La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2023 Learning & Engagement Brochure

LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT

ACTIVITIES GUIDE

Inon Barnatan, Music Director

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Cover artwork: Lee Mullican, Electric Night , 1967, oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 76in. (92.1 x 193cm), Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Gift of Ruth Gribin, 2011.31

Photographer: Pablo Mason © Estate of Lee Mullican 2023. Courtesy the Estate of Lee Mullican and James Cohan, New York

The Unknown Great W

e invite you to journey with us this summer through an exciting festival focused on the theme The Great Unknown. Over the course of four weeks, 21 performances, and more than 50 FREE Learning & Engagement Activities, you’ll be surprised and delighted at every turn thanks to brilliant programming by SummerFest Music Director and celebrated pianist Inon Barnatan. With a wide variety of activities, there are endless opportunities to learn something new and unlock your own creativity at SummerFest.

Open Rehearsals illuminate the dedication, diligence, and passion that SummerFest artists put into every performance, while Artist Lounges reveal the deeper inspirations of some of the festival’s talented musicians, authors, and composers.

In our Encounters, we welcome back Alex Ross, music critic at The New Yorker. We’re joined for the first time by Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Festival in California, who will help recover silenced voices and bring to life the works of Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann.

We also continue one of our most beloved and impactful programs, welcoming seven new Fellowship Artists to the festival. Follow their musical journey and build relationships with these emerging musicians from the Colburn School and The Juilliard School by attending Coaching Workshops, Fellowship Artist Spotlight Encounters, and Musical Preludes.

I look forward to seeing you this summer!

Allison Boles Director of Learning & Engagement

Support for SummerFest Learning & Engagement Activities provided by:

Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley

Gordon Brodfuehrer

Leonard B. and Martha M. Allan Fund

Jeanette Stevens

OPEN REHEARSALS

Observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.

Thursday, July 27 · 11:30 AM–12:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Erin Keefe, Steven Copes, Rebecca Albers, Maiya Papach, and Oliver Herbert rehearse Mozart’s String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K. 406

Saturday, August 1 · 1:30–2:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Zoltán Fejérvári and Inon Barnatan rehearse Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (arr. Inon Barnatan)

Tuesday, August 8 · 2:30–3:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Takács Quartet and Inon Barnatan rehearse Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67

Tuesday, August 22 · 3–4 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Stefan Jackiw, Andrew Wan, Jonathan Vinocour, Matthew Lipman, Julie Albers, and Sterling

Elliott rehearse Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

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Open Rehearsals will be live streamed and available to view on-demand. See page 2 for more information.

COACHING WORKSHOPS

Follow our Fellowship Artist Ensembles, trioJEM and Quartet Integra, on their musical journey as they prepare for their SummerFest performances with a series of master classes conducted by seasoned performers from the SummerFest roster. For more information on this year’s Fellowship Artists, see page 12.

We’re excited to welcome four local musicians to participate in Coaching Workshops. All Coaching Workshop times are 10–10:50 AM and 11–11:50 AM

WEEK 1

TUESDAY AUGUST 1

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2

THURSDAY AUGUST 3

WEEK 2

TUESDAY AUGUST 8

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9

THURSDAY

AUGUST 10

WEEK 3

TUESDAY

AUGUST 15

WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 16

THURSDAY AUGUST 17

WEEK 4

TUESDAY

AUGUST 22

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23

THURSDAY AUGUST 24

Inon Barnatan coaches trioJEM on Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1

Efe Baltacigil coaches Quartet Integra on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1

Masumi Per Rostad coaches Quartet Integra on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1

Zoltán Fejérvári coaches trioJEM on Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1

Blake Pouliot coaches Quartet Integra on Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”

Erin Keefe coaches trioJEM on Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1

Paul Wiancko coaches Quartet Integra on Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”

A member of trioJEM coaches a local student

A member of trioJEM coaches a local student

Harumi Rhodes coaches trioJEM on Babajanian’s Piano Trio

Richard O’Neill coaches Quartet Integra on Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Op. 101

Noah Bendix-Balgley coaches trioJEM on Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major

Tessa Lark coaches Quartet Integra on Mozart’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, K.458 “The Hunt”

Joyce Yang coaches trioJEM on Babajanian’s Piano Trio

Teng Li coaches Quartet Integra on Mozart’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, K.458 “The Hunt”

A member of Quartet Integra coaches a local student

Inon Barnatan coaches trioJEM on Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor

Michael Thurber coaches a local student

Stefan Jackiw coaches trioJEM on Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor

Jonathan Vinocour coaches Quartet Integra on Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Op. 101

Julie Albers coaches trioJEM on Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor

Andrew Wan coaches Quartet Integra on Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Op. 101

Inon Barnatan and Allison Boles host a conversation with trioJEM and Quartet Integra

Dates, times, programs, and artists are subject to change

ENCOUNTERS

Encounters are free afternoon events, featuring intriguing lectures, discussions, performances, and diverse perspectives. Encounters reveal fascinating insights into the ways in which music is created, influenced, interpreted, and performed. Registration required.

