THE WORLDS OF LOU HARRISON AT SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC BLUEPRINT NEW MUSIC PROJECT
November 7th Concert Pays tribute to World Music Artist Lou Harrison
SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2003 — The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will present a musical and dance tribute to the late Lou Harrison (1917-2003) under the baton of Artistic Director Nicole Paiement, on November 7, 2003 as part of its second annual BluePrint New Music Project.
Launched last year, BluePrint was created by Ms. Paiement to celebrate great talent from the past and to premier works by new music composers from around the world, including the U.S., China, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea. This year's project includes a collaboration with Other Minds - a concert of minimalism and beyond, and brings together music from both Coasts with works from Boston' s and San Francisco's new music edge.
Lou Harrison: A Life's Celebration marks the second concert in the Conservatory's four-part 2003/4 BluePrint series and will feature a selection of Harrison's works performed by Parallèle Ensemble, the Conservatory's resident new music ensemble as well as the New Music Ensemble. Noted for his innovation in integrating world music with classical composition, Harrison's highly acclaimed work juxtaposed and synthesized musical dialects from virtually every corner of the world. The Conservatory's tribute to his life and art will be held on Friday, November 7, 2003 beginning with a pre-concert talk and exhibit of Harrison's artwork at 7:15 p.m. in Hellman Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (concert follows at 8:00 p.m.), 1201 Ortega Street at 19th Avenue, San Francisco. Admission is $10/15. For more information, please visit the Conservatory's web site at www.sfcm.edu or call 415.759.3475.
Editor's Note: As part of the tribute to Lou Harrison, the Conservatory will host members of Virtuoso, its newly established group of young professionals and music lovers who share an interest in shaping the cultural landscape of San Francisco. For more information on Virtuoso, please call 415.759.3404.
About the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
The San Francisco Conservatory is one of the leading music schools in the world. Each year, the Conservatory serves more than 1,300 students through its Collegiate, Preparatory, and Adult Extension Divisions and its summer programs. Its students and faculty also present more than 1,620 public performances-most of them free-to more than 24,000 Bay Area residents and visitors annually. In September 2003, the Conservatory began construction on its new $80 million teaching, performance, rehearsal and practice facility in San Francisco's Civic Center that will essentially double the Conservatory's size from its current 37,000-square-foot facility in the Sunset District. Scheduled to open in 2006, the new San Francisco Conservatory of Music at Civic Center provides dramatic improvements in classroom, studio and practice spaces as well as several new venues for public performances, including a 450-seat state-of-the-art Concert Hall. For more information, please call 415.759.3415 or visit www.sfcm.edu.
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