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2/27/2005
For the third concert of its 28th season at Merkin Hall on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at 8:00 p.m., the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society will present the young composer/performer collective counter)induction in a program of six works, two each by young, mid-career, and senior composers. Hailed by The New York Times for their "fiery ensemble virtuosity," counter)induction performers consist of clarinetist Benjamin Fingland, violinist Asmira Woodward-Page, violist Jessica Meyer, cellist Katherine Cherbas, and pianist Blair McMillen. Following a recent c)i concert, Allan Kozinn of The New York Times wrote: �What kept the program fascinating was the vitality the players brought to the music. These performances were not merely dutiful; they sang and danced."
Their program will include two quintets written for the ensemble: a world premiere by the young New York composer/pianist Daniel Beliavsky titled The Animals' Race, based on a short story without title by the Soviet absurdist writer Daniel Harms, and Quintet l'homme arme by Washington area composer Douglas Boyce, a c)i founder/member whose work is based on the medieval tune of the same name. Further ensemble works on the program are the reflective quintet Canzona and Dance by Brian Fennelly and the virtuosic sextet Amnesia Variance by Lee Hyla, which will feature guest artist William Ruyle on hammered dulcimer. Senior composers George Crumb and Ursula Mamlok will be represented by the delicate Four Nocturnes for violin and piano and the dramatic Polyphony I for solo clarinet, respectively.
A reception for the performers, composers, and audience will follow the concert.
Tickets for March 9th are $15, sr. citizens $10, students $5 at the Merkin Hall box office.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/27/2005 06:27:00 PM
2/25/2005
The music of Judith Lang Zaimont will be heard in several performances across the U.S. in the next week.
Her new �Stillness � Poem for Orchestra� will be performed by the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Michael Griffith, Music Director, on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 � 7:30 PM at the Fine Arts Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Her "Zones" - Piano Trio No. 2 will be performed at 2 PM on March 1 at the Hobart Taylor Recital Hall of Prairie View A & M University, University Drive in Prairie View, Texas and also on March 2 at Cypress-Fairbanks Community College, 14955 NW Freeway, in Houston, Texas by a trio led by pianist Vicki Seldon.
Tickets for the March 2 Stillness performance are $7, with discounts for students and seniors. For more ticket information, directions or other information, contact the Fine Arts Center box office at (307) 766-6666 or visit them online
The March 1 and 2 performances of Zones are free and open to the public.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/25/2005 05:46:00 PM
SONOS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Erik Ochsner will perform salon music arranged by Arnold Schoenberg and the world premiere of �Suite from Incidental Music to The Tempest�, composed by Jean Sibelius and arranged by Ochsner, on Thursday, March 3, 2005 (Church of the Holy Trinity) and Saturday, March 5 (Good Shepherd Church).
Ticket Information:
Thursday, March 3, 2005 8:00 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street
Tickets $30
(includes pre-concert cocktail party)
Saturday, March 5, 2005 7:30 p.m.
Church of Good Shepherd
608 Isham St, at 208th Street and Broadway
Tickets $15
Tickets can be purchased at the door one half hour prior to each concert. Advance ticket reservations can be made by calling 212.740.0432. For more information visit: www.sonoschamberorch.org.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/25/2005 05:43:00 PM
On Sunday, March 6, 2005, at 7:30 p.m., the New York Viola Society presents violist Csaba Erd�lyi at Greenfield Hall at the Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Avenue, NW corner of Broadway and 122nd Street in New York City. Together with pianist Laura Melton he will perform Brahms - Sonata in D major, op. 78 (�Rain Song�)(originally for violin, arranged by Mr. Erd�lyi), Paul Chihara - Sonata for Viola and Piano (1996 - revised 1999), Bohuslav Martinu - Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 and Manuel De Falla - �El Amor Brujo� Suite (arranged by Mr. Erd�lyi).
General admission is $15, seniors 62 & over $10, students $5 (NYVS members and Manhattan School students admitted free).
