch Lila Meretzky**

Maddy Dethlo , vibraphone

Ji Hye Jung, marimba

Fissure (2018)

premiere

Episode Quatrieme (1983)

In manus tuas (2009)

Variations and Aria

Lisa Neher***

Michael Kirkendoll, piano

Betsy Jolas (b. 1926)

Geo redy Deibel, saxophone

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Robert Morris (b. 1943)

Ari Streisfeld

Wandering Eung Young Lee

Dodecaphonia

Sarah Brady, ute

John Corigliano (b. 1938)

Rachel Calloway, voice

Michael Kirkendoll, piano

*Cortona Fellow 2017

**Cortona Fellow 2019

*** Cortona Fellow 2013

CONCERT 2:

CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE COMPETITION

monday | may 20 | 6pm

sala neumann

e Cortona Sessions Contemporary Performance Competition began during the 2012 Sessions as a way to highlight the talented perofrmers in attendance, and to further encourage collaboration between Fellows a er the Sessions end. e winner of the Contemporary Performance Competition is awarded the HIEBERT PRIZE, named for Dave and Gunda Hiebert whose generosity and support of the IFCM, the Cortona Sessions, and music and art in the community has proved invaluable to so many. e Hiebert prize is a two-part award, giving the winning performer a small cash prize, and also a small stipend to be used by the Cortona Sessions to commission a Cortona Fellow to write a new solo work for the winning performer.

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE HIEBERT PRIZE

2018 | Kathryn Vetter, clarinet

commission: Paul Hwang

2017| Amber Evans, soprano

commission: Lisa Atkinson

2016 | Brian Allred, ute

commission: Camila Agosto

2015 | Connor Mikula, saxophone

commission: Will Healy

2014 | Grant Bingham, bassoon

commission: Clay Allen

2013 | Kelley Barnett, ute

commission: Adam Borecki

2012 | Jennifer Weimann, mezzo-soprano

commission: Dave Waugh

2019 CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE COMPETITION

Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet

Roberto Sierra – Cinco Bocetos (1984)

Chen Yi – Monologue (Impressions on “ e True Story of Ah Q”) (1993)

Wesley Ducate, piano

Pierre Boulez – Piano Sonata 1 (1946)

I.

Paul Novak – 4 Dialogues in Black and White (2019)

i. lyrical, luminous

ii. jagged, playful

iii. animated, grooving

iv. trembling, fragile

Michael Giunta, percussion

Stuart Sanders Smith – Links no. 2 (1975)

Andrew omas – Merlin, mvt. 2 (1985)

Aleia Gonzalez, guitar

Héitor Villa-Lobos – Preludes No. 4 & No. 5 (1940)

Leo Brouwer – El Decamerón Negro (1981)

I. El Arpa del Guerrero

II. La Huída de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos

III. La Balada de la Doncella Enamorada.

Brendan Jacklin, piano

Elliott Carter – Piano Sonata (1945-46)

George Crumb – Eine Kleine Mitternacthmusic (2001)

Lara Mitofsky Neuss, clarinet

Eric Mandat – Tricolor Capers (1980)

1. Portent

2. Sway

3. Bop

Isaac Barzso – Your being at the tender mercy of others (ii) (2019)

Matthew Shorten, tenor

Samuel Barber – ree Songs, Op. 45 (1974)

I. Now have I fed and eaten up the rose

II. A Green Lowland of Pianos

III. O boundless, boundless evening

Lori Laitman (b. 1955) – Equations of the Light (2005)

Morgan Sutherland, percussion

Vinko Globokar – Corporel (1989)

Jacob Druckman – Re ections on the Nature of Water (1991)

I. Crystalline

IV. Gently Swelling

Nupur akkar, marimba

Akira Miyoshi – Conversation - Suite for Marimba (1962)

Stuart Smith – Songs I-IX (1982)

Kendra Wheeler, alto sax

Krzysztof Penderecki – Prelude (1987)

Evan Chambers – Deep Flowers (1996)

Shannon Leigh Williams, clarinet

Edison Denisov – Sonata for Clarinet Solo

Mario Davidovsky – Synchronism No. 12

Will Yager, double bass

Jacob Druckman – Valentine (1969)

Stefano Scodanibbio – Due pezzi brillanti (1985)

CONCERT 3: CORTONA COLLECTIVE

tuesday | may 21 | 6pm

sala neumann

Boris Kerner

Time Is A Cage

Pendulum III

Selections from e Response Project III

Caroline Shaw

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, percussion

Ji Hye Jung, percussion

Suzanne Farrin

Ari Streisfeld, violin

Alex Mincek

Geo rey Deibel, alto saxophone

Michael Kirkendoll, piano

Various Composers

“Something is Happening Here” Brianna Matzke, piano

CONCERT 4: DUO CORTONA

wednesday | may 22 | 6pm

sala neumann

Duo Cortona

Rachel Calloway, soprano

Ari Streisfeld, violin

Program TBA

FLORENCE EXCURSION

thursday | May 23

All participants in the Cortona Sessions will enjoy round-trip train transportation for a memorable day-trip to Florence.Just over an hour away from Cortona, Florence is one of the most beautiful, interesting, and historic cities in the world.

