2025 Ojai Music Festival

At the 2025 Ojai Music Festival lead by Music Director Clair Chase, JACK Quartet shares two programs offering new music by established and emerging composers.

Ojai Dawns
8:00am at Zalk Theater, Beasant Hill School

Program:
Leilehua Lanzilotti: ahupua’a - JACK Quartet
Eduardo Aguilar: HYPER - JACK Quartet
Tania León: Abanico - Austin Wulliman and Levy Lorenzo
Vicente Atria: Roundabout - JACK Quartet

The Holy Liftoff
8:00pm at the Libbey Bowl

Claire Chase and JACK Quartet join together for The Holy Liftoff, the most recent work by pioneering American composer Terry Riley. Written as a series of musical sketches and brilliantly colored drawings, an exuberant and energized work represents a culmination for Riley, who says “I feel like this piece sums up a lot of things I’ve worked for.”

Program:
Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko’u’inoa – Leilehua Lanzilotti, viola
Sofia Gubaidulina: Mirage: The Dancing Sun – Eight cellos, conducted by Steven Schick
Julius Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan of Arc – Ten cellos, conducted by Steven Schick
Terry Riley: The Holy Liftoff – Claire Chase (flute) and JACK Quartet

2025 Ojai Music Festival

At the 2025 Ojai Music Festival lead by Music Director Clair Chase, JACK Quartet shares the stage with fellow festival artists in two programs at the Libbey Bowl.

Morning Concert - Chambers
10:00am at the Libbey Bowl

Program:
Marcos Balter: Chambers – JACK Quartet
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: UBIQUE – Claire Chase, Cory Smythe, Katinka Kleijn, Seth Parker Woods

Evening Concert - Meditations, Spells, Thinking Forests
8:00pm at the Libbey Bowl

Program:
JS Bach (arr.): Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit (BWV 668) – Wu Wei & JACK Quartet
Sofia Gubaidulina: Meditation on the Bach Chorale (1993) – JACK Quartet, Kathryn Schulmeister (bass), Alex Peh (harpsichord)
Tania León: Hechizos (1995) – Steven Schick, festival artists
Liza Lim: How Forests Think (2016) – Wu Wei (sheng), Steven Schick, festival artists

2025 Ojai Music Festival

On the final day of the 2025 Ojai Music Festival lead by Music Director Clair Chase, JACK Quartet shares the stage with fellow festival artists in two programs at the Libbey Bowl.

Morning Concert – Rituals
10:00am at the Libbey Bowl

Program:
Tania León: Ritual – Alex Peh, piano
Christopher Otto: Angelorum Psalat (after Rodericus) – JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto: Fumeux fume par fumée (after Solage) – JACK Quartet
Austin Wulliman: Dave's Hocket – JACK Quartet
Susie Ibarra: Sky Islands – Susie Ibarra & Levy Lorenzo (percussion), JACK Quartet, Alex Peh (piano), Claire Chase (flutes)

Closing Concert – Pulsefields
5:30pm at the Libbey Bowl

Program:
Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko’u’inoa – JACK Quartet + Leilehua, Kathryn, Katinka, Seth
Pauline Oliveros: The Witness – duos featuring: Steven Schick & Susie Ibarra, Alex Peh & Cory Smythe, Wu Wei & Claire Chase, Joshua Rubin & M.A. Tiesenga, Ben Marx & Tristam Williams
Terry Riley: Pulsefield – Tutti Festival Artists