BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Jenni Brandon - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jennibrandon.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Jenni Brandon REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190908T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190908T163000 DTSTAMP:20190819T200533Z CREATED:20190823T195950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190819T200533Z UID:3053-1567951200-1567960200@jennibrandon.com SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon's "Great Sand Dunes" Performed At The Sustain Music Project: Music + Yoga DESCRIPTION:The Sustain Music Project invites you to experience Music + Yoga\, led by Dikla Kafka. \nIn a traditional yoga class\, the focus is on the senses – how to ground yourself as you respond to how your body feels\, as you soften your gaze inwards\, and as you empty your mind of extraneous thoughts. This one-of-a-kind class will feature live music for flute and marimba and will focus on the sense of listening. We want to connect to the music and let it guide the movements we make. Beginning with J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert and journeying through newer music written in the 20th and 21st centuries e.g. Jenni Brandon’s “Great Sand Dunes”\, the class will follow the arc of the music through pranayama (breathing)\, flow\, seated poses\, and shavasana. \nJohann Sebastian Bach – Sonata in E major (movement 3)\nFranz Schubert – Standchen\nJenni Brandon – Great Sand Dunes\nGareth Farr – Kembang Suling\nElizabeth Brown – Arcana\nRobert Honstein – An Economy of Means \nGreat Sand Dunes\, for Flute and Marimba\, tells the story of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado.  Boasting the largest sand dunes in North America\, this diverse landscape is portrayed by the colors and timbres of the flute and marimba. This work is in one movement with sections: \nI. Star Dune – Main Dune Mass: The largest dune in the park\, the Star Dune is grand and holds ancient secrets of a landscape changed by wind and water. You’ll hear the “jet whistle” effect in the flute representing the wind blowing across the dunes. There’s a section here called “Bounce and Splash – the whole dune moves” as wind and water constantly shift the shape and topography of this monolithic dune. As the dunes “slip” or sand begins to slide and move in large quantities\, there is a loud booming noise\, or what sounds like the dunes singing\, represented by a low rumbling pitch in the marimba\, and harmonics in the flute. \nII. Sabkha: Salt Flat – Star Dune gives way into this solo movement for the flute. More techniques including the jet whistle\, key clicks\, and whisper tones represent the ghostly and empty white salt plain where sand becomes cemented together. Unique creatures such as shore birds and amphibians make their homes here. \nIII. Sand – Truly the sand in the park is its own unique character. Moving\, sliding\, blowing\, and swirling\, there is a constant feeling of dancing and metamorphosis\, and this movement dances as the grains shift and change. \nIV. Stream: Surge Flow – this phenomenon is unique to this park and only happens a few other places in the world. During the spring and early summer\, water will flow over a smooth creek bed with a fairly seep gradient.  Small sand dams form\, and when the water backs up behind it\, the dam will break and send out waves.  In this movement\, the water flows and surges through the rolling in the marimba\, with the flute joining in to break through the dam and create these waves unique to the park. \nV. The Great Sand Dunes: A Closed System – our themes of the work return\, from dancing grains\, to the jet whistle representing the wind across the dunes. The work finishes with Fast! Flying through the air and the closed system of the Great Sand Dunes creates an ever-changing cycle of wind\, water\, and sand. \nThis work was premiered during the 2018 LunART Festival in Madison\, Wisconsin by Iva Ugrčić – flute and Matthew Coley – marimba. \nAfterwards there will be a time to reflect on the class and connect with other participants through an hour of wine tasting featuring three wines from the local Kirkland winery Northwest Cellars: a Chardonnay\, a rose (Leggiero)\, and a red (Fortissimo). \nTicket price includes a 75-minute yoga class with live music and three tasting glasses of wine. No prior yoga experience required – please bring your own mat. \nTo contact Jenni Brandon\, complete the following form. