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1/25/2005
The music of American composer Beth Anderson will be featured in a concert by critically acclaimed violinist Ana Milosavljevic on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 5:30 PM at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, 154 W. 57th Street, corner of 7th Avenue in New York City.
The concert will celebrate the release of Beth Anderson�s new CD "Quilt Music", which features Ana Milosavljevic, and is on the Albany label. Milosavljevic will perform Anderson�s Tale # 1 and Tale #2, Dr. Blood's Mermaid Lullaby and Belgian Tango, all for violin and piano. The violinist will be performing with two prominent pianists, Christopher Oldfather and Terezija Cukrov. Other composers presented on the program will be Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy, Lauren Bernofsky, Chen Yi and John Adams.
Tickets are $23. For more information and to order tickets, call 917-488-4725, or e-mail miloanci@yahoo.com. This concert is sponsored in part by New York Women Composers, Inc. and Artists International Presentations, Inc.
On January 28, 2005 Soprano Fran�oise Vanhecke will perform Anderson�s Cat Songs (also from Quilt Music) at the St�dtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch - Gladbach, in Germany. The concert also includes music of Irma Bilbao, Rain Worthington, Violeta Dinescu, Elisabeth Austin, Joyce Hope Suskind, Stefania de Kenessey, Awilda Villarini, Joelle Wallach and others.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/25/2005 10:19:56 AM
World-renowned violinist Marat Bisengaliev will be in concert on Monday,
January 31st, 2005, - 8 P.M at Carnegie Hall�s Isaac Stern Auditorium,
57th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan. This performance will be
presented in conjunction with the New York opening of the Cultural
Center of Kazakhstan, Inc., where Bisengaliev is Artistic Director.
A portion of concert proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross
International Response Fund.
Pianist Alia Alhan will accompany Bisengaliev in many of the concert
selections, which will include Tartini�s Sonata �Devil's Trill�,
Wieniawski�s �Original Theme with Variations�, Milstein�s �Paganiniana�
and the American Premiere of Albeniz� �Asturias�, both for solo violin,
Jenkins� �Cantus Insolitus� (dedicated to the victims of the recent
Asian tsunami - World Premiere arrangement), and selections by Elgar,
Rachmaninov, Serkebayev (�Alma-Ata� - World Premiere for violin and
piano), as well as the Haydn �Sonata in G� and Amanzhol�s "Inkar", both
for piano solo.
Tickets for this concert are $20, $35 and $50. For tickets or other
concert information, please call the Cultural Center of Kazakhstan at
(212) 923-0068 or visit them online at http://www.kzculture.com/. You
can also get more information about the concert and order tickets online.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/25/2005 10:16:09 AM
1/20/2005
Ingram Marshall's "Alcatraz" visits New Haven
March 12, 7:30, ECA Arts Hall New Haven Connecticut
Artists' collective Sound Underground presents evening of spoken poetry
and music that explore role of technology in art. Program includes
�Alcatraz� by guest artist Ingram Marshall, a multimedia evocation of
the deserted island surrounding the infamous prison, created with
photographer Jim Bengston. Also includes a premiere by Istvan B�Racz,
and music by David Heetderks and Tom Izzo.
