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Works by Tom Lopez, Visiting Instructor of Computer Music and New Media, and Hye Kyung Lee to be Showcased on Thursday, December 2, 8:00 P.M., Warner Concert Hall
Story by Linda Shockley
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THE PROGRAM They Hearken to
Echoes, by Tom Lopez Opposed Directions,
by Hye Kyung Lee Nocturne, by Tom
Lopez Sonatina for Soprano Sax and Piano, by Hye Kyung Lee • Allegro Todd Yukumoto,
soprano saxophone Emergence, by Tom
Lopez
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"When we created the program, we focused on the development
of emotional and musical energy from the beginning to the
end of the program," says Tom
Lopez, Visiting Instructor of
Computer Music and New Media. " An important element in this
concert is the use of physical space. In general, one person
begins off-stage, another begins behind the audience. During
the course of the piece, the performers slowly come together
until they are standing side-by-side. The same process
happens in the music: each performer's material is varied in
the beginning but the final phrase is performed in unison.
The performers coming together acts as a metaphor for other
elements coming together."
Lopez adds, "Imagine it this way: They Hearken to Echoes grows together. This is not a concert hall, you are not the audience, they are not the performers - perhaps this is a cocktail party, perhaps two people see each other from across the room.... The title is a phrase from the writings of architect Louis Sullivan."
Both Claire Chase, a senior flutist from Leucadia, California, and Eric Lamb, a senior flutist from Detroit, Michigan, will perform on Lopez's composition, They Harken to Echoes. Both Chase and Lamb describe it as a complicated, challenging piece. Chase adds, "There are few places I would rather be than playing the flute with Eric Lamb. And it's a wonderful opportunity to be able to collaborate with him on a mutual passion of ours--new music. We love the piece, and though it's been a challenge to put together, we're thrilled about performing it."
Lopez continues, "Nocturne, by Hye Kyung Lee, develops into
sojourn. The promise of the lullaby is unfulfilled, the
nightmare falters and staggers between blurred episodes, the
unity of the daydream heals the puncture. And Emergence,
also by Lee, becomes the time and the place; it asks you to
release your expectation for entertainment, your expectation
for things to happen. It is not slow; experience it as if
watching a time-lapse film of a flower
blossoming&emdash;experience the unnoticed."
The program will feature two additional compositions by Lee: Opposed Directions with Lee on disklavier and Lopez on interactive software; and Sonatina for Soprano Sax and Piano with Todd Yukumoto on soprano saxophone and Lee on piano.
Biographies:
Bryan Green grew up in Santiago, Chile, where his artistic pursuits began with expression through drawing. After arriving in the United States, he experimented with the sciences but eventually found his way back to the arts through dance and choreography mediums, as well as picking up skills as a gymnast, graphic designer, roofer and McDonald's employee. His immersion in Americana seriously warped and continues to inspire his imagination, which usually finds vent through his yearly productions at spaces such as Synergy Studio in Austin, Texas. In addition, Green's work has been produced by Sharir Dance Co. (in which he is also a company member), Diverse Works in Houston and different showcases in the Southeastern United States. Green maintains that his work continues through sheer will, luck, inspiration, countless mistakes and plenty of meddling into things in which he has no business playing.
Hye Kyung Lee received her bachelor's degree from Yon Sei National University in Seoul, Korea. She received her master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin where she recently completed her Ph.D. in Composition and Piano. Lee has won many awards for her compositions, including the 1998 ASCAP Standard Award, the 1998 SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Commission Award and the 1999 Burbank Artist Fellowship for the Villa Montaro Artist Residency Program.
Todd Yukumoto received a bachelor's degree in secondary music education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He subsequently went on to receive a master's degree in saxophone performance from The University of Texas at Austin where he studied with acclaimed classical saxophonist Harvey Pittel. Mr. Yukumoto has performed with the Honolulu Symphony, the Austin Civic Orchestra and Chamber Music of Hawaii. He maintains an active career giving recitals and concerts most recently as soloist with the University of Hawaii Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Being versed in Jazz styles as well, Mr. Yukumoto has performed with such fine musicians as Diann Schure, Marvin Stamm, Gabe Baltazar, Yomo Torro and has done several commercial recordings. Mr. Yukumoto is presently the lecturer of saxophone at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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