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5/27/2005
WHEN:
Monday, June 20th, 2005 at 7:30 PM
WHERE:
Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater,
2537 Broadway at 95th Street.
Closest subway: 1/2/3/9 to 96th Street and Broadway
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Join us for an evening of World Class Musical Performances by Jazz greats Marion, Alexander and Emily Cowings, Kim Kalesti, and Michael Dease, and classical pianist Daniel Beliavsky. Come hear selections ranging from Duke Ellington to Lukas Foss, and participate in a moderated discussion with our performers about where the genres
overlap and how music has the power to change our lives.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Tickets are available at www.symphonyspace.org, at the box office in
the main lobby, or by calling Joel Kramer at 212-564-4977 or 646-326-
8996.
TICKET PRICES:
$45 full price; $35 symphony members; $25 students and seniors; $10 children 16 and under. Take advantage of our special discounts for group tickets while they are available!
posted by Jerry Bowles
5/27/2005 07:43:00 AM
5/26/2005
AWARD-WINNING FLUTIST/COMPOSER JAMIE BAUM & HER SEPTET IN NYC PREMIERE
OF NEWLY COMMISSIONED WORK, TUES., MAY 31 AT THE JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE AUDITORIUM
* Recent Septet CD �Moving Forward, Standing Still� Voted Best CDs of 2004 by DownBeat, Jazziz, Boston Phoenix *
"**** (Four Stars)� simply outstanding�. an immensely satisfying, exciting listen." � Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
"**** (Four Stars). Baum's composing and arranging skills shine forth with the exactness of a classicist's regimen. Within these jazz frameworks there's an uncanny aggregation of looseness, and perfection." � Glenn Astarita, DownBeat
"Moving Forward, Standing Still is that rarity of an album�one that utilizes deep and complex structures to create something completely accessible." � John Kelman, All About Jazz
Join award-winning flutist/composer Jamie Baum on Tuesday, May 31st as she performs with her Septet � Baum on flutes, Ralph Alessi on trumpet & flugelhorn, Doug Yates - alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Tom Varner on French horn, Johannes Weidenmuller on bass, George Colligan on piano, and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. They'll present the NYC premiere of �Ives Suite: The Time Traveler� which was commissioned by Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Foundation. Two shows, at 8 and 10 p.m., take place at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium of the New York Baha�i Center, 53 East 11th Street (between University Pl. & Broadway). Tickets are $15/$10 for students. Reservation and information Number: 212-222-5159. Jazz Tuesdays is curated and run by Mike Longo, long-time Gillespie associate.
Baum's recent OmniTone Records CD "Moving Forward, Standing Still� has earned wide praise as one of the Best CDs of 2004 by DownBeat Magazine, The Boston Phoenix, Jazziz, WPFW-FM, and helped Baum to earn a nomination as Flutist of the Year in the 2005 Jazz Journalist Awards. "**** (Four Stars). A huge step forward from her already impressive 1997 debut, Jamie Baum's third album as a leader is simply outstanding� That sense of musical freedom, an unwillingness to limit herself simply to staid through-composed pieces, post-bop jazz classicism, or free improv experimentalism, but to mix and match the elements that suit her needs on a piece-by-piece basis, is what sets Baum apart from many of her peers, and what makes Moving Forward, Standing Still an immensely satisfying, exciting listen." � Stewart Mason, All Music Guide. "With Moving Forward, Standing Still, Jamie Baum has made a serious and possibly significant contribution to jazz." � Marc Meyers, All About Jazz.
Winner of the 2003 New Works: Creation and Presentation Award (part of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project) sponsored by the Chamber Music America national service organization, Baum has an unusually keen musical mind which conjures jazz that is simultaneously accessible and adventurous, open-hearted and demanding, beautiful and dark.
A native of Connecticut, Baum, who holds a B.M. degree in jazz flute/composition from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Master�s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, has acquired a reputation as a jazz force to be reckoned with since moving to New York City about fifteen years ago. She's shared the bandstand with luminaries like John Abercrombie, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Dave Douglas, Billy Hart, Fred Hersch, Mickey Roker, Uri Caine, Kenny Werner, Leni Stern, and Charles Tolliver.
Her talent has earned her numerous awards including three from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles award and the Jazz Journalists Association nomination mentioned above. She's also won coveted spots in DownBeat Magazine�s Critics� and Readers� Polls (1998 through 2004); the 1999 Julius Hemphill International Jazz Composers Alliance Award; and the 1996 Jazziz Magazine �Woodwinds-on-Fire� competition. Moreover, she was selected in four different years (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) to perform overseas in Asia and in South America as a USDOS/Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador. The year 2003 saw the flutist playing the Kathmundu Jazz Festival in Nepal and the Venezuela Jazz Festival.
