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The Silver Screen in Concert Sun January 17, 2010   2pm Encinitas, CA Sat January 30, 2010   8pm Mission Viejo, CA Beginning with the pioneers of film music and fast-forwarding to those in the industry today, explore with us the concert music of some of the great composers of the silver screen. From quartets by Viennese wunderkind Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Robin Hood, Sea Hawk) and Hungarian émigré Miklós Rózsa (Ben-Hur, Spellbound) to new works including a quartet premiere by Larry Groupé (Resurrecting the Champ) and a new work for clarinet and quartet by Paul Chihara (Prince of the City, China Beach) commissioned by Connections, experience their music alongside representative film clips. Lights, Camera, String Quartets!
Walking the Line (Special Event) Sun March 7, 2010   Carlsbad, CA 4pm Pre-concert hors d'oeuvres reception 5pm Concert Walk the line with us as the California Quartet and friends discover connections between jazz and classical music with memorable works by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Peter Schikele, Maurice Ravel, and more! Enjoy pre-concert hors d’oeuvres with an ocean view beginning at 4pm.
Carlsbad High School Outreach Event Tues March 9, 2010   8-9:30am Carlsbad, CA This event is made possible by support from the City of Carlsbad Community Arts Grant Program.
Residency with Michael Daugherty (Special Event) Fri March 12, 2010   12-3pm Redlands, CA Co-sponsored by the Connections Chamber Music Series and the University of Redlands School of Music, the California Quartet will be in residence at the University of Redlands with renowned composer Michael Daugherty. The residency will feature an open rehearsal of Daugherty’s tribute to Elvis impersonators entitled Elvis Everywhere being performed on the American Roots and Rhythms concerts.
American Roots and Rhythms Sat March 27, 2010   7pm Mission Viejo, CA Sun March 28, 2010   2pm Encinitas, CA Celebrate with us a collection of American idols.  With our “special guest”, the pre-recorded tape, the California Quartet presents Michael Daugherty’s Elvis Everywhere and John Adams’ John’s Book of Alleged Dances (Toot Nipple, Alligator Escalator, and Dogjam, to name 3!) as well as Steve Reich’s monumental and emotional Different Trains.  You’ll recognize Barber’s otherworldly Adagio for Strings in its original quartet version, and discover Matthew Tommasini’s Appalachian-influenced violin duet Fiddle States.
Latin-American Perspectives Fri April 23, 2010   7pm Mission Viejo, CA Sun April 25, 2010   2pm Encinitas, CA ¡Viva América Latina!  From cerveza to cachaça, join us in toasting our neighbors to the south.  Revueltas’ tequila-inspired mariachi hallucinations across Mexican deserts, Ginastera’s galloping gauchos of the vast Argentinean pampas, and the swinging samba hips of Villa-Lobos’ Brazilian rainforest will leave you ready for your well-deserved siesta.  Also on the menu is Passage, a ballet score by composer-in-residence Matthew Tommasini, chronicling the border crossing of Mexico’s northbound.
Folk Inspirations Sun May 23, 2010   2pm Encinitas, CA Sat May 29, 2010   7pm Mission Viejo, CA Travel to distant lands with a concert inspired by folk music from Europe and Asia, featuring Bela Bartok’s passionate postcard from Eastern Europe, Romanian Folk Dances in a new arrangement by Matthew Tommasini, Antonin Dvorak’s Quartet in G Major, infused with Czech tunes, and ceremonial music from Cambodia in Khse Buon by San Diego-based composer Chinary Ung.  Inspired by a trip to Italy, composer-in-residence Matthew Tommasini returns with an entrancing new work flavored by a wild folk dance called the pizzica.
Sonic Stories Sat June 26, 2010   7pm Mission Viejo, CA Sun June 27, 2010   2pm Encinitas, CA Our season finale explores novels, myths, and transcendent visions through music.  We present Leoš Janácek’s evocative Quartet No. 1 inspired by Tolstoy’s controversial novel The Kreutzer Sonata about the power of jealousy and passion, Olivier Messiaen’s personal reflections on the end of the world while a prisoner of war in his Quartet for the End of Time, and Orpheus’ fatal love personified by pulsating rock rhythms in Matthew Tommasini’s Dreams of Orpheus.
2010 Season Venues:	Encinitas Library 540 Cornish Drive Encinitas, CA 92024 (760) 753-7376	Murray Center 24932 Veterans Way Mission Viejo, CA 92692 (949) 470-3062		The Crossings at Carlsbad 5800 Crossings Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 (760) 444-1800
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