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7/25/2005
Have you HEARD?
Introducing HEARD: the University at Buffalo�s new resident chamber ensemble:
Tony Arnold, Soprano
Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman, Flutes
Jonathan Golove, Cellist and Composer
Jacob Greenberg, Piano
J. Alexander Hurd, Baritone
Stephen Manes, Piano
(For more information: Contact Slee Hall Concert Office, Phil Rehard, Manager;
phone: (716)645-2921; email: rehard @buffalo.edu)
HEARD explores the broad range of today�s instrumental and vocal chamber music. Flexible in style and instrumentation, HEARD bridges the gap between old and new, presenting thematic programs that spin a web of connections between music and culture, history, and current topics. From the whimsical to the dramatic, HEARD is not to be missed.
A Must-Hear Concert Series: HEARD ON WEDNESDAYS
HEARD on Wednesday, September 7th: �VIRTUOSO FACULTY SHOWCASE�
HEARD initiates a new tradition, starting the concert season off with an extravaganza featuring UB�s many talented faculty performers in a broad range of exciting repertoire, old and new, including Luciano Berio�s �Sequenza 3 for female voice�, Harold Meltzer�s �Trapset� for amplified alto flute, and Jonathan Golove�s �Imaginary Songs II� for cello, alto flute, and voice.
HEARD on Wednesday, November 2nd: �DAY OF THE DEAD�
On the heels of Halloween, HEARD explores Mexican chamber music and music of other cultures, shrouded in mysteries of death and the entire cycle of life. Program includes German Romero's "El Principio" (for flute and soprano), Harri Vuori's "Songs of Dreaming and Death" (for cello and soprano, and Modest Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death" (for baritone and piano).
HEARD on Wednesday, February 22nd: �HEARD IN THE WILD�
HEARD explores the wildly diverse aspects of sound, traversing evocative soundscapes inspired by nature. Posing to query composer, performer, and listener alike as to what exactly might have been first heard, this program plays with visions of spring, rain, wind, rivers, and animals. Included on this program are Olivier Messiaen's "Le Merle Noir" (for flute and piano) and Simon Holt's "Maiastra" (for solo flute and alto flute), Toru Takemitsu's "Rain Tree Sketches" (for solo piano), Igor Stravinsky's "Four Russian Songs" (for flute, harp, guitar, soprano), John Musto's "River Songs" (for baritone and piano), and George Crumb's "Vox Balanae" (for flute, cello, and piano).
HEARD on Wednesday, April 5th: �OF LOVE AND MONEY: A TAXING PROGRAM�
In honor of Mozart's 250th birthday, and the season to pay taxes, HEARD
presents a program of works connected by themes of money, love, and the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Oboist Carolyn Banham and cellist Mary Artmann are featured guest artists. Program to include J.S. Bach's �Let my heart be the coin� from Cantata 163, Elliott Carter's "Sonata" for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord,
Hanns Eisler's �There's nothing quite like money�, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Variations on a Theme from Mozart�s Magic Flute", and a new work by
Jonathan Golove celebrating the 250th Birthday of Mozart.
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7/25/2005 07:03:00 AM
Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman, Flute & Friends:
Oboist Cheryl Priebe Bishkoff and Pianist Jacob Greenberg
Chamber Music program featuring centenary performances of Sir Michael Tippet's "Prelude, Recitative and Aria" (1964) and Giacinto Scelsi's "Rucke di Gucke" (1957), along with a a trio (2005) by American composer David Schober, "Nataraja" (1991) by Jonathan Harvey, and "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid", op. 49 (1951) by Benjamin Britten. Works by Janacek and Schubert also on the program.
6 February 2005 @ 8:00 PM,
J. Rosch Recital Hall @ SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, New York
www.fredonia.edu
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7/25/2005 06:56:00 AM
Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman, Flute & Friends:
Oboist Cheryl Priebe Bishkoff and Pianist Jacob Greenberg
Chamber Music program featuring centenary performances of Sir Michael Tippet's "Prelude, Recitative and Aria" (1964) and Giacinto Scelsi's "Rucke di Gucke" (1957), along with a world premiere of a trio (2005) by American composer David Schober, "Nataraja" (1991) by Jonathan Harvey, and "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid", op. 49 (1951) by Benjamin Britten. Works by Schubert and Janacek also on the program.