The five-year-old Jamie Baum Septet plays regularly at clubs such as Cornelia Street Cafe and Sweet Rhythm in NYC and Blues Alley in Washington, DC and has appeared at the JVC Jazz Festival, Freihoffer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT among others. She also co-leads a quartet with guitarist Ken Wessel, bass guitarist Jerome Harris, and Septet drummer Jeff Hirshfield, performs with the Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore, Travis Sullivan's Casual Sextet, and with several other projects.
Baum has recorded numerous CDs including Undercurrents (1991, Konnex) with Randy Brecker and Vic Juris in support (plus trumpeter Dave Douglas on one track); Sight Unheard (GM Recordings 1997) with Dave Douglas, pianists Kenny Werner and Roberta Piket, Drew Gress, and Jeff Hirshfield; the collaboration Intersect (Consenus) with pianist Roberta Piket, saxophonist Virginia Mayhew, bassist Nikki Parrott, and drummer Allison Miller. As a sideperson, Baum's credits include recent recordings by jazz singer Judi Silvano, Steve Lampert, Andrew Rathbun and Frank Carlberg, and Paul Arlanian.
Baum, who studied under Jaki Byard, Hubert Laws, Ransom Wilson, Richie Beirach and Charlie Banacos, among others, teaches private lessons through the New School in New York City, Long Island University and conducts clinics worldwide including "A Fear-Free Approach to Improvisation for the Classically-Trained Musician" and "A Jazz Flute Survey/Retrospective."
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CDs, JPEGS, and press kits available.
www.jamiebaum.com
www.OmniTone.com
posted by Coming Events
5/26/2005 10:17:00 AM
5/24/2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
About the Audience Concert Series presents its inaugural concerts
New York � The About the Audience Concert Series presents two inaugural concerts showcasing music by a unique blend of today�s composers. CAMI Hall will host the first concert featuring works for flute, violin and piano in a variety of combinations on the evening of June 2nd. The Leonard Nimoy Thalia theatre at Symphony Space will be the setting for the second concert, presenting a variety of works for string quartet, on June 9th. Both concerts will include several world premieres and even less frequent second performances.
About the Audience Concert Series:Thursday June 2nd, 8pmAn evening of Flute, Violin, and PianoCAMI Hall167 West 57th StreetTickets ($21/$16)Call 917-204-4922 or email david@homanmusic.com
Featuring: Sean Schulich, Stefan Hoskuldsson, flutes, Pauline Kim, violin; Yalin Chi, Elizaveta Kopelman, pianoComposers: David Homan, Sean Hickey, Patricia Leonard, Sergei Tcherepnin, Ben Bierman, Pat Rasile, and Clint Edwards
* * * * *Thursday June 9th, 8pmAn evening of String Quartet Music The Thalia at Symphony Space2537 BroadwaySW Corner of 95th and BroadwayTickets at www.symphonyspace.org ($21/$16)Featuring: Pauline Kim, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Dov Scheindlin, viola; Christine Kim, celloComposers: David Homan, Sean Hickey, Jeff Stone, Ben Bierman, Pat Rasile, and Stefania de Kenessey
The About the Audience concert series developed from a need to explore new audiences for classical music. Through detailed composer involvement, and audience/composer interaction, these series are geared toward music of deep expression and universal nature. A variety of styles are presented around a particular theme or instrumentation, with the hope of finding receptive ears for each composer. Through sharing audiences and sharing their music, each composer may be able to work more closely with a group of peers of all ages and of all levels, and find the commonality in their expression that, together, can bring a larger, more vibrant life to the beauty of classical music. Each audience member is asked to directly participate, through attending rehearsals, completing surveys, and giving the composers direct feedback.
For press inquiries & more information, contact:
Sean Hickey
revueltas@sprynet.com
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posted by Coming Events
5/24/2005 05:31:00 PM
5/23/2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Grant (646) 359-3856
sTRANGEmUSIC & Egizio Panetti present
ONE-TWO-THREE-GO!
Monday Evening Concerts
EVE BEGLARIAN & COREY DARGEL with MARGARET LANCASTER
Live at OPIA
130 East 57th St.
New York City
JUNE 20, 2005
Eve Beglarian and Corey Dargel with Margaret Lancaster will perform on Monday, June 20, 6:30 p.m., in the performance space at OPIA, 130 East 57th Street (at Lexington). Tickets are $15 at the door and the doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Composer/performers Eve Beglarian and Corey Dargel are joined by flutist Margaret Lancaster for an evening of idiosyncratic art songs and electro-cabaret numbers. The trio combines Lancaster's virtuosic versatility with Beglarian's heartfelt sincerity and Dargel's deadpan delivery as the composers swap lead vocals and take on each other's songs. The program features selections from Beglarian's forthcoming CD "FlamingOs of the New World," Dargel's "Born and Raised" (a Lancaster commission), and some new versions of old favorites.
"One of new music's truly free spirits," and a "remarkable experimentalist," Eve Beglarian is a composer, performer, and audio producer whose music has been described as "an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements." Her chamber and orchestral music has been commissioned and performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the California EAR Unit, Rel�che, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Sequitur, Dinosaur Annex, and the Robin Cox Ensemble, among many others.
