Di Fayerike Libe – Passionate Love – די פֿײַערדיקע ליבע
Pre-Concert Talk from 6:45-7:30pm
The concert program showcases Derek David’s recent expansive works for solo viola and string quartet, featuring guest musician Jesse Morrison, violist of the Calgary Philharmonic, local freelance ensemble Semiosis Quartet, and the composer as vocalist. The central theme of the concert highlights the incorporation and reflection on Yiddish folk songs as a rich musical and linguistic medium, based on ongoing studies with the renowned Yiddish folksong scholar and practitioner Ethel Raim.
The recent compositions and musical output of Derek David are informed by active studies of Yiddish music, culture, and language, integrating these elements into a historically informed concert compositional voice.
Preceding the concert, guest musicians will engage the students in music theory, world music, and masterclasses through discussions and demonstrations.
Derek David’s collaboration with ethnomusicologist and MIT lecturer Joseph Maurer, a folk song specialist, concludes with a pre-concert discussion on the Yiddish folk song tradition and its influence on contemporary musical practice, including topics of performance techniques and 18th-century Partimento compositional pedagogy.
Di Fayerike Libe – Passionate Love – די פֿײַערדיקע ליב is supported by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and co-presented with the MIT Music and Theater Arts.
Semiosis at Long Live Roxbury
Semiosis Quartet Presents:
Raven Chacon - Journey of the Horizontal People
Evan Ziporyn - Qi
Tanya Tagaq - Sivunittinni
Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas (An Andean Walkabout)
Julián Peralta - Charrúa
Enjoy a beer while you hear some fantastic music!
Suggested Donation - $15
Semiosis at Somerville Music Spaces
Semiosis Quartet Presents:
Raven Chacon - Journey of the Horizontal People
Evan Ziporyn - Qi
Tanya Tagaq - Sivunittinni
Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas (An Andean Walkabout)
Julián Peralta - Charrúa
Suggested Donation - $15
Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive
We are performing a concert on Tuesday, July 23rd at 8pm in Seully Hall at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music (8 Fenway, Boston, MA) as part of our week-long residency at the Boco HSCI. Repertoire includes Tanya Tagaq, Raven Chacon, Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Juliàn Peralta.
Postponed - Semiosis at Somerville Music Spaces
Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas
Paul Wiancko - Lift
Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution
Postponed - Semiosis at Long Live Beerworks - Roxbury
Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas
Paul Wiancko - Lift
Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution
Dark Exhalation
Amber Vistein’s Opera, Dark Exhalation, is a new multi-media chamber opera supported by OPERA America, New Music USA, and the Brown Arts Initiative, and the Somerville Arts Council.
Semiosis Quartet Plays at the Boston Conservatory High School Composition Intensive
Hear staples from our repertoire as we perform for the students at the Boco HSCI!
Semiosis Quartet at New School of Music in Cambridge
Aaron Jay Myers - I’ll Swallow Your Soul
Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte
Carlos Simon - Loop
Jessie Montgomery - Duo for Violin and Cello
Aaron Jay Myers - For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky
Darian Thomas - Fluid
Suggested donation $10-15 at the door.
Semiosis Quartet at United Parish in Brookline
Aaron Jay Myers - I’ll Swallow Your Soul
Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte
Carlos Simon - Loop
Jessie Montgomery - Duo for Violin and Cello
Aaron Jay Myers - For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky
Darian Thomas - Fluid
Suggested donation $10-15 at the door.
Semiosis Quartet at New School of Music
Join us at at the New School of Music at 1pm as we welcome Madeline Hocking to the quartet!
John Zorn - Cat O’Nine Tails
Stefanie Lubkowski - This is the light of autumn…
Matthew Burtner - Threnody (Sikuigvik)
Jessie Montgomery - Strum
Suggested donation $10-15 at the door.
Semiosis Quartet at United Parish in Brookline
Join us at United Parish in Brookline at 7:30pm as we welcome Madeline Hocking to the quartet!
John Zorn - Cat O’Nine Tails
Stefanie Lubkowski - This is the light of autumn…
Matthew Burtner - Threnody (Sikuigvik)
Jessie Montgomery - Strum
Suggested donation $10-15 at the door.
Semi-Semiosis with Will Yager
Nicole Parks, Teagan Faran, and Lev Mamuya are joined by bassist Will Yager on January 16th - 4pm - YouTube
Evan Williams - Grime
Libby Larsen - Up Where the Air Gets Thin
Isang Yun - Together
Fred Lerdahl - Waltzes
Semi-Semiosis with Will Yager
Nicole Parks, Teagan Faran, and Lev Mamuya are joined by bassist Will Yager on January 15th - 7pm - United Parish in Brookline - Chapel
Evan Williams - Grime
Libby Larsen - Up Where the Air Gets Thin
Isang Yun - Together
Fred Lerdahl - Waltzes