Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao: Counterpoint

One’s a tap prodigy. The other’s a piano virtuoso. Together, they create magic onstage.

San Diego Union Tribune

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao (he/him), and choreographer and dancer Caleb Teicher, (they/them) have long been famous for their respective talents. But in merging their two disciplines—piano and tap—they have created a new, exhilarating offering that inspires and expands the concept of the concert experience.

With Counterpoint, Tao, a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and Teicher, winner of two Bessie Awards, have created an experience “unexpectedly fresh and suffused with joy.” (NPR) With music that spans from Bach to Gershwin, we invite you to step (or tap!) out of your routine and broaden your sonic horizons.

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Programmed by guest curator David Fung

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CONCERT PROGRAM:

J.S. BACH
Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

TAO/TEICHER
Swing 2 from More Forever and improvisations

SCHOENBERG
Five Piano Pieces, op. 23: V. Walzer

NOBLE/POWELL/TATUM
“Cherokee”

CHARLES “HONI” COLES & BRENDA BUFALINO
The Coles and Bufalino Soft Shoe

BRAHMS
Intermezzo in E major, op. 116/4

MOZART/DAVID PARKER
Song and Dance, based on Mozart’s Sonata in A major, K.331: III. Allegretto “Alla Turca”

GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue, arr. for solo piano

RAVEL
Sonatine: II. Mouvement de Menuet

J.S. BACH
Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988