The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, a groundbreaking new
music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis
Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware,
composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble
treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance
instrument. The Ensemble’s contemporary electroacoustic
music, abstract, calm, spacious, free form, and transcendental,
is performed and recorded live with no overdubs or sequencing.
VENUE: Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
One Block from UC Berkeley Campus. 15 minute walk from
BART.
Telephone: 510 549 3864
TICKETS: $12 general, $8 students/seniors/disabled
(suggested donation)
No one turned away for lack of funds.
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available at the door.
EVENT WEBSITE: www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
About Trinity Chamber Concerts
In its 36th year, Trinity Chamber Concerts mission is to present
solo and small ensemble works from ancient to modern by Bay
Area performers. Trinity is dedicated to cultivating a diverse
program of performances that expands the possibilities of what
is considered chamber music, and in doing so have included
familiar works from the established Baroque, Classical, Romantic
and 20th Century repertoire alongside seldom-performed works
from the past and works of contemporary composers and
improvisers.
Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble Member Bios
Keyboardist and bassist Jack Curtis Dubowsky is an active
composer, conductor, writer, educator, and filmmaker.
Dubowsky has composed four chamber operas and scored five
feature films including That Man Peter Berlin, Rock Haven, and
Redwoods. The short film NYC Dilemma about this working
composer premiered 2006 at BFI in London. Dubowsky’s choral
music has been performed internationally by groups including
San Francisco Choral Artists, Desert Voices, Lesbian/Gay Chorus
of San Francisco, and Mount Eden Chorus. His orchestral music
has been performed by Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra. His
chamber music has been performed by Classical Revolution,
Snopea Chamber Ensemble, Organic Sound Experiment,
Collaborata, and Paradigm Brass. Dubowsky has received grants
from Meet the Composer, Zellerbach Family Fund, Friends of San
Francisco Public Library, and American Composers Forum.
Dubowsky produced recordings by The Winsome Griffles, Glen
Meadmore, and the Virgin Whore Complex. Dubowsky s award
winning Mr Jones parody is a highlight of the Momus album
Stars Forever. Dubowsky attended the Aspen School, and
received his MM in Composition from the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music. Dubowsky studied composition with
David Conte, Conrad Susa, Elinor Armer, and Michael
Czajkowski. Dubowsky recently received a 2009 Subito Grant
from American Composers Forum for a choral opera, Halloween
in the Castro, commissioned by the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San
Francisco, which will premiere in October 2009. Dubowsky will
be resident composer at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
in November 2009.
Percussionist Fred Morgan received his BM in percussion
performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
under the study of Jack Van Geem and his MM from the New
England Conservatory under the tutelage of Will Hudgins. Fred
currently studies timpani with San Francisco Timpanist David
Herbert. Other teachers have included Andrew Lewis, James Lee
Wyatt, and Alan Hall. Fred played William Kraft’s first timpani
concerto with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in 2003 as a
winner of the orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Fred was a
member of the San Francisco Youth Symphony from 1997-
2002. Fred has performed as a timpanist and percussionist in
the Hong Kong Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and
Kansas City Symphony. Fred performs with SF Symphony brass
and boys choir at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and has
subbed with the Midsummer Mozart Festival. Fred participated
in festivals of Spoleto USA, Schleswig-holstein, Music Academy
of the West, Jeunnesses Musicales, National Orchestral Institute,
and the Aspen Music Festival. Contemporary engagements
include work with the Sprocket Ensemble and performances and
recordings of the music of Erling Wold. Locally Fred subs with
the Oakland East bay Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony.
Fred has received a percussion chair in the Stockton Symphony.
Trombonist Hall Goff received his BA from Oberlin College and
MM from the Yale University School of Music, where his principal
teacher was John Swallow. Other teachers include Tom Cramer,
Douglas Edelman, Tyrone Breuninger, and Ned Meredith. Hall
has been a member of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since
1977, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players since
1979, and the Paradigm Brass since 2002. Hall has performed
locally with orchestras in Santa Rosa, Monterey, Oakland, Napa,
Marin, the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera,
nationally with the Eastern Brass Quintet, the Wall Street Brass
Quintet, Paul Lavalle s Band Of America, the New York City
Ballet, and internationally at the Spoleto Festival and the
Macerata Opera of Italy. Raising his bell in the popular realm,
Hall has performed with Frank Zappa, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope,
Nelson Riddle, Diane Carroll, Linda Ronstadt, Vic Damone, John
Pizzarelli, and The Manhattan Transfer. Recordings include
Prokofiev s Romeo and Juliet, Paul Chihara s The Tempest,
Tchaikovsky s Nutcracker with the San Francisco Ballet, music by
Earle Brown and Morton Feldman with the San Francisco
Contemporary Music Players, and recordings for film and TV.
LINKS
www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html
www.myspace.com/jcdensemble
www.cdbaby.com/jackcurtisdubowsky