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 PM at the ECA Arts Hall in New Haven,
Connecticut (55 Audobon Street; entrance on Orange Street). Tickets
are $10 general admission, $5 students. For further information visit
www.soundunderground.org or email info@soundunderground.org.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/20/2005 05:25:00 PM
1/19/2005
Saturday 19 February 2005
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Full Programme
Free workshops from 1.30pm including composer surgeries, workshops on writing for voices (spnm) and for amateurs (COMA), and a chance to hear London Sinfonietta principal Ian Dearden of Sound Intermedia investigate what use composers can make of live electronics. Details from www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk
QEH 4.30pm BBC Singers
Paul Ayres The Spring (world premiere)
Elspeth Brooke among banged fragments (world premiere)
Jonathan Girling new work (world premiere)
Julian Allwood The Bells (world premiere)
Peter McAleer Doorkeeper (world premiere)
Sonja Grossner Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow (world premiere)
David Sawer Sounds
James Morgan conductor
QEH 6.00pm London Sinfonietta
Simon Holt brief candles
Anna Meredith fly-by-night
David Sawer Cat's-Eye
Anna Meredith axeman
James Olsen Chameleon Concerto (UK premiere)
David Porcelijn conductor
Rolf Hind piano
John Orford bassoon
Clio Gould violin
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
QEH 7.45pm London Sinfonietta
Tansy Davies neon
Mary Bellamy Within Dreams I (world premiere)
Simon Holt eco-pavan
Simon Holt The Coroner's Report
David Sawer Rebus (UK premiere)
David Porcelijn conductor
Rolf Hind piano
Anssi Karttunen cello
For further information or details of afternoon workshops, please contact
Alison Atkinson at the London Sinfonietta on 020 7928 0828 or email
a.atkinson@londonsinfonietta.org.uk
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/19/2005 01:52:52 PM
1/18/2005
Saturday, February 5, 2004, 8:30PM at
THE CUTTING ROOM
10 W. 24 St., NYC
Eve Beglarian Preciofilla (solo flute)
Evan Hause Tickle (percussion)
Netty Simons Silver Thaw (flute and guitar)
Arthur Kampella Exoskeleton (viola)
Gene Pritsker Reflections in Sound (and Painting)
on a poem by Baudelaire (trombone, guitar, painter, narrator )
Toshi Ichiyanagi Music for Piano #4 for David Tudor (piano solo)
John Cage Ryoanji (trombone and percussion)
Everybody Improvisation Grandiosa
Performed by: Margaret Lancaster, flute, Dave Taylor, trombone, Evan Hause, percussion, Gene Pritsker, guitar,
Arthur Kampella, viola, Joseph Pehrson, piano, Andrew Meshberg, painter, Charles Coleman, narrator
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/18/2005 06:25:27 PM
The World Premiere of Judith Lang Zaimont�s �Stillness �
Poem for Orchestra� will be presented by the Rockford Symphony
Orchestra, Steven Larsen, Music Director, on Saturday, January 22, 2005
� 8 PM at the Coronado Theater, 314 North Main Street, Rockford,
Illinois.
Ticket prices range from $15 to $38, with discounts for students. For
more ticket information, directions or other information, contact the
Rockford Symphony at 815-965-0049 or visit them online.
�Stillness � Poem for Orchestra�, a single 16-minute movement in three panels, slow-fast, slow, was conceived and completed in sketch-score during a Spring 2004 residency at Copland House � a magical environment providing utter quiet and long stretches of available time in which to ponder and focus intensely. Only is such a
place could a work of such specific and fragile nature as this be realized. It was jointly commissioned by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Steven Larsen, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Crafton Beck and the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Michael Griffith.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/18/2005 03:53:11 PM
Benjamin Lees� Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra will be performed by The Amarillo Symphony, James Setapen, Music Director, and the Harrington String Quartet on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 8 PM at the Civic Center Auditorium, 401 South Buchanan in Amarillo, Texas.
Other works on the concert will be Supp�s �Overture to The Beautiful Galathea�, Elgar�s �Introduction and Allegro� and Schubert�s Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
Single tickets range from $15 to $25, with discounts for students and seniors. For tickets, directions to the Civic Center or general information call (806) 376-8782. For more information about The Amarillo Symphony, visit them online.
Benjamin Lees� Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra was first performed in 1965 by the Paganini Quartet and the Kansas City Symphony. It has become the most performed work in the composer�s orchestral catalogue and been presented by more than 35 orchestras, including the St. Louis Symphony and New York Philharmonic.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/18/2005 10:23:44 AM
1/12/2005
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and the Kitchen present West Goes East�CalArts at the Kitchen Wednesday, January 26 to Saturday, January 29. The festival features an array of multimedia performances highlighting the diversity of CalArts alumni in the New York Area.