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-great-sand-dunes-performed-at-the-sustain-music-project-music-yoga/ LOCATION:RESONANCE AT SOMA TOWERS\, 288 106th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Live Music Project":MAILTO:megan@livemusicproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200207 DTSTAMP:20200221T013917Z CREATED:20200221T013917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T013917Z UID:8605-1568505600-1581033599@jennibrandon.com SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s “The Sequoia Trio” Performed at Multiple Venues by The Solidago Trio DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s “The Sequoia Trio” performed at multiple venues by The Solidago Trio. The Solidago Trio is a newly established reed trio\, consisting of Dr. Thomas Pappas\, oboe; Dr. Lori Baruth\, clarinet; and Dr. David Oyen\, bassoon. They have performed together for the past few years as colleagues at Morehead State University and decided to form a professional trio the summer of 2019. Morehead State University is located at 150 University Blvd.\, Morehead\, KY 40351. Telephone number is 1-800-585-6781. \nThe performances for “The Spider Suite” are: \n2020 \nFebruary 6\, 3:45PM – Recital @ Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference\, Louisville\, KY. Program: Milhaud Suite d’Après Corrette\, Jacob Trio\, Jenni Brandon The Sequoia Trio \nJanuary 25\, 3:00PM – Recital @ Lexington Central Library\, Lexington\, KY. Program: Milhaud Suite d’Après Corrette\, Jacob Trio\, Jenni Brandon The Sequoia Trio\, Auric Trio \nJanuary 17\, 8:00PM – Special Concert for 2020 KMEA District 8 All-District Band @ Boyd County High School Auditorium\, Ashland\, KY. Program: Milhaud Suite d’Après Corrette\, Jacob Trio\, Jenni Brandon The Sequoia Trio \n2019 \nSeptember 15\, 3:00PM – Recital @ Morehead State University. Program: Ibert Cinq Pièces en Trio\, Milhaud Suite d’Après Corrette\, Jacob Trio\, Jenni Brandon The Sequoia Trio \nJenni said “I had returned from a trip to Sequoia National Park in July of 2008 and was inspired by the great trees. I knew that these would be the basis for the new work\, and in searching for a voice of these great trees I turned to the words of John Muir for inspiration.” \nEach movement of the six movements of The Sequoia Trio (oboe\, clarinet\, bassoon sheet music)takes a quote about Sequoia trees from John Muir’s book The Yosemite and uses it to inspire the music. The opening waving pattern creates the gentle breeze as the growth of the tree starts in the bassoon\, moving through the clarinet and is carried all the way to the top of the tree through the oboe. Movement two is sassy and jazzy\, describing the kind of resilient attitude that young trees must maintain in order to survive. “The Three Graces” plays on the idea of the three instruments in the ensemble and Muir’s own reference to Greek mythology. Finally\, in “The Noble Trees” the instruments play a hymn-like tribute to the largest living things on earth. The two “Tree Interludes” represent the individual voice of a tree and its story. \nThis piece was written during Jenni’s composer residency with the Vientos Trio during 2008-2009. \nBuy “The Sequoia Trio” at this link. Jenni’s website is (https://jennibrandon.com). URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-the-sequoia-trio-performed-at-multiple-venues-by-the-solidago-trio/ LOCATION:WA ORGANIZER;CN="Solidago":MAILTO:https://www.facebook.com/solidagoreedtrio/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190916T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190916T213000 DTSTAMP:20190916T012316Z CREATED:20190916T012316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190916T012316Z UID:3345-1568662200-1568669400@jennibrandon.com SUMMARY:Luna Nova Music performs Jenni Brandon’s Sequoia Trio and Multitudinous Stars and Spring Waters DESCRIPTION:Luna Nova Music performed Jenni Brandon’s Sequoia Trio (Nobuko Igarashi\, clarinet; Michelle Vigneau\, oboe; Leah Cripps\, bassoon) and Multitudinous Stars and Spring Waters (Esther Gray Lemus\, soprano and Michelle Vigneau\, oboe) at the University of Memphis Harris Concert Hall\, September 16\, 2019\, at 7:30 p.m. The concert also featured Danse de la Chèvre (1921) by Arthur Honegger (1892–‐1955) and Mountain Songs for Flute and Guitar (1985) by Robert Beazer (b. 1954). \nLuna Nova Music supports performances of a wide range of twentieth century classics\, music of established living composers\, and