For more information, visit http://www.nyvs.org or email us at nyvs@earthlink.net.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/25/2005 05:30:00 PM
2/23/2005
Sunday, March 13, 3:00, p.m.
Christ and St. Steven's Church, 120 West 69th St.
New York, New York
North/South Consonance presents:
Spirituals: New Chamber Orchestra Music by American Composers
James Yannatos Here-There-This and That
Christopher James Sinfonia Concertante
Larry Thomas Bell Spirituals (premiere)
The North/South Chamber Orchestra
Max Lifchitz, conductor
(Free Admission) For more information call 212-663-7566 or visit www.northsouthmusic.org
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/23/2005 10:23:00 AM
Violinist TOM CHIU, founder of the FLUX Quartet, will give a solo recital of new and old music in the first concert of the Italian Academy's spring series MUSICA ANTICA E NUOVA. Wednesday, March 2, 8:00 PM in the Teatro of Casa Italiana, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue between 116 and 118th Streets. Tickets are $12, $5 for students and seniors. Please call me at 212 854 1623 to reserve a seat.
Giacinto Scelsi L'Ame Ailee
Iannis Xenakis Mikka
Marco Uccellini Sonata over Canzoni, Op. 5
Luciano Berio Sequenza VIII
Conlon Nancarrow Toccata, for violin and recorded part
Ileana Perez Velazquez un ser con unas alas enormes...
Heinrich Biber Mystery Sonatas #4, #15
Tom Chiu New Work
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University
Casa Italiana, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 301B
New York, NY 10027
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/23/2005 10:21:00 AM
2/19/2005
Lawrence Dillon�s Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra will premiere on Friday, February 25th at 8:00 in Crawford Hall on the campus of the North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The composer will conduct the Carolina Chamber Symphony, with David Jolley as soloist. The performance will be part of the 2005 International Horn Society�s Southeast Workshop. For
information about Revenant, please visit the composer�s Sequenza 21 weblog "Lawrence Dillon: An Infinite Number of Curves" at http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon.html.
Tickets for this concert are $12, with discounts for students and seniors, and can be obtained by calling 336-770-3255. For more information, visit http://www.southeasthornworkshop.org/.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/19/2005 06:54:00 PM
Pianist Alia Alhan will be in concert on Saturday, February 26 � 8:00 PM at the Liederkranz Club, 6 East 87th Street in New York.
She will be performing selections by Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, Prokofiev and two composers from her native Kazakhstan, Bakhtiyar Amanzhol and Adil Bestybaev. She will be joined in these last two selections by Kazakh folk instrumentalist Zhanna Kassenova.
Tickets for this concert are $20, with discounts for students and seniors. For tickets and other information, please call 212-534-0880.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/19/2005 06:52:00 PM
The Music for Peace Project 2005, an unprecedented global effort to promote world peace and social justice, will involve hundreds of musical performances from April 8 through 10, 2005. Through the simultaneous performance of a large number of concerts worldwide, the Music for Peace Project will bring popular and media attention to peace efforts while uniting a vibrant community of socially-conscious artists who believe in peaceful solutions for the future. It is hoped that the Music for Peace Project will increasingly become a global celebration of peace.
Both existing and specially-produced performances may be part of the effort. Musicians wishing to participate register by signing a simple form on the Peace Project website: www.m4p.org or by writing to MAP at info@m4p.org.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/19/2005 06:49:00 PM
In Defiance! Music of Remembrance
Monday, May 9, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
Tickets/Info: 206-365-7770
Julian Schwarz, Recipient of the David Tonkonogui Memorial Award: A Concert Prelude in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
David Schiff: Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool (1985)
Lori Laitman: The Seed of Dream (2004)
Poetry by Abraham Sutzkever: Vilna Ghetto (World Premiere commissioned
by Music of Remembrance)
Erwin Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 1 (1924)
Terezin Cabaret Music (World Premiere)
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/19/2005 06:42:00 PM
2/14/2005
Steven R. Gerber's "Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A" will be preformed in concerts by Maestro James Fellenbaum and the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra on February 19, 8:00 PM at the University�s James R. Cox Auditorium, 1408 Middle Drive in Knoxville and on February 20, 2:30 PM at Oak Ridge High School, 127 Providence Road in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
"Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A" was commissioned by Voice of America for its 60th anniversary, and was premiered at VOA's auditorium on a 9/11 memorial concert by the University of Maryland Brass Ensemble, Milton Stevens conducting.
These concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the University of Tennessee School of Music at (865) 974-5678. If you need additional information or assistance call (865) 974-8935 or visit them online.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/14/2005 09:00:00 PM
Native American flute virtuoso R. Carlos Nakai and the San Juan Symphony, Arthur Post, Music Director, will perform Vision II by American composer Judith Sainte Croix in two concerts entitled �The Song of the Earth�, on February 19th - 7:30 PM at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 West Arrington in Farmington, New Mexico and on Sunday February 20th - 3 PM at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive in Durango, Colorado.
Tickets range from $5 to $25 and can be purchased from the Farmington Civic Center - 505-599-1148 and from the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College - 970-247-7657 or online from the San Juan Symphony at www.sanjuansymphony.com/tickets.html.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/14/2005 12:25:00 PM
The all-professional New York Virtuoso Singers, conducted by its founder Harold Rosenbaum, celebrates the 95th birthday of American composer Samuel Barber by performing all of his chamber choral music, both published and unpublished. The concert will be on March 8 at 8PM, the eve of his birthdate, at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., NYC. The pianist will be Cristina L. Valdes.
Along with well-known works like �Reincarnations� and �Stopwatch on Ordnance Map,� will be excerpts from operas, songs, and orchestral works (including the �Adagio for Strings�), all arranged by the composer for choir and piano. In addition, unpublished works will receive New York premieres, including �Motet on the Book of Job� and �The Gypsy Song,� the opening chorus from �The Rose Tree,� an opera that Barber composed at the age of ten.
TICKETS: $20. Merkin Concert Hall Box Office: (212) 501-3330 Sunday through Thursday, 12PM to 7PM; Friday, 12PM to 4PM; online at www.kaufman-center.org; or at the door.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/14/2005 12:19:00 PM
The American Youth Symphony (AYS), under the direction of its Music Director and Conductor Alexander Treger, will make its Carnegie Hall debut on Saturday, April 2, 2005, at 8 p.m. (Carnegie Hall is located at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.) Internationally acclaimed pianist Yundi Li will be the featured soloist, performing Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, in E minor. The program will also feature Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and the East Coast premiere of a new work, Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon -- In Memory of the Lives Taken by the Sea,
December 26, 2004, by Lera Auerbach, Composer-in-Residence of the AYS. (This work replaces Overture for an Unforeseeable Future, which was previously announced.) The Auerbach work was commissioned by the Orchestra, which will present the world premiere six days earlier at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, where the Orchestra is based. Consisting of players between the ages of 16 and 25, the American Youth Symphony is a polished ensemble whose high standard of performance belies the youth of its members.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/14/2005 12:17:00 PM
2/7/2005
MORPH
for string orchestra
World Premiere
SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City)
Merkin Concert Hall - New York City
Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 8PM
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/07/2005 08:23:13 PM
The Americas Vocal Ensemble, Nelly Vuksic, Music Director, will present
a very special concert titled �Music and Poetry from Latin America�, on
Tuesday, February 15 at 8:00 PM at St. Peter�s Church, 619 Lexington
Avenue in the Citicorp Center, Manhattan.