West Goes East spotlights 23 Artists, 100 performers, and 10 world premiers. Special guests include jazz recording artist Ravi Coltrane, electronic music pioneer Mort Subotnick, US Department of Art and Technology Secretary Randall Packer, Cal Arts President Steven Lavine, Andy Warhol Foundation President Joel Wachs, WNYC radio host David Garland, and film composer David Shire.
Wednesday
Host: Steven Lavine
Kathy Rose (video performance artist)
Terry Dame's Electric Junkyard Gamelan
Marina Rosenfeld � New Works for Turntablist
Earl Howard (saxophone, synthesizer) and Denman Maroney (hyperpiano)
CalArts Allstar Jazz Ensemble featuring Ralph Alessi and Ravi Coltrane
Thursday
Host: Joel Wachs
Lois V Vierk � �Simoom� for Eight Cellos
Christopher Magee (experimental animation) � �The Birdcage King �
Jessica Gaynor Dance Company � �Rhythm Studies�
Kate Weare and Karl Anderson (dance) � �Intercourse�
Brian Howrey (theatre artist) � �Deviates from the Master Plan�
Shem Guibbory � �The Evolution of a 21st Century Violinist�
Friday
Host: Morton Subotnick
Dan Joseph Ensemble (music)
Robin Martin and Charles Putris (cartoon projections) text by Charles Bukowski
Marcos Rosales - Dance/Video/Music
NewBand � (music) Compositions by Dean Drummond and Anne LeBaron
Troika Ranch Digital Dance Theater � �16 (R)evolutions �
Meredith Alex � �Metamorphosis in Vogue: a Gallery of Human Sculpture �
Saturday
Host: Randall Packer
Pre-concert Discussion with David Shire, moderated by WNYC�s David Garland
Mike Enright (experimental animation) � �Grit�
Doug Vitarelli - (experimental animation) � �In Transit�
Steve Horowitz with filmmaker Jane Brill � �The Re-Taking of Pelham One Two Three�
Jamie Bishton Dance Company � �Bloom�
David Simons with Gamelan Son of Lion � �Music for Theremin and Gamelan�
West Goes East � CalArts at The Kitchen tickets are $15 single night/$50 festival pass, available at The Kitchen box office (512 West 19th Street), online (www.thekitchen.org), or phone 212.255.5793x11.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/12/2005 06:00:25 PM
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom�s Celebration! To Be Presented By Trinity
Chamber Orchestra On January 16 � Richard Fazio To Conduct Washington
D.C. Performance
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom�s Celebration! for Chamber Orchestra will be
performed by the Trinity Chamber Orchestra, Richard Fazio conductor, on
January 16, 2005 at the historic Trinity Theater, 36th and O Streets NW,
in Washington DC. The work will be presented along with music by Mozart,
Puccini, Gershwin and Cecile Chaminade.
The composer writes about the work, "Celebration! deals with the joy and
celebration of life that we need to express after coming to terms with
the darker side. With all its excitement and vigor, as well as its
interesting unexpected turns, Celebration! makes a great concert
opener!" Erik E. Ochsner - Music Director of the SONOS Chamber Orchestra
has said of the work, �We had such positive feedback from audiences on
how much they enjoyed Brian Grundstrom's work, Celebration! It is
modern, yet tonal, enjoyable, and playable."
Tickets for this concert are $20, with discounts for advance sale and
children, and may be purchased by contacting the orchestra at
301-926-0936 or sending email to info@trinitychamberorchestra.org. For
directions or other concert information, please call 301-926-0936 or
visit the Trinity Chamber Orchestra online.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/12/2005 11:33:35 AM
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posted by Duane Harper Grant
1/12/2005 09:49:04 AM
1/11/2005
Los Angeles Master Chorale �embrace�
Paul Salamunovich, Conductor
William Beck, Organ
Performance Date:
Sunday, January 23, 2005, 7 p.m. (Listen Up! pre-concert talk, 6 p.m.)