Her experience in music theater includes music for Mabou Mines' Obie-winning Dollhouse, Animal Magnetism, and Ecco Porco, directed by Lee Breuer; the collaboration Hildegurls' Ordo Virtutum, which premiered at the Lincoln Center Festival; Forgiveness, a collaboration with Chen Shi-Zheng and Noh master Akira Matsui; and the China National Beijing Opera Theater's production of The Bacchae, also directed by Chen Shi-Zheng.
Corey Dargel is a composer, performer, and lyricist whose "elegantly skewed electronic art songs" (Time Out New York) have established his reputation as "a rising master of the postmodern love song." (Artsjournal.com). "A postmodernist looking at the pop song from the outside, he turns irony upside down. Rather than subvert a sincere surface message, he wore all his self-conscious distancing on his sleeve, but underneath you began to suspect he rather heartbreakingly meant what he sang." (Village Voice) His performances have been called "forlornly optimistic," and critics have lauded "how smoothly he slides between sincerity and irony" (Time Out Chicago) in his music. Dargel is currently an Artist-in-Residence at HERE Arts Center.
Flutist of choice for hoards of composers, Margaret Lancaster is an artist who hasn't merely 'pushed the envelope' of flute performance and repertoire, she's redefined it with fearless technique, musicianship, wit, and a clear sense of performance values. Lancaster's early interest in new music, specifically the works of Elliott Carter, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Reich, was fostered while studying music at the University of Louisville and Brooklyn College where her primary teachers were Francis Fuge and Harold Jones. Noted for her inter-disciplinary collaboration with writers and composers, she has built a large repertoire of contemporary flute works composed specifically for her, that employ extended techniques, dance, drama, multi-media, and electronics.
More iNFO at: http://www.strangemusic.com
posted by Coming Events
5/23/2005 11:31:00 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Grant (646) 359-3856
sTRANGEmUSIC & Egizio Panetti present
SO PERCUSSION
Live at OPIA
130 East 57th St.
New York City
JUNE 13, 2005
So Percussion will perform on Monday, June 13, 6:30 p.m., in the performance space at Opia, 130 East 57th Street (at Lexington). Tickets are $15 at the door and the doors open at 6:00 p.m.
On this performance, So Percussion will perform music from their two CDs: Part One of Steve Reich's "Drumming" and Part Two of David Lang's "The So-Called Laws of Nature."
So Percussion (Douglas Perkins, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, and Lawson White) is a captivating group, hailed for their "brilliant" and "consistently impressive" performances by the New York Times. Formed in New Haven, CT in 1999, So has already made a name as one of the most exciting young ensembles in the country. Recently, they've been featured at Carnegie Hall, the Bang on a Can Marathon, the BAM Next Wave Festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Miller Theatre, Joe's Pub, the Other Minds Festival, Merkin Hall, The Roundtop Festival, and on WNYC's New Sounds and Soundcheck.
So's continuing commissioning project has already produced many new works, including David Lang's groundbreaking the so-called laws of nature, written in 2002. In the near future, this project will yield new pieces by Martin Bresnick, Paul Lansky, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Dennis DeSantis. Recently, So received the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming award for these efforts.
So's educational initiatives have resulted in residencies at The University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University, Duke University, Williams College, King's College, and performances with the Harvard Group for New Music and Columbia Composers. In 2004-2005, So is the ensemble in residence at The Yellow Barn in Putney, Vermont, participating in both the summer festival and a year-round outreach project. So's first two albums are now available on Cantaloupe Music.
As percussion instruments have become central to our diverse musical culture, the music written for them has reached a new level of excitement and maturity. So Percussion�s goal is to challenge and enable the creation of new music that combines all kinds of musical, theatrical, and artistic elements. We seek composers, collaborators, and audiences who are open to pulling these instruments out of their usual contexts to create new aural and visual experiences. Percussion has a unique ability to thrill and captivate. Its expressive possibilities range far beyond beats and rhythms, speaking to the impact of sound on our very lives.
A So performance seeks to convey this impact. From the pure joy of drumming to the strange beauty of everyday objects, audiences are uniquely moved and entertained by this total immersion in sound and imagination. These shows are presented at many different venues: concert halls. clubs, art museums and more. In addition to these performances, we bring educational programs to universities, public schools, and other locations across the USA. So is a form of the Japanese verb meaning, �to play.� For us, it means sharing the joy and spirit of music making with whomever we can!
More iNFO at: http://www.strangemusic.com
posted by Coming Events
5/23/2005 11:29:00 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Grant (646) 359-3856
sTRANGEmUSIC & Egizio Panetti present
ONE-TWO-THREE-GO!