Train departs Camucia-Cortona: 8:24am Train arrives Firenze S.M.N.: 9:48am

Florence To Do / To See e Duomo: walk to the top for stunning views

U zi Gallery: Giotto, Botticelli, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, etc.

Galleria dell’Accadmia: home of Michelangelo’s David

Museo 900: modern art (including an exhibit on 20th/21st Century music)

Boboli Gardens: beautiful palatial gardens overlooking the city

San Lorenzo Market: fabulous shopping stalls near train station and Duomo

Trattoria Mario: one of the most incredible meals you will ever eat (Via Rosina 2r near Mercato Centrale - open noon-3:30) super local - very Italian

JUST WANDER! FLORENCE IS A GREAT WALKING CITY!

CONCERT 5: ENSEMBLE FELLOW PORTRAIT CONCERT

friday | may 24 | 6pm

sala neumann

2019 Cortona Sessions Ensemble Fellows

Duo Suspirium

Kendra Wheeler, alto saxophone

Kryiaki Gkoudina, electronics

e Mourning Song, for solo alto saxophone and electronics (2017)

Kandinsky, for lm, electronics and alto saxophone, (2019) experimental rst dra

CONCERT 6: ENSEMBLE FELLOW PORTRAIT CONCERT

friday | may 24 | 6:30pm

sala neumann

2019 Cortona Sessions Ensemble Fellows

LIGAMENT

Anika Kildegaard, soprano Will Yager, double bass

Phrases (2017) Katherine Balch (b. 1991)

I. le haut étang fume

II. quand le monde sera réduit

III. j’ai tendu des cordes

IV. il sonne une cloche

Canzoni al sol (2016)

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

Stefano Pierini (b. 1971)

yes I said yes I will Yes (2012) Amy Beth Kirsten (b. 1972)

CONCERT 7: CORTONA COLLECTIVE

saturday | may 25 | 6pm

sala neumann

Late Heavy Bombardment

Forrest Pierce (b. 1972)

premiere Sarah Brady, ute Ari Streisfeld, violin

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Selections from Whitman Portrait

Sanctuary

Don’t Say A Word

Jeremy Gill

Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano

Brianna Matzke, piano

Forrest Pierce (b. 1972)

Gregoray Oakes, clarinet

Annika Socolofsky e Cortona Collective

CONCERT 8: IRON COMPOSER CONCERT

sunday | may 26 | 2pm

sala beato angelico

e Cortona Sessions Iron Composer Competition has been a tradition since the rst Sessions. e competition is inspired by the television food competition show Iron Chef and pits all of our composition fellows into a fast-paced compositional showdown. is year, the competition is being ammended to allow longer composition and rehearsal time before the nal performances. Performances of the new works will be adjudicated and the grand IRON COMPOSER will be chosen!

Cortona Sessions Iron Composer Champions

2018 | Clark Hubbard & Nicholas Politi (tie)

2017 | Maddie Barrett

2016 | Jack Yarbrough

2015 | Kerrith Livengood

2014 | Dana Malseptic

2013 | Dakota Wayne

2012 | Dave Waugh

2011 | Ramteen Sazeghari

2010 | Leo Hurley & Chris Prosser (tie)

CONCERT 9: CORTONA FELLOWS

sunday | may 26 | 6pm

sala neumann

CORTONA FELLOWS IN CONCERT

PROGRAM TBA

2019 CORTONA SESSIONS WINE TOUR

monday | may 27

e annual Cortona Sessions Wine Tour is an incredible journey into the soul of Tuscany. e focus of the tour is to experience and taste the most important and powerful wine in Tuscany: Brunello di Montalcino. We will visit two wineries in Montalcino (about 1.5 hours from Cortona) for extended tastings, highlighting the complexity and diversity of this remarkable wine. In addition, we will taste Rosso di Montalcino (the less-expensive ‘Baby Brunello) and IGT or Super- Tuscan wines (wines made by blending the Italian Sangiovese grape with French grapes). We will also enjoy a brilliant home-cooked lunch at the Terralsole estate, full of local avor. Wines and olive oil will be available for purchase at both estates and are truly outstanding.

schedule

8:00am | depart hotel

9:00am | CANALICCHIO

DI SOPRA

tasting: Rosso di Montalcino DOC 2017, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2014

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2013, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012 Riserva

12:00pm | TERRALSOLE

tasting: TBA lunch & swimming

4:00pm | visit Montalcino town

5:00pm | depart Montalcino

6:30pm | arrive Cortona

CONCERT 10: CORTONA COLLECTIVE

tuesday | may 28 | 6pm

sala neumann

CORTONA COLLECTIVE

Cendres Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) Sarah Brady, ute

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Michael Kirkendoll, piano

Forrest Pierce (b. 1972) premiere Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano

Canticle Variations

Ari Streisfeld, violin

C Hannah Lash (b. 1981)

