Feb
27
7:30 PM19:30

Eau Claire, WI - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Areon Flutes will be performing at UWEC on February 27, 2020 and working with the UWEC flute studio on February 28th.

More details soon…

Areon Flutes Celebrates their 15 year Anniversary with Two Premieres

Areon Flutes celebrates 15 years as an award-winning new music chamber ensemble and non profit organization in 2020. Throughout the year, the American trio will be premiering their latest commissions from Jane Rigler and Igor C. Silva. Areon will also be performing works by American composers Ryan Brown, Cornelius Boots, and Elainie Lillios.

Arboreous Incantations (for three piccolos) by Jane Rigler was commissioned by Areon and will be premiered in February 2020. Inspired by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose’s (1858-1937) scientific work on plants as well as other research related to how trees communicate, this composition pays homage to the various ways the piccolo (made of ebony and other woods and metals) vibrates. The composer has been awarded a New Music USA grant to record the work for her new album of original works, Whorl. Areon is honored to record Arboreous Incantations for the new Rigler album in 2020.

We Live in a Bubble (for flexible wind trio and electronics) was written for Areon by Igor C. Silva, winner of the 2018 Areon Flutes Commissioning Prize. The Portugese composer (currently living in Amsterdam) is devoted to electronics and new media music, creating projects were performers, computers and many noisy and psychedelic things happen on stage, creating a multi-sensorial experience.

Get Go! by San Francisco based composer Ryan Brown was recorded by Areon on their latest Innova Recordings album, No Era. Fanfare Magazine described No Era as “a celebration of post-Minimalist culture performed to the highest standard.”

Summer Sketches by Elainie Lillios and Void of Day (from the Chthonic Flute Suite) by Cornelius Boots can be heard on Areon’s 2016 album, Thrive, also on the Innova Recordings label.


About Areon Flutes

Aptly described by ICON Magazine as “all-flute, all-the-time,” award-winning flute trio Areon Flutes has dazzled audiences with equal parts virtuosity, theatrics, and expert music curation. Since its founding in 2004, Areon is one of the only ensembles of its kind to make its mark equally between its innovative performances and its educational infrastructure. For their efforts, Areon Flutes has received praise from Fanfare Magazine for their “utterly pure intonation and tone” and by The Flutist Quarterly for their “great display of virtuosity”, with additional praise from Kathodik (Italy), ICON Magazine, San Francisco Classical Voice, Jazz Weekly, New Classic LA, and The Flute Examiner, among many others.

Areon Flutes is proud to have legitimized the flute ensemble as one that can find success on the international stage, and celebrates its 15th year of a decorated career. As the only flute ensemble in history to earn a Bronze Medal or higher at the international Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, their approach to both musicality and innovation in stage performance speaks for itself—their Carnegie Hall debut was met as a “memorable treat to all the senses” by New York Classical Review.

In an effort to demolish tired stereotypes of flute ensembles, Areon lives outside the box. Elaborate costuming and makeup are just the tip of the iceberg, as Areon has performed from the “wrong end” of the flute, acted out a Mayan ritual on stage, and more. To further their performance concepts, the ensemble takes on ambitious commissions of today’s most exciting living composers, having commissioned dozens of works since its inception. These commissioned works have unlocked new creative potential for ensembles: Areon has now performed with call bells, ocarinas, and drinking glasses; as well as playing alongside film, beatboxing, and more.

Of course, Areon has a storied history of contributing to the Bay Area through original educational programs. Notably, it operated a year-round Chamber Music Institute, a seasonal Summer Flute Institute, and International Chamber Music Competition. Alumni of Areon’s educational programs have won several national, regional, and California state competitions, including the National Flute Association High School Soloist Competition, and have been accepted to top-ranked universities around the world.

Areon’s growth can be traced through its deep discography dating over 12 years. Most recently, the ensemble released No Era (2018) on the innova Music record label, in which it premieres post-minimalist work by Bay Area composers Ryan Brown, Danny Clay, and Sahba Aminikia. Its other three albums include Thrive! (2013), also on the innova label, as well as Gossip Cats are Dancing (2012) and Flat Out! (2006).

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Areon Flutes is made up of flutists Jill Heinke Moen, Kassey Plaha, and Meerenai Shim, its core roster since 2016. Areon operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and perform on Miyazawa flutes as Miyazawa Artists.

Website: https://areonflutes.com

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Feb
8
8:00 PM20:00

San Francisco, CA - Center for New Music

AREON FLUTES AND SIROKO DUO JOIN FORCES FOR THIS RECITAL OF NEW MUSIC FOR FLUTES.

Tickets: https://centerfornewmusic.com/event/areon-flutes-and-siroko-duo-current-winds/

Siroko Duo will perform works by Izabel Austin, Michael Kropf, and Chelsea Loew.

