Robert Helps Festival
Robert Helps Festival
In commemoration of the distinguished legacy of the eminent pianist and composer Robert Helps, the University of South Florida is pleased to announce the fifth annual international composition competition and festival.
15 February, 22.00
Late Night with Louis
Music
Louis Andriessen, Igor Stravinsky
Conductor
William Wiedrich
Soloists
Patricia Green, voice
Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
USF faculty & student performers
Theater 2, University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA
14 February, 16.00
USF Symphony Orchestra
Soloists
Monica Germino, electric violin
Kim McCormick, flute; Amanda Lyon
Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
Ciro Scotto: Tetrology
Palladium Theatre
St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Tickets available at the Palladium Theater box office
http://calendars.usf.ed
plugged & unplugged
9 december, 14.00
Solo program
plugged & unplugged
for violin, adapted acoustic violin, electric violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, light and installation
Monica Germino, violin / electric violin Frank van der Weij, sound
Music Jacob ter Veldhuis, J.S. Bach, Louis Andriessen, Heiner Goebbels, Philip Glass, Nicholas Brown, Michael Gordon
Van Abbe Museum
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK
Performer
Monica Germino
Creator & composer
Nicholas Brown
The Soul Finds Rest in Unity: a new live installation-performance in a domestic environment with sound, video & micro-performances
Times & location TBA - please check the website:
www.hcmf.andymayer.net
16 November, 21.00
Program
Night of the Unexpected
Curator
Roland Speckle and Graham McKenzie
Featuring Charlemagne Palestine, Alvin Curran, Monica Germino, Edwin van der Heide, Rhodri Davies & Ko Ishikawa, Evan Parker & Joel Ryan, Staalplaat Soundsystem, [rout], Niels Meliefste and many more...
Monica Germino performs Michael Gordon's Industry, for adapted violin and electronics
Bates Mill
The Blending Shed
Huddersfield, UK
The Night of the Unexpected is a one-night festival, an experience, an evening full of surprises...a statement about current developments in new music...showcases cutting edge techniques and international approaches to sound...
17 November, 16.00
Monica Germino, violin / electric violin Frank van der Weij, sound
Solo program
plugged & unplugged
for violin, adapted acoustic violin, electric violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, light and installation
Music
Jacob ter Veldhuis, J.S. Bach, Louis Andriessen, Heiner Goebbels, Nick Williams (WORLD PREMIERE), Nicholas Brown, Michael Gordon
Studio 2, Huddersfield, UK
Produced by HCMF/Supported by Foundation for the Performing Arts in The Netherlands
Tickets
tickets.kirklees.gov.uk
Canada Tour
19 - 27 April tour to Canada
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and more TBA
Solo program
Monica Germino
Plugged & unplugged for acoustic, amplified adapted acoustic, and electric violins
Music
Michael Gordon, Heiner Goebbels, Louis Andriessen, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Nicholas Brown & more
Toronto Music Gallery TBA
21 April
La Chapelle hisorique du Bon Pasteur
100, Rue Sherbrooke Est
Montreal, QC, Canada
24 April
Music on Main’s Inaugural Season
Heritage Hall; Vancouver, Canada
Postscript: A Choreography
Postscript: a choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León
Music
Philip Glass
STRUNG OUT for solo amplified violin
Nederlands Dans Theater II
5 April, 20:00
Stadsschouwburg
Utrecht The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)30-2302023
7 April, 20.15
Odeon De Spiegel theaters
Zwolle
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)38-4288288
10 April, 20:00
Chassé Theater
Breda
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)76-5303132
12 April, 20:30
Parktheater
Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)40-2111122
Louis Andriessen: La Passione
22 November, 19.30
Louis Andriessen: La Passione, double concerto for voice & violin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Clark Rundell
Cristina Zavalloni, vocals
Monica Germino, violin
Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine
8 November, 20.30
Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine - mit obligater Klarinette und Sampler (1989-2006)
Monica Germino, amplified violin solo
Tomoko Mukaiyama, sampler
David Kweksilber, clarinet
Grote Zaal, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)20 788 2000
Goebbels & Gubaidulina Festival
16-21 October
Guest artist in residence, Goebbels & Gubaidulina Festival, hosted by Stichting
Prime & Grand Theatre Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
www.grand-theatre.nl www.prime-nieuwemuziek.nl
19 October, 19.15
Program
Works by Heiner Goebbels
WORLD PREMIERE
Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine - mit obligater Klarinette und Sampler (1989-2006)
Monica Germino, amplified violin solo Tomoko Mukaiyama, sampler David Kweksilber, clarinet
- other works, including: Black on White, Red Run, and La Jalousie with: Asko Ensemble
Conductor
Peter Rundel
clubguy & roni dance company
Grand Theatre; Groningen, The Netherlands
www.grand-theatre.nl www.prime-nieuwemuziek.nl
20 Oktober, 22.30
After-party, Goebbels/Gubaidulina festival
Philip Glass: Strung Out for amplified violin
Monica Germino, violin solo
also with: media-artists Roger Muskee & Robert Keun; students of the Academy of Pop Culture & ABK Minerva; composer Ivo van Emmerik & students from the ArtEZ Conservatorium with a remix of Goebbels' music
Produced in collaboration with Prime Festival & Pavlov Media
Night of the Unexpected
7 September, 20.30
Night of the Unexpected
Monica Germino, violin solo
Plus other artists, including Marko Ciciliani, Kassiopeia Quintet, Phil Niblock, Thomas Ankersmit, and TBA
Paradiso
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tickets & information
www.paradiso.nl
Organizers
Steim and Stichting Gaudeamus
Info also available at www.gaudeamus.nl