Program:
Maurice Durufl� Requiem
Zolt�n Kod�ly Laudes Organi
Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Theater:
Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ticket Prices:
$79, $59, $34, and $19
Public Rush seats available at box office two hours before curtain
Ticket Information:
800-787-5262; outside California call 213-972-7282
www.lamc.org or at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/11/2005 05:12:57 PM
1/10/2005
Dan Locklair�s �Symphony of Seasons� - Symphony No. 1, will be performed
by the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, David Hagy, Music Director on
Saturday, January 15, 2005, 7:30 p.m. at Keppel Auditorium on the campus
of Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes Street, Salisbury, North Carolina.
The concert will also feature Haydn�s "Introduction to Winter" from The
Seasons, Vivaldi�s "Spring" from The Four Seasons, Barber�s �Knoxville:
Summer of 1915� and Glazunov�s The Seasons: "Autumn".
Tickets for this concert are $18, with discounts for students and
seniors, and may be purchased via the web at
http://www.salisburysymphony.org or through the Salisbury Symphony Box Office at (704) 637-4314.
Locklair�s Symphony No. 1, completed in January 2002, was inspired
by The Seasons, a collection of poems by eighteenth century British poet
James Thomson. The work was the result of an orchestral consortium
commission led by the Louisville Orchestra and was funded in part by the
Copying Assistance Program of the American Music Center. It was given
its World Premiere in October 2002 by Maestro Uriel Siegel and the
Louisville Orchestra and was also performed by the North Carolina
Symphony led by Maestro Jeffrey Pollock in March 2004.
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/10/2005 03:45:17 PM
1/9/2005
Kaufman Center presents
The Sixth Annual People�s Commissioning Fund (PCF) Concert
Featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars with Special Guest Philip Glass
129 W. 67th St. (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
Thursday, February 3, 2005, at 8 PM
Single Tickets: $20; Call the Box Office at 212 501 3330 or visit www.kaufman-center.org
The Kaufman Center presents Bang on a Can�s Sixth Annual People�s Commissioning Fund (PCF) Concert at Merkin Concert Hall on Thursday, February 3, at 8 PM. New York�s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars takes on new works by Carla Kihlstedt, Cynthia Hopkins and JG (Jim) Thirlwell, then welcomes special guest Philip Glass to the stage for a rare performance of his seminal early work Music in Similar Motion. The All-Stars are fresh from a U.S. tour with Glass in which they performed early works together with him to celebrate their new recording, Philip Glass�Music in Fifths (Cantaloupe Music). The program will also include one of the very first PCF pieces: Dan Plonsey�s The Plonsey Episodes (commissioned in 1998). A special edition of New Sounds� Live, the program will be hosted by John Schaefer and presented in association with WNYC Radio.
posted by Duane Harper Grant
1/09/2005 04:55:36 PM
1/3/2005
Monday, Jan. 17 at 8 pm;
Greenfield Hall,
Manhattan School of Music, 122nd & Broadway
Program:
Steven R. Gerber - Three Folksong Transformations for violin, cello, and piano
Elizabeth Brown: Blue Minor for Flute and String Quartet
Astor Piazzola: Oblivion, La Muerte del Angel for Violin, Bass and Piano
David Noon: Trio for Violin, Piano, and Percussion
George Tsontakis: Heartsounds for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass
George Gershwin: It ain't necessarily so, Summertime, An American in Paris for Violin and Piano
Flute: Carol Wincenc
Violin: Kurt Nikkanen
Viola: Karen Dreyfus
Cello: Maria Kitsopoulos
Bass: Tim Cobb
Piano: Maria Asteriadou
posted by Jerry Bowles
1/03/2005 10:05:09 PM
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