Speed of Darkness by Izabel Austin is inspired by the second stanza of Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Speed of Darkness”, which is about the interplay and transformation between listening, speaking, and silence. The piece is not meant to literally interpret or represent the poem, but instead draws on the sounds of the words and the ideas expressed in the poem.

Time and Place by Michael Kropf was commissioned by the Guerrilla Composers Guild and written for the Siroko Duo.

Hughes of Sylvia (for flute and alto flute) by Chelsea Loew represents a depressed Sylvia Plath (the alto flute) being admired and chased by a man (C flute). They eventually fall in love, as represented by the two flutes entangling themselves in one another musically, but he tires and leaves her. This is less a representation of Ted Hughes specifically, but of all the men in Sylvia’s life – from her father to her lovers to her husband.


Areon Flutes celebrates 15 years as an award-winning new music chamber ensemble and non profit organization in 2020. The trio will kick off their anniversary year by premiering their latest commissions from Julie Barwick, Jane Rigler, and Igor C. Silva.

Personal Space by Julie Barwick examines what “personal space” could mean in a world in which we can feel increasingly more disconnected from each other, despite the fact that we are seemingly more connected than ever. San Francisco-based Barwick is the winner of the 2016 Areon Flutes International Composition Competition.

Arboreous Incantations (for three piccolos) by Jane Rigler was inspired by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose’s (1858-1937) scientific work on plants as well as other research related to how trees communicate, this composition pays homage to the various ways the piccolo (made of ebony and other woods and metals) vibrates. The composer has been awarded a New Music USA grant to record the work for her new album of original works, Whorl. Areon is honored to record Arboreous Incantations for the new Rigler album in 2020.

We Live in a Bubble (for flexible wind trio and electronics) was written for Areon by Igor C. Silva, winner of the 2018 Areon Flutes Commissioning Prize. The Portuguese composer (currently living in Amsterdam) is devoted to electronics and new media music, creating projects were performers, computers and many noisy and psychedelic things happen on stage, creating a multi-sensorial experience.

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San Francisco, CA - Inn-fest 2019
May
5
3:00 PM15:00

San Francisco, CA - Inn-fest 2019

We are excited to perform at Inn-fest, the annual innova label showcase on May 5th!

May 5, 2019, 3-5PM
Center for New Music (55 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA)

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Inn-fest will be held on May 4-5, 2019 and will feature a smorgasbord of regional acts from its roster of visionary musical artists. Inn-fest is a two-day celebration that celebrates a range of groundbreaking music on the Minnesota-based label, tied to brand new and recently released albums. From daringly a cappella choral music, to dazzling flute trios, audacious string quartets, and breathtaking vocals with electronics, there will be much sonic tastiness to sample.

Innova, the record label of the non-profit American Composers Forum, has been called the premier label for American new music. Its catalog of over 650 titles encompasses diverse genres, concepts, and approaches — all somehow non-conformist, individualistic, and groundbreaking. More than just a record label, innova coaches artists throughout the process of releasing their work into the wider world. Artists keep 100% of all rights and income — the highest in the business. innova also produces annual live events such as Inn-fest, now in its fourth year having previously been at The Stone and National Sawdust in New York, and Studio Z in St. Paul.

Inn-fest 2019 kicks off with an album release event for the color of there seen from here, a new album — its fourth on innova — from Volti vocal ensemble, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Included are works by Forrest Pierce, Tonia Ko, Robin Estrada, Mark Winges, and Žibuoklė Martinaitytė.

The festival continues the next afternoon at the Center for New Music with a varied program of regional artists including:

• Friction Quartet performing selections from Spark, an album of works by members of Common Sense Composers’ Collective: Dan Becker, Marc Mellits, John Halle, Carolyn Yarnell, Belinda Reynolds, Melissa Hui, Ed Harsh, and Randall Woolf;
• Areon Flutes (Jill Heinke Moen, Kassey Plaha, Meerenai Shim) performing selections by Ryan Brown and Cornelius Boots from their albums NO ERA and Thrive;
• Volti ‘Singing Without a Net for 40 years’ vocal ensemble under the direction of Robert Geary, reprising selections from their new album the color of there seen from here; and
• Pamela Z, works for solo voice and electronics from her upcoming innova album, A Secret Code.

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May
12
7:30 PM19:30

San Francisco, CA - CD Release Show hosted by Seventh Avenue Performances

Join us to celebrate the release our 4th release, No Era!

We will perform the works from the album. Compositions we commissioned from Danny Clay, Sahba Aminikia, and Ryan Brown.

Saturday, May 12, 2018 @7:30PM

Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
(1329 Seventh Ave. San Francisco)
Tickets available online at Brown Paper Tickets and at the venue box office ($15 general, $10 seniors/students)

Reception with light refreshments to follow the event.

Seventh Avenue Performances

Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
1329 Seventh Avenue
San Francisco, California 94122

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