Sunday Dec. 14
THE CONTEMPORARY KEYBOARD SOCIETY
The Contemporary Keyboard: Works for piano, harpsichord, toy pianos and keyboard percussion
Co-presented with the artists

Doors 7pm, concert 8pm
Tickets: $15 regular, $10 member, senior & student

Xenia Pestova, piano
Fernando Rocha, percussion
Katelyn Clark, harpsichord

Program
Overture:
After Cage (2008) improvisation for toy pianos and toy percussion
Tawnie Olson (Canada) Chaconne (2008) for harpsichord
Christopher Burns (USA) Xerox Book (2001) for piano and percussion

Short solos:
Karlheinz Essl (Austria) Kalimba (2005) for toy piano and fixed media
Improvisation for Hyper-kalimba (2008) — Improvisation on an instrument developed by Fernando Rocha (Brazil) and Joseph Malloch (Canada)
György Ligeti (Hungary) — Continuum (1968) for harpsichord

Piano and percussion solos:
Chris Paul Harman (Canada) — New Work (2008) for piano solo
Erik Ross (Canada) New Work (2008) for vibraphone and electronic sounds

Trio:
Emily Hall (Canada) New work (2008) for piano, harpsichord and percussion

The Contemporary Keyboard Society is a new music ensemble that was formed in Montreal in 2006 by Katelyn Clark (harpsichord), Xenia Pestova (piano), and Fernando Rocha (percussion) with the intention to encourage creation and promote the performance of new repertoire for keyboards. Along with the performance of solos, duos, and trios by the ensemble’s members, the CKS welcomes collaborations with musicians, composers, and artists of various media for interdisciplinary creation.

In the 2008/2009 concert season, CKS will collaborate with Canadian composers Emily Hall, Chris Paul Harman, and Michel Frigon on the creation of new works for piano, harpsichord and percussion.