# Terry Riley All-Stars at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, May 3, 2005

[UC Santa Cruz Music Department] presents the [Pacific Rim Music Festival](http://pacificrim.ucsc.edu): Riley's Fantastic Birthday Celebration featuring [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/), [Kronos Quartet](https://kronosquartet.org/) with [Wu Man](http://www.wumanpipa.org/), and others  
[Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium](https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/community/visit/civic-auditorium)  
[307 Church St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA](https://maps.google.com/?q=%22305+Church+St.,+Santa+Cruz,+CA+95060+USA%22)  
7:30 PM, Tuesday, May 3, 2005

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## Set One

01. [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/) \(b.1935): _Invocation_, performed by George Brooks, Zakir Hussain, Antonia Minnecola, & [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/)
02. [La Monte Young](http://www.melafoundation.org/lmy.htm) \(b.1935): _Five Small Pieces_, (1956) performed by Kronos Quartet
03. [Pauline Oliveros](http://www.paulineoliveros.us/) \(1932–2016): _70 Chords for Terry Riley_, (2005) performed by Kronos Quartet
04. [John Adams](http://www.earbox.com/) \(b.1947) : _Sri Moonshine_ (Mvt II of _The Dharma at Big Sur_), 2003, performed by Tracy Silverman, electric violin, with ?John Adams?' synthesizer reduction of the original orchestral score  
[set ends H:MM PM]

## Set Two

### Riley: The Cusp of Magic (2005)

[Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/): _The Cusp of Magic_ (2005), commissioned by Kronos Quartet, performed by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man

01. I. _The Cusp of Magic_
02. II. _Buddha's Bedroom_
03. III. _The Nursery_
04. IV. _Royal Wedding_
05. V. _Emily and Alice_
06. VI. _Prayer Circle_  
[set ends H:MM PM]

## Set Three: All Stars: "Night Ragas and Beat Sutras"

The All Stars were Brooks, Hussain, Minnecola, Gyan Riley, Terry Riley, Sackett, & Silverman

01. _Caravan_
02. ?
03. ?
04. ?
05. ?
06. ?  
[show ends ~11 PM; no encore]

### Performers

* [George Brooks](http://www.georgebrooks.com/): soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;
* [Zakir Hussain](http://www.zakirhussain.com/): tabla, percussion, vox;
* [Antonia Minnecola](https://www.facebook.com/antonia.minnecola): Kathak dance, percussion;
* [Gyan Riley](http://gyanriley.com/): guitar, bass;
* [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/): piano, vox;
* John Sackett: bass clarinet;
* [Tracy Silverman](http://tracysilverman.com/): electric violin;
* [Wu Man](http://www.wumanpipa.org/): pipa.

### Kronos Quartet

* Hank Dutt: viola;
* David Harrington: violin;
* John Sherba: violin;
* [Jeffrey Zeigler](http://jzcello.com/): cello.

## Notes

Setlist thanks to the [Kronos archive](https://kronosquartet.org/events/detail/santa-cruz-ca-2/)

World Premiere of _The Cusp of Magic_ was [two days](2005-05-01) earlier, in Berkeley

News reports:

* [UCSC Pacific Rim Music Festival promo article](https://news.ucsc.edu/2005/03/649.html)
* {{:2005:2005-05:MN_2005-04-27_promo.pdf|Mark Whittington promo article}}
* [MetroActive promo article](http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/04.27.05/riley-0517.html)
* [Mark Swed concert review](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-05-wk-riley5-story.html)

Later in the year, in preview of a Terry Riley BD celebration in Berkeley, Sarah Cahill wrote, 'One of the sweetest and truest things ever said about him comes from Tom Constanten, former keyboardist for the Grateful Dead: “If you spend any time around Terry Riley, your soul will get a tan.”'

[NPR Interview](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19060917)

## Photos

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