From the Conservatory
From the Conservatory - Mondays at 9pm
KALW continues its commitment to local music and partnerships with its new series, From the Conservatory.  Join KALW host David Latulippe for recorded highlights of recent concerts from the students, faculty, and alumni of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  With its new state-of-the-art home in the heart of the city’s Civic Center, the Conservatory now offers music to the public via three performance spaces – a 450 seat concert hall, the 140 seat Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, and the intimate Osher Salon – while preparing exceptionally talented students from around the world for the musical challenges of the 21st century.  More information at http://www.sfcm.edu/.

Kim Kashkashian coaching Conservatory students

This 13-part series is in continuous week-by-week production.  Program content will be updated periodically, and is subject to change.


Monday, January 4 at 9pm:  Mozart - Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb, K. 493 with guest pianist Menahem Pressler and Conservatory student artists Roseminna Watson on violin, Hannah Nicholas on viola, and Gretchen Claasen on cello (11/5/09);  Paul Hindemith - Viola Concerto, Op. 36 (Kammermusik #5) with Conservatory faculty member Jodi Levitz as viola soloist with the Conservatory Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Mogrelia (11/5/09).


Monday, January 11 at 9pm:  Ernest Bloch - Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Hassidic Life) with Conservatory faculty artists Axel Strauss, violin (pictured left at a Conservatory coaching session), and Solon Gordon, piano (11/7/09); Carlo Domeniconi - Koyunbaba with Conservatory student guitarist Robert Nance (11/16/09); Leos Janacek - Intimate Letters with Conservatory student artists Stephanie Bibbo and Noemy Gagnon-Lafrenais, violins; Taija Warbelwo, viola; and Erik Haasler, cello (12/3/09).


Monday, January 18 & 25 at 9pm:  Gioacchino Rossini - Petite messe solonelle with the Conservatory Chamber Choir (11/12/09);

       - 1/18 with Claude Debussy - Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp with faculty artists Tim Day, flute; Don Ehrlich, viola; and Doug Rioth, harp (10/25/09)

       - 1/25 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mitridate:  Duet from Act II, with soprano Elise Cordle as Aspasia and Elizabeth Hertzberg as Sifare, from the Advanced Opera Workshop Recital (12/04/09).

Monday, February 1 at 9pm:  Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, with student violinists Roseminna Watson and Hanna Hurwitz, violist Alexa Beattie, and cellist Erin Wang (4/23/08); Richard Strauss - Brentano Lieder, with soprano Xi Wang and the Conservatory Orchestra, Alasdair Neale, guest conductor (12/5/09).

Monday, February 8 at 9pm:  Wei He, violin (pictured right), with David Gross, piano: Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Major, Op. 11, No. 2  (3/11/07); Béla Bartók - Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (3/15/05).


Monday, February 15 at 9pm:  JS Bach - Partita No. 1 in B Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002; Ian Swensen, violin (9/25/09); A visit with Dan Becker (pictured left), plus his Tamper Resistant* with Tracy Goodwin, flute; Benjamin Opie, oboe; Leonie Bot, violin; Michelle Kwon, cello; Sin Ting Chan, harpsichord; conducted by Nicole Paiement (11/17/08); Matthew Cmiel - Insistence; Morgan O'Shaughnessey, viola (11/20/09).

Monday, February 22 at 9pm:  Sebastian Plano - Sonata No.1 (third move't), Hannah Nicholas, viola (11/20/09); Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, Roseminna Watson & Benjamin Thacher, violins; Hannah Nicholas, viola; and Gretchen Claassen, cello (12/10/09).

Monday, March 1 at 9pm:  A visit with composer David Garner, including his String Quartet  with Alisa Rose and Noah Strick, violins, Alexa Beattie, viola, and Adaiha Macadam-Somer, cello (3/10/08); The Cremation of Sam McGee with Olivia Stoddard, soprano; Alisa Rose, violin; and Kristin Pankonin, piano (3/10/08); plus excerpts from his CD "Phenomenon": "Fiddler Jones" from Spoon River Songs - Susann Mentzer, soprano, with Kristin Pankonin, piano; "Juan Breva" from Vińetas Flamencas - Francisco Araiza, tenor;  Linda Lukas, flute; Jonathan Fischer, oboe; Ben Freimuth, clarinet; Steve Paulson, bassoon; Robert Ward, horn; and Kristin Pankonin, piano.  Also, Shade, by student composer Shahab Paranj, performed by violist Omid Assadi (11/20/09).

Monday, March 8 at 9pm:  Stravinsky - The Soldier's Tale
BluePrint: The New Music Ensemble - Nicole Paiement, director/conductor;  Stephanie Bibbo, violin; Paul Miller, clarinet; James Onstott, bassoon; Joshua Silva, trumpet; Andrew Bednarz, trombone; Megan McDevitt, contrabass; Jonathan Goldstein, percussion/sound effects; and members of the American Conservatory Theater: Richard Prioleau as The Narrator; Patrick Lane as The Soldier; Dan Wood Clegg as The Devil; and Marisa Rachel Duchowny as The Princess (11/14/09)

Monday, March 15 at 9pm:  Louis Cruz - Fantasy for Solo Viola, Taija Warbelow, viola (11/20/09); Arnold Schoenberg - Pierrot lunaire; Amy Foote, soprano, with Justin Lee, flute and piccolo; Anna Christina Phillips, clarinet and bass clarinet, Kevin Rogers, violin and viola, Anne Suda, cello and Ian Scarfe, piano (12/10/09); Yu-Chu Liang - Temple Fair, Victor Leung, viola, Jerry Liu, cello (11/20/09).


Monday, March 22 at 9pm:  All About Jazz!  A talk with trumpeter Mario Guarneri, who teaches Practical Improvisation at the Conservatory, with excerpts from the Mario Guarneri Quartet recorded live at the Conservatory in late 2009.

Monday, March 29 at 9pm:  A Preparatory Division Showcase featuring pianist Hilda Huang and violinist Kenneth Renshaw in solo works by Bach, and cellist Tessa Seymour with Prep Faculty pianist Miles Graber in works by Brahms and Debussy.  Plus, a conversation with Prep Division Director, John McCarthy.



* a brief excerpt from Conservatory faculty composer Dan Becker's Tamper Resistant is used as theme music for this series.


In addition to working behind the scenes with KALW’s development and publicity departments, host David Latulippe was founding producer and host of Out in the Bay and has hosted the KALW music series Music from Mills and Music at Menlo.  He currently performs flute and piccolo in three Bay Area orchestras, and with harpist Michael Steadman.  For 20 years, he presented and performed in an annual series of chamber music concerts in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, before making his home in San Francisco in 2002.