Monday Evening Concerts
PATRICK GRANT GROUP
Live at OPIA
130 East 57th St.
New York City
JUNE 6, 2005
Patrick Grant Group will perform on Monday, June 6, 6:30 p.m., in the performance space at OPIA, 130 East 57th Street (at Lexington). Tickets are $15 at the door and the doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Patrick Grant Group (Grant w/ Kathleen Supov�, Marija Ilic & John Ferrari) reunites for its first performance of 2005. On this program they will be playing new compositions for three keyboards and percussion, featuring amongst them Grant's "Driving Patterns," "Breaking Butterflies Upon the Wheel," & "ATF: Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms" as well some older favorites. The music has "...a driving and rather harsh energy redolent of rock, as well as a clean sense of melodicism ... the music's momentum and intricate cross-rhythms rarely let up, making the occasional infectious tunes that emerge all the more beautiful for surprise." - The Village Voice
Patrick Grant has created musical scores for the theatrical visionary Robert Wilson (three installations and a theatrical piece), the Louvre Museum (an installation for the Mus�e du Quai Branly), the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble (a tone poem after a scenario by Artaud), the Living Theatre (two theatre pieces, a one-act opera and,
most recently, contributed music for the documentary "Resist!" which won the prize for best documentary at the EuropaCinema Festival in Italy, 2003), and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company in San Francisco (a piece called "the strangest and most ravishing dance of the year" by the SF Chronicle and nominated for Best Dance Score of 2003 by the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards). As a presenter, Mr. Grant has produced literally dozens of concerts of new music in the alternative spaces of New York, in art galleries, theaters, factory lofts and clubs, since 1988. He is founder and artistic director of Strange Music Inc., an organization dedicated to releasing recordings and presenting compelling new work with performances and installations in New York and around the world.
Kathleen Supov� is one of the most acclaimed contemporary music pianists of our time, occupying a unique position through her continuous search for what is new and provocative. Kathy has spent the last decade producing a series of solo concerts entitled The Exploding Piano, in which she has performed and premiered countless works by emerging and established composers. The series has received rave reviews and thrilled audiences everywhere. In the last two seasons, Kathy developed The Exploding Piano into a multimedia experience by using theatrical elements, vocal rants, performance art, staging, electronics, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines and director/writer Valeria Vasilevski.
Marija Ilic is an active performer of the traditional repertoire and new music in New York City and has been praised as a "clear and decisive musician...compelling...poetic" by The New York Times. Her performances include recitals at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, Musica Viva in Belgrade, Clark Studios at Lincoln Center, as well as the Aldeburgh Festival in England, Norfolk Contemporary Music Festival, Bolzano Festival, Trinity Church concert series and the Schumann Festival.
Enjoying an extremely varied career, John Ferrari is a versatile drummer, classical and hand percussionist, conductor, educator and composer/arranger in the New York City area music scene. He is a founding member of the Naumburg Award winning New Millennium Ensemble and long standing member of Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass & Percussion. Frequent recipients of the ASCAP/CMA Award for Adventurous Programming, both groups have collectively released nine critically acclaimed recordings.
More iNFO at: http://www.strangemusic.com
posted by Coming Events
5/23/2005 11:25:00 PM
5/17/2005
For Immediate Release:
May 17, 2005
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Steven R. Gerber�s Desert Places: 3 Poems of Robert Frost To Be Performed at Brooklyn Conservatory on May 20 - Concert Features Work for Voice and Piano
Steven R. Gerber�s Desert Places; 3 Poems of Robert Frost will be presented on Friday, May 20th, 7 PM at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 Seventh Ave., corner of Lincoln Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
The three Frost poems in this setting are Spring Pools, Tree at My Window and Desert Places.
The piece will be performed by soprano Christine Moore, with the composer at the piano as part of the Brooklyn Conservatory Composers Collective concert. Works by Beth Levin, David Del Tredicic, John Easton, Daron Hagen and others will also be presented. More about the Collective and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music at http://www.brooklynconservatory.com/.
Tickets for this concert are $5. For more information, please contact Brooklyn Conservatory at 718-622-3300.
Steven R. Gerber�s music has gained international attention as a result of two CD releases (on Chandos and KOCH) featuring several of his major orchestral works, including the Symphony No. 1. Gerber has also achieved great success in the United States and in his ten tours of the former Soviet Union, perhaps becoming the most often-played living American composer in that area. Of the Symphony No. 1, Evening Moscow wrote, �Gerber could serve as an example of American musical professionalism �he stands out with the highest of temperaments and musical taste.� Mr. Gerber has written for a number of fine soloists including Yuri Bashmet for the viola concerto, Kurt Nikkanen for the violin concerto and Carter Brey for the cello concerto. His work has been performed by groups such as the Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Chamber Orchestra, the Fine Arts Quartet, the National Chamber Orchestra and the Russian Philharmonic. Steven R. Gerber is the subject of an Electronic Dialogue interview in Sequenza 21 web magazine. Read the interview at http://www.sequenza21.com/gerber.html. Visit his website at http://www.stevengerber.com.
