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4/30/2006
France�s IRCAM (Institute of Research and Coordination of Acoustics and Music) has been the world leader at producing and performing works for ensembles and electronics for nearly three decades, but rarely have they come to America.
The Columbia Sinfonietta and Argento New Music Project are pleased to present a musical and pedagogical event that will allow the engineers and pedagogues of IRCAM to interact with American students, performers, composers and audiences during a week-long series of concerts, lectures and workshops. These events mark the beginning of a cutting-edge technological and musical trans-Atlantic exchange. IRCAM has already committed to producing a pair of concerts in December 2006, which will include several of the works performed in these concerts. Leading new music conductor Jeffrey Milarsky will also be invited to France to conduct one of these exchange concerts.
The event we are planning will have several aspects:
Concerts on May 6th and May 7th 2006 in Miller Theatre
The Columbia Sinfonietta and Argento Chamber Ensemble will perform pieces from the IRCAM repertoire, written by both French and American composers, which all explore instrumental timbre. The Columbia Sinfonietta�s concert will focus on large ensemble works that are almost impossible to perform in America because of their combination of large instrumental forces, extreme virtuosity and complex technological demands, and Argento�s concert will focus on works for medium-sized groups with high levels of real-time interactive electronics.
The concerts feature a world premiere by American composer Joshua Fineberg, and American premieres of works by French composer Tristan Murail and Swiss composer and French resident Michael Jarrell, and New York premieres by French composer Philippe Leroux and American composer Rand Steiger.
A team of engineers from IRCAM will direct the electronics and install Harvard University�s HYDRA multi-channel speaker orchestra for sound reproduction in Miller Theatre for a seven-day period. Collaborators include Columbia University�s Computer Music Center (CMC) Harvard University�s HUSEAC.
Free Conference Open to the Public
On Friday May 5, 2006 we will hold a free series of lectures and demonstrations, ending with a round-table discussion and question panel.
The two guest composers (Philippe Leroux and Rand Steiger) will present their pieces and discuss the way technology impacted the works. The two hosting composers Tristan Murail of Columbia University and Joshua Fineberg of Harvard University will also offer presentations on their works and participate in the roundtable discussions. IRCAM participants Eric Daubresse and Olivier Pasquet will present technological demonstrations aimed at a general public. The day will conclude with a round-table of issues concerning the mixture of live instruments and electronics.
Open Rehearsals with Composer/Musical-Assistant Demonstrations� and Seminars in Miller Theatre
All rehearsals will be open to any composition students or performers. The four composers will hold seminar sessions along with one of the IRCAM technicians. These seminars will present a detailed look at how the pieces work both musically and technologically and will be intended for smaller groups allowing a substantive exchange among the composers, technicians and students. A group of Harvard graduate students will be spending the week in New York with their Columbia counterparts. For more information please contact Anthony Cheung or visit www.music.columbia.edu/ircam2006/.
Concert Programs:
Both concerts will take place in Miller Theatre and will include pre-concert talks with the composers and conductors.
Saturday Night May 6, 2005: 8pm (pre-concert talk at 7:30)����������
Columbia Sinfonietta with Jeffrey Milarsky
Rand Steiger (USA) - Ecosphere for 16 instruments and electronics�
Joshua Fineberg (USA)- Empreintes for 14 instruments and electronics
Tristan Murail (France) - Pour adoucir le cours du temps for 19 instruments and electronics
�������� US Premiere
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Sunday Afternoon� May 7, 2006 6pm (pre-concert talk at 5:30)
Argento Chamber Ensemble with Michel Galante
Michael Jarrell (Swiss/French resident) - �more leaves� for viola, sextet and electronics
�������� US Premiere
Philippe Leroux (France) - Voi(rex) for soprano, 6 instruments and electronics
Tristan Murail (France) - Winter Fragments for 5 instruments
Joshua Fineberg (USA) - Lolita (part I) for 10 instruments, narrator and electronics
�������� World Premiere
posted by David Salvage
4/30/2006 10:09:00 AM
4/29/2006
DAVID GIBSON Performs the BACH UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES
Re:Soundings presents two concerts by David Gibson performing the Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites. He will be performing three Suites at each concert: May 14 � Suites 1 (G Major, 3 (C Major), and 5 (C Minor); June 11 � Suites 2 (D Minor), 4 (Eb Major), and 6 (D Major). Celebrate spring and warm weather by listening to Bach in a wonderful acoustic space.
Sundays, May 14 and June 11 2006 2 PM
12 Emily Street (the old catholic church)
Valley Falls, NY 12185
Admission by donation
Valley Falls is 20 minutes north of Troy and 25 minutes west of North Bennington.