Friday, August 4 · 2 PM · The JAI

Exploring the Music of Thomas Adès

Lecture by Alex Ross

Alex Ross, award-winning author and music critic for The New Yorker, has been following the music of Thomas Adès since he first encountered it at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1995. Join Ross for a deep dive into the life and music of SummerFest 2023’s Composer-in-Residence.

Monday, August 14 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Musical Encounter: Fellowship Artist Spotlight I

Rose Lombardo, Principal Flute of the San Diego Symphony since 2011 and beloved SummerFest Artist, joins Quartet Integra for the first Fellowship Artist Spotlight performance. This free afternoon concert also includes a performance of Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major by trioJEM.

Wednesday, August 16 · 2 PM · The JAI

Reimagining Carnival of the Animals

Panel Discussion hosted by Allison Boles

The SummerFest Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Clara Wu Tsai and Inon Barnatan, brings together leaders from music, dance, spoken word, and visual arts to create performances that inspire audiences in unexpected and powerful ways. The creatives behind this summer’s reimagination of Carnival of the Animals come together to discuss the project’s development.

Monday, August 21 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Musical Encounter: Fellowship Artist Spotlight II

Acclaimed for his stellar stage presence and joyous musicianship, cellist Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient who has appeared with major orchestras around the world. He joins trioJEM for the second Fellowship Artist Spotlight performance with Quartet Integra, who will be performing Mozart’s String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 458 “The Hunt.”

Thursday, August 24 · 2 PM · The JAI

A Room of Her Own: The Careers of Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann

Lecture by Ara Guzelimian

Musical excerpts by Max Tan and Elliot Wuu

Two of the most gifted and compelling musicians of the 19th century are finally being recognized for their own work, independent of the prominent men in their lives. We celebrate with an exploration of their life and work, along with special performances of their vibrant music by Fellowship Artists Max Tan and Elliot Wuu.

COMMUNITY CONCERT

Thursday, August 10 · 7:30 PM

First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego

The spotlight shines on our Fellowship Artists in our second annual free Community Concert presented in partnership with Front Street Productions. Registration required.

ARTIST LOUNGES

The spark of creativity is unique for every individual. Drawing on the theme “The Great Unknown,” the Artist Lounge is an intimate, in-depth conversation hosted by Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal. Come discover more about these great artists in a warm, intimate setting.

Tuesday, August 1 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music, Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, and winner of the Pro Musicis International Award, violinist Erin Keefe is among the leading chamber musicians of her generation. She has been featured on “Live from Lincoln Center” three times and has won many international competitions.

Tuesday, August 8 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

In this special Artist Lounge, Leah Rosenthal and attendees will speak with Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the world-renowned Takács

Quartet, to learn more about his life and discuss his latest book, Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home. An engaging blend of memoir and music history, Distant Melodies explores the changing ideas of home, displacement, and return through the lives and chamber music of four composers. Attendees are encouraged—but not required—to pick up a copy of Distant Melodies from their favorite local bookstore and come prepared to join the conversation.

Tuesday, August 15 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Award-Winning violinist Tessa Lark and virtuoso composer/bassist Michael Thurber are a duo unlike any other. The two met years ago as alumni of From The Top, and they began developing their duo collaboration in 2016 after a one-off performance at an event for WXQR in New York City. The two quickly realized how much they had in common as they began to explore their musical influences together, combining Lark’s Kentucky bluegrass with Thurber’s versatile bass.

Tuesday, August 22 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room

Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. McGill is a passionate advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities, and works fervently to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in classical music.

SPECIAL ARTIST LOUNGE BOOK CLUB

PRELUDES

Ticket holders are invited to join us in The JAI an hour prior to performances to hear musical and historical insights through engaging interviews and fascinating lectures by our esteemed roster of scholars. See the calendar on page 14 for the detailed schedule.

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All Preludes will be available to view after the concert on TheConrad.org. See page 2 for more information.

Inon Barnatan SummerFest Music Director

Allison Boles Director of Learning & Engagement, La Jolla Music Society

Kristi Brown Montesano Musicologist and Professor, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Michael Gerdes Director of Orchestras and Professor, San Diego State University

Ara Guzelimian Artistic and Executive Director, Ojai Festival

Karen Koner Professor and Coordinator of Music Education, San Diego State University

Molly Puryear Executive Director, Malashock Dance

Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director, La Jolla Music Society

Alex Ross Author and Music Critic, The New Yorker

2023 FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS

trioJEM

HISTORY

The Fellowship Artist Program is one of our longest-running SummerFest traditions. For over 30 years, young artists and ensembles from the program have gone on to lead major orchestras and win international competitions and awards, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Fischoff Competition, and the Banff International String Quartet Competition. They’ve all launched successful careers, and many have returned to the festival as senior musicians.

