Richard Strauss — Don Juan
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 10

Alexander Treger, conductor

Thacher Schreiber – Hodge-Podge Collage

Brightwork Newmusic

Henri Dutilleux — Oboe Sonata

Louisa Peng, piano

Simon J. Li — Variations on a Raindrop
Joe Hisaishi — “Merry-go-round” & “Cave of Mind” from “Howl’s Moving Castle”
William Jae — Echoes of a Journey’s End
Joe Hisaishi — Kiki’s Delivery Service
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
Eunice Tanzil — Pink Sakura
Joe Hisaishi — Suite from “Spirited Away”
Joe Hisaishi — My Neighbor Totoro

Alex Deng, conductor
Ayane Nakajima, piano

Fivemind Reeds is excited to announce the opening concert of our 2025-2026 season at Culver City Presbyterian Church, Culver City, entitled “Celebrating Asian Composers!”

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Program to feature works by Abing, Dai Fujikura, Masakazu Natsuda, Zhou Long, and Zhou Tian, as well as world premieres of new works by Jean Ahn and Nichagarn Chiracharasporn!

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Johannes Brahms — Ein deutsches Requiem

Thacher Schreiber — Divertimento Eclettico

Andrew Parker, oboe
Kelsey Gallagher, clarinet
Dillon Meacham, bassoon

The final concert in Fivemind Reeds’ Inaugural 2024-25 season is an exploration of some of the time-honored classics of the classical repertoire, re-cast in a 21st-century medium: the reed quintet!

Alexander Voormolen — Suite de clavecin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade in C Minor
Edward Elgar — Enigma Variations
Edvard Grieg — Aus Holbergs Zeit

Fivemind Reeds:
Thacher Schreiber, oboe
Darren Liou, clarinet
Alex Lee, saxophone
Matthew Rasmussen, bassoon
Kristine Llanderal, bass clarinet

The second of three concerts in Fivemind Reeds’ Inaugural 2024-25 season features the winners of our second Call for Scores alongside other works written for Fivemind Reeds!

Jonah Cohen — Limitation & Locomotion
Nadine Silverman — Storm Dance
Madeline Barrett — Postcards
Austin Ali — Escape from Gravity
Roger Zare — Asphyxiation
Shane Valle — A Sunward Tilt
Theo Chandler — Seed to Snag

Fivemind Reeds:
Thacher Schreiber, oboe
Darren Liou, clarinet
Alex Lee, saxophone
Matthew Rasmussen, bassoon
Kristine Llanderal, bass clarinet

Jacob Harrison — Valley of the Shadow

Thacher Schreiber, oboe
Daniel Gledhill, piano

Thacher Schreiber — Heads or Tails
Austin Ali — Symphony of the Sun

UCLA Saxophone Studio
Johannes Eberhart, conductor
Austin Ali, conductor

Gustav Holst — The Planets
Joe Hisaishi — My Neighbor Totoro
Joe Hisaishi — Merry-Go-Round
John Williams — Star Wars Suite

Santa Monica Symphony
Danko Drusko, conductor

Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem

John Rutter — Mass of the Children

California Young Artists Symphony

Bach — St. John Passion

Parker Gaims — Coastal Splendor
André Messager — Solo de Concours
Henri Rabaud — Solo de Concours
Satoshi Yagisawa — Festive Overture
Samuel Augustus Ward — America the Beautiful

Santa Monica College Emeritus Concert Band
Yosuke Miyoshi, conductor
Parker Gaims, clarinet

Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 9

David Chan, conductor

Stanley Walden — Conorach; A Kaddish

Milena Gligic, alto
Neal Stulberg, speaker

Madeline Barrett — and the light shines through
Thacher Schreiber — Lunch Songs (Excerpts)

Thacher Schreiber, English horn
Sydney Wang, Morgan Moss, piano
Yani Araujo, tenor

Stanley Walden — Conorach; A Kaddish

Milena Gligic, alto
Neal Stulberg, speaker

John Barnes Chance — Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Brian Balmages — Homage to Bharat
Viet Cuong — Diamond Tide
Toshio Mashima — Les trois notes du Japon

Stephen Piazza, conductor

Adam Hochstatter — Civic Fanfare
Dmitry Shostakovich — Symphony No. 11

Anthony Parnther, conductor

Fivemind Reeds returns to UCLA for a side-by-side performance with one of UCLA’s flagship ensembles!

Charles Ives - Variations on America
Clara Schumann - Quatre pièces charactéristiques
David Biedenbender - Refraction

Fivemind Reeds:
Thacher Schreiber, oboe
Darren Liou, clarinet
Alex Lee, saxophone
Matthew Rasmussen, bassoon
Kristine Llanderal, bass clarinet

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Austin Ali — Enceladus, the Bright
Thacher Schreiber — Moon Song

Thacher Schreiber, oboe
Sydney Wang, piano

Johannes Brahms — Concerto for Violin and Cello
Claude Debussy — Nocturnes
György Ligeti — Atmosphères

Martin Chalifour, violin
Marek Szpakiewicz, cello
Alexander Tseitlin, conductor

Thacher Schreiber – Passacaglia and Fugue

Quatuor Diotima:
Yun-Peng Zhao, Léo Marillier, violins
Franck Chevalier, viola
Alexis Descharmes, cello