2024 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 25 GUEST ARTISTS Annie March is a concert/multimedia producer and artist manager for Sozo Impact, Inc. a contemporary arts agency and incubator working at the intersection of social impact, innovation and the arts, representing Bora Yoon. Annie has a contagious passion for live production and loves supporting game-changing artists who elevate our everyday experiences through their works. A veteran of international touring with Daniel Bernard Roumain, Emeline Michel, Jade Esteban Estrada and others, Annie’s recent production credits include current touring producer, The Just and the Blind with Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Daniel Bernard Roumain (Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, SF Jazz); production manager PHONO KINETIC with Bora Yoon and Interval Studios (EMPAC, Troy, NY); producer First Nations Performing Arts Convening (Portland, OR 2023); artist team liaison, Boston Music Soul Fest (BAMSFest, Boston 2019); and producer, DJ Spooky’s Quantopia (Yerba Buena Arts Center, UMass 2019). Annie is also the creator of SozoMart, a digital sheet music store that partners with exceptional composers and poets to distribute extraordinary works, featuring high-quality pieces by living creators from historically under- represented populations. A former New Yorker and Bostonian, Annie lives in San Jose, CA with the love of her life and their two young children. ANNIE MARCH Creative Lab Producer JULIE JAMES Narrator Julie James is the founder and Artistic Director of Jewel Theatre Company in Santa Cruz where she has directed and performed several roles, including Eleanor of Acquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Patsy Cline in Always...Patsy Cline, Sylvia the dog in Sylvia , Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls , among many others. She has also performed with numerous theatres in the Bay Area and beyond, including Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Center Repertory Theatre. Julie holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Santa Clara University and graduated from the Drama Studio of London in Berkeley. Sponsored by Diane Craddock and Dave Hogye “Absolutely Brilliant” - PBS Chicago Pianist Jun Cho is a versatile artist who enjoys a multidimensional career as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator. He has performed in many major venues throughout the United States, South Korea, and Europe. An avid collaborator, he frequently performs with renowned musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Philippe Quint, Stefan Jackiw, Randall Goosby, and JP Jofre, among others. He is a regularly featured pianist of the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, the latest recipient of the Latin GRAMMY Award, performing an array of tango music in some of New York’s popular clubs such as Joe’s Pub and Iridium. Cho is currently an artist-faculty member at the Perlman Music Program, and the studio pianist of violinist Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School. He is also serves as an assistant to the Juilliard’s piano faculty Julian Martin. Starting in the fall of 2024, he will serve as an assistant professor of piano at Syracuse University. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, and his doctoral degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. JUN CHO Piano Sponsored by Joan Zimmerman