Steven R. Gerber is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting. For a CD sampler of Steven R. Gerber�s music or more information, contact them at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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posted by Coming Events
5/17/2005 03:18:00 PM
5/16/2005
New England Conservatory of Music Presents
Piano Music of Larry Thomas Bell
Wednesday, May 25, 8:00 p.m.
Keller Room
Larry Thomas Bell, pianist
Admission free
Miniature Diversions (1983)
Serenade
Rhythm Study (laying bricks)
Imaginary Hymn
Scherzino
Revivals (1983-84)
The Old Gospel Ship
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
When the Stars Begin to Fall
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Jesus Calls Us
Piano Sonata No. 2, �T�la� (2002)
(in one movement)
world premiere
Four Chorale Preludes (2003)
Stand up, Stand up, for Jesus
I love to tell the story
Fairest Lord Jesus
There�s a wideness in God�s Mercy
world premiere
Elegy (2005)
world premiere
posted by Jerry Bowles
5/16/2005 10:31:00 PM
For Immediate Release:
May 16, 2005
Pianist/Composer Frederic Rzewski Brings His Idiosyncratic Art to New England Conservatory�s SICPP (�Sick Puppy�), June 20--25, 2005
Performances at Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance Feature Rzewski, Stephen Drury, John Mark Harris, Jung Hee Shin, NEC�s Callithumpian Consort
NEC�s annual Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance (SICPP--affectionately known as �Sick Puppy�) will pay tribute to the crazy quilt eclecticism of Frederic Rzewski�s compositional art, June 20�25. Under the direction of NEC piano faculty Stephen Drury, the weeklong institute will present concerts every night spotlighting works by Rzewski or composers close to him. Rzewski himself will be BnG Foundation Composer-in-Residence during the first two days and will conduct masterclasses and play a solo recital, June 21.
Among other pianists performing are Drury, John Mark Harris, Shannon Wettstein, and Yukiko Takagi. Instrumental ensembles include NEC�s Callithumpian Consort and The BSC. The latter (the acronym doesn�t stand for anything�at least nothing the group will reveal publicly) is a formidable improvising ensemble. Led by Bhob Rainey, it is composed of eight electroacoustic musicians �traveling with a theremin, double bass, cello, a host of homemade electronics, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, and seriously twisted ideas,� according to its official biography.
While the daytime SICPP classes for pianists and composers are open only to those registered through NEC�s Summer School, the evening concerts are free and open to the public.
The schedule for the week follows:
Monday, June 20
NEC�s Jordan Hall, 8pm
Stephen Drury, Jung Hee Shin '95 G.D. '99 A.D., John Mark Harris, and the Callithumpian Consort play
Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
The Road Pt. 1
Whangdoodles
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.
Tuesday, June 21
NEC�s Jordan Hall, 8 p.m.
Frederic Rzewski solo recital
Rzewski: Andante con moto, 14 Variations on Beethoven, Op. 57, 2nd movement (1991)
The Babble (The Road, Mile 62) (2003)
Ballad #5 (It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad) (1979-2004)
Spells (Thinking of Jelly Roll Morton) (2004)
Wednesday, June 22
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
The Callithumpian Consort and The BSC
Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise
Thursday, June 23
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
Shannon Wettstein plays
Jeffrey Mumford: Barbaglio dal mance
David Evan Thomas: Triad
Friday, June 24
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
John Mark Harris, Yukiko Takagi and Stephen Drury play
Stockhausen: Klavierstucke XI(1956)
David Cleary: SICPP Fantasies
Saturday, June 25
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
Students of SICPP perform new music for piano
For more information, call the NEC Concert Line at (617) 585-1122 or visit NEC on the web at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/concerts
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, Contemporary Improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes�thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, many of them in Jordan Hall, its world- renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC�s opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of �From the Top,� a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by more than two hundred stations throughout the United States.
posted by Ellen C. Pfeifer
5/16/2005 01:49:00 PM
5/9/2005
May 9, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Lumina String Quartet Presents May 15 �Connecticut Yankees in the Khan�s Tatar Court� Concert of Music by American and Tatar Composers in New Fairfield, Connecticut
On Sunday, May 15 at 3 PM, Music at Saint Edward�s will host �Connecticut Yankees in the Khan�s Tatar Court,� a return engagement of the Lumina String Quartet in a special program of works by Tatar and American composers, including a multi-media presentation, at Saint Edward the Confessor Church, 21 Brush Hill Road in New Fairfield, Connecticut.
Members of the Lumina Quartet include Asya Meshberg (violin), Lynn Bechtold (Violin), Boris Deviatov (Viola), and Jennifer DeVore (cello). Appearing with the ensemble on May 15 will be guest artist, Phillip Bashor, principal clarinetist of the Greenwich Symphony.
