Eco Ensemble: Best of Berkeley
Presented by Cal Performances. Co-sponsored by the Center for New Music and Associated Technologies (CNMAT), Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), the Music Department, and Meyer Sound
with the UC Berkeley Music Department’s ensemble
The UC Berkeley Music Department’s ensemble in residence devotes its winter concert to works by alumni of the university’s prestigious composition program, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a constant source of challenging and arresting new compositions.” In recent seasons, the adventurous ensemble has performed the music of visiting composers Kaija Saariaho and Toshio Hosokawa, as well as faculty members Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, and Cindy Cox to great acclaim. This season, director David Milnes leads the group through acoustic and electroacoustic works by recent and distant graduates, including Jimmy López and Mason Bates, among others.
General price $36. Purchase tickets here.
David Milnes, director Eco Ensemble
Stacey Pelinka, flutes
Andrew Friedman, clarinets
Katie Lambert, trombone
Loren Mach, percussion
Megan Shieh, percussion
Gregory Messa, percussion
Marié Abe, accordion
Sharon Kim, piano
Hrabba Atladottir, violin
Sarah Kave, cello
Vincent Pierce, harp
David Milnes, artistic director
Jon Yu, production director
Jeremy Wagner, technical director
Brendan West, technical director
Guest Performers Ward Ginneberge, accordion
Danielle DeGruttola, cello
Maria Gajraj, organ
Edmund Campion, live electronics
Program:
"Best of Berkeley"
Edmund Campion Fan sings… (2025) Pre-Concert Sound Installation
Sivan Eldar L’eau la colonne le fer (2023) for fixed multi-channel electronics
Didem Coskunseven Dawn Chorus (2023) for vibraphone, marimba, bass drums, and electronics
Maija Hynninen …sicut aurora procedit (2015) for solo violin and electronics rosin dust 1 – aurora procedit – rosin dust 2 – glow – rosin dust 3
Jimmy López Warped Symmetry (2011) for solo flute
Oren Boneh Her Majesty the Fool (2020) for solo accordion and electronics
INTERMISSION
Mason Bates Digital Loom (2015) for organ and electronica
DUSK ON A STATIC EMPIRE – FANFARE WITH BREAKS – THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE – GERALDINE'S PARLOUR – DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Keeril Makan Mercury Songbirds (2008) for alto flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
Edmund Campion Le Sillage (WAKE) (2024) for improvising cellist, ensemble, and live electronics
The concert is dedicated to the memory of David Lester Wessel (October 6, 1942 – October 13, 2014).