Accordionist

Experience an evening of exquisite chamber music with Camerata Pacifica at their May Concert 2024 in Santa Barbara, CA. 

The program will begin with a world premiere performance of "Anahata" by the renowned composer Clarice Assad. This piece, filled with intricate melodies and rich harmonies, will transport the audience to a place of pure musical bliss.

Next, let your senses be swept away by the sounds of John Psathas' "One Study" - a captivating composition that fuses traditional chamber music with elements of jazz and world music. Paola Prestini's "Listen, Quiet" will then take center stage, enchanting listeners with its hauntingly beautiful melodies and emotive storytelling.

As the evening progresses, prepare to be moved by the powerful and poignant "Remember This Fire" by Martin Butler. This piece, inspired by the resilience of the human spirit, will be brought to life by the virtuoso performances of the Camerata Pacifica musicians.

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May Concert 2024

Colburn School

The Huntington

Music Academy of the West

The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Camerata Pacifica’s 2023-24 season wraps with a world premiere by Grammy-nominated Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, commissioned for accordion, clarinet, cello, and percussion and written for and featuring Julien Labro, one of the world’s foremost accordion players in both jazz and classical genres. Additionally, Camerata Pacifica presents Principal Oboe Nicholas Daniel, whose playing “bursts with exuberant charisma and optimistic allure” (MusicalCriticism.com) on the U.S. premiere of British composer Martin Butler’s scintillating Remember This Fire for oboe and percussion, which was inspired by Ezra Pound’s poem The Alchemist. The season finale also includes New Zealand-Greek composer John Psathas’ One Study, a virtuosic work for marimba, with junk percussion and digital audio, and Listen, Quiet for cello and electronics by Paola Prestini, named one of the Top 35 Female Composers in Classical Music (Washington Post) and known for her “otherwordly…outright gorgeous music” (The New York Times). Other featured artists are Principal Cello Ani Aznavoorian; Principal Clarinet Jose Franch-Ballester; and Principal Percussion Ji Hye Jung. The program includes projections by noted video artist S Katy Tucker.

Camerata Pacifica Presents World Premiere by Clarice Assad

One California Plaza

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

City of Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Julien Labro

Accordionist

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