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Triptych with Leslie Leytham, mezzo-soprano, and Brendan Nguyen, piano
Mezzo-soprano, Leslie Ann Leytham, and pianist, Brendan Nguyen will present a concert of pieces exploring corporeal and metaphysical transcendence, and the obscuring of dreaming and wakefulness.
Franz Schubert | Schwanengesang (selections)
Claude Debussy | Proses Lyriques
Beat Furrer | Canti Della Tenebra
BRENDAN NGUYEN is a pianist who displays uncommon versatility as a performer, artist and thinker. His bold programming style, infusion of technology and extravagantly produced concert concepts aim to explore new musical territory while casting a contemporary eye on the established canon. Brendan has performed at prestigious concert halls and concert series including the REDCAT Theater at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Zipper Hall, the Monday Evening Concert series, Merkin Hall and The Stone in New York. He is also a former member of the highly acclaimed Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Echoi, and Palimpsest ensembles, and has recorded with Carrier Records and Populist Records. He has worked closely and in workshops with composers such as George Crumb, Sir Harrison Birtwistle,
and Lewis Nielson. Brendans enthusiasm for contemporary music has lead to a number of premieres and commissions, including works by Wojtek Blecharz, Aaron Helgeson, Nicholas Deyoe, Clint McCallum, Josiah Oberholtzer, and by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Roger Reynolds. He has also performed with ICE violinist David Bowlin, pianist Aleck Karis, and percussionist Steven Schick. Brendan performed at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine as a recipient of a Performers Associate Fellowship. There, he was featured both as soloist and chamber musician on the Upbeat! Concert Series and the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music alongside esteemed faculty and guest artists. Brendan has also made appearances at the Shandelee International Music Festival in New York as two-time recipient of the C.J. Huang Foundation Scholarship and the Jim Ricketts Foundation Scholarship.
LESLIE ANN LEYTHAM , is a San Diego-based mezzo-soprano who actively commissions contemporary mutli-media narrative vocal works, and collaborates with composers not only as a singer and actor, but as a director and designer as well. Ms. Leytham seeks to consistently extend the theatrical and technical boundaries of the voice and has commissioned and premiered works by Beat Furrer, Martin Hiendl, Nicholas Deyoe, Clinton McCallum, Carolyn Chen, Marti Epstein, Andy Vores. Ms. Leytham has performed as a featured artist with CityWater Ensemble (San Francisco), The Industry Opera Company with WildUp under the baton of Christopher Rountree(L.A.) and stage direction of Yuval Sharon, Ensemble Echoi on the Monday Evening Concert Series (L.A.) under the baton of Jonathan Hepfer, La Jolla Symphony under the direction of Steven Schick (S.D.), wasteLAnd (L.A.), and as a founding member of Bostons Guerilla Opera Company (Boston). Leslie has also been featured in installation performances at NOWY Teatr (Warsaw), Space4Art (S.D.), and the Mengi (Reykjavik). Ms. Leytham has been released on Populist Records.
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LocationSt. James by the Sea Episcopal Church (View)
743 Prospect Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
United States
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| Minimum Age: 6 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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