PARTCH Ensemble Performances
2023
Mar 31-Apr 2 : Daphne of the Dunes + Plectra & Percussion Dances • Tongyeong International Music Festival • South Korea
2022
June: PARTCH Ensemble & Vox Dance Theatre • REDCAT • Los Angeles
2021
June: PARTCH Ensemble Premieres [virtual] • REDCAT • Los Angeles
2019
November: THE WAYWARD - film + preview • Soundwaves • New Music Santa Monica Library
October: PARTCHED • Zebulon Cafe • Los Angeles
November: THE WAYWARD • Jacaranda Music • Santa Monica
June: SONATA DEMENTIA CD Release concert • MorYork Gallery • Los Angeles
2018
June: DAPHNE OF THE DUNES, premiere choreography by casebolt and smith • REDCAT • Los Angeles
2017
May: “Partch Live & On Film” • Soundwaves • New Music at the Santa Monica Library
June 23/24: “Windsong” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles, CA
2016
March: “VIREO: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser,” Episode 7: filming, to be released on KCET in November 2016; Vireo
June: “Color Theory” w/Prism Saxophone Quartet • Premieres of commissions by Ken Ueno & Stratis Minakakis • Kimmel Concert Hall • Philadelphia, PA • Roulette • Brooklyn, NY • Recorded new commissions • Rittenhouse Soundworks • Philadelphia, PA
2015
February: “LSD: The Opera” (excerpts) • First Take • Wallis Annenberg Center • Beverly Hills CA
April: “Opera Povera” • MicroFest • Schindler House at the MAK Center • Los Angeles CA
June: “LSD/Dementia” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2014
June: “BOO Intrusions” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2013
June: “Eroica Dances” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
REDCAT, Disney Hall 2013
2012
March: Partch @ San Francisco Symphony • American Mavericks Festival • San Francisco CA
“Funny, moving, inventive and insanely theatrical…an unforgettable performance.” — S.F. Chronicle
June: “Bitter Music CD Release concert” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2011
June: “Partch at the Edge of the World” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2010
May: “Party for Betty!” • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
June: “Even Wild Horses” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
“In Celebration of Pure Beauty” • LA County Museum of Art • Los Angeles CA
September: “Sound Art • Partch Instruments” lecture/demo • USC • Los Angeles CA
2009
May: “Partch Dark/Partch Light” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
December: Ensemble-in-Residence • Guadalajara International Book Fair • Guadalajara Mexico
2008
March: “Composers’ Symposium” Ensemble-in-Residence • UNM • Albuquerqe NM
April: “Partch Dances” • April in Santa Cruz Festival • Santa Cruz CA
“Partch Dances” (premiere Castor & Pollux choreography/M. Finley) • Mills College • Oakland CA
May: “Plectra & Percussion Dances” re-Premiere • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
September: “Partch Music” • Museum of Making Music • Carlsbad CA
“Partch & Harrison” • Carlsbad Festival • Carlsbad CA
October: “Castor & Pollux” Ensemble-in-Residence • Repertory Dance Theatre RDT • Salt Lake City UT
“Castor & Pollux” • Jacaranda • Broad Stage • Santa Monica CA
2007
March: “Composers’ Symposium” Ensemble-in-Residence • UNM • Albuquerqe NM
April: “Partch Dances” • April in Santa Cruz Festival • Santa Cruz CA
“Partch Dances” (premiere Castor & Pollux choreography/M. Finley) • Mills College • Oakland CA
May: “On the Road” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
July: “Partch Dances” • Grand Performances • Los Angeles CA
Grand Performances, Los Angeles 2007
“Castor & Pollux” • Jacaranda • Broad Stage • Santa Monica CA
2006
May: “Partch Dances” (premiere Castor & Pollux choreography/Liz Hoefner) • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2005
June: “Harry Partch” • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
2004
March: “Music of Harry Partch” • Songlines Series Mills College • Oakland CA
June: “Bitter Music” (premiere) • MicroFest • REDCAT • Los Angeles CA
November: “Close to Home: A Mid-Century Musical Album” • Getty Center • Los Angeles CA
2003
May: “Music of Harry Partch & Lou Harrison” • Pierce College • Woodland Hills CA
2002
February: “Partch Centennial Celebration” • San Jose State University • San Jose CA
2001
May: 12-hour “Partch Centennial Celebration” • Schoenberg Hall UCLA• Los Angeles CA
LA Times article by Mark Swed
September: “Partch Centennial Celebration” • Festival of New American Music • Sacramento CA