San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present the 2025 soundON Festival, exploring cutting-edge contemporary music from around the world. Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of San Diego New Music and the 25th Anniversary of San Diego New Music's ensemble-in-residence NOISE with all-time favorites alongside brand-new works. Enjoy three nights of concerts in two separate locations in San Diego!

Housing for artists is generously provided by Ann Craig and Garna Muller. The soundON festival is partially underwritten by Garna Muller.

NOISE (Ensemble-in-Residence)

Christopher Adler, piano

Lisa Cella, flute

Franklin Cox, cello

Colin McAllister, classical guitar and conductor

Mark Menzies, violin

Morris Palter, percussion

Robert Zelickman, clarinet

GUEST ARTISTS

Duo Entre-Nous: Jackie Glazier, clarinet, and Don-Paul Kahl, saxophone

Matt Kline, conductor

Stephanie Aston, mezzo-soprano

Ryan Nestor, percussion

Schedule

Thursday, January 9, 2025

7:30 PM

In addition to honoring their longtime collaborator composer Stuart Saunders-Smith with a performance of Notebook for ensemble, NOISE performs solo works by Matthew Burtner, Salina Fisher, and others.

Friday, January 10, 2025

7:30 PM

In their first concert 25 years ago, NOISE performed a classic of the mid-20th century, Pierre Boulez’s Le Marteau sans maître. On the 10th, they reprise this work, along with a selection of pieces performed by guest artists Duo Entre-Nous, visiting from Arizona.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

7:30 PM

San Diego New Music closes the festival with a concert featuring Christopher Adler’s groovy classic Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze and a world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Sidney Marquez Boquiren.

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Date: January 9 - 11, 2025

Time: 7:30 PM

Locations: 

JOAN & IRWIN JACOBS MUSIC ROOM, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037

ATHENAEUM ART CENTER

1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 920113

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