SONOR Ensemble
SONOR was UCSD's Resident Contemporary Music Ensemble. Performing between 1977 and 2006, the group presented 37 concerts. Members included UCSD Faculty such as Philip Larson, Edwin Harkins, Carol Plantamura, János Négyesy, John Fonville, Robert Zelickman, Steven Schick, Charles Curtis, Aleck Karis, Peter Farrell, Bertram Turetzky as well as associates and graduate students such as Päivikki Nykter, Hugh Livingston, Susan Barrett, Ross Karre, Rob Esler, Fabio Oliveira, Gregory Stuart, Justin Dehartand, and Orin Hildestad. Conductors and Directors included Bernard Rands, Paul Dresher, Rand Steiger, Jean-Charles Francois, Thomas Nee, Jan Williams, and Keith Humble.
Discography
- Robert Erickson : Robert Erickson, Composers Recording, Inc., nwcr 616, 1991
- Iannis Xenakis : Ais/Gendy3/Taurhiphanie/Thallein, Neuma Records, Neuma 450-86, 1994
- Roger Reynolds : Personae/The Vanity of Words/Variation, Neuma Records, CD, Neuma 450-78, 1995
Repertoire
- Chamber Symphony, 1992
- Letters from Composers, 1968
- Additional Correspondence, 1974–75
- Music Based on Junk Mail, Op. 18, 1969
- Election Pamphlet, 1982
- Four Songs, Op. 2
- Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
- Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin and Thirteen Wind Instruments, 1925
- Lines Sequenza III, 1966 Circles, 1961
- Regan, 1994–95
- Harlequinade
- Heads! Heads!
- Harliquin
- Quintet, 1987–88
- Lilith, 1984
- Dérive, 1984
- The Khaju Bridge
- Series for Chamber Ensemble, Op. 9, 1970
- Ghost Nets, 1988
- Centering
- Five Pieces from 26'1.1499", 1955
- Freeman Etudes, 1-XXXII, 1977–1989
- Sonatas and Interludes, 1946–48
- 4'33", 1952
- Music for Four, 1984–87
- Ryoangi, 1987
- Penthode, 1985
- Many Mornings - Many Moods, 1988
- Viz, 1989–91
- Di-remption, 1993
- Ancient Rhythm, 1994
- Why Is This Night Different from All other Nights, 1992
- For Arye, 1990
- Dam Sheon Hachol, 1992Dallapiccola, Luigi
- Due Liriche Di Anacreonte, 1946
- Salvos, 1986
- Aurora Borealis, 1985
- Lost Moon Sisters, 1992
- Chamber Symphony
- Nonyx, 1986
- Now and Then, 1985
- Arp√ge, 1986
Durand, Joél-François
- Un feu distinct, 1991
- Three English Verses, 1990–91
- Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Geschreigen, Op. 7
- A Mirror on Which to Dwell, 1975
- Tercia
- Views of Space and Time, 1988
- Cradles II, 1972
- Dunbar's Delight, tympani solo, 1985
- Fives
- Kryl, 1977
- Night Music, 1978
- Nine and a Half for Henry, 1970
- The Pleiades, violin solo, violin solo, 1981
- Quintet, 1985
- Quoq, flute solo, 1978
- Ricercar à 3, contrabass solo, 1967
- Sierra, 1984
- The Idea of Order at Key West, 1979
- Music for Trumpet, Strings and Tympani, 1990
- Taffytime, 1983
- Three Solos
- Shadows, 1987
- Inner Sky, 1993–94 Episode, 1978
- Crippled Symmetry,
- Four Songs to e. e. cummings
- I Met Heine on the Rue Furstemberg, 1971
- Bone Alphabet, 1991
- Carceri d'Invenzione I, 1980–81
- Chute d'Icare, 1988
- Prometheus, 1967
- Superscriptio, 1981
- Brain Terrain, 1992
- Forest Walks Sonata, Op. 16, 1976
- Mong Songs
- NOstreOS, 1987
- Obdobla, 1976
- Orbes, Aubade, 1989
- Sphyxis, 1991
- ...of silence and slow time, 1979
- Line Studies Inside: Quartet for One Double Bass Player, 1969
- Personae
- Libra Octet, 1967
- Pampeana, No. 2
- Songs from PIERROT LUNAIRE
- New Work, 1991
- Detto II
- Chamber Concerto, 1969–70
- Solstice, a Masque, 1946
- Algorithms I, II, III, 1986–87
- Kammermusik Number 3, Opus 36, 1925
- Kaleida's Cope, 1987
- Piano Sonata, No. 3, 1985
- Largo, 1902
- Two Sonnets of Shakespeare A Sea Dirge, 1963
- Now & Then, 1981
- Diapason Spin-Curve Foci, 1986
- Nothing but Love Songs
- Harlequinade
- Altendichte ; Wechselsahmen ; Spahelese
- Vier Gesänge Nachalten Gedichten,Op. 53
- Bagatelles, 1981
- Social Accidents, 1988
- Dance/Drop, 1988–89
- Musica 3-4-2, 1979
- Stroll, 1988
- Arghanum II, 1987
- Iridescence, 1980
- Dusk Monologo, 1966
- Canti, 1975
- Marijuana, 1959 Suite for 9 Instruments, Op. 81, 1967
- Nightmare at the Best Western, 1992
- Variations, Op. 5, 1993
- Night Voices #6, 1985
- Chamber Concerto, 1969–70
- Dubhe, 1986
- Splatter, 1989
- 11.10.83