American music featured in the concert will include selections from George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, as well as works by contemporary composers, Dan Cooper and Gene Pritsker. Modern Eurasian influences will be represented by Tatarstani composers Rashid Kalimoullin and Almaz Monasypov. A special feature of the concert will be a multi-media realization of Gene Pritsker�s "Poem #3", Reflections in sound on the poem: �Song from Zapolya� by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This work, which had its world premiere at the Lumina�s resident host institution, Norwalk Community College, on March 6, 2005, was created in collaboration with the painter Andrew Meshberg, also of New York City, who will unveil the painting inspired by this poem.
This concert is free and open to the public, however donations are accepted. For more information, please call 203-746-6945.
As cultural ambassadors to the festival in Kazan, the Lumina will be performing works by modern American composers of widely varied backgrounds and musical styles, as well as a selection of chamber music by contemporary Tatarian musicians. In the past several years, the quartet has been a regular part of the annual music festivals in Kazan, and has commissioned and performed a number of original scores by native composers. They have also appeared in concerts elsewhere in Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as Odessa, Ukraine.
The May 15 concert is a prelude to the Quartet�s forthcoming tour to the International Festival of Contemporary Music �Europe-Asia� in the ancient city of Kazan. Capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, an independent member of the Russian Federation, Kazan is celebrating the Summer of its millennium year with a gala series of events highlighting its long cultural history. More about Tatarstan at http://www.tatar.ru/english.
Founded in 1992, the Quartet is ensemble-in-residence at Norwalk Community College. True to its name, the Lumina has continued to enlighten audiences in the tri-state area and has appeared in music festivals throughout Europe and central Asia. In 1997, Lumina created the Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians at the Rich Forum of Stamford Connecticut�s Center for Performing Arts. This highly successful music festival has grown from one to thirteen string quartets, with Lumina coaching each in quartet performance. The quartet also maintains an annual concert series in New York City, including the NYU Composition Department, performing music exclusively written by students and faculty. Visit them online at http://www.jamesarts.com/lumina/.
To reach the Lumina Quartet, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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posted by Coming Events
5/09/2005 03:04:00 PM
5/6/2005
May 6, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Music of D�Arcy Reynolds To Be Performed in Two San Francisco-Area Concerts � Cloven Dreams for Orchestra on May 14 and Ten Day Miner for Concert Band on May 18
The music of California-based composer D�Arcy Reynolds will be heard in two upcoming concerts in the San Francisco area:
Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 7:30 PM � Cloven Dreams for Orchestra will be performed by the San Francisco School of the Arts Orchestra at the school�s Theatre, 555 Portola Drive in San Francisco, California. For more information about this concert, please contact the School at 415-695-5700 or visit them online at http://www.sfsota.org.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 6:30 PM � Ten Day Miner for Concert Band will be performed by the Magnolia Intermediate Gold Band at Cottage Hill Elementary School Auditorium, 22600 Kingston Lane in Grass Valley, California. The piece was written in conjunction with a San Francisco American Composers Forum Community Engagement Grant. For more information about this concert, please contact the School at 530-268-2808 or visit them online at http://www.pleasantridge.k12.ca.us/magnolia.
Both of these concerts are free and open to the public.
Cloven Dreams was commissioned by Tessa Brinckman & the East/West Continuo of Portland, Oregon after visiting Helen Martins' Owl House in South Africa in the Summer of 2002. The programmatic work in three sections is based on African field recordings from the 1940's, as well as the inspiration provided by photographs from This is My World which charts Martins' life in South Africa. The orchestral version of the work was created as part of the composer�s residency at the San Francisco School of the Arts.
The composer has recently returned from an extended visit to South Africa and kept a detailed online trip weblog that can be read at http://www.sequenza21.com/reynolds.html or http://www.darcyreynolds.com/southafrica.html.
D'Arcy Reynolds is a well-known composer on the West Coast where her compositions have been premiered at numerous concert halls and music festivals. She has written works for orchestra, chamber orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, voice and piano. Recent premieres include her string quartet �Cloven Dreams�, performed by Tessa Brinckman & the East/West Continuo in Portland, Oregon, �Elegy� by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, �21� for piano, and �The Past Keeps Changing�, performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. In recognition for her outstanding work, D'Arcy has won several grants from such prestigious organizations as the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center and Meet the Composer. Visit her website at http://www.darcyreynolds.com/.
For more information about D�Arcy Reynolds, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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5/06/2005 05:11:00 PM
Press Release, April 2005
Press Contact: Sara H. Phillips
sara@nowensemble.com
917 566 6120
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOW Ensemble presents a concert of ensemble and solo works, including
the premiere of Patrick Burke's External Forces, on May 26th, 2005,
8:00 PM, at the Church of Christ and St. Stephens, New York, NY.
NOW Ensemble concludes its exciting 2004-2005 season with the premiere
of the new work by NOW founder Patrick Burke, External Forces. Written
in Santiago, Chile, during a time of political upheaval in the United
States, External Forces is a view from abroad of the crisis at home.
