Event
Taproot New Music Festival:
Opening Concert
Sam Nichols, director
Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center
Performers
Colin Minigan, percussion
Members of Splinter Reeds
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Jeff Anderle, bass clarinet
Empyrean Ensemble
Sam Nichols, director
Matilda Hofman, conductor-in-residence
Sandra McPherson, clarinet
Jennifer Ellis, harp
Michael Seth Orland, piano
Chris Froh, percussion
Hrabba Atladottir, violin
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola
Leighton Fong, cello
Program
John Cage: Child of Tree (1975)
Dana Reason: …a poet you must become (2023) for oboe and fixed media
Joseph Kudirka: 21st Century Music (2008) for three instruments
Kory Reeder: My Mother Made Many Blankets (2023) WORLD PREMIERE
Free, a Shinkoskey Noon Concert
Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA










