New York, NY | (a place is a place) with andPlay

The Crypt of Church of the Intercession, 7:30 PM. More information here.

(a place is a place) with andPlay

Presented by Equal Sound at Civic Center Studios, 8 PM. More information here.

Unearthing Mozart

Aperture Duo joins the CalArts Ensemble for an evening of new and old music for violin, viola, electronics, and ensemble. 8 PM, The Wild Beast, California Institute of the Arts. 

Aperplicity

2+2= 2? 4? Or possibly 5? In Aperplicity, Aperture Duo and Autoduplicity join forces for an evening of musical chairs presented by PIE. Autoture, Rachnea, Jennrianne, Linachriafer…what happens in the mixup? Drinking games, word games, youtube videos, and amplified chalkboards. Join the confusion and find out for yourself!

PROGRAM

Selections from Retrouvailles by Georges Aperghis 

Time With People, Op. 1 by Tim Parkinson

Speech Suite by Todd Moellenberg (world premiere)

Wash Me Whiter Than Snow by Jennifer Walshe

I Delayed People’s Flights By Walking Slowly In Narrow Hallways by Mayke Nas and Wouter Snoei
 

Friday, September 6th 

Throop Unitarian Universalist

300 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

More information:

http://www.peopleinsideelectronics.com/aperplicity

Bruman Festival at UCLA

This summer, Aperture Duo will be featured at the Bruman Festival on July 31st, 12 PM. The festival concerts are free and open to the public in the beautiful Powell Library at UCLA. 

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Program

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Derek Tywoniuk*: Bluets

WA Mozart: Duo in Bb Major, K 424

Erika Vega*: The Love Song

Courtney Bryan*: And What I Mean is This

Andrew Tholl*: hold still while the world turns 

*Aperture Duo Commission

Noon to Midnight

Aperture Duo will be featured twice this year on the LA Phil's N2M! Don't miss Jessie Marino's Rot Blau on Wild Up's set and Sarah Gibson's tiny tangled world on Jacaranda's set. We can't wait to play both of these pieces on stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall!

More info here.

Aperture Duo at Cal State Long Beach

This Wednesday, come hear new works by students at Cal State University Long Beach! Aperture Duo will work with students on their pieces and give a concert featuring student works as well as some Aperture favorites by Erin Rogers, Alex Temple, John Ivers, Erika Vega and Georges Aperghis.

More information here.

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. Boston Court, 8 PM. Tickets available here.

THE PROGRAM
Georges Aperghis: selections from Retrouvailles
Erin Rogers: Travelogue*
Erika Vega: The Love Song*
John Ivers: one-way, two-trace*
Noah Meites: Water and Power *
Alex Temple: Viola Joke

* Aperture Duo Commission

Sonic Chapel

Carlsbad Music Festival will be hosting Aperture Duo on its new Sonic Chapel Concert Series! Works by Erin Rogers, Alex Temple, Noah Meites, Andrew Tholl, Nicholas Deyoe and George Aperghis. 8 PM, St Michael's by-the-Sea, Carlsbad, CA. Tickets available here.

A(sh)perture

Aperture Duo is thrilled to present A(sh)perture, a concert in collaboration with Ashley Walters of innovative music for strings. Aperture Duo will premiere a new work by Erin Rogers, Ashley Walters will premiere a new work by Trevor Bača, then we will join forces to perform radical works for string trio. 

Sofia Gubaidulina String Trio
Georges Aperghis Faux Movement
Iannis Xenakis Kottos

Clara Iannotta Limun
Trevor Bača New Work for Ashley Walters
Erin Rogers New Work for Aperture Duo

ArtshareLA – 801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles 90013
Tickets $15 ($5 for students)
Parking is free in the lot across Hewitt St. from ArtshareLA

Tiny, Tangled World

Aperture Duo returns to Craft in America’s Window Concert Series! Featuring Salvatore Sciarrino’s La Malinconia and recent Aperture Duo commissions by LA composers Sarah Gibson and Derek Tywoniuk, and New Orleans-based composer/pianist Courtney Bryan. Free admission and more info here.

Underwolf at the Outhaus '18

Aperture Duo is featured on the second night of Underwolf at the Outhaus '18, a three-night festival of experimental composition, improvisation and performance hosted by Underwolf Records. 

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9:45 PM at the Outhaus

2724 S Robertson Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90034

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More info here.

Aperture Duo | Bread and Salt

Aperture Duo makes their San Diego debut in an evening of new music inspired by poetry and prose. Featuring a world premiere by New Orleans-based composer/pianist Courtney Bryan and readings from Ashon Crawley's The Lonely Letters: an exploration of the interrelation of blackness, mysticism, quantum mechanics and love.

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Program: 

Courtney Bryan: And What I Mean Is This*^  (2018)

Derek Tywoniuk: Bluets*  (2017)

Augusta Read Thomas: Rumi Settings  (2001)

Andrew Tholl: hold still while the world turns*  (2017)

Nicholas Deyoe: 1560*  (2016)

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*Aperture Duo commission

^world premiere

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Bread and Salt

1955 Julian Ave

San Diego, CA 92113

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8 PM

Tickets: $10 at the door

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Tuesdays At Monk Space

Join us for an evening of reunions, memories, and reflections. Program to include works by Salvatore Sciarrino, George Aperghis, and exceptional southern California composers Nicholas Deyoe and Sarah Gibson. Also included on the program are works for mixed ensemble by up-and-comming Los Angeles composer Colin Horrocks. 8 PM, Monk Space. More info here.

Aperture Duo at the California Institute of the Arts

On January 22nd, Aperture Duo will give a concert of new works written by student composers at Cal Arts.  It has been a wonderful experience working with these composers during our residency, and we are excited to share their works.  The concert will feature world premieres by Roger Kim, Jeremy Parel, Gillian Rae Perry, Brandon Carson, and Maxwell Denney, in addition to works by Andrew Tholl, Clara Iannotta, and George Aperghis. 

Aperture Duo at Hear Sunday

On November 12th, 2017, Hear Sunday will present Aperture Duo as they delve into new works for violin and viola. The concert will feature world premieres by Maayan Tsadka and Derek Tywoniuk, works by Andrew Tholl, Hitomi Oba, Georges Aperghis, and old favorites by W.A. Mozart, and Béla Bartók.  More info here.

Carlsbad Music Festival

The 14th annual Carlsbad Music Festival is a 3-day summer celebration of “adventurous music by the beach” on Friday-Sunday, August 25-27 in the charming seaside Village of Carlsbad. Aperture Duo is thrilled to be a part of the CMF as a MainStage ensemble on August 26th at 3:40 PM.  More info here.

UCSB Summer Music Festival

The second annual UCSB Summer Music Festival will take place Thursday, August 17th through Saturday, August 19th on the UCSB campus. The festival will feature contemporary, world, classical, and folk music, with performances by LA-based Aperture Duo; Ziyad Marcus and the Sfinks; violist Jonathan Morgan; violinist and UCSB faculty member Andrew Tholl and his trio; the Celtic fusion band Dannsair; as well as a number of UCSB graduate students and alumni. The event will be free and open to the public, and will take advantage of UC Santa Barbara’s many performance venues, including the Multicultural Center Theater; the Art, Design & Architecture Museum; Karl Geiringer Hall; the Music Bowl; and the College of Creative Studies’ Old Little Theater. 

hold still while the world turns

Aperture Duo returns to Craft in America's Window Concert Series on August 17th for hold still while the world turns: an evening of contemporary California chamber music. Featuring newly written works by Federico Llach, Andrew Tholl, Mason Hock, Leslie La Barre, and Marc Evans. More info here.

DuoFest: Potential Energy

Potential Energy, featuring Autoduplicity and Aperture Duo, is an exploration of stimulating dualities with works by Christian Wolff, Kaija Saariaho, Kurt Isaacson, Catherine Lamb, Andrew Tholl, and Natacha Diels/Jessie Marino. The program also includes the world premiere of Jason Barabba’s micro-opera, Any Excuse Will Serve A Tyrant, pairing together soprano, Justine Aronson, and baritone, Scott Graff, for the first time on the stage of Boston Court.  More info here.

