May Issue

Hello ADORNO friends,

Thanks for joining us for our Bang on a Door (no) concert in April. On May 18th and 19th, we will wrap up our season with a number-crunching concert curated by our bassist, Bill Everett, in “101″. The program will feature works by composers that have been inspired by math and numbers with pieces by Charles Wuorinen, Iannis Xenakis, Conlon Nancarrow, and Tamar Diesendruck. To hear some of what this concert will be like, be sure to check out our youtube video here of Nancarrow’s Player Piano studies in his wacky, discombobulated “boogie woogie”. Recommend other related videos about our program to us, and we’ll add them onto our site! Read on further about our featured composers in this month’s issue.

Also coming up, the group will present selected works by students at SF State University on May 8th. As part of ADORNO’s residency at SF State, students had the opportunity to work with ADORNO members in their studies. We are excited to be working with these hard-working aspiring musicians. Please join us in support!

Warm regards,

Cynthia Mei
Artistic Director