Definiens, a Los Angeles-based chamber music ensemble, will present a concert of chamber music from the 20^th and 21^st century on Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm at the Ivy Substation at 9070 Venice Blvd.  This program will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s piano trio Pale Yellow and Fiery Red, French composer Albert Roussel’s work Duo for bassoon and double bass, and Definiens own Jennifer Stevenson’s Distances for oboe and piano.  Definiens will also present the world premiere of Ian Munro’s work UNstasis for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello.  Munro, a composer based in New York, is the winner of Definiens 2010 composition commission competition in the young composer category and wrote this piece specifically for Definiens.

Members of Definiens include Diana Morgan (flute), Ryan Zwahlen (oboe and English horn), Jennifer Stevenson (clarinets), Michael Kreiner (bassoon), Sakura Tsai (violin), Lars Hoefs (cello), Stephen Pfeifer (double bass) and Jeanette Louise Yaryan (piano).

This performance is the first of four "Musical Adventures" Definiens will present in Culver City over the course of this year, made possible in part by a $2,960 grant from the Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program. The concert is also supported by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online or at the door with cash or credit card.  Please call (310) 897-4111 or visit www.definiens.org for more information.