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WHAT: 14th Other Minds Music Festival

WHO: Nine international composers—Michael Harrison (USA), Dobromiła Jaskot (Poland), Ben Johnston (USA), Catherine Lamb (USA), Chico Mello (Brazil), John Schneider (USA), Linda Catlin Smith (Canada), Bent Sørensen (Denmark), and Chinary Ung (Cambodia)

WHEN: Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 5-6-7, 2009  7pm Panel Discussions, 8pm Concerts

WHERE: Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)  3200 California Street (at Presidio Ave.), San Francisco

TICKETS: Single concert tickets $25–$35 ($25 student, $31 JCCSF members, $35 general); Festival passes $60–$150 ($60 student, $74 JCCSF members, $79 general, $150 premium seating); Students 17 and under free on concert days. Tickets available online from www.otherminds.org or through the JCCSF Box Office, (415) 292-1233 (M–F 12–7pm, Sat. 12–5pm), www.jccsf.org/arts (JCCSF subscription series tickets also available)

INFORMATION: (415) 934-8134 • www.otherminds.org • otherminds-AT-otherminds.org

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The 14th Other Minds Music Festival (OM 14) brings together nine of the most exciting and innovative composers from around the world for concerts and artist talks. The festival, produced by Other Minds Executive and Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian and Associate Director Adam Fong, continues its annual tradition of bringing together in conversation and concert the most creative voices from across the musical spectrum. The concert presentations feature four world premiere performances including The Tavern by American legend Ben Johnston (b. 1926), the US premiere of a work by Estonian Arvo Pärt for eight cellos, a special presentation in memory of Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008), Harry Partch’s Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales and Barstow, “de-composed” songs based on Brazilian classics, and three more world premieres including a new work commissioned by Other Minds, and Tone Clouds by La Monte Young protégé Michael Harrison, composed for just intonation piano and San Francisco’s Del Sol String Quartet. 

The 14th Other Minds Music Festival is presented by Other Minds in association with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program (DRAP), the Eugene and Elinor Friend Center for the Arts of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) and the Polish Cultural Institute for the Arts. The Festival begins on February 28, 2009, with four days of private retreat for guest composers at DRAP in Woodside, California, and continues with concerts on Thursday, March 5; Friday, March 6; and Saturday, March 7, 2009, at the JCCSF.

And you can hear some of the composers and performers of OM 14 on my radio program. Details at otherminds.org/mfom