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 2020/2021 Season!

 
 
 

The Callithumpian Consort

Dedicated to the proposition that
music is an experience.

Stephen Drury - founder, conductor, pianist

Stephen Drury - founder, conductor, pianist

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Founded by pianist and conductor Stephen Drury sometime in the 1980’s, the Consort is a professional ensemble producing concerts of contemporary music at the highest standard. Stephen Drury created the Callithumpian Consort in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that the brand new masterpieces of our day are beautiful, sensuous, challenging, delightful, provocative, and a unique joy. Our audiences bring fresh ears to sounds never heard before; they bring their experiences from rock stadiums, jazz clubs, and internet electronica to the concert hall. They hunger for the new.

Callithumpian’s repertoire is the new and unusual, encompassing a huge stylistic spectrum from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. It is grounded in the musical discoveries of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Zorn, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and Iannis Xenakis. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to our mission. We have worked closely with composers John Cage, Frederic Rzewki, Helmut Lachenmann, Michael Finnissy, Jonathan Harvey, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, John Luther Adams, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff, Jo Kondo and many others. Recordings are available on Tzadik, Mode, and New World Records.

Callithumpian’s repertoire is the new and unusual, encompassing a huge stylistic spectrum from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. It is grounded in the musical discoveries of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Zorn, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and Iannis Xenakis. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to our mission. We have worked closely with composers John Cage, Frederic Rzewki, Helmut Lachenmann, Michael Finnissy, Jonathan Harvey, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, John Luther Adams, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff, Jo Kondo and many others. Recordings are available on Tzadik, Mode, and New World Records.

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The Ensemble

Stephen Drury, artistic director, conductor, piano

Stephen Drury, artistic director, conductor, piano

Adam Smith, bassoon

Adam Smith, bassoon

Christopher Moore, trombone

Christopher Moore, trombone

David Russell, cello

David Russell, cello

Elizabeth England, oboe

Elizabeth England, oboe

Franziska Huhn, harp

Franziska Huhn, harp

Gabriela Diaz, violin

Gabriela Diaz, violin

Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet

Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet

Rane Moore, clarinet

Rane Moore, clarinet

Kyle Spraker, trumpet

Kyle Spraker, trumpet

Neil Godwin, horn

Neil Godwin, horn

Mike Williams, percussion

Mike Williams, percussion

Sam Kelder, viola

Sam Kelder, viola

Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone

Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone

Stephen Marotto, cello

Stephen Marotto, cello

Rachel Beetz, flute

Rachel Beetz, flute

Yukiko Takagi, piano

Yukiko Takagi, piano