Arts & Events

Press Release: Pacific Mozart Ensemble in Concert on Friday

Wednesday December 01, 2010 - 08:03:00 AM

The Pacific Mozart Ensemble, acclaimed for performances of music ranging from Mozart to Meredith Monk, presents a special L@TE program this coming Friday at 7:30 pm at the Berkeley Art Museum, with new commissioned works by Amy X Neuburg and Sanford Dole, as well as vocal gems by Meredith Monk and Gabrieli. The singers will position themselves around the acoustically resonant Gallery B, and listeners are invited to sit or recline on the BAMscape sculpture and on the floor. A limited number of chairs are available. 

Directed by Lynne Morrow, the Pacific Mozart Ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall for Meredith Monk’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, has made guest appearances with Sweet Honey in the Rock, presented the West Coast premiere of David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion, and received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to record the choral music of Dave Brubeck. The ensemble has made three European tours and numerous recordings. 

Program: 

Meredith Monk: Processional Meredith Monk: Astronaut Anthem Meredith Monk: Strand 2 Gabrieli: Vox Domini Sanford Dole: Water: Making Everything New Amy X Neuburg: Circle of Lullabies: Songs for children and planets born & unborn 

7:30 Friday, December 3 (doors open at 5, DJ at 6:30; wine and beer available)  

Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley (510) 642-8054 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

$7 general admission, free for museum members and UC Berkeley faculty, students, and staff