NOW Ensemble will also perform its exciting new commission from
Israeli-American composer Yoav Gal, Child of Noble Family, and a
selection of solo works by Mark Dancigers, Judd Greenstein, and Nico
Muhly, all of which were written specifically for members of the
ensemble.
Formed in 2002 as a means of facilitating communication and shared
music-making between composers and performers, NOW Ensemble is a
dynamic new music group that is dedicated to the presentation of works
by emerging composers. From the group's inception, founders Patrick
Burke (composer), Judd Greenstein (composer) and Sara Phillips
(clarinetist) aimed to create an organization that would promote new
music from a combined perspective of both composers and performers, an
aim that has been met in the succeeding years. With performances in New
York City, Boston, and New Haven, NOW Ensemble has brought new music to
the attention of the public as an essential and crucial part of our
developing culture, engaging young audiences and non-musicians, as well
as regular concertgoers, with what Ed Montgomery of Context Studios
called "a new voice lifting in the context of a smaller world,
suggesting the shape of the sounds that will define art music in the
early part of this new century."
Hailed as "unquestionably a composer of promise," (Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review), composer Patrick Burke (b. 1974), a native of
Pittsburgh, PA, recently received an M.M.A. degree in music composition
from the Yale School of Music, where he is currently working towards
the D.M.A. At Yale, he studied with Aaron Jay Kernis, Martin Bresnick,
and Joseph Schwantner. He also earned an M.M. in composition from the
University of Texas at Austin in May 2001. Mr. Burke has received
numerous awards, commissions, and fellowships to music festivals. In
October, 2004, he attended the Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute
and Reading Sessions, where the Minnesota Orchestra read his orchestral
piece, Mood Swing, which had previously been premiered by the Yale
Philharmonia. In the summer of 2002, Mr. Burke attended the Norfolk
Contemporary Music Festival, where he composed Compound Fracture for
eighth blackbird. He received an ASCAP Morton Gould award for the same
work in 2003. In 2001, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble commissioned
Mr. Burke to compose All Possible Outcomes, which they premiered in
July of 2002. Mr. Burke is the co-founder and co-artistic director of
NOW Ensemble, and is currently living in Santiago, Chile.
Photos, bios & publicity materials:
http://www.nowensemble.com
http://www.burkemusic.com
More info:
http://www.juddgreenstein.com
http://www.yoavgal.com
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5/06/2005 04:45:00 PM
5/5/2005
May 5, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James
516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Music of Lawrence Dillon in the U.S. and France � May 13, 17 and 26 Premiere Performances of Three New Works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Paris, France
New York, NY - Three new works for wind ensemble, flute and piano and piano quartet by Lawrence Dillon will be heard in the U.S. and France in the next two weeks:
Friday, May 13 � 7:30 PM - World Premiere of �Blown Away� for Wind Ensemble by the North Carolina School of the Arts Wind Ensemble, James Kalyn, Music Director at the Roger L. Stevens Center of the North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 South Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Tickets for this concert are $12, with discounts for seniors and students. They can be ordered by calling (336) 721-1945 or online at http://www.ncarts.edu/ncsaprod/ncsaPerf/.
Tuesday, May 17 � 7:30 PM � World Premiere of �Motion:� Sonata for Flute and Piano by flutist Tadeu Coelho and pianist Allison Gagnon at the Judy & Bill Watson Chamber Music Hall of the North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 South Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Once again, tickets for this concert are $12, with discounts for seniors and students. They can be ordered by calling (336) 721-1945 or online at http://www.ncarts.edu/ncsaprod/ncsaPerf/.
May 26, 2005 � World Premiere of �What Happened� a new 14 minute-long work for violin, viola, cello and piano at Maison Danoise, 9 Boulevard Jourdan in Paris, France. More about Maison Danoise at http://www.fondationdanoise.org/yMdan_Br/accFR.htm.
For more about these performances and to follow Lawrence Dillon�s online trip diary, visit his Sequenza 21 blog �An Infinite Number of Curves� at http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon.html.
Hailed by the Louisville Courier-Journal for his �compelling, innate soulfulness,� Lawrence Dillon has produced an extensive body of work characterized by a keen sensitivity to color and a mastery of traditional forms. A student of Vincent Persichetti, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, David Diamond, and Roger Sessions, Dillon became at the age of 25 the youngest composer to earn a doctorate at the Juilliard School (1985), also winning the Gretchaninoff Prize and an ASCAP Young Composers Award. Currently Composer-in-Residence at the North Carolina School for the Arts, Dillon holds residencies at numerous summer festivals, and has been awarded grants from the American Music Center and National Endowment for the Arts, among others. His works have received special commendation from the 2003 Masterprize of London, been chosen for the 2002 Jordania International Conducting Competition in Kharkov, Ukraine and been performed and broadcast throughout the Americas and Europe. His music is on Albany (�Chamber Music by Lawrence Dillon� � http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/july02/LD_cd.htm), Channel Crossings, and CRS. Read his latest Cadenza Newsletter online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/oct04/LD_nws_100704.htm and visit his website at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/.