Artwalk: Aperture Duo at The Last Bookstore

Aperture Duo brings folk, classical, and relentlessly experimental violin and viola chamber music into focus at The Last Bookstore as part of the Los Angeles Art Walk , featuring premieres by local and international composers.

More info here.

Twos and Threes

Aperture Duo is excited to collaborate with pianist Richard Valitutto and soprano Justine Aronson for a night of duos and trios by Morton Feldman, Nina Young, Ted Hearne, Nick Norton, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Noah Meites.

LA City College, Clausen Recital Hall, 8 PM

Aperture Duo at Home Audio

Home Audio is a salon-style performance series focused on presenting new and experimental music, dance, and art. Since 2011, Home Audio has been bringing people together over their excitement for new creative performances and delicious snacks. Aperture will be performing, as well as Popebama, Devin Gray and Mat Maneri. 8 PM 

More info here.

Aperture Duo at Craft in America Center

Aperture Duo returns to Craft in America's Window Concert Series on October 30th for Context, a night of contemporary American chamber music. Sharing the conversations, inspirations, and contexts of each work, Aperture Duo performs echoes of the Louisiana Creole country, sounds of nascent species, and a song about nuclear destruction. Join us for an evening of storytelling through the lens of the violin and viola with works by Augusta Read Thomas, Bonnie Dobson, two recent commissions by LA composers Noah Meites and Kurt Isaacson, and joined by special guest Terry de Castro.​

Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, 7 PM

Tuesdays@Monk Space

Tuesdays@Monk Space kicks off the Fall with a double bill of two Los Angeles mainstays! Aperture Duo (Adrianne Pope and Linnea Powell) and Walsh Set Trio (Brian Walsh, Trevor Anderies, Colin Burgess) combine forces for a mind-bending show of free improvisation and polished small chamber performances. Featuring a world premiere by Kurt Isaacson. 

To purchase tickets or get more information, click here.

Carlsbad Music Festival

We can't wait to be a part of Carlsbad Music Festival this year! Lots of great bands will be playing so come check it out!  

Avaloch Farm Music Institute

We are getting ready to head to Avaloch Farm next week!  Avaloch is an amazing residency in New Hampshire that provides musicians with the time, space, and resources to collaborate and work on repertoire.  We will be joined by composer Noah Meites who will work with us on our newest commission!

wild Up I WORK: Powell and Pope

Wild Up members Adrianne Pope and Linnea Powell bring folk, classical, and relentlessly experimental violin and viola chamber music into focus at Boston Court. As Aperture Duo, Adrianne and Linnea captivate audiences in the LA area with shows that juxtapose new commissions with old and rarely heard works.  

Ticket information here.

Desert Hot Springs Classical Concerts

Aperture Duo is thrilled to be performing works by Mozart, Deyoe, Aperghis, and DePinna on the Desert Hot Springs Classical Concerts series.  Free admission! More info here.

Aperture Duo: Peeled

Aperture Duo returns for our second concert of the 2015/16 season with works by Clara Iannotta, W.A. Mozart, and world premeires by Nicholas Deyoe and Nick DePinna. Join us for a night of very new and pretty old chamber music as we peel back the rind and interpret these contrasting works for violin and viola. 
Tickets: $10

Fall Winter Concert Series

Aperture Duo returns to the Window Concert Series for an evening of classical and contemporary music.  Violist Linnea Powell and violinist Adrianne Pope will perform works by Mozart, VanHassel, Bielawa, Read Thomas, Deluca, and Xenakis in conjuction with an exhibition of handmade instruments at the Craft in America Center.

Aperture Duo at Art Share-LA

Join us for Aperture Duo's first concert of the 2015/16 season! Violinist Adrianne Pope and violist Linnea Powell will perform works by Mozart, Augusta Read Thomas, Ted Hearne, and Georges Aperghis. Featuring Richard Valitutto, piano. 

"We have fallen into the place where everything is music" - Rumi 
(From Rumi Settings by Augusta Reed Thomas)

Window Concert Series at Craft in America

Join us in our kick-off concert at Craft in America as part of the Window Concert Series! The Aperture Duo, violist Linnea Powell and violinist Adrianne Pope, will juxtapose the old and the new in an evening of Mozart, Martinu, Iannotta, and more. Hope to see you there!