DavidGibson
Re:Soundings
posted by Coming Events
4/29/2006 07:20:00 PM
4/26/2006
April 30th 8pm at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble will be giving a performance featuring:
THOMAS AD�S, Chamber Symphony Opus 2
LEWIS NIELSON, St. Francis Preaches to the Birds*
JASON ECKARDT, Trespass**
RANDOLPH COLEMAN, Apparitions
ALBAN BERG, Kammerkonzert
Timothy Weiss, conductor
Marilyn Nonken, piano
J Freivogel, violin
* World premiere/Dedicated to violinist J Freivogel
**World premiere/CME commission dedicated to Marilyn Nonken
Tickets are $10 General Public, $5 Seniors and Students (Free for any Oberlin Students or Alumni)
For more information and tickets contact:
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY
BOX OFFICE: 212-501-3330
www.kaufman-center.org
posted by Coming Events
4/26/2006 11:57:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 13 at 8 PM
Freedom!
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House -- Peter Jay Sharp Building
Chelsea Tipton II, conductor
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Nmon Ford, baritone
Mezzo-soprano to be announced
TOTAL PRAISE CHOIR of Emmanuel Baptist Church
Pastor Frank Haye, Director
Narrator to be announced
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, �Jeremiah�
THEA MUSGRAVE: Remembering Harriet: Excerpts from Harriet, the Woman called Moses. A Story of the American Underground Railroad (WORLD PREMIERE)
The Brooklyn Philharmonic continues to celebrate its vital presence in the cultural life of the New York metropolitan area with its final main stage concert, entitled Freedom!, in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Saturday, May 13 at 8 PM. The performance marks the return of guest conductor Chelsea Tipton II, who made his critically acclaimed BP debut last year, and leads the orchestra in three works that explore the cry of freedom throughout history.
Tipton, II leads the Philharmonic in Leonard Benstein�s Symphony No. 1 �Jeremiah,� which draws on the haunting texts from the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah and laments the fall of the great city of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Hebrew people in ancient times.
The evening closes with the world premiere of Thea Musgrave�s "Remembering Harriet: Excerpts from 'Harriet, the Woman called Moses, A Story of the American Underground Railroad,'" a work that tells the story of Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad. Musgrave�s work is The Philharmonic�s second orchestral world premiere of the season, and the BAM performance will take place just two blocks away from a famous Brooklyn stop on the Underground Railroad.
Musical Chairs, a pre-concert introduction to the music with Thea Musgrave will be given by Evans Mirageas, Artistic Advisor to the Brooklyn Philharmonic at 7 PM in the Howard Gilman Opera House. Immediately following the concert, audience members may participate in For Good Measure, a post-concert discussion with all the soloists and Pastor Haye of Emmanuel Baptist Church, hosted by Mr. Mirageas.
Tickets are $60, $55, $40, and $20 ($10 for students) and may be purchased by calling BAM Ticket Services at (718) 636-4100.
posted by Coming Events
4/26/2006 10:19:00 AM
4/19/2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The New York Art Ensemble Presents Its Fifth Annual
Tribeca New Music Festival
The New Avant Pop!
Sunday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
Electric Kompany with guitarist Kevin Gallagher
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE�The New York Art Ensemble concludes its Fifth Annual Tribeca New Music Festival at 7 p.m. on Sunday, 21 at The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, in NYC with guitarist, Kevin Gallagher and his new group, Electric Kompany Tickets are $15 and are available through Theatermania: online at www.theatermania.com or by phone at 212-352-3101.
Kevin Gallagher and Electric Kompany
Sunday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at The Flea Theater, the New York Art Ensemble will present the final concert in the Tribeca New Music Festival, featuring the guitarist Kevin Gallagher and his Avant Pop group, Electric Kompany, featuring - Kevin Gallagher, electric guitar, Jim Johnston, keyboards; Alex Walker, bass; Thad Wheeler, drums; and guest, Sarah M. Newman, vocals.
