Full program notes are available here:
celli.berkeley.edu/album
JARED REDMOND
“Deep Song” (2014)
[Text by Federico García Lorca]
Felicia Chen, soprano
David Milnes, conductor
Cellists - Mosa Tsay, Melody Huang, Yuki Mizuno, Kane Suga, Cindy Hickox, Jiwon Susie Yoo, Sam Leachman, Christina Park, Leo Steinmetz, Karen Hsu, Rachel Lee, Lukas Whaley-Mayda
JULIUS KLENGEL
“Hymnus for 12 cellos” (1922)
Cellists - Melody Huang, Kane Suga, Graham Nelson, Leo Steinmetz, Karen Hsu, Cindy Hickox, Rachel Lee, Christina Park, Mosa Tsay, Alex Joo, Sam Leachman, Lukas Whaley-Mayda
DANIEL LEO
“Sharp Skills” (2010)
Cellists - Lukas Whaley-Mayda, Mosa Tsay, Kane Suga, Karen Hsu, Cindy Hickox, Leo Steinmetz
ANICA GALINDO
“These Feathered Walls” (2011)
Graham Nelson, soloist
Cellists - Melody Huang, Rachel Lee, Alex Joo, Karen Hsu, Christina Park, Cindy Hickox, Sam Leachman
MICHAEL NICHOLAS
“Stagioni inter Alia” (2012)
Cellists - Graham Nelson, Lukas Whaley-Mayda, Alex Joo, Melody Huang, Kane Suga, Rachel Lee, Sam Leachman, Mosa Tsay
JOSHUA CARRO
“spacial for 12 celli, a sound installation for live performers” (2013)*
Cellists - Melody Huang, Rachel Lee, Christina Park, Karen Hsu, Leo Steinmetz, Mosa Tsay, Alex Joo, Sam Leachman, Cindy Hickox, Kane Suga, Graham Nelson, Lukas Whaley-Mayda
*Winner of the 2013 Celli@Berkeley Composition Competition
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Special thanks to composers Jared Redmond, Anica Galindo, Daniel Leo, Michael Nicholas, and Joshua Carro, conductor David Milnes, soprano Felicia Chen, and founding Celli@Berkeley member Rio Vander Stahl.
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Thank you to our Kickstarter backers for their generous support!
Project Patrons:
Shiurun Y. Chang, Daniel Fawcett, Timothy Lee
Project Sponsors:
Linda Barnett, Anica Galindo, Linda M. Hayward, Cindy Hickox, Willis Hickox, Hugo Hsu, Sarah Kim, Kerry Lewis, Richard Massey, David Milnes, Glenna Mote, Gary P. Nelson, Sarah Oak, Sandra Shepard, Valerie VanderLaan
Project Supporters:
Victor Chen, Allen Haberberg, Tamás Varga, Michelle Tan
Project Backers:
Dorothy Rozzi Belknap, Derek Siusi Fung Correa, Eva Lau, Monica Melville, Jennifer Sasaki, Serena Tan
Friends of Celli:
Jeremy Amon, William Bretzlaff, Grant Chen, Faith Cheng, Stephanie Lei, Kevin Liu, Chrys Goodell, Benjamin Tseng, Emma Lundberg, Danny Pilgreen, Andrea Liao, Sam Maurer, Ellen St. Thomas, Roger Lebow, Julia Stahl, Kim Tsai, Primo Martinez, Cindy Wang, Jimmy Wu, Cheng Xu, Yiting Zhang
released January 24, 2015
Recording, Mix, and Mastering: Barry Phillips
Producers: Mosa Tsay and Jared Redmond
Project Managers: Cindy Hickox and Karen Hsu
Recorded live at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA and in Morrison Hall, UC Berkeley between March and November 2014