Thalia Moore, Ellen Ruth Rose, Terrie Baune, Peter Josheff, Mary Chun, Brenda Tom, Tod BrodyEarplays 30th anniversary season continued on Monday, March 16 at San Franciscos ODC Theater, with world premiere performances of works by Ross Bauer, Christopher Wendell Jones, and Richard Festinger. Also on the program was Terry Rileys String Trio: the composers early 60s graduate thesis, and one of his his initial ventures into tape looping. To round out the evening, Earplay performed Daniel Tackes Im Rckblick, the winner of the 2014 Aird Competition.Congratulations to the winner of the 2014
Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition: im Rckblick by Daniel Tacke. The concert ended with Chen Yis Happy Rain on a Spring Night.
The 7:30pm concert was preceded by a 6:45pm pre-show dialogue with composers. Conducted by Mary Chun, the core members of Earplay are Terrie Baune, violin; Tod Brody, flutes; Peter Josheff, clarinets; Thalia Moore, cello; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola; and Brenda Tom, piano. Concert 2 will also feature Karen Rosenak, guest piano and Dan Reiter, guest cello. The 2015 season finale for Earplay took place on May 18, and included a dynamic selection of works, ranging from Lou Harrison's Threnody, performed in collaboration with the UCDavis Gamelan Ensemble, as well as world premieres by Carla Lucero, Guillermo Galindo,and Nicolas Tzortzis.