● Edgard Varèse Celebration:

FILM: Varèse: The One All Alone, U.S. Premiere of the upcoming film by internationally acclaimed Dutch film-maker Frank Scheffer.

CONCERT: The Large Chamber Works of Edgard Varèse

● 30 World Premiere Performances:

Featuring new works by major international composers including Chou Wen-Chung, Charles Wuorinen, David Rakowski, and many more.

● Guest Artists:

Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, performing music for Haegeum, Gayageum, Ajaeng, and Daegeum.

Lydian String Quartet
(Boston)

Del Sol String Quartet
(San Francisco)

New York New Music Ensemble (New York)

Ensemble Parallèle
(San Francisco)

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
(Bay Area)

Chamber Music Society of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

1. FILM: Varèse: The One All Alone. A Film about Edgard Varèse (2009) by Frank Scheffer (U.S. Premiere), with commentary by Chou Wen-chung and Frank Scheffer

2. CONCERT: The Complete Large Chamber Works of Edgard Varèse. Music by Edgard Varèse and his disciple, Chou Wen-chung with Ensemble Parallèle (Nicole Paiement, conductor), and the UCSC Percussion Ensemble (William Winant, director).

3. Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea and Del Sol String Quartet. World Premieres of 10 new works.

4. Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea and Lydian String Quartet. World Premieres of new works by composers Chinary Ung, David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Paul Nauert, Geon-Yong Lee, Sung-Ki Kim, Yu-Hui Chang, David Rakowski, Kurt Rohde, Laurie San Martin, Ken Ueno, Chou Wen-chung, as well as graduate students from UCSC, UCD, Brandeis, and Korean National University of Arts.

5. New York New Music Ensemble
Works by Andrew Imbrie, Charles Wuorinen, Chou Wen-chung, Lei Liang, David Cope, and Jeremy Sagala.

6. Gamelan Sekar Jaya with the UCSC Gamelan Ensembles. Works by Bill Alvis, Lou Harrison, Nano S, Jose Maseda, and Wayne Vitale.

7. World Premieres of Graduate Student works.

8. Symposia and Lectures. Topics: Edgard Varèse (by Chou Wen-Chung), the Inter-Cultural Creative Process (participating composers and musicologists from the CMEK collaborative composition project)), and lectures by visiting composers.