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting - 516-797-9166 - phone and fax, to whom inquiries about his music can be directed.
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posted by Coming Events
5/05/2005 03:01:00 PM
5/4/2005
Pianist Blair McMillen will play a recital as part of Columbia University's Italian Academy concert series MUSIC ANTICA E NUOVA: old and new music at the academy. $12, $5 for students and seniors. Casa Italiana, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue between 116 and 118 Streets. Call 212 854 1623 for more information or reservations.
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5/04/2005 08:00:00 PM
Arc Duo (Heather Holden, flute and Bradley Colten, guitar) will perform a recital at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City on Saturday, May 7, 2005 at 8:30pm. The program includes works by Robert Beaser, Ned Rorem, Terry Riley, and the world premiere of Judah Adashi's Songs of Kabir. The concert is presented by Artists International as part of its Distinguished Alumni Series.
Merkin Hall is located at 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam). Tickets are $23 and may be purchased through the Merkin Hall box office at (212) 501-3330 or online.
ABOUT ARC DUO - Hailed as "electrifying, reflective, and always engaging" by Guitar Review, Arc Duo's performance highlights include appearances at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Caramoor Music Festival, Trinity Church's Concerts at One, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium, and the National Flute Convention. Arc Duo has received high praise from some of the leading artists of today, including Ned Rorem, Joan Tower, David Starobin, Linda Chesis, and David Leisner. Last year the duo launched their "Commissioning Project" with the world premiere of Duncan Neilson's Romances at Carnegie Hall, which inspired American artist LeRoy Neiman to sketch the duo on stage. Arc Duo is currently collaborating with award-winning composers Judah Adashi and Roland Dyens. The duo is ensemble-in-residence at Diller-Quaile School of Music. For more information about Arc Duo, visit www.arcduo.com.
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5/04/2005 12:18:00 PM
L I G H T
The Robin Cox Ensemble in a production that ranges from the all-enveloping soundscapes of John Luther Adams to the intensely rhythmic music of Robin Cox to the poignant and rock-influenced work of Michael Gordon.
Santa Monica, CA
Saturday 5/7 8pm
Mark Moore Gallery -Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. A-1, tickets at the door: $15/$12 students
Santa Barbara, CA
Saturday 5/14 8pm
Center Stage Theater, Chapala and De la Guerra St., reservations/info: 805/963-0408 $15/$12 students
This program includes music of some of today�s most talked about composers. �The Light That Fills the World� by Alaska native John Luther Adams is described by Chamber Music Magazine as �Amazingly beautiful, peaceful, and reflective--shimmering like the unusual landscape in which this composer resides�. Bang on a Can founder Michael Gordon describes his lyrical new work, �Light is Calling� for violin and electronics, as �club music for nerds�. Percussionist Eric Mellencamp will perform �The Rider�, for percussion and live interactive electronic processing by composer Joseph Kasinskas. The newest member of the ensemble, cellist Carter Dewberry, will perform David Lefkowitz�s wild solo �Possible Worlds�. Robin Cox�s music on the program will include his latest work �Drive�, and �Near Miss� which highlights the hand drumming of percussionist Erik Leckrone.
"impressive...a refreshingly diverse new musical encounter" -Los Angeles Times
"the music is smart, but also warm to the ears." -Santa Barbara Independent
www.robincoxensemble.com
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5/04/2005 11:54:00 AM
CANTICUM NOVUM SINGERS PRESENTS �SPRING MIX� -- DOWLAND, SENFL, HARBISON, BRITTEN AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS � MAY 14/15
New York, NY � The Canticum Novum Singers, conducted by founder Harold Rosenbaum, presents �Spring Mix,� a collection of inspirational masterpieces. The concert will be given on Saturday May 14 at 8PM and Sunday May 15 at 3PM, at St. Malachy�s Church, 239 W. 49th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, NYC. The performance will feature The Canticum Novum Youth Choir directed by Edie Rosenbaum, and pianist Jean Schneider.
The concert covers the gamut of music history from Renaissance composer Ludwig Senfl�s greatest mass, to the modern writing of John Harbison. Also included in the program is a biblical tale by Renaissance composer John Dowland and Vaughan Williams� Toward the Unknown Region, with text from Walt Whitman�s famous poem Leaves of Grass.
TICKETS: $20 at the door, or call TicketCentral, 212-279-4200, or online at www.ticketcentral.com.
The Canticum Novum Singers, hailed by critics and audiences alike, is now in its 32nd season under the direction of its founder and artistic director Harold Rosenbaum. During the past 31 years, this chamber choir has achieved both national and international recognition for its stylistic versatility, vocal blend, and expressive range. The group is chorus-in-residence at the Bloomingdale School of Music, and has performed over 500 concerts worldwide. For more information about The Canticum Novum Singers and Harold Rosenbaum visit http://www.canticumnovum.org.
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5/04/2005 11:35:00 AM
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