Village Music Walk
Red Fish Blue Fish, Calder Quartet, ACME, Nathan Davis, Matt McBane and more.
Carlsbad Village [DIRECTIONS], 5:45-9:30pm
FREE! ($5 suggested donation per set supports the musicians)
Carlsbad’s quaint Village-by-the-Sea comes alive with music as part of the seventh annual Carlsbad Music Festival. The Village Music Walk kicks off at the Carlsbad Village Train Station with a site-specific performance by the acclaimed percussion group Red Fish Blue Fish followed by a series of performances by Festival and local musicians at venues including cafes, galleries and record stores across the Village. All of the venues are within a 3-minute walk of each other and audience members can create their own music experience by choosing which events to attend. This is a rare opportunity to hear the world-class musicians of the Carlsbad Music Festival in incredibly intimate venues.
Part curated festival, part community music-making, the Village Music Walk will be a fun, social and adventurous evening of music and exploring the village of Carlsbad. MORE INFO
Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library [DIRECTIONS], 2pm [PURCHASE TICKETS]
Pre-concert talk, 1pm
Praised as a “phenomenal young pianist…dazzling and exhilarating” (Alan Rich, LA Weekly), internationally acclaimed pianist (and member of ACME) Eric Huebner will perform a program of works that trace musical influences across three generations of composers from Igor Stravinsky to Louis Andriessen to CMF Composers-in-Residence Caroline Malloneé and Matt McBane. MORE INFO
Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library [DIRECTIONS], 8pm [PURCHASE TICKETS]
Pre-concert talk, 7pm
Called “one of America's most satisfying- and most enterprising- quartets" (Mark Swed, LA Times), the Calder Quartet is one of the most exciting, innovative and highly-skilled chamber ensembles in the country. CMF’s Founding Ensemble-in-Residence will perform Philip Glass’ String Quartet #2, Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet and works by two of the Festival’s Composers-in-Residence: Australian, Amsterdam-based Kate Moore (winner of the 2010 CMF Composers Competition) and New York-based Nathan Davis. MORE INFO
Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library [DIRECTIONS], 2pm [PURCHASE TICKETS]
Pre-concert talk, 1pm
ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble) is an ensemble comprised of some New York’s most exciting young musicians that is known for its interpretations of 20th and 21st century masterpieces and for its collaborations with young composers and with indie-rockers such as Grizzly Bear. This program will feature music by young New York composers Matt Marks and (ACME member) Caleb Burhans, San Diego-based Lei-Liang, New York-based David Lang and will close with a performance of Oliver Messiaen’s classic mid-century masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time. MORE INFO
Thursday and Friday
Performance-demonstrations by festival musicians in Carlsbad junior high and high school music classes.
Calder Quartet: www.calderquartet.com
ACME: www.acmemusic.org
Eric Huebner, piano: www.erichuebner.com
Red Fish Blue Fish
Kate Moore: kemoore.ihere.info
Nathan Davis: www.nathandavis.com
Caroline Mallonneé: www.carolinemallonee.com
Matt McBane: www.mattmcbane.com