The program includes Architectonics by Erkki-Sven T��r for electric guitar and piano. Architectonics is a series of musical constructions in which musical building blocks are gradually brought together to form the structure of the piece. The language of the piece is influenced by groups such as King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, and Mike Oldfield. Fratres (the title means �brotherhood� in Latin) by Arvo P�rt brings a deeply spiritual and transcendental element to this piece of music, which has been arranged for guitar and piano by Mr. Gallagher. The music is made completely from rolling arpeggiated figures that begin very far away and move with a slowly building and powerful meditative grace. Grab it! by Jacob ter Veldhuis works with samples from the documentary Scared Straight in which prisoners are shown intimidating and threatening juvenile delinquents in the hopes of scaring them away from a future prison life. The performer often doubles the speech of the prisoners in rhythm and pitch. This is considered a watershed piece for the avant pop music movement. The second half of the program includes 3 Works by Nick Didkovsky, arranged for the Electric Kompany into a gritty and sophisticated soup that combines heavy metal and intriguing dynamic and harmonic contrasts. 3 Miniatures by Marc Mellits contrast soft pulsing and hard-driving rhythmic patterns that can sound like Phillip Glass on steroids. The concert concludes with four songs from the rock/theater piece Justine�s Red, A Tale of Pain and Redemption by Thad Wheeler and is sung by Sarah M. Newman. It�s a rock concert--musical vision of an apocalyptic world ruled by raw power. The libretto combines the plot lines of two novels by the Marquis de Sade, Justine and Juliette�a unique and very unusual rock musical that combines pulp, power, and wit.
Electric Kompany is an ensemble dedicated to arranging, composing, and commissioning music for rock quartet--the �modern instrument ensemble� of our times. At this time in music history, composers are freely combining avant-garde and American popular music aesthetics. This new �Avant - Pop� music is daring, exciting, shocking, and cutting edge. However, most composers are writing this �new� music for �old� instruments. Typically, pieces are written for traditional instruments with touches of modern technology--a string quartet with an added delay effect, a cello routed through a tube screamer pedal, an orchestra piece with a sampler. As beautiful as these pieces are, there still is a tremendous lack of �modern music� written for �modern instruments�--electric guitar, keyboards, drum set, etc. This is the next logical step in music evolution and is the main reason for the formation of the group Electric Kompany.
Kevin R. Gallagher (electric guitar) began playing rock guitar in his formative years but his musical appetite quickly led him to study jazz and, ultimately, classical guitar. In the summer of 2001, Kevin decided to expand the scope of his concert programs to also include works for electric guitar. Kevin is active in encouraging composers to write new music for the instruments of today--such as the electric guitar, turntables, synthesizers, etc. This unique approach to composition is widening the audience and interest for new music as well as educating composers who never have the chance to study these modern instruments in a traditional conservatory education.
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The New York Art Ensemble, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that seeks to challenge, entertain, inspire, educate, and connect the public to the best of new American music. It presents eclectic programming that reflects the energy and diversity of America's contemporary musical environment and features professional musicians of the highest level.
The New York Art Ensemble, in conjunction with The Flea Theater, presents the Tribeca New Music Festival.
(JPEG photos of the artists are available upon request.)
For further information about concerts, the Young Composers� Competition, or The New York Art Ensemble, go to http://www.nyae.org or contact NYAE directly at 212-234-4325.
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posted by Coming Events
4/19/2006 11:45:00 PM
4/16/2006
On Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 in Elebash Recital Hall (CUNY Graduate
Center, 365 Fifth Ave., accessible by B,D,F,V,1,2,3,6 trains, www.gc.cuny.edu), the Cygnus Ensemble will present a concert of new works written for them by composers from the CUNY Ph.D. Program, including Zachary Seldess, Paul Riker, Brian Coughlin, Eric Roth, Rob Collins, Ilya Mayzus, David Salvage, Roberto Baca Barnard, Jeff Leigh, Ilya Mayzus, and Nathan Bowen. The program is as follows:
Kitchen Cabinet/ Zachary Seldess
Currents/ Paul Riker
Somnambulisma/ Brian Coughlin
Together is the new forward/ Eric Roth
Chiaroscuro/ Rob Collins
Go Back, Go Forward/ Ilya Mayzus
Azure Window/ David Salvage
Connubium circulant/ Roberto Baca Barnard
Mik Jun/ Jeff Leigh
Fragments for �A Series�/ Nathan Bowen
Taripakuy/ Pedro Malpica
Cygnus is a group of six versatile chamber musicians, all of whom are
among the most highly respected practitioners of their instruments. In 2001 Cygnus became Ensemble-in-Residence at the Graduate Center. Each year they work with doctoral students in the CUNY Composition Program, who write new works for the ensemble. Since 2004 the residency has been supported by the Baisley Powell
Elebash Endowment. The members of the ensemble are:
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Robert Ingliss, oboe
Calvin Wiersma, violin
Susannah Chapman, cello
William Anderson, guitar
Oren Fader, guitar
Paul Griffiths, in the New York Times, described Cygnus as an �enterprising and supple group--featuring guitars, strings and woodwinds in pairs�, an instrumentation
that has its precedent in the Elizabethan �broken consort�. Cygnus is a group of six versatile chamber musicians, all of whom are among the most highly respected practitioners of their instruments. A sampling of the extensive repertoire that has been written for Cygnus may be heard on its recent CRi and Bridge Recordings.
