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