The FNM 2001-2002 Concert Season

Vexation Hexation

Friday & Saturday, October 26–27, 2001
Eliot Chapel at Reed College
Beginning at 6 pm on Friday

Erik Satie — Vexations (complete performance)

Vexations by Satie is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest piece of music ever written. It's only two minutes long but, on the composer's instructions, it has to be repeated 840 times!! Bring your pillows and sleeping bags. Stay as a relay of pianists does the whole enchilada. An added bonus: if you stay for the whole performance you get your money back…

10th Anniversary Concert

November 9, 2001 at 8 PM
First Christian Church, Portland

All the things you've come to expect from Fear No Music concert: passion, virtuosic playing, sly humor, a World Premiere.

  • Tomas Svoboda— String Quartet No. 1
  • Joan Tower — Vast Antique Cubes/Throbbing Still
  • Joseph Waters — Flamehead (World Premiere — written for percussionist Joel Bluestone)
  • Gregory Youtz — A Far Tower (written for Fear No Music in 1996)
  • Yoko Ono — Bicycle Piece for Orchestra
  • Michael Torke — The Yellow Pages
  • Charles Ives — Hallowe'en

A Phantasy (Revealed)

Friday, January 11, 2002 at 8 PM
The Old Church

Guest pianist Thomas Schultz and guest copmposer Hyo-shin Na join us for an evening of fantasies revealed. Let your mind wander — or maybe you shouldn't…

  • Tomas Svoboda — Phantasy Trio
  • Hyo-Shin Na — Variations
  • Don Crockett — Scree
  • Bohuslav Martinu — Madrigals
  • Arvo Part — Fratres
  • Kryzstof Penderecki — String quartet No. 1

Drum Ride — Music of Joseph Waters

Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 8 PM
San Diego State University

Joseph Waters:

  • Kali Yuga
  • Flamehead
  • Drum Ride
  • Bob
  • Kanashibari

The Piano Riot That Wouldn't Die!

Friday, March 1 @ 8 PM
The Met, Spokane, WA

Friday & Saturday, March 22–23, 2002 at 8 PM
Lincoln Hall, PSU

Just when you thought it was finally gone — it's back!! Acclaimed dancer/choreographer Luciana Proano joins us to dance to our amazing arrangement of The Rite of Spring.

  • Shaun Naidoo — Move Your Shadow (World Premiere — written for Fear No Music)
  • Tomas Svoboda — Concealed Shapes
  • Igor Stravinsky — The Rite of Spring, arr. for 4 pianos & percussion

Hearing the Future

Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 7:30 PM
Eliot Chapel, Reed College, Portland

The latest works from the award winning pens of students in the Fear No Music Young Composers Project. Presented in conjunction with members of the Portland Youth Philharmonic.

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