HOCKET joins Thomas Mellan for the premiere of his own Correspondances for piano four hands, toy piano, and organ.
More info: www.jacarandamusic.org
HOCKET heads to The University of California, Santa Barbara! Program includes Christopher Cerrone's The Arching Path and more!
HOCKET heads to Tucson, AZ to perform and record of Daniel Asia's Piano Set II and more!
Thomas Kotcheff performs Frederic Rzewski’s Songs of Insurrection (2016), a concert length, tour-de-force solo piano work which draws on protest songs from around the world.
With pieces including Die Moorsoldaten (The Song of the Deported) written by prisoners of the Börgermoor concentration camp, American civil rights hymn Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, and Oh Bird, Oh Bird, Oh Roller from the Korean Peasant Rebellion of Donghak, Songs of Insurrection transcends the world of contemporary music and takes you on a journey through uprising.
More info and tickets: https://pianospheres.org/season_tickets/thomas-kotcheff/
HOCKET heads to San Francisco, CA with Vicki Ray, Steven Vanhauwaert, and Donald Crockett to perform an all Ivan Wyshnedgradsky concert at Other Minds 24!
The late composer Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979) was a tireless explorer in the realm of quarter-tone, eighths-of-tone, 16ths-of-tone, and other microtonal [composition] circa 1935-1975. Other Minds presents the first-ever American retrospective of works by this Russian-born acquaintance of Alexander Scriabin’s who lived most of his life in Paris after 1920. Charles Amirkhanian, who met with the composer three times between 1972-1978, is curating a program that will include Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra, a four-movement 30-minute work for four grand pianos, two of them tuned down a quarter-tone, and other works for piano ensemble.
Martine Joste, director of the Wyschnegradsky Association in Paris, will perform the composer’s solo piano pieces and talk with Charles Amirkhanian about the spiritual and aesthetic world of the composer. She’ll be joined by the piano duo HOCKET from Los Angeles, along with soloists Vicki Ray and Steven Vanhauwaert, conducted by Donald Crockett, in the American premieres of works for four pianos by Wyschnegradsky.
More Info: otherminds.org/other-minds-festival-24
Join HOCKET at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Noon to Midnight” Festival where we will be performing John Cages’s Two2 in the Keck Amphitheater!
INFO: laphil.com/concerts-and-events/tickets-and-packages/noon-to-midnight
Join us for our third UpClose Concert! This concert series brings both notable and up-and-coming artists to the Santa Monica community, allowing them to experience a wide breadth of exceptional classical music in an intimate setting.
Featured artists:
HOCKET, piano duo
John Redfield
Tickets are now available via Groupmuse.
This event is BYOB -- feel free to bring a bottle of wine to enjoy and a floor cushion or short chair to sit on.
Arrive early to socialize with friends! Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
HOCKET joins USC Thornton Edge as soloists in a performance of Donald Crockett’s “And the River” for piano four-hands, two toy pianos, and chamber orchestra
HOCKET presents COMPOSER/PERFORMER, a program featuring newly written works performed and written by a few of Los Angeles’s most exciting composer/performers. This program is in conjunction with HOCKET’s Composer/Performer Initiative, a new annual commissioning project focused on cultivating new trios from composer/performers to write pieces that feature the commissioned composers on their instrument plus HOCKET. This program at Boston Court will feature the world premiere of two of these commissions by tenor saxophonist Hitomi Oba and percussionist Derek Tywoniuk. Additionally the concert will feature guest artists LA Signal Lab, an exciting new music collective of composer/performers.
Program:
Sarah Gibson — Aria
Andy Akiho — Karakurenai (with Derek Tywoniuk & LA Signal Lab)
Derek Tywoniuk — Byrd Cage (for vibraphone and piano four-hands — with Derek Tywoniuk, percussion)
Hitomi Oba — newly commissioned work (for tenor saxophone and piano four-hands — with Hitomi Oba, tenor saxophone)
Derek Tywoniuk — newly commissioned work for percussion, piano, toy piano, melodicas, and voice — with Derek Tywoniuk, percussion)
Thomas Kotchef — wgah’nahl fhtagn for piano four-hands & toy piano
Link: bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/hocket-the-composer-performer-initiative/
HOCKET performs works by A.J. McCaffrey and others at California State University, Northridge
HOCKET returns to the USC Thornton Edge as an ensemble in residence for the Spring 2019 semester with a concert featuring Andy Akiho's Karakurenai.
HOCKET performs music by Sarah Gibson, Andy Akiho, and Tristan Perich at the Oh My Ears Festival in Phoenix, Arizona.
Timothy Weiss conducts the next concert in our collaborative series with Oberlin CME which features HOCKET and includes works by composers-in-residence at Oberlin.
Gartner Auditorium
$10; CMA members free.
PROGRAM Sarah Gibson*, Prefer Living in Color (2017)
Thomas Kotcheff*, That in shadow or moonlight rises (2014)
Aliya Ultan, Title TBD (premiere/student composer)(2018)
Stephen Hartke, Sonata (2014).
Donald Crockett*, And the River (2018)
Season or Series: Performing Arts Series 2018–19
More Info: clevelandart.org/events/music-and-performances/OCME-2018-11
HOCKET heads to Oberlin College & Conservatory to perform Stephen Hartke’s Sonata for Piano Four-Hands and Donald Crockett’s “And the River” for piano four-hands, two toy pianos and chamber orchestra
More Info: calendar.oberlin.edu/event
HOCKET performs Jacob TV’s “GRAB IT!” and Frederic Rzwewski’s North American Ballad No 2. : Which Side Are You On? at Tuesdays @ Monk Space.
