Author: Joanna

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La Jolla, CA— Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green and filmmaker/animator Brent Green, while not related, are both known for their singular performances combining cinema, musical accompaniment, and live narration. Their performance at ArtPower—Brent Green and Sam Green: Live Cinema—is a rare collaborative program where the two filmmakers present a selection of their short works along with a band consisting of Brendan Canty of Fugazi on drums and guitar, James Canty of Nation of Ulysses on guitar, Rebecca Foon on cello, Kate Ryan on drums, and live foley. This live art experience combines performance, cinema, and rock and roll. The event is part of ArtPower’s Filmatic Series and takes place at the Qualcomm Institute, with a post-performance After Party on stage with the artists. Tickets are $40 and can be ordered online at boxoffice.ucsd.edu or by phone at 858.534.TIXS (8497). Additional program information can be found at artpower.ucsd.edu.

About Brent Green

Working in the Appalachian hills of rural Pennsylvania, Brent Green is a self-taught visual artist and filmmaker. His films have screened, often with live musical accompaniment, in venues such as MoMA, J. Paul Getty Museum, Walker Art Center, Hammer Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Rotterdam Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and even extending to rooftops, warehouses, and galleries worldwide. His sculptural work and large-scale installation are often displayed alongside his animated films. His work has been supported by Creative Capital, the Sundance Institute, and the MAP fund.  His work is in some fine permanent collections including the Progressive Collection, Hammer Museum, and MoMA.

About Sam Green

Sam Green is a New York­–based documentary filmmaker. He received his master’s degree in journalism from University of California Berkeley, where he studied documentary with acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs. His most recent projects are the live documentaries The Measure of All Things (2014), The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (with Yo La Tengo) (2012), and Utopia in Four Movements (2010). With all of these works, Green narrates the film in person while musicians perform a live soundtrack.

Green is also a prolific maker of short documentaries, including: The Rainbow Man/John 3:16, lot 63, grave c, Pie Fight ’69 (directed with Christian Bruno), N-Judah 5:30, and The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie (directed with Sarah Jacobson). He has received grants from the Creative Capital, Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Joanna Szu
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joanna@ucsd.edu

La Jolla, CA—Pianist Michael Brown, violinist Elena Urioste, and cellist Nicholas Canellakis have established themselves as three of the most sought-after young virtuosos on the classical music scene today. Together, as Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio, they make their ArtPower debut on Friday, November 4 at 8 p.m. with a program that includes Ernest Chausson’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2, Haydn’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major, and Suk’s Elegie. The evening performance is part of ArtPower’s chamber music series and takes place at the Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UC San Diego, with a pre-performance ArtTalk at 7 p.m. at The Loft. Tickets are $45–59 and can be ordered online at boxoffice.ucsd.edu or by phone at 858.534.TIXS (8497). Additional program information can be found at artpower.ucsd.edu.

About Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

Pianist Michael Brown, violinist Elena Urioste, and cellist Nicholas Canellakis have established themselves as three of the most sought-after young virtuosos on the music scene today. Individually, they have been winners of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, BBC New Generation Artist Scheme, Sphinx, and Concert Artists Guild competitions. They have performed in prestigious venues across the U.S. and Europe, including Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and London’s Wigmore and Royal Festival Halls. Making their San Diego debut, the trio is sure to captivate the audiences with its superb musicianship and engaging performances.

MEDIA CONTACT
Joanna Szu
858.822.3199
joanna@ucsd.edu

La Jolla, CA—The “powerhouse all-star touring band” ¡Cubanismo! makes its first appearance in San Diego on Thursday, October 27, at 8 p.m. The band’s founder Jesús Alemañy came to fame as a brilliant 15-year-old trumpet player for the iconic Cuban group Sierra Maestra—the band that led to the formation of Buena Vista Social Club—and carries on in that fiery Cuban tradition. His all-star orchestra plays sizzling dance tunes full of swaggering horn charts and wild polyrhythms that recall the vintage big-band son sound of the 1940s and 50s, embracing traditional rumba, cha-cha, danzon and pa’ca rhythms arranged in the classic descarga, or “jam session” style. The performance takes place at Price Center West Ballroom at UC San Diego. Tickets are $30 and includes a free Latin dance lesson at 7 p.m. Order tickets online at boxoffice.ucsd.edu or by phone at 858.534.TIXS (8497).

About ¡Cubanismo!

Jesús Alemañy, founder of Latin orchestra ¡Cubanismo!, came to fame as a brilliant 15 year old trumpet player for the iconic Cuban son group Sierra Maestra. The expression cubanismo designates something specifically Cuban, or unique to the island and not common to the general Spanish culture of Latin America. Utterly different from the genre known as Latin jazz, ¡Cubanismo! features danceable music from beginning to end, celebrating the legacy of Cuban music in other dance styles from around the world. The Cuban son, which dates back to the turn of the century, is the root of much of the up-tempo international pop music, from African soukous to New York salsa.