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Orange Road Quartet
Works by Graduate Students

January 23, 2025 - 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm Jacob Lane Colin Minigan James R. Larkins Zoë A. Wallace James R. Larkins Bryndan Moondy

Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Miguel Calleja and Holly Workman, violin
Nicky Moore, viola
Jordan Bartow, cello

Program

Jacob Lane: Frozen Moment PREMIERE

Colin Minigan: stillness and winter beech PREMIERE

Zoë A. Wallace: String Quartet 4: Unstuck in Time PREMIERE

James R. Larkins: Between Us PREMIERE

Bryndan Moondy: five exposures PREMIERE

a Shinkoskey Noon Concert

Free

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

Event

January 23, 2025 - 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm Jacob Lane Colin Minigan James R. Larkins Zoë A. Wallace James R. Larkins Bryndan Moondy

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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Jacob Lane

October 22, 2020

Jacob Lane is a composer, pianist, and educator who lives in Davis, California. He is the pianist for the chamber group Sl(e)ight Ensemble and has been a member of The Music Teachers’ Association of California since 2015. In addition to his private studio, Jacob teaches piano performance and music theory at New World Music Academy in Pleasanton, California. Jacob holds degrees in music performance from Mills College (Oakland, California), and Northern Vermont State University (Johnson, Vermont).

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Colin Minigan

June 8, 2021 B.A. Music: Skidmore College M.M. Music Composition: Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Colin Minigan (b.1994) is a Massachusetts-born composer whose recent music is concerned with natural phenomena, and the relationship between static and fluid elements of musical composition and performance. In addition to composition Colin spent time studying ethnomusicology and uses this perspective to inform his compositions. Colin has frequently collaborated on dance projects with performances throughout the United States and is an administrator and curator of the Xsection Film Festival, a festival aimed at promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between dance, science, and film.

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James R. Larkins

James Larkins in a gray shirt with a gray tie and a light blue rob with a gold stole. He's looking sideways and the background is a light brick building.

July 22, 2022

James R. Larkins (b. 1999) is a composer and cellist from North Carolina whose music explores the space between structural precision and musical spontaneity. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music and chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied composition under Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, and Lee Weisert, and studied cello under Brent Wissick.

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Zoë A. Wallace

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July 22, 2022

Zoë A. Wallace (b. 1994) is a composer and guitarist currently based in Northern California. She has performed in concerts throughout the country and has had pieces performed by such groups as KAIA String Quartet, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and the Fifth Wave Collective, as well as having been featured in festivals such as the Hot Air Music Festival and the 21st Century Guitar Conference.

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James R. Larkins

James Larkins in a gray shirt with a gray tie and a light blue rob with a gold stole. He's looking sideways and the background is a light brick building.

July 22, 2022

James R. Larkins (b. 1999) is a composer and cellist from North Carolina whose music explores the space between structural precision and musical spontaneity. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music and chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied composition under Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, and Lee Weisert, and studied cello under Brent Wissick.

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Bryndan Moondy

June 3, 2021 M.A., University of California Santa CruzB.M., San Francisco State University

Bryndan Moondy is a composer and guitarist rooted in Northern California. Bryndan’s creative practice seeks to engage the substance and materiality of sound and is driven by a fascination with the meanings we construct for ourselves through listening and engagement with[in] sound spaces. His work frequently draws influence from the natural world and other mediums within the visual and literary arts. Bryndan has received degrees from San Francisco State University and UC Santa Cruz. He is currently pursuing a PhD in composition and theory at UC Davis.

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