CONTEMPORARY MUSIC WORKSHOP - Saturday April 15, 2006
     
   
  Date/Time: Saturday April 15, 10am-5pm, reception following  
 
 
  Venue: Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street
San Francisco		  
 
     
  Participants: Midori, Jeeyoung Kim, Robert Greenberg - panellists
Alexander String Quartet
Students from San Francisco State University, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Young composers		  
         
  Schedule:
10:00-11:30 Robert Greenberg Lecture: "A Context for Contemporary Music"
11:45-13:30 Pre-selected students perform contemporary repertoire in a Master Class with Midori
13:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 Midori and Jeeyoung Kim discuss role of the composer, with a focus on Isang Yun
15:30-16:00 Alexander String Quartet previews part of a new work by Jeeyoung Kim
16:15-17:00 Panel discussion with Midori, Jeeyoung Kim, Robert Greenberg, members of Alexander String Quartet, and others. Audience Q&A
17:00 Closing reception in Fischer Family Room, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
 
     
  During the day in the Jewish Community Center public spaces, audio-visual materials will be on view.  
         
  Tickets: $19 ($10 for San Francisco Performances subscribers)  
         
         
  For more information about these events call San Francisco Performances at 415.392.2545 or visit www.performances.org  
         
     
         

Other honorees this year at the New Yorker for New York Awards Dinner, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, include Robert DeNiro (New Yorker for New York Award), "Hank" Greenberg (Brooke Russell Astor Award for Philanthropy) and Arthur Ross (Marietta Tree Award for Public Service).