12 November 2005 @ 2:00 PM,
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, W. 57th Street at Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
www.carnegiehall.org, www.midamerica-music.com
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7/25/2005 06:52:00 AM
Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman, Flute & Friends:
Oboist Cheryl Priebe Bishkoff and Pianist Jacob Greenberg
Chamber Music program featuring centenary performances of Sir Michael Tippet's "Prelude, Recitative and Aria" (1964) and Giacinto Scelsi's "Rucke di Gucke" (1957), along with works (2005) by American composer David Schober, Britten's Jonathan Harvey, and "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid", op. 49 (1951) by Benjamin Britten. Works by Janacek and Schubert also included.
25 September 2005 @ 3:00 PM,
Belle Skinner Concert Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
www.vassar.edu
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7/25/2005 06:48:00 AM
7/10/2005
PLEASE NOTE NEW PLACE & TIME
sTRANGEmUSIC presents
ONE-TWO-THREE-GO!
New Music Concerts
THE THREE GUNAS IN HISTORY (DAVID FIRST / TOM CHIU / WILLIAM HOOKER)
Desmond's
433 Park Ave. South
(29th & 30th)
New York City
8:30 PM
$10 at door
JULY 11th, 2005
The Three Gunas in History � David First (guitar/laptop audio & video), Tom Chiu (violin/electronics) and William Hooker (drums/spoken word) will perform on Monday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., at Desmond's, 433 Park Avenue South (29th & 30th Streets). Tickets are $10 at the door. More info at (212) 421-3274.
TGIH is a new project featuring David First (Notekillers) on guitar & laptop, legendary drummer/poet William Hooker (Moore/Ranaldo, Wm Parker, DJ Spooky), and violinist/madman Tom Chiu (Flux Quartet, Ornette Coleman). "Guna" is a Sanskrit word referring to one of three elemental "qualities or characteristics" of the phenomenological world. The three powerful instrumentalists in TGIH will attempt to represent, shake up & transcend the whole of this world in a special evening of intense, disorienting, swinging/pulsing, sub-atomic and beautiful drone noise & visuals.
It seems reasonable to say that David First has had a fairly eclectic musical career. At age 19 he played guitar with renowned jazz innovator/pianist Cecil Taylor in an ensemble that performed a legendary concert at Carnegie Hall He followed that with electronic music studies at Princeton University while at the same time leading a Mummer�s String Band in bicentennial parades. First has survived raucous, drunken bar bands and concert halls with classical music ensembles. As a composer he has created everything from finely crafted pop songs to long, severely minimalist soundscapes. He has been called "a fascinating artist with a singular technique" in The New York Times, and "a bizarre cross between Hendrix and La Monte Young" in The Village Voice. Recently, a 45rpm single - The Zipper - by First�s
punk-era rock band, The Notekillers, was cited by Sonic Youth�s Thurston Moore as one of the songs he played for the rest of the band when they were starting out. Moore recently called it a "mind-blowing instrumental single" in Mojo magazine. Now reunited, a recent Notekillers performance was called "so ungodly potent that we're beside ourselves at the chance to see them do it again!" in Time Out NY.
Tom Chiu is the founder of the FLUX Quartet, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. Educated at Juilliard and Yale, Tom Chiu has worked closely with distinguished composers and has pursued collaborations with such unconventional artists as balloon virtuoso Judy Dunaway, avant choreographer Eun-Me Ahn, and puppeteer Basil Twist. He has also worked closely with Ornette Coleman, with whom Mr. Chiu appeared in the 2000 New York Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival. His discography includes recordings for the Asphodel, Cambria, Koch, Mode, Sombient, and Tzadik labels. His own compositions have been performed in numerous countries, including Mongolia and Uzbekistan. He also performed, as a child, in the feature film The Man With One Red Shoe with Tom Hanks.
William Hooker has released over twenty critically acclaimed CDs with numerous record labels, including Knitting Factory, Victo, Silkheart, Homestead and Cadence. As a composer, he has received commissions from Meet the Composer, New York State Council on the Arts, Real Art Ways and others. Mr. Hooker has led many creative ensembles with outstanding musicians from highly diverse backgrounds, including Billy Bang,Thurston Moore, David Murray, David S. Ware, William Parker, DJ Spooky and Lee Renaldo. Mr. Hooker often reads his poetry within his music, with an original and dramatic delivery. He has performed at the Jimi Hendrix Tribute Tour, Lincoln Center, JVC Jazz Festival, Columbia University and many other stages, both here and abroad.
More iNFO at: www.strangemusic.com
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7/10/2005 11:59:00 AM
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