With support from the California Arts Council, LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC will offer chamber music concerts and community events in the San Francisco Bay Area, with programming that draws meaningful connections between contemporary and classical music. Concerts taking place during the grant activity period include “Mozart Clarinet Quintet” and “Ephemera: Rebecca Clarke and Friends,” plus the centerpiece of the season: LCCE’s multi-day winter chamber music festival featuring six West Coast premieres, a world premiere, an educational lecture, community improvisation, and concert performances of works by composers such as Brittany J. Green, Trey Makler, Kurt Rohde, Aida Shirazi, Thea Musgrave, and Ty Bloomfield.
The core programs of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble include:
Annual subscription concert series on both sides of the Bay;
Pathways, a program providing professional, mentor-guided workshops, performances & recordings for young adult composers with limited access;
Left Coast Composition Contest, now in its 26th year, drawing composer applicants from all over the world;
Numerous free community events each year.