- Evening Sky
- Triple Concerto, 1976–78
- LON/dons, 1988
- Oiseaux exotiques, 1955–56
- Kicking and Screaming, 1993–94
- We, 1991
- Schweres Loos
- Superluminal Connections I: "The Atu of Tahuti", 1985
- Faisandage et Galimafrée, 1984
- Allegoresi, 1992
- Study No. 1; Study No. 5; Study No. 9
- Studies for Player PianoNono, Luigi
- Liebeslied, 1955
- Incontri, 1955Ogdon, Wilbur
- A Fantasy for Violin and Piano, 153
- A Modern? Fable, 1990
- By the Isar
- Eight Pieces for Violin and Piano, 1988–89
- Five Preludes, 1985
- Four DH Lawrence Songs, 1989
- Serenade for Wind Quintet, 1986–87
- Seven Pieces and a Capriccio, 1988
- Six Small Trios, 1982
- Summer images and Reflections, 1984-5
- Thireteen Expressions for solo violin and ensemble, 1993
- Three Baritone Songs, 1950/56
- Three Guitar Songs, 1988–89
- Three Trifles, 1957
- Two Ketchwa Songs, 1955
- Two Sea Chanteys, 1988
- Two Tonal Songs
- UnTombeau de Jean Cocteau III, 1975–76
- Winter images, 1980Oliveros, Pauline
- Portraits of SONOR, 1988
- Double Bases at Twenty PacesPayton, Leonard
- 7 Apocalyptic SongsPecquet, Franck
- Archipel Brise et Retour, 1988Pousseur, Henri
- Trois Chants sacrés, 1954Powell, Mel
- Modules: An Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra, 1985
- Settings for Soprano and Chamber GroupRan, Shulamit Amichai
- Songs, 1984Rands, Bernard
- Canti del Sole, 1982
- Canti Lunatici, 1980
- Memo 2bReck, David
- Night Sounds, 1965Reich, Steve
- Eight Lines, 1987 Piano Phase, 1967Reynolds, Roger
- Archipelago, 1983
- Emperor of Ice Cream, 1962
- Less than Two, 1977–79
- Personae, 1989
- The Palace, 1980
- Transfigured Wind III, 1984
- Personae, 1990
- Not Only Night, 1988
- Vertigo, 1986Risset, Jean-Claude
- Profils, 1981-82Rose, François
- Lueur de Nuit, 1993Rosenman, Leonard
- Die Estrade; AbsinthRuders, Poul
- Corpus cum Figuris, 1984Rzewski, Frederic
- Piano Sonata, 1991Saariaho, Kaija
- Io, 1986–87Sch√°ffer, Boguslaw
- Free Form No. 2/Evocazioni
- Free Form No. 3 Schieve, Catherine
- Tiger's Eye, 1981Schnittke, Alfred
- Hymn II
- Hymn IIISchoenberg, Arnold
- Ode to Napoleon, 1942Sculthorpe, Peter
- RequiemSessions, Roger
- From My Diary, 1947Shapey, Ralph
- De Profundis, 1960Simmons, Margo
- ObeisanceSimons, Nettie
- Wild Tales Told on the River RoadSollberger, Harvey
- Killapata/Chaskapata, 1983
- The Advancing Moment, 1993Son, Yung-Wha
- somewhere I have never travelled, 1982Stein, Leonard
- MoquerieSteiger, Rand
- Quintessence, 1981
- Double Concerto, 1986
- Woven Serenade, 1991Stevens, John
- Pentas, 1986
- Sum over HistoriesStockhausen, Karlheinz
- Kontra-Punkte
- Kreuzspiel, 1951Stokes, Eric
- The Greenhouse EffectStokes, Eric
- Four Songs for Voice and Oboe, 1962Stravinsky, Igor
- Elegie, 1944Strizich, Robert
- HydraSubotnick, Morton
- The Key to Songs, 1985Takemitsu, Toru
- Rain Coming
- Voice, 1980
- Waves, 1976
- Far Away, 1973
- Water Ways, 1977Tenney, James
- Form 3, 1993
- Three Textures from Quintext, 1972
- Wake for Charles Ives, 1974
- Crystal Canon for Edgar Varese, 1974Thimmig, Les
- Sleeping Fire, 1971Torke, Michael
- Yellow Pages, 1985Tower, Joan
- Wings
- PetroushskatesVarèse, Edgard
- Octandre, 1923
- OffrandesWebern, Anton
- Two Songs for Chorus and Instruments, Op. 19, 1926
- Five Canons on Latin Texts, Op. 16, 1923–24
- Three Songs, Op. 18, 1925
- Three Songs, Op. 25
- Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7, 1910
- Three Small Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11
- Konzert, Op. 24
- No More, 1985
- Cascade, 1986
- Chamber Piece No. 1
- Piece for 2 Instrumental Units
- Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano, 1959–60
- Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments, 1971
- Thallein, 1984
- Morsima-Amorsima, 1956–62
- N'Shima
- Chuen Mian, 1985
- Domain, 1986
- Etude for "THE", 1983
- Mutterings, 1988
- Projection for Violoncello and Piano, 1967
- Nine Levels by Ze-Ami, 1987
- Maibatariki II for alto flute, 1987
- My Blue Sky, no. 3, 1977
- Terms of Temporal Detailing ,1989
- Solitude, 1980
- A Winter Day: Homage to Bashó, 1981
- Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players, 1984