Last night at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, the Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts Dynamite Guitars season presented a duo performance by guitarist Sérgio Assad and his daughter Clarice, vocalist, pianist, and composer. Both of these performers figured significantly when I was working on the early stages of refining my writing skills. Sérgio was on the Guitar Faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Clarice was bringing her scores to several performing arts organizations in San Francisco, including a productive relationship with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg when she was Music Director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
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Takács players dissect and reassemble the string quartet with new Assad piece By David Wright “The interpersonal dynamics of a professional string quartet have intrigued listeners ever since Joseph Haydn
‘Let’s Clarice it up!’: The Takács on Assad’s new commission (The Strad) Violinist Harumi Rhodes on the Takács Quartet’s touring commission, NEXUS, which receives its New York premiere at Carnegie
So happy to have been awarded this amazing award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ! “The Andrew Imbrie Award in Music of $10,000, which recognizes a mid-career
Dear Friends, It is hard to believe that 2025 came to and end. What a year that was, in so many ways. Happy new year to you and thank you
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I’m the Composer in Residence for Concerts on the Slope‘s 2025-26 season in Park Slope, Brooklyn! Over the course of this incredible year,
SPHINX VIRTUOSI NATIONAL TOUR | “VISIONS OF PEACE” Over the next six months, I’m thrilled to have my music featured on the Sphinx Virtuosi’s stunning national tour, reaching audiences across
