January 5-7, 2023 7:30 p.m. each night The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA 1008 Wall St., La Jolla, CA San Diego New Music presents the 2023 edition of the annual soundON Festival featuring ensemble-in-residence NOISE and guest artists NOISE Christopher Adler, piano Lisa Cella, flute Franklin Cox, cello Morris Palter, percussion Robert Zelickman, clarinet and conductor and special guest artists Adam Borecki, guitar and composer Myra Hinrichs, violin Eric Starr, trombone Grace Talaski, clarinet Mark Menzies, violin (via remote link) San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present the 2023 soundON Festival, exploring cutting-edge contemporary music from around the world, including rising international voices Yu Kuwabara (Japan), Adrián Demoč (Slovakia), Alyssa Aska (Austria), and D. Edward Davis (USA). Entitled "Spolia", this year's festival explores the traces of the past recast into unique new expressions, just as ancient artifacts are reincorporated into newer architecture to become spolia. Inspired by Katherine Balch's Musica Spolia, this theme threads through works including Yu Kuwabara's Five Images-In nomine and Adam Greene's Memos, and works incorporating recorded sound fragments like D. Edward Davis's broad call and Kay He's On the Rime of the Fading Forest. We are proud to prominently feature Southern California and Arizona-based composers, including some former residents and recent arrivals, among them Christopher Adler, Katherine Balch, Adam Borecki, Franklin Cox, Adam Greene, Kay He, Texu Kim, and Philippe Manoury. To see the concert program and repertoire, go here. Related links: San Diego New Music website San Diego New Music on Facebook San Diego New Music on Instagram
