whisper / sing / speak
A theatrical chamber music concert featuring performance art, improvisation, and virtuosic playing while singing. The program includes four Aperture Duo commissions with two world premieres by emerging US and Mexican composers. Works by Erika Vega, Alex Temple, Erin Rogers, John Ivers, Noah Meites, and George Aperghis.
THE PROGRAM
Georges Aperghis: selections from Retrouvailles
Erin Rogers: Travelogue*
Erika Vega: The Love Song (World Premiere)*
John Ivers: one-way, two-trace (World Premiere)*
Noah Meites: Water and Power *
Alex Temple: Viola Joke
* Aperture Duo Commission
THE ARTISTS
Aperture Duo curates fearless programs that explore new sounds, voices, and techniques through the lens of violin and viola chamber music. Lauded for their “precision and interpretation” along with their “distinct sense of unity and independence” (icareifyoulisten.com), Los Angeles-based Aperture Duo was founded in 2015 by violinist Adrianne Pope and violist Linnea Powell. Equally at home performing old and new music, Aperture Duo actively commissions diverse new works to expand the violin and viola duo repertoire.
Aperture Duo has been in residence at California Institute of the Arts, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Young Musician’s Foundation, Las Positas College, Black House SoCal New Music Workshop, and has designed educational concerts with wild Up and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Performance credits include Tuesdays @ Monk Space, the main stage at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Music at Boston Court, L.A. Signal Lab, Synchromy, LA Downtown Art Walk, Brooklyn’s Home Audio Concert Series, UC Santa Barbara Summer Music Festival, Window Concert Series at the Craft in America Center, Eureka! Musical Minds of California Graduate Student Conference, and Hear Now Music Festival.
In the 2018/19 season, Aperture Duo will be presented by WasteLAnd Concert Series, Boston Court Pasadena, and Carlsbad Music Festival. The season will also include four commissions and a residency at Cal State Long Beach.
Aperture Duo is a project of the Fulcrum Arts’ Emerge Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
