Ensemble for These Times
Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Anne Lerner-Wright, cello, Dale Tsang, piano Music for Spain
PROGRAM
- MARIOCARRO (B. 1979)
Alta mar (2005, text: Ernestina de Champourcin), soprano/cello
- DAVIDGARNER (B. 1954)
Albeniz (from Cinq Hommages, rev. 1987), piano
III. GARNER (B. 1954)
El alma y la memoria (1995, text: Antonio Machado), soprano/piano
- Micorazón se ha dormido?
- RENACIMIENTO
- Desdeel umbral
- Ypodrás conocerte recordando
- MERCEDES ZAVALA (B. 1963)
La colección de haikus (2002-5), piano
- JEFFREYHOOVER (B. 1959)
Burning Giraffe (2015), cello/piano
- .MERCEDES ZAVALA (B. 1963) , soprano/piano
from La Sed, Ha nacido del dolor Acercaos a mi
MANUEL DE FALLA (1987-1946) , soprano/piano
from Siete canciones populares españoles
El paño moruno
Nana
VII. GARNER Ricercar on Pablo Picasso (2017), piano
Ensemble for These Times
Recently named Finalists in the 2018/19 American Prize in chamber music performance, E4TT consists of award-winning soprano and co-director Nanette McGuinness, Van Cliburn competitor pianist Dale Tsang, cellist Anne Lerner-Wright, and co-director and 2015 American Prize in Composition winner David Garner. The group focuses on 20th and 21st century music that is relevant, engaging, original and compelling—music that resonates with today and speaks to tomorrow, that harnesses the power of artistic beauty, intelligence, wit, lyricism, and irony to create a deep understanding of our times and the human condition. E4TT performed at the 2016 Krakow Culture Festival, was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Budapest in 2014 for a four-city tour in Hungary, and made its international debut in Berlin. E4TT has performed locally at the German Consulate General, SF Conservatory of Music, Old First Concerts, Trinity Chamber Concerts, and Noontime Concerts, among other venues, has commissioned 18 works and two arrangements, and has been a fiscally-sponsored affiliate of InterMusic SF since 2011.
Performers
Cellist ANNE LERNER-WRIGHT completed her BA in Music at Northwestern University in Cello Performance after spending three years as a Spanish Literature major at Bryn Mawr College. She has performed with many Bay Area orchestras since moving here from her native Chicago to study at the San Francisco Conservatory, where she earned a Master of Music in Cello Performance. Anne is a sought-after chamber musician and performer of contemporary music as well as music educator. She conducts two orchestras in the Marin Symphony Youth Programs, served several years as an artist-educator with “Enriching Lives Through Music,” is on the faculty of Dominican University and has a large private cello studio in San Rafael.
Hailed in the press for her “creamy golden tone” and “glorious soprano,” E4TT founder and co-director soprano NANETTE MCGUINNESS has performed in ten languages on two continents in repertory ranging from 1600 to the present and in over 25 roles—including Mimì, Cleopatra, Freia, Desdemona, Musetta, Countess Almaviva, First Lady, and Micaela—with the Silesian State (Czech Republic), San Jose (Opera in the Schools), West Bay, Pacific Repertory, and Livermore Valley Operas, among others. Solo concert engagements include Chants d’Auvergnes (Canteloube), Shéhérézade (selections), Lord Nelson Mass, Vesperae Solemne (Mozart), and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Her CD of music by women composers, Fabulous Femmes (Centaur CRC 2461) was called “perfect for the song recital lover” (Chambermusic Magazine). She earned a PhD in Music from UC Berkeley, MM in Vocal Performance from Holy Names, and BA in Music from Cornell University.
Pianist Dale Tsang earned her BM in piano performance from the University of Southern California, her MM from the University of Michigan and her DMA from Rice University. Nominated for the 1997 Van Cliburn competition, she took first prize in the 2001 Carmel Music Society Competition and was a semi-finalist in the 1999 Washington International Competition. Tsang performed at the Aspen Music Festival, the Holland Music Sessions and the Sarasota Music Festival. Tsang is a faculty member at Laney College and an active solo and chamber musician, both nationally and internationally. She has been a member of E4TT since 2012.
NOON CONCERT SERIES INFORMATION
For the past 6 years we have offered complimentary classical concerts every Wednesday featuring renowned musicians from around the world. Thank you so much to all who joined us and performed for us over these past seasons. You have helped make this concert series a special place where community and friends can gather for the love of live music and discover something new and beautiful each and every week.
Throckmorton Theatre is determined to offer the inspiration of live music to every community member, regardless of financial ability. Thus we offer these concerts free of charge to the public, however we pay all performers and incur costs to produce these events. We are incredibly grateful for any and all donations from those who have the means and we also welcome sponsorships of any level.
Concerts are approximately an hour long and most performances take place in the Tivoli room, where both the audience and musicians can sit in close proximity, creating an intimate concert setting. Please take a look at our calendar of these special events and join us!