More info: tuesdaysatmonkspace.org/shows/midterms-this-will-hurt-someone
HOCKET performs works by UT Austin faculty member Nina C. Young, a world premiere by José Martinez, and Jacob TV’s “GRAB IT!” at the The University of Texas at Austin
Faculty Recital: Noah Meites and Jordan Nelson
October 5, 2018
7:30 pm
Thayer Hall
Free
This program of music by faculty Noah Meites and Jordan Nelson includes two world premieres, performed by Conservatory of Music students and HOCKET, the duo comprising pianists Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff.
More info: https:www.colburnschool.edu/calendar
HOCKET will be fellows at the 2018 Blackbird Creative Lab! While there, they will be premiering a new work by Liza Sobel as well as performing music by Andy Akiho, Sarah Gibson, Eric Wubbels, Jennifer Higdon, and Sean Griffin!
HOCKET will premiere a new concerto by Donald Crockett with Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra.
HOCKET will premiere a new concerto by Donald Crockett with Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra.
LINK: http://www.kco.la/concerts/2018/5/12
HOCKET will be artist in residency at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas! Events include student composer readings/workshop, lectures, masterclasses, and a concert including works by UNLV composition faculty. Details of the schedule will be announced soon!
Hocket and Wiest/Lee: A Phenomenal Hum in Cracked Time
Two superb ensembles come together to present a concert featuring new art songs by Souther California composers and works for piano, toy piano, and synthesizer.
Set One
DAWN | Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano and Nic Gerpe, piano
Juhi Bansal – Begin (2016)
Jeffrey Holmes – Fragments (2010)
Bill Alves – A Sonatina (2016)
Jack Van Zandt – Apples and Time Crack in October (2015)
György Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre (1991)
Set Two
A LAND BETWEEN | Hocket (Thomas Kotcheff and Sarah Gibson)
Bryan Kostors – A Land Between for piano, moog synthesizer, keyboard, and toy piano *world premiere
Tonia Ko – Phenomenal Hum
Derek Tywoniuk - Byrd/Cage
Joseph Michaels – Together in Perfect Harmony for piano four-hands *west coast premiere
HOCKET will be performing a concert for two pianos, one tuned a quarter-tone lower than the other at Princeton Univeristy! The program includes world premieres by Princeton composers Noah Kaplan and Christopher Douthitt as well as preludes by Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky.
Program includes CSULB faculty and student works alongside the world premiere of Noah Meites's Sonance for two pianos.
HOCKET will be workshopping student works at California State University, Long Beach
HOCKET performs on the Los Angeles Philharmonic's "Noon to Midnight" Festival!
"Experience L.A.'s most far-sighted ensembles in a day of pop-up performances throughout the various breathtaking spaces of Walt Disney Concert Hall."
https://www.laphil.com/tickets/noon-to-midnight
Program:
Tonia Ko - Phenomenal Hum (world premiere)
Andy Akiho - Karakurenai
Tristan Perich - qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq (with Vicki Ray, toy piano)
Nina C. Young - [Typesetter] (LA Philharmonic co-commission and world premiere)
Thomas Kotcheff - wgah’nahl fhtagn
People Inside Electronics (PIE) is a concert series devoted to the performance and promotion of live electroacoustic music in Los Angeles. Since its inception in 2009, PIEʼs events have been lauded by the LA Times, Sequenza21, LA Opus, the Huffington Post and KPFKʼ s Global Village. PIE showcases ambitious and innovative uses of electronics in concert music, as well as classic works by electronic music’s early pioneers. Past events have included several world premieres, performances of rarely heard monumental works, and interdisciplinary collaborations with visual artists, dancers, writers, actors, scientists and engineers. PIE is dedicated to showcasing the vibrant community of local talent in southern California as well as being a destination for hosting internationally renowned artists.
TICKETS: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3083692
PROGRAM:
Samuel Wells — The Lacuna for piano four-hands and audiovisual electronics (world premiere)
Tristan Perich — qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq for three toy pianos and three-channel 1-bit tones (with Vicki Ray)
Missy Mazzoli — Orizzonte for piano and electronics (Sarah Gibson, piano)
Thierry De Mey — Musique de Tables (with Vicki Ray)
Steve Reich — Four Organs (with Ray/Kallay Duo & Derek Tywoniuk)
HOCKET piano duo (Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff) present Strange Aeons, a program of music that journeys beyond our world. Creatures and beings from the paranormal to an exploration of the universe are all examined in this exciting program for piano four-hands and two pianos. This program features four world premieres by A.J. McCaffrey (Piano Spheres commission) and HOCKET members Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff as well as George Crumb’s 1979 masterpiece Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos Vol. IV)
More info: pianospheres.org/season_tickets/hocket
Program:
A.J. McCaffrey - Doppelgänger (world premiere)
Sarah Gibson - Outsider (world premiere)
Thomas Kotcheff - wgah'nagl fhtagn (world premiere)
George Crumb - Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos Vol. IV)
The UCSB Corwin Chair presents HOCKET in concert on Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus. Admission is free! HOCKET will present an exciting program of music for two pianos, piano four-hands, and toy pianos! The performance will include Mirror Smasher for piano four-hands and electronics by UCSB PhD candidate Nick Norton, One Wandering Night for two pianos and two melodicas by UCSB PhD candidate Marc Evans, Thomas Kotcheff's wgah’nagl fhtagn, Michael Laurello's Touch, Andy Akiho's Karakurenai, and George Crumb’s 1979 masterpiece Celestial Mechanics(Makrokosmos Vol. IV).
More info: http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1298
HOCKET will make their New York City debut at the 2017 MATA Festival performing Michael Laurello's Touch and Joseph Michaels's Together in Perfect Harmony.
MORE INFO: http://matafestival.org