Ji Hye Jung, vibraphone

Michael Kirkendoll, piano

Two Summer Scenes Rachel Lanik Whelan premiere Michael Kirkendoll, piano

Scorpian Zikr

Forrest Pierce (b. 1972)

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello with Ji Hye Jung & Cortona Percussoion Group

*2018 Cortona Prize Winner

**2010 Cortona Sessions Fellow

***2016 Cortona Prize Winner

CONCERT 11: CORTONA PERCUSSION CONCERT

wednesday | may 29 | 2pm

sala neumann

CORTONA PERCUSSION GROUP

Michael Giunta | Eli Geruschat |Maddy Dethlo | Nupur akkar | Josh Weinfeld | James Dongbin Hyun | Morgan Sutherland with Ji Hye Jung

e Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Ambedo

Annika Socolofsky

Preludes (selections) Elliot Cole

Blindnesses

Table Talk

Issac Schankler

Alyssa Weinberg

CONCERT 14: PREMIERE CONCERT 1

wednesday | may 29 | 6pm

sala neumann

PREMIERE CONCERT 1

All mute things speak today

convalesence in new york, radiance in new jersey

eme and Variation

Blue Lament

e Gwendolyn Brooks Songcycle

Lila Meretzky

LIGAMENT DUO

Anika Kildegaard, soprano

Will Yager, double bass

Jeremy Rosenstock

Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet

Rachael Owens, violin

Alejandro Avila, piano

Nupur akkar, marimba

Matthew Shorten, tenor

Alissa Voth

Lara Mitofsky Neuss, bass clarinet

Jerrica Jenkins, violin

Brendan Jacklin, piano

Emerson Sudbury

Erik Helstrom, clarinet

Yi Zhang, piano

James Dongbin Hyun, vibraphone

Kyriaki Gkoudina

Lara Mitofsky Neuss, clarinet

Shannon Williams, clarinet

Kendra Wheeler, alto saxophone

Will Yager, double bass

Wesley Ducote, piano

Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano

Zachary McDonald

Sara Kang, ute

Erik Helstom, clarinet

Sika Van Keuren, tenor saxophone

Rachael Owens, violin

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Yi Zhang, piano

James Dongbin Hyun, marimba

Josh Weinfeld, vibraphone

Anika Kildegaard, soprano

Andrew Dana

Sarah Brady, ute

Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet

Robert Hess, soprano saxophone

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Brendan Jacklin, piano

Maddy Dethlo , marimba

Matthew Shorten, tenor

O Sun

CONCERT 13: CONDUCTING WORKSHOP

thursday | may 30 | 11am

sala neumann

Conducting Workshop

performed by the Cortona Collective & 2019 Cortona Fellows

Variations for Sextet by David Schober

conducted by 2019 Conducting Fellows

Michelle Di Russo

Kelly Lovelady

Barry Sharp

CONCERT 15: PREMIERE CONCERT 2

thursday | may 30 | 6:00pm

sala neumann

PREMIERE CONCERT 2

Tentative d’evasion

Tumbling

Song of Existence

Upstairs Neighbor

e Tolling of the Bells

Nicholas Politi

Lara Mitofsky Neuss, bass clarinet

Robert Hess, soprano saxophone

Leah Rosales, violin

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Brendan Jacklin, piano

Morgan Sutherland, vibraphone

Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor

Chris Ruenes

Sara Kang, ute

Lara Mitofsky Neuss, clarinet

Aleia González, guitar

Cody Myre

Robert Hess, soprano saxophone

Joshua Weinfeld, marimba

Matthew Shorten, tenor

Daijana Wallace

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Eli Gerschat, vibraphone

Daniel Farrell

Erik Helstrom, clarinet

Sika Van Keuren, tenor saxophone

Yi Zhang, piano

Maddy Dethlo , vibraphone

Chrysalis

Matthew Shorten

Sara Kang, ute

Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet

Jerrica Jenkins, violin

Eli Gerschat, marimba

what does a curve weigh?

Rachel Lanik Whelan

Rachel Owens, violin

Olivia Ward, violin

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Will Yager, double bass

Anika Kildegaard, soprano

CONCERT 16: PREMIERE CONCERT 3

friday | may 31 | 5:30pm

sala neumann

PREMIERE CONCERT 3

Tombée de la branche une eur y est retournée

Jean-Patrick Besingrand

Robert Hess, saxophones

Wesley Ducote, piano

Morgan Sutherland, vibraphone

Sanctuaries Sam Friedman

Sarah Brady, ute

Kendra Wheeler, alto saxophone

Sika Van Keuren, tenor saxophone

Will Yager, double bass

Alejandro Avila, piano

Nupur akkar, vibraphone

Michelle Di Russo, conductor

Under the Table, to Himself

Jack Hamill

Leah Rosales, violin

Aleia González, guitar

Morgan Sutherland, percussion

Matthew Shorten, tenor

Unnamed Austin Smith

Erik Helstrom, clarinet

Sika Van Keuren, tenor saxophone

Jerrica Jenkins, violin

Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Alejandro Avila, piano

Eli Geruschat, percussion

Barry Sharp, conductor