24 September 2010
Kats-Chernin's Santa Cruz diary on NewMusicBox
Image: Elena Kats-Chernin American Music Center's web magazine NewMusicBox has published an online diary by Elena Kats-Chernin, documenting her experiences during the annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California, in August.
Kats-Chernin's work Heaven is closed was performed in the final concert of the festival, conducted by Marin Alsop. The composer had the opportunity to attend rehearsals, and wrote in her diary:
I think the piece is growing with each rehearsal. Marin has transformed it in a matter of two rehearsals and it just acquired a sparkling sound; it is so satisfying to listen to it. At the end Marin says to the orchestra, "If you have something interesting to play, bring it out!" (Later I see on Twitter that someone from the orchestra tweeted this quote.)
Kats-Chernin also recorded her impressions about other works rehearsed and performed in Santa Cruz, and her meetings with fellow composers.
The festival, directed by Alsop, took place during the first two weeks of August and included music by a wide range of American and international composers, from Philip Glass and John Adams to Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Further links
Elena Kats-Chernin's diary on
NewMusicBox
Cabrillo
Festival of Contemporary Music festival website
'An Australian in Santa Cruz' - article on
the IAMIC (International Association of Music Information
Centres) website
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