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RED Shift: Provocative Contemporary Chamber Works at REDCAT

May 2, 3 p.m., Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT)

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Los Angeles, April 23-The next generation of performers of contemporary music, trained at CalArts, appear at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on Sunday, May 2, at 3 p.m., in a program of works by Prokofiev, Ligeti, Cage, So and Burns. General admission $24; CalArts employees, alumni, and non-CalArts students, $18; CalArts students, $12. For event information or box office, call (213) 237-2800, click here.

This concert explores a gamut of musical possibilities: from the humorous and sardonic sketches of Ligeti's "Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet" and Prokofiev's "Sarcasms," to the strange beauty found in the labyrinthine Weave by Chris Burns, a Bay-area composer. CalArts composer Mark So's delicate, and minimalist accompaniment to a similarly conceived film by Dorian Ahmeti contrasts with John Cage's deadly serious, absurdist and proto-Fluxus groundbreaking "Theater Piece."

These works, in addition to demanding a very high level of performance, reveal a "core sample" of compositional ideas and techniques through the last century of chamber composition into the next generation of composers. Performers include Peter Jacobson, Cathlene Pineda, Christine Tavolacci, Kristin Olsen, Joshua Emerich, Jonathan Stehney, Amanda Tabor, Maria Stefanova, and Mark So.

REDCAT - the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater is CalArts' new performance venue and gallery in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, located at the corner of 2nd and Hope streets.

REDCAT inaugural season sponsors include Shamrock Holdings, KCRW FM, The L.A. Weekly, and the Standard Hotel, with additional media sponsorship provided by the Downtown News.

CalArts, the first U.S. educational institution to integrate the visual and performing arts under one roof, is recognized as the nation's leading laboratory for the arts. Housing six schools--Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater--CalArts embraces creative cross-pollination among diverse art forms and traditions, and strongly encourages each artist to pursue his or her vision within a broad context of social and cultural understanding. For information about CalArts, visit www.muse.calarts.edu.

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