Elliot Wuu, piano; Max Tan, violin; Julia Lee, cello

Elliot Wuu Max Tan

Julia Lee

We’re proud to welcome seven talented emerging musicians from The Juilliard School and the Colburn School as our SummerFest 2023 Fellowship Artists. The Quartet Integra and trioJEM will participate in Coaching Workshops, perform in Encounters and Musical Preludes, and share the stage with other SummerFest artists during their four-week residencies in La Jolla.

Quartet Integra

Quartet Integra

Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno, violins; Itsuki Yamamoto, viola; Anri Tsukiji, cello

MUSICAL PRELUDES IN THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL | 6:30-7 PM

FRIDAY

AUGUST 4

SATURDAY

AUGUST 5

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16

WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 23

SATURDAY AUGUST 26

DREAMS AND PRAYERS

Quartet Integra performs Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 51, No. 1

MAGIC AND ALCHEMY

trioJEM performs Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major Opus 1, No. 1

THE GREAT AMERICANS

Quartet Integra performs Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”

SLAVONIC DANCES

trioJEM performs Babajanian’s Piano Trio

SOUVENIRS

trioJEM performs Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor

FINALE: SERENADES

Quartet Integra performs Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Opus 101

JULY 28–AUGUST 26, 2023

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

30 SUNDAY

31 MONDAY AUG 1 TUESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

2 WEDNESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI

Lecture by Michael Gerdes

A SONG TO REMEMBER

3 PM

6 SUNDAY MYTHS AND RITES · 3 PM

TAKEOVER @ THE JAI WITH THOMAS ADÈS

7 PM · The JAI

13 SUNDAY

PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI

Lecture by Karen Koner

PROMISES, PROMISES

3 PM

ARTIST LOUNGE with Erin Keefe hosted by Leah Rosenthal

1 PM • The Atkinson Room

7 MONDAY 8 TUESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

ARTIST LOUNGE BOOK

CLUB with Edward Dusinberre hosted by Leah Rosenthal

1 PM • The Atkinson Room

OPEN REHEARSAL

2:30-3:30 PM

Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67

14 MONDAY

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI Fellowship Artist Spotlight I with Rose Lombardo

15 TUESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

ARTIST LOUNGE with Michael Thurber and Tessa Lark hosted by Leah Rosenthal

1 PM • The Atkinson Room

20 SUNDAY 21 MONDAY

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI Fellowship Artist Spotlight II with Sterling Elliott

22 TUESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

ARTIST LOUNGE with Anthony McGill hosted by Leah Rosenthal

1 PM • The Atkinson Room

OPEN REHEARSAL · 3–4 PM Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI Interview with Thomas Adès hosted by Inon Barnatan

FANTASTIC TALES · 7 PM

9 WEDNESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

PRELUDE · 6 PM Performance by Quartet Integra

THE GREAT AMERICANS

7 PM

16 WEDNESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI Reimagining Carnival of the Animals

PRELUDE · 6 PM Performance by trioJEM SLAVONIC DANCES

7 PM

23 WEDNESDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

PRELUDE · 6 PM Performance by trioJEM SOUVENIRS · 7 PM

27 THURSDAY

OPEN REHEARSAL

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Mozart’s String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K.406

28 FRIDAY

29 SATURDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI

Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal

OPENING NIGHT: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

6:30 PM

3 THURSDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

JAZZ @ THE JAI WITH LUCY YEGHIAZARYAN & VANISHA GOULD

6 & 8:30 PM · The JAI

10 THURSDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

COMMUNITY CONCERT

7:30 PM · First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego

17 THURSDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

JAZZ @ THE JAI WITH THE LOUIS CATO TRIO

6 & 8:30 PM · The JAI

24 THURSDAY

COACHING WORKSHOPS

10 AM–12 PM · The JAI

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI

A Room of Her Own with Ara Guzelimian

4 FRIDAY

ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI

Exploring the Music of Thomas Adès with Alex Ross

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Performance by Quartet Integra DREAMS AND PRAYERS

7:30 PM

11 FRIDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Lecture by Michael Gerdes

NEW GROUND · 7:30 PM

18 FRIDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI

Interview with Francesca Harper hosted by Molly Puryear

SYNERGY: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS · 7:30 PM

25 FRIDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano JOURNEY IN LIGHT

7:30 PM

5 SATURDAY

OPEN REHEARSAL

1:30-2:30 PM

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Performance by trioJEM MAGIC AND ALCHEMY

7:30 PM

12 SATURDAY

SummerFest

6 PM · The Conrad

19 SATURDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI

Interview with the Artists hosted by Allison Boles

SYNERGY: AMERICAN CLASSIC CATO/DOVER/ LARK/THURBER · 7:30 PM

26 SATURDAY

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI

Lecture by Ara Guzelimian

UNSILENCED VOICES

7:30 PM

PRELUDE · 6:30 PM

Performance by Quartet Integra

SUMMERFEST FINALE: SERENADES · 7:30 PM

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