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Keyed Kontraptions

October 1, 2020 - 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm Daniel Godsil Addie Camsuzou Adam Strawbridge Sarah Wald Joseph Vasinda

Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Kristopher King, bassoon
Michael Hernandez, saxophone
Jonathan Szin, clarinet

Graduate student compositions—

Daniel Godsil: A Kind of Stopwatch
with film

Addie Camsuzou: Tonic Immobility

Adam Strawbridge: some interesting shapes

Sarah Wald: The Rose and the Nightingale
with electronics

Joseph Vasinda: Vapors

Free, online only via YouTube
a Shinkoskey Noon Concert

Keyed Kontraptions was founded in 2016 as a duo of contra-bass wind instruments and continues to explore unique colors and instrumental combinations of the wind family. The members of Keyed Kontraptions advocate for contemporary music through commissioning projects, working directly with composers to expand their repertoire.

Saxophonist Michael Hernandez is a founding member of the acclaimed Mana Quartet and has collaborated with many well-known Bay Area organizations including Empyrean Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, New Century Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and others.

Clarinetist Jon Szin is an active teacher, chamber musician, and co- founder/co-director of the SF-based wind octet Nomad Session.

Bassoonist Kris King is a founding member of Keyed Kontraptions, a member of the chamber groups Nomad Session and Elevate Ensemble and regularly performs as a freelance musician with several orchestras throughout California.

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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October 1, 2020 - 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm Daniel Godsil Addie Camsuzou Adam Strawbridge Sarah Wald Joseph Vasinda

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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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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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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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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Joseph Vasinda

July 11, 2018

Joseph Vasinda is a composer and music educator based in the Sacramento area and is attending school to earn a PhD in music composition and theory. As a composer, he is deeply interested in creating works that resonate with performers. Whether through performer input on the musical material, performer feedback on the experience of playing through the piece, or by using improvisational elements, Joseph writes pieces that he hopes performers will find enjoyable or rewarding.

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