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Empyrean Ensemble: “New Music from Davis”
Sam Nichols, director

May 7, 2021 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Orkun Akyol Addie Camsuzou Josiah Tayag Catalan Daniel Godsil Trey Makler Aida Shirazi Adam Strawbridge Sarah Wald Matilda Hofman Cindy Behmer Chris Froh Michael Seth Orland

Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Trios by UC Davis graduate student composers in music—

Orkun Akyol: uneasy in my easy chair
Addie Camsuzou: Etiquette of Raindrops
Josiah Catalan: Safe Space
Daniel Godsil: I See You Never
Trey Makler: storybook II
Aida Shirazi: Sanguine
Adam Strawbridge: unrelenting_affirmation_of_tonic.exe
Sarah Wald: Stage Whisper

Musicians—

Matilda Hofman, conductor and UC Davis lecturer in music
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe and UC Davis lecturer in music
Peter Josheff, clarinet
Jennifer Ellis, harp
Mckenzie Langefeld, percussion
Michael Seth Orland, piano and UC Davis lecturer in music
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola and UC Davis lecturer in music

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Orkun Akyol

September 6, 2019

Orkun Akyol (b. 1992) is a PhD student in composition and theory at UC Davis. Currently he studies with Laurie San Martin. He holds a master’s degree in composition from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), during which he studied with Jeremy Woodruff, Pieter Snapper and Reuben de Lautour. Orkun’s latest interests are jazz music and computational creativity. His music writing is nourished from his diverse experiences as a jazz pianist and as an industrial engineer with a bachelor’s degree from Bogazici University.

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Addie Camsuzou

April 21, 2016

Addie Camsuzou is a composer and violinist from the central coast of California. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory/composition from Sacramento State University, where she studied composition with Dr. Stephen Blumberg, and violin with Ian Swensen and Anna Presler. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in music composition.

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Josiah Tayag Catalan
Lecturer in Music

April 21, 2016

Josiah Tayag Catalan is a Filipino-American born in New York City and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a degree from the Sacramento State School of Music where he studied composition with Stephen Blumberg and Leo Eylar and violin with Anna Presler and Ian Swensen. During his studies at the Sacramento State School of Music, he was chosen to represent the music department for the annual One World Initiative campaign to raise awareness around current global issues.

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Room 1109, Music Annex

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Daniel Godsil

April 21, 2016

Born and raised in central Illinois, Daniel Godsil (b. 1982) is a composer of chamber, orchestral, vocal, electronic, and film music, currently pursuing his PhD in composition and theory at the University of California, Davis. He holds an MFA in music composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he studied with John Fitz Rogers, John Mallia, and Jonathan Bailey Holland.

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Trey Makler

September 6, 2019

Trey Makler (b. 1994) is a musical storyteller. His music creates dramatic, poignant narratives that take the listener on unexpected journeys through memories of hope, play, struggle, and triumph. Aside from composing, he enjoys writing poetry, doodling, and organizing concerts. He is a doctoral candidate in composition and theory at the University of California, Davis, and holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the University of Missouri. His primary teachers have included Mika Pelo, Melinda Wagner, Stefan Freund, and W. Thomas McKenney.

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Aida Shirazi

April 21, 2016

Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Aida Shirazi’s music is described as “well-made” and “affecting” by The New Yorker. She holds her B.A. in classical piano from Tehran University of Art (Iran), and her B.M. in music composition and theory from Bilkent University (Turkey). She studied santoor (traditional Iranian dulcimer) with Parissa Khosravi Samani.

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Adam Strawbridge

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July 11, 2018

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Sarah Wald

April 21, 2016

Sarah Wald was born in Chicago. She attended Columbia University in the City of New York for her bachelor’s degree in music with a focus in composition. While at Columbia, Sarah studied composition with Tristan Murail and Arthur Kampela, as well as with Robert Lombardo in Chicago. She also studied flute with Sue Ann Kahn. Sarah then studied with Conrad Susa and David Garner at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for her master’s degree in composition. For her master’s thesis, she composed and produced Elegy for a Lady: a Music Drama in One A

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Matilda Hofman
Lecturer in Music

August 15, 2013 Conducting

Matilda Hofman, whose conducting has been described as having “a striking sense of purpose” and “taut and finely controlled” (San Francisco Gate), has a busy and varied performance schedule. She works regularly with a wide range of groups in Europe, and in California, which she has made her home. Matilda has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Berliner Festspiele, Holland Festival, and Ruhrtriennale among others.

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Room 222A, Music Building

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Cindy Behmer
Oboe

August 30, 2017

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Chris Froh
Lecturer in Music, Percussion

February 20, 2013 Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, University of Michigan

Percussionist Christopher Froh specializes in promoting and influencing the creation of new music through critically acclaimed performances and dynamic lectures. To date, he has premiered over 150 chamber and solo works by composers from 17 countries. His collaborations include some of the most significant composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Chaya Czernowin, David Lang, Steve Mackey, John Adams, George Crumb, Liza Lim, Matthias Pintcher, and Keiko Abe.

Room 228A, Music Building

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Michael Seth Orland
Piano

February 20, 2013

Michael Seth Orland has appeared extensively in the Bay Area as a chamber musician, playing with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Earplay, the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, New Music Theater, the Empyrean Ensemble, Other Minds, and in the San Francisco Symphony’s New and Unusual Music Series.

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Empyrean Ensemble: “New Music from Davis” Sam Nichols, director

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Empyrean Ensemble: “New Music from Davis”
Sam Nichols, director