16/01/2025 New Music and Movement In Focus
Our Spring In Focus takes a deep dive into works by composers who are redefining the relationship between music and movement. Over the course of the day, staff and students will examine how sound influences the physicality of musicians, while their movements, in turn, reshape the performance, resulting in a dynamic blend of auditory and visual expression.
Thursday Lunchtimes - 1.15pm
Programme
Cathy Berberian Stripsody
Maeve Herd soprano
Selection of Fluxus works
Katherine Lee New work
Katherine Lee guzheng
Mark Applebaum Darmstadt Kindergarten
Elena Orsi, Orla McGarrity violins
Rhiannon Collins viola
Robert Wheatley cello
Meriel Price Your Rope
Ted Ford, Charlie Fretwell, Maisy Shaw, Lucy Irving performers
About
Part of our New Music and Movement In Focus, this kinetic lunchtime performance features pieces which sit at the intersection of music and full-bodied performance art. Cathy Berberian’s Stripsody explores the onomatopoeic sounds of comic strips for solo vocalist, Mark Applebaum’s Darmstadt Kindergarten for string quartet showcases how music can be powerfully expressed even in the absence of sound, and Meriel Price’s Your Rope ends the concert with a surprisingly physical workout for four skipping performers.
Discussion - 6pm
Programme
Matthew Shlomowitz Letter Piece #1: Arsenal, Bahrain, Chihuahua, Darjeeling and Eisenhower
Kuba Williams performer
Anthony Arias clarinet
Ro Shapes Tickle house/meat/sky
Scott Manson piano
About
Staff and students engage in an in-depth discussion of how musicians’ physicality and their movements reshape performances and how this can translate into the use of non-musical elements in new compositions.
Performances include Matthew Shlomowitz’s Letter Piece #1: Arsenal, Bahrain, Chihuahua, Darjeeling and Eisenhower that combines physical action, spoken text, and sound.
RNCM Brand New Orchestra - 7.30pm
Programme
Matthew Shlomowitz Five Monuments for Our Time ~
Emily Dunbar Still, Then Falling *
Amit Manna Scared of Heights ^
Kuba Williams 03/09/24, 18:19 #
Gloria Xia Air lifts the butterfly, grain holds its flight ^
Helena Zyskowska Nacre ~
Performers
Andre Chan *, Rosina Flueckiger #, Benjamin Huth ~, Connor Lyster ^ conductors
RNCM Brand New Orchestra:
first violins
Ben Holland, Edward Owen, Tako Tkabladze, Lily Whitehurst, Siying Tan, Sally Lee, Zoe Hennessy, Nyra Jain, Annie Meaden, Kinga Kaluza
second violins
Lisa Obert, David Harris, Joe Steel, Sophie Wu, Andrea Lam, Emma Copp, Esther Clay, Joel Hill
violas
Alex Mitchell, Emily O’Dell, Alexandra Harrison, Sophie Combes, Eadaoin Drumgoole, Abi Hammett
cellos
Amy Jolly, Abigail Webb, Isabella Farleigh, Lola Garcia Marquez, Chloe Chen, Cillian Hennessy
double basses
James Manson, Thomas Judge, Yijie Guan
flutes
Bohan Zheng, Hiu Tung Cathy Chan (piccolo), Adele Bracegirdle (alto)
oboes
Shihan Liu, Yishuang Li, Anna Turner (cor anglais)
clarinets
Yuting Cao, Yuxuan Wang (Eb), Miles Santner (bass)
saxophone
Rachael Green (alto/tenor)
bassoons
Leonardo Bizzotto, Rob Kearley, Zhicheng Cao (contra)
horns
Esme MacBride-Stewart, Ziying Chen, Jason Cheung, Cecily O’Brien
trumpets
Leo Parry, Jingrong Hua, Blake Humphrey
trombones
Toby Marshall, Ben Moss, Richard Stevens
tuba
Jiaming Yang
timpani/percussion
Daniel Vincent
Sam Milton
Ranco Liu
Zhongyu Shi
harp
Ivy Askew
piano/celeste
Xi Ouyang
About
Our innovative Brand New Orchestra lights up the stage to conclude our In Focus events. The programme showcases new orchestral works by RNCM students and features Matthew Schlomowitz’s Five Monuments for Our Time, a captivating piece where the conductor performs a series of entertaining choreographed gestures.