Cygnus presents a series of three concerts every year at various halls in New York City, and has toured extensively in the U.S., Europe , and Latin America. Asampling of the extensive repertoire that has been written for Cygnus may be heard on its recent CRI and Bridge Recordings. Cygnus presents a series of three concerts every year at various halls in New York City, and has toured extensively in the U.S., Europe , and Latin America.
posted by David Salvage
4/16/2006 03:47:00 PM
4/14/2006
Composer Karen Amrhein's ballet Little Nemo in Slumberland will be danced for the first time on May 20th and 21st as the Harford Ballet Company brings the fanciful Winsor McCay characters to the stage of the Amoss Center at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. Please visit www.harfordballetcompany.org for more information.
The world concert premiere of Little Nemo for chamber orchestra will take place on June 10th, as Kirk Trevor leads the Missouri Symphony Orchestra in a concert featuring Little Nemo and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. Please visit www.mosymphony.org for more information.
As always, you're invited to stop by the Happy Lemon Music Publishing website for news, sound samples, and score excerpts of the music of Karen Amrhein. Visit Karen at: http://www.happylemonmusicpublishing.com
posted by Coming Events
4/14/2006 04:39:00 PM
PHOTOSPHERE -- CD RELEASE CONCERT
Robert Dick, flutes and Ursel Schlicht, piano
Thursday, May 4, 2006 8:00 PM
Goethe-Institute New York
1054 Fifth Avenue (between 82nd and 83rd Streets)
New York, NY 10021
Info and reservations: (212) 861-1384
Tickets: $15 ($10 students and seniors)
On Thursday, May 4, Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht are performing works from their newly released CD Photosphere (NEMU 002) at the Goethe-Institute New York. Their music, integrating composition and improvisation, radically expands the sound world and expressive possibilities of the traditional flute and piano configuration.
Schlicht is a masterfully poetic player both inside the piano and on the keyboard. Dick is known for creating revolutionary visions of the flute�s musical role. He will be using a wide range of flutes, including the giant contrabass flute and his invention, the Glissando Headjoint�, the �whammy bar� for the flute.
The duo has been together for the past several years and has performed in New York and Germany, notably at Merkin Hall on the Interpretations series in September 2005. Writing in the New York Times, Bernard Holland observed:
Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht carried on the idea that if musical art is going somewhere, the means of conveyance is as important as the destination.
From the CD Liner Notes by Gene Santoro:
This meeting of minds, intriguingly titled PHOTOSPHERE, joins Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht, two virtuosi whose talent for stretching their instruments and minds allows them to paint with more colors and textures than flute and piano have any right to expect. A common pairing in classical music, flute-piano duos are rare in improvised music. But as they roam the territory between jazz, new music, and world music, Dick and Schlicht field a host of unusual sonics and techniques so startling that they open new panoramas.
NEMU Records (New European Music) is based in Germany and has an exciting roster of creative talent. http://www.nemu-records.com Distribution in the United States is through Qualiton Imports http://www.qualiton.com
Ursel Schlicht - a European talent who has the skill and finesse to number her among the best of the free improvisers on either side of the Atlantic. Steven A. Loewy, allmusicguide.com
There are few musicians that are truly revolutionary. Robert Dick is one of them. Bill Shoemaker, Jazz Times
For more info on the artists:
http://www.urselschlicht.com
http://www.robertdick.net
posted by Coming Events
4/14/2006 04:23:00 PM
For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Bauchwitz monica.bauchwitz@sonyc.org 212-543-0475 SONYC presents New York Attitudes 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Moravec�s MORPH Michael Gatonska�s TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMMINGBIRD Lisa Bielawa�s THE TROJAN WOMEN Christopher Theofanidis� VISIONS AND MIRACLES on MAY 2nd at 8pm New York, NY � SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City) presents New York Attitudes at Merkin Hall, featuring Pulitzer Prize Winning composer Paul Morevec�s Morph, on Tuesday, May 2nd at 8pm at Merkin Concert Hall, on West 67th St between Broadway and Amsterdam in Manhattan. Also on the program are New York composers Lisa Bielawa�s The Trojan Women, Michael Gatonska�s Transformation