New Century Chamber Orchestra

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NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Music Director
Open their Marin County 2014-15 season
September 14 at The Osher Marin JCC
with Featured Composer
and clarinetist Derek Bermel
Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite, a signature work in New Century’s repertoire,
and Arvo Pärt’s Fratres complete the program

Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the New Century Chamber Orchestra open their seventh season together September 11-14, when acclaimed Featured Composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel joins them for four Bay Area concerts. The orchestra will perform three of Bermel’s compositions, showcasing the Brooklyn composer’s eclectic and globally-inspired musical language: A Short History of the Universe for String Quartet and Clarinet (inspired by his study of gravitational physics and string theory), Oct Up for two string quartets and percussion, and Silvioudades, with Salerno-Sonnenberg and Bermel as featured soloists on the work from his most recent CD, Canzonas Americanas, recorded with Alarm Will Sound.
The September appearance also includes performances of Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite, the Russian composer’s strings-and-percussion orchestration drawn from Bizet’s Carmen. A signature work in the orchestra’s repertoire, the piece drew rave reviews and standing ovations in 2011, with Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle praising New Century for a “superb performance, marked by rhythmic vivacity and emotional brilliance.” Arvo Pärt’s otherworldly and immensely popular Fratres completes the program. Existing in a variety of different instrumental incarnations, Fratres will be performed in its most recognized version for solo violin and string orchestra.

WHAT: New Century Chamber Orchestra performing their Marin County 2014-2015 Season opening at The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts @ the Osher Marin JCC with featured composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel. Wine, sweets & savories available for purchase to enjoy throughout performance.

SEATING: Reserved cabaret table seating choices

WHEN: Sun. Sept. 14 @ 5:00 ~ Doors/Concessions @ 4:30.

WHERE: The Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael.

PARKING: Ample FREE parking. Accessing the Osher Marin JCC from Highway 101 is
effortless, 1/2 mile E off 101.
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TICKETS: Subscriptions and tickets for individual concerts for New Century Chamber Orchestra’s
2014-15 season are on sale now. Single tickets for the September 14 concerts are $29 to $61 and can be
purchased through City Box Office: http://www.cityboxoffice or (415) 392-4400.
Discounted $15 single tickets are available for patrons under 35. Open Rehearsal tickets are $8 General
Admission and can be purchased through City Box Office.
Three-concert subscriptions range from $78 to $165; four-concert subscriptions range from $104 to $220.
Call (415) 392-4400 or visit http://www.ncco.org/ to purchase.

ABOUT NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The New Century Chamber Orchestra, one of only a handful of conductorless ensembles in the world, was founded in 1992 by cellist Miriam Perkoff and violist Wieslaw Pogorzelski. The 19-member string ensemble, including San Francisco Bay Area musicians and those who travel from across the U.S. and Europe to perform together, makes musical decisions collaboratively. World-renowned violin soloist, chamber musician and recording artist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads from the concertmaster chair. She joined the ensemble as music director and concertmaster in January 2008, bringing to New Century “a new sense of vitality and determination, as well as an audacious swagger that is an unmistakable fingerprint of its leader,” according to Gramophone magazine. This season marks her seventh with the orchestra.

CALENDAR EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE:
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Music Director
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Carmen Returns
The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts
Sunday, September 14, 5 pm,
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael
Bizet/ Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Derek Bermel: A Short History of the Universe for String Quartet and Clarinet
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Derek Bermel: Oct Up for Two String Quartets and Percussion
Derek Bermel: Silvioudades
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Derek Bermel, clarinet

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