Premiere of alt.musica Clarinet Quintet

Pleased to announce the premiere of the alt.musica Clarinet Quintet, appearing in San Francisco at Monroe on Wednesday, 13 September, 2017 as part of Classical Underground.

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alt.musica Clarinet Quintet

D. Elaine Alt, Clarinet in A
Gloria Justen, Violin
Michèle Walther, Violin
Charith Premawardhana, Viola
Gabriel Beistline, ‘Cello

We’ll be sharing the bill with Les Francs Bassons: Bassoon quartet on tour from Paris.

  • Come experience LIVE classical music in an unconventional space!
  • Hear and experience the sounds of exciting arrangements without the pretense of a concert hall.
  • Sip on cocktails, or enjoy a cold beer while classical arrangements are played live. Our all-new food menu will also be available!
  • Late night $5 Cocktail Specials and $2 Beer Specials
  • Outdoor heated smoking patio open nightly
  • The perfect wednesday night outing with friends, or after dinner destination.
  • All Guests must be 21+

We’ll present material we’ve workshopped and recorded at the Flaming Hakama studio throughout the year.

This includes some Afro-Cuban material from the alt.musica repertoire, arrangements of Brahms, classic Jazz ballads, and cues written for film & TV.

There are two Afro-Cuban and Jazz-based originals, an arrangement of Brahms piano rhapsody

Repertoire

Rhapsodie Op. 79, No. 2/Self-Immolation
– J. Brahms/D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Don’t Wait For Me
– D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Stomping Ground
– D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Tension Cue
– D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Taken All My Life – Quartet Accompaniment
– Paula McMath, arr. D. Elaine Alt (score)

Taken All My Life – Orchestration
– Paula McMath, arr. D. Elaine Alt (recording)

Taken All My Life – Dramedy
– Paula McMath, arr. D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Smooch
– C. Mingus & M. Davis, arr. D. Elaine Alt (score, recording)

Production

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