selected performances and lectures in 2012/13
& upcoming projects
** = world premiere
Performers and venues, please email to have your performance information included here
January 31, 2012: Arlene Sierra Public Lecture Texts and Personas
Victoria Rooms, Bristol University, Bristol
March 6, 2012: Truel (complete)
World Premiere of Clarinet Version
University Concert Hall, Cardiff
April 4 – 18, 2012: Arlene Sierra Composition Master Class
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
April 12 – 13, 2012: Arlene Sierra Composition Master Class
Ewha Women’s University
Seoul, South Korea
April 13, 2012: Colmena
Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, cond.
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin, OH
September 28, 2012: Insects in Amber
Bromsgrove Concerts at Artrix, England
October 22, 2012: Meditation on Violence**
New work for ensemble to accompany the Maya Deren film
Commissioned by Lontano,with funding from the PRS Foundation ‘Women Make Music’ program
London, UK
October 26, 2012: Moler**
Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot, cond.
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
November 23, 2012: Moler (European Premiere)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn, cond.
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, UK
May 8, 10, 11, 2013: Cuatro Corridos**
Susan Narucki, soprano, Steven Schick, percussion,
Aleck Karis, piano, Pablo Gomez, guitar
Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego
upcoming projects
The second volume and first major orchestral disc
from the Arlene Sierra series by Bridge Records,
made possible with major funding by the New Music USA CAP Recording program and the Classical Recording Foundation
Faustine
An opera in development with playwright Lucy Thurber
after the novella by Emma Tennant, with support from Center for Contemporary Opera, NY City Opera VOX, New Music USA CAP Performance program, ROH2 at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Aldeburgh Young Artist Residencies.
Cuatro Corridos
A new collaboration of Mexican and American creative artists led by soprano Susan Narucki and writer and librettist Jorge Volpi. The hour-long, fully staged production features music by renowned composers Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang, Hilda Paredes, and Hebert Vázquez Sandrin. Each contributes one act of the story that is connected by a visual narrative. Intimate and portable, the production is conceived and designed to use small forces: three musicians and one singer, simple video screens, and a set created by the use of light and shadow. Other collaborators include acclaimed performers of new music, such as percussionist Steven Schick, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez.
Crane of Iron and Silk
A new work for piano and electronics for Kathleen Supové, New York
arlene sierra,composer biography works performances, 12/13 reviews debut cd contact
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