San Diego New Music: 'Ten Million Flowers' | Curated by Andrew McIntosh | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Andrew McIntosh, Violin and Curator

Vicki Ray, Piano

Matt Kline, Double Bass

San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present "Ten Million Flowers," an evening of immersive contemporary works curated by violinist and composer Andrew McIntosh. Music will include works by Takemitsu, Miller, McIntosh, and Von Schweinitz, performed by McIntosh on violin, Vicki Ray on piano, and Matt Kline on double bass.

Andrew McIntosh

Andrew McIntosh is a Grammy-nominated violinist, violist, composer, and baroque violinist who teaches at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). As a solo artist he has performed at the San Francisco Symphony’s SoundBox series, Miller Theatre in New York, REDCAT, and festivals and concert series across Europe and the United States. As a chamber musician he is a member of Wild Up, the Formalist Quartet, and Wadada Leo Smith’s Red Koral Quartet. As a composer he was described by Alex Ross in The New Yorker as “a composer preternaturally attuned to the landscapes and soundscapes of the West,” and recent commissions include works for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Calder Quartet, Yarn/Wire, and Ilya Gringolts.

Vicki Ray

Described as a “phenomenal and fearless” pianist, improviser, and composer, Vicki Ray is a leading champion of contemporary music. A founding member of Piano Spheres and head of keyboard studies at CalArts, she was the first recipient of the Hal Blaine Chair in Musical Performance. Ray has premiered countless works by today’s composers and has appeared at major international festivals, as well as on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series. Her recordings span a wide range, from Schoenberg’s "Pierrot Lunaire" to Reich’s "You Are (Variations)" and Cage’s "The Ten Thousand Things," which earned a 2013 Grammy nomination. Recent releases include Andrew Norman’s "Sonnets" with Nick Photinos, "YAR" with slide guitarist Scot Ray, and Daniel Lentz’s "River of 1000 Streams," named a Top 20 recording of 2017 by Alex Ross in The New Yorker. She also performs with the LA-based Partch Ensemble.

Matt Kline

Newly appointed Executive Director of San Diego New Music, Matt Kline brings a long-standing connection to the organization, having performed for nearly a decade as a double bassist, conductor, and composer. In addition to his work with SDNM, Kline has built an active career in contemporary music, performing with ensembles and at events such as Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Monday Evening Concerts, and the Cabrillo Festival, and collaborating with composers including Krzysztof Penderecki, Eva-Maria Houben, Jürg Frey, and Wolfgang von Schweinitz. He holds a doctorate in music from UC San Diego, where his studies focused on contemporary performance, and he remains an active contributor to San Diego’s vibrant new music community.

About San Diego New Music:

San Diego New Music is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the public performance of notated music of the highest integrity and artistic caliber from the 20th and 21st centuries. We seek to advance the art form by promoting music composed with conceptual rigor, passionate energy and singular artistic vision. SDNM enriches the artistic culture of San Diego through the presentation of an annual concert series and the soundON Festival of Modern Music, and through fostering its resident performing ensemble, NOISE.

In 1994, the only place in San Diego where you could hear an entire concert of 20th-century music was on a college campus. San Diego New Music pitched the idea of a concert series devoted to modern music and 20th-century classics at the Athenaeum. The concerts of modern music perfectly complement the exhibitions of modern art held in the Athenaeum’s galleries. In 1996, San Diego New Music presented its first season. The series was called "Noise at the Library," and the ensemble would later adopt the name, as well.

San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum have been happily co-presenting concerts of new music ever since.

For more information on the organization go to www.sandiegonewmusic.com.

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