This concert will present selections reflecting the richness of the
Latin American heritage of music and poetry together. The program will
include great poetry by Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela
Mistral, Octavio Paz, Mario Benedetti and others, set to choral and solo
songs by such outstanding composers as Carlos Guastavino, Alberto
Ginastera, Max Lifchitz, Carlos Rausch, Jerome Goodman, Damon Lee,
Gunhild Glass, Yvette Souviron and Luis Antonio Escobar. The Concert
will feature commentaries by pianist Cesar Vuksic about a number of the
selections.
Tickets for this concert are $20 and $15. For tickets or other concert
information, please call (718) 261-4494. You can also get more
information about St. Peter�s Church at http://www.saintpeters.org/.
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/07/2005 08:20:36 PM
2/5/2005
"American Voices"
Brian Sacawa, saxophone
Wenli Zhou, piano
Wednesday, February 16
8pm � Miller Theater
2960 Broadway (at 116th St.)
$15 General Admission
For reservations please contact the Miller Theater box office at 212-854-7799.
Subway: 1 or 9 train to 116th Street. Bus: M4, M60, or M104 to 116th Street.
PROGRAM:
Chris Theofanidis, Netherland
Alvin Lucier, Spira Mirabilis
Martin Bresnick, Tent of Miracles
Lee Hyla, Pre-Amnesia
Philip Glass, Piece in the Shape of a Square (NY Premiere, saxophone version)
Charles Wuorinen, Divertimento
Derek Hurst, Bacchanalia Skiapodorum (NY Premiere)
Michael Gordon, The Low Quartet (NY Premiere, saxophone version)
**Catch a sneak preview of the show!
Thursday, Feb 10 @ 7:30pm
University Commons, Ann Arbor, MI
**If you miss the NY show . . .
Thurdsay, Feb 17 @ 8pm � Hartt School of Music, Hartford, CT
Friday, Feb 18 @ 7pm � University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
**And tune in on . . .
Saturday, Feb 19 from 2:30 to 4:30pm
for a live broadcast and interview on Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar (WGDR FM 91.1 in Plainfield, VT). Listen online! http://wgdr.org/listen_wgdr.html
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/05/2005 12:27:47 PM
2/2/2005
Judith Lang Zaimont�s �Growler� for wind orchestra� will be presented by the Florida State University Symphonic Band, Richard Clary, Conductor, on Friday, February 4, 2005 � 4 PM at Opperman Music Hall, Copeland Street on the FSU campus, Tallahassee, Florida. Other composers whose works will be presented on this concert include Daniel Godfrey, Mark Kilstofte, James Barry and Scott McAllister.
This concert is free and open to the public and will be the fourth of eight concerts that FSU School of Music is presenting from February 3 through 5 as part of their Twelfth Biennial Festival of New Music. For more about the other concerts, contact the FSU School of Music at 850-644-3424 or visit them online.
Judith Lang Zaimont�s �Growler� for wind orchestra, is the first movement of her Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes, the other two movements being �Dreamz� and �Tattoo.� Commissioned in 2003 to honor the Centennial of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, for the university�s Wind Ensemble, Professor Craig Kirchhoff, conductor, the work has been described as follows � �Inside six brief
minutes a seething, inflected wall of sound appears, evaporates, chases itself round and round, and then rebuilds two more times. In between these brutal walls the percussion section first marches past and later on wildly drums in two sharply designed solo turns. Low instruments, and swirling, muscular harmonies predominate.�
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/02/2005 06:38:31 PM
Noted pianist Lois Brandwynne, heralded by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a four-star musician with blazing technique, musical intelligence and sensitivity," will perform her New York recital debut on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 8PM at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, NYC. Joining Brandwynne will be cellist Bonnie Hampton. The program will include works by Andrew Imbrie, Darius Milhaud, Th�r�se Brenet, Elinor Armer, and William Bolcom. Tickets are $15 general and $10 for students, seniors and UCDavis alumni. For ticket information and reservations call the Merkin Hall box-office at (212) 501-3330 or http://www.kaufman-center.org/ Brandwynne�s website is: www.loisbrandwynne.com
posted by Jerry Bowles
2/02/2005 06:33:30 PM
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