premieres by emerging composers. With concerts\, masterclasses and private instruction\, Luna Nova Music maintains a strong commitment to the education of performers and listeners\, and to the cause of new music in educational institutions and beyond. \nJenni Brandon’s Sequoia Trio and Multitudinous Stars and Spring Waters are available on her website www.jennibrandon.com. \nEach movement of The Sequoia Trio (oboe\, clarinet\, bassoon sheet music) takes a quote about Sequoia trees from John Muir’s book The Yosemite and uses it to inspire the music. The opening waving pattern creates the gentle breeze as the growth of the tree starts in the bassoon\, moving through the clarinet and is carried all the way to the top of the tree through the oboe. Movement two is sassy and jazzy\, describing the kind of resilient attitude that young trees must maintain in order to survive. Movement three\, The Three Graces” plays on the idea of the three instruments in the ensemble and Muir’s own reference to Greek mythology. Finally\, in “The Noble Trees” the instruments play a hymn-like tribute to the largest living things on earth. The two “Tree Interludes” represent the individual voice of a tree and its story. Quotes taken from The Yosemite\, 1912 by John Muir. Text is in the public domain. \nMultitudinous Stars and Spring Waters represents a collection of women poets from a vast period of Chinese history. The poems in it come from the collection of poems “Women Poets of China”. This book\, edited and translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung\, explores poetry from many centuries both attributed to and written by women poets. \nThroughout the centuries Chinese women were not allowed to share their poetry. They were basically property of their husbands\, having no rights to money\, property\, or education. Poetry was written in secret\, often destroyed or shared only amongst other women. It has been just in the 20th century that Chinese women poets began to freely write and share their poetry. \nWithin this work are three main poems: \no Spring Song \no Thinking of Someone \no Married Love \nThese make up the larger picture of love and waiting\, sometimes with disappointment and grief\, of admiration\, of marriage and of eternal love. In between are selections\, almost like Haiku\, from the poem “Multitudinous Stars and Spring Waters” by Ping Hsin. These feel like fragments of thoughts; like what you’d think silently to yourself\, before and after the bigger declarations of the messages from the three larger poems. \nThematically\, all of the poems tie together. There are day and night themes (“Spring Song” moves into “Bright moon”). There’s the “ocean of thoughts” and the turbulent waters of the heart (“The orphan boat” and “Thinking of Someone”). And of course\, there is limitless\, eternal love\, like the night sky full of stars (“Void only” and “Married Love”). But the whole work is a love song – telling that age-old story of the push and pull of emotions that only love can cause. The soprano and oboe are equals in this intertwining duet in telling this love story. Both bring emotional weight to the work as they journey into eternal love as told through the final lines of the work: \nI am in your clay. You are in my clay. \nIn life we share a single quilt. \nIn death we will share one coffin. \nCommissioned by Dr. Amy Yeung of the University of Tennessee-Martin\, it was her vision of wanting to tell a love story through the voices of her culture that led to the creation of this work. Premiered by Dr. Yeung and Dr. Douglas Owens at the University of Tennessee-Martin in March 2018. Co-Commissioned by Esther Gray Lemus\, Soprano. \n“Spring Song” By Kenneth Rexroth\, from the original by Meng Chu\, translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung\, from Women Poets of China\, copyright ©1973 by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. \n“Multitudinous Stars and Spring Waters” from the original by Meng Chu\, translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung\, from Women Poets of China\, copyright ©1973 by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. \n“Thinking of Someone” from the original by Hsiung Hung\, translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung\, from Women Poets of China\, copyright ©1973 by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. \n“Married Love” By Kuan Tao-Sheng\, translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung\, from Women Poets of China\, copyright ©1973 by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/luna-nova-music-performs-jenni-brandons-sequoia-trio-and-multitudinous-stars-and-spring-waters/ LOCATION:Harris Concert Hall\, University of Memphis\, 3775 Central Ave\, Memphis\, TN\, 38111\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Luna Nova":MAILTO:lunanovamusic@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190922T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190922T163000 DTSTAMP:20190929T224724Z CREATED:20190929T224724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T224724Z UID:3790-1569160800-1569169800@jennibrandon.com SUMMARY:Hillsdale College Faculty Woodwind Quintet Performs Music by Jenni Brandon DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s music performed by Hillsdale College Faculty Woodwind Quintet. This year\, the Hillsdale College faculty woodwind quintet is trying something new. Their fall concert\, which will be held at the Conrad Recital Hall on Sept. 22\, 2019 featured music pieces written by all female composers who lived within the past 200 years. They are Jenni Brandon\, Valeria Coleman\, Jennifer Higdon\, Maria Cambini\, and Hedwige Chrétien. \nThe woodwind quintet is composed of five adjunct instructors of music and includes Jaimie Wagner\, playing the flute; Liz Spector Callahan\, playing the oboe; Andrew Sprung\, playing the clarinet; Cynthia Duda\, playing the bassoon; and Alan Taplin\, playing the horn. \nHighlighting the work of a certain group because of the gender of its members isn’t something that often happens at Hillsdale. Cynthia Duda said “95% of pieces picked for large orchestras are composed by men\,” she said. “We wanted to do our part to get those female names out there.” Andrew Sprung said the performance would expose the audience to some hidden gems of the music world. \n“We’re making a point of acknowledging the accomplishments of women\,” Duda said. “Female composers are notoriously underrepresented everywhere\, and they just aren’t being played as often as they should be.” URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/hillsdale-college-faculty-woodwind-quintet-performs-music-by-jenni-brandon/ LOCATION:Hillsdale College\, 33 E College St\, Hillsdale\, MI\, 49242\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190922T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190922T170000 DTSTAMP:20190417T235356Z CREATED:20190417T235356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190417T235356Z UID:2654-1569164400-1569171600@jennibrandon.com SUMMARY:Dolci\, In Concert\, Presents Jenni Brandon’s “On Holt Ave” DESCRIPTION:Dolci\, in concert\, presents Jenni Brandon’s “On Holt Ave”. Dolci’s free concert is presented by the Oboe-Piano Duo of Ted Rust and Viva Knight. The concert is appropriately titled: “Oboe and Piano Music of Our Place and Time”\, in the MLK\, Jr. Auditorium\, Santa Monica Main Library\, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard at 3:00 pm Sunday\, September 22\, 2019. Other composers featured in the concert are: John Steinmetz\, Bruce Babcock\, and Bill Douglas. \n“On Holt Avenue – for oboe and piano” is a fun\, light-hearted piece in four movements. Written for the oboist Jennifer Mitchell\, these pieces portray life ‘On Holt Avenue’ in Los Angeles\, California as told by the composer.  “On Holt Avenue” was performed during the International Double Reed Society Conference in Tokyo\, Japan in August 2015 with Aryn Day Sweeney on the oboe. \n\nMorning Coffee – a little bit of coffee to get the day going.\nThe Lemon Tree – a slow\, thoughtful movement with just a touch of jazz as the oboe and piano portray a lemon tree on a rainy day in Southern California.  A short haiku sets the mood of the piece:\n\n\nThe lemon tree waits-\nrain falls on outstretched branches-\nHow the lemons shine!\n\nIII. That Mockingbird… – a constant change of melody and rhythm depicts the mockingbird that sings each and every day outside of the composer’s window. \nIV. Daisies – Gerbera daisies are a favorite\, and these colorful flowers are portrayed by the oboe and piano in a touching yet sophisticated melodic landscape. \nThis work is published by Imagine Music. URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/dolci-in-concert-presents-jenni-brandons-on-holt-ave/ LOCATION:MLK\, Jr. Auditorium\, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard \, Santa Monica Main Library\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90401\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR