SOLI ... 2001 - 2002 Season Program

Welcome back, friends. I have so much to tell you about SOLI's eighth season, so I'm glad we've started a newsletter for the rest of the year.

The biggest noise of the season is that we have a brand-new work for you by world-renowned American composer Ned Rorem. The wonderful Nine Episodes for Four Players was written for SOLI as a part of a co-commissioning project we began this past season with the Eberli Ensemble in New York City. By pooling funds, we plan to commission a new work every season. Thanks to the generous support of so many of you, we have almost completely met our goal of $4,000 for Nine Episodes. Help us start this season right by making a special contribution to our Commissioning Project Fund.

We are all amazed at how quickly our tenth year is approaching. We decided that a fitting way to commemorate that anniversary would be to put together a recording of the works we have commissioned over the years. Be on the lookout...

Also, we recently received a generous grant from the Genevieve McDavitt Orsinger Foundation that will allow us to bring a couple of our concerts to audiences at University of Texas at San Antonio, and to perform a number of children's concerts throughout the season. Call us for information.

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:00pm	Joined by guest wind players of the San Antonio Symphony, SOLI throws away the rulebook. Varèse and Chávez made it into this concert not because they were trying to be "different"; they simply heard things in a unique way. And how could we pass up Cage & friends, and their communal composition.
Poème électronique	Edgard Varèse for electronic tape
Soli	Carlos Chávez for oboe, clarinet, bassoon & trumpet
Improvisation	Enrique Crespo for unaccompanied trombone
Party Pieces	Virgil Thomson, Henry Cowell, John Cage, & Lou Harrison for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn & piano
Trio	George Rochberg for clarinet, horn & piano
Octandre	Edgard Varèse for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone & double bass

Tuesday, November 13, 2001 8:00pm	Explore the shadows and dark corners of music. The Zwilich is amazing — a commemoration of the passing of the composer's father, with moments of piercing anguish, and reflective, often uplifting resolution. Welcome special guests violinist Karen Stiles and violist Rita Porfiris.
Quintet	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich for clarinet and string quartet
Sonata	Bela Bartók for piano
Quartet	Krzysztof Penderecki for clarinet and string trio

Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 8:00pm Ruth Taylor Concert Hall, Trinity University Thursday, January 24, 2002, 7:30pm Recital Hall, UT San Antonio (on the 1604 campus)	A new work from Elisenda Fábregas, guest flutist Martha Fabrique... Let's hear it for strong American women!
Summer Solstice (World premiere)	Elisenda Fábregas for violin, clarinet, cello & piano
Dancing Solo	Libby Larsen for unaccompanied clarinet
Amazon	Joan Tower for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano

Monday, March 11, 2002, 7:30pm Recital Hall, UT San Antonio (on the 1604 campus) Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 8:00pm Ruth Taylor Concert Hall, Trinity University	The many palettes of American composition — and the premiere of Ned Rorem's newest work, co-commissioned by SOLI.
Dante Dances	Dan Welcher for clarinet & piano
Nine Episodes for Four Players (Premiere)	Ned Rorem for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano
Trio in e minor, Opus 67	Dmitri Shostakovich for violin, cello & piano

Tuesday, May 7, 2002 8:00pm	From traditional to outside-of-the-box, this concert features not only music that pushes the norm, but transcription of some ³old² favorites together with a surprising work by a master.
Rodgers & Hammerstein Transcriptions “The March of the Siamese Children” and “Hello, Young Lovers” from The King and I “The Carousel Waltz” from Carousel	Stephen Hough for solo piano
Air	Aaron Jay Kernis for violin & piano
B Major Trio	Johannes Brahms for violin, cello & piano

All performances will take place at 8:00pm, in the Ruth Taylor Concert Hall on the campus of Trinity University, unless otherwise specified. Please call (210) 999-8211 for directions. For directions and information for performances at UTSA please call (210) 458-5685.

SOLI's UTSA performances are made possible in part by a generous grant from the Genevieve McDavitt Orsinger Foundation.

Tickets for all performances are $10. Ten minutes prior to every performance, remaining seats will be made available to college students with a current ID. for $5. Admission is $5 for students kindergarten through high school, and free to Trinity University and UTSA students with a current ID.