Pianist

Composers have been inspired by all kinds of stories, legends, and tales – from great works of literature, to folk myths and poetry. This concert is all about music which tells a tale in sound. Featuring Paul Moravec’s Pulitzer-Prize winning piece Tempest Fantasy, this program will include performances by PCM faculty Nic Gerpe, Katelyn Vahala (pianos), and Brian Walsh (clarinet), violinist Alyssa Park and cellist Timothy Loo of the Lyris Quartet, and renowned sopranos Hila Plitmann and Elissa Johnston. We are also excited to feature guest narrator and actress Jane Kaczmarek.

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Wicked Goat | Stories

Pasadena Conservatory of Music

George Crumb’s “Makrokosmos, Volume I” for solo amplified piano (1972) is a landmark of 20th-Century piano literature. Taking its inspiration from Bela Bartok’s “Mikrokosmos”, and Claude Debussy’s Preludes, as well as “the darker side of Chopin” and “the child-like fantasy of early Schumann”, it is a masterwork that not only utilizes the full dynamic and expressive range of the piano played from the keyboard; Crumb masterfully creates an entirely new coloristic and tonal palette by making use of extended, inside-the-piano techniques. In addition, the pianist must chant, shout, sing, whistle, and moan like a ghost.

Nic Gerpe

Pianist

Events

Mar 24, 2024

Wicked Goat | Stories · Pasadena Conservatory of Music

Mar 12, 2022

Nic Gerpe, Pianist – The Makrokosmos 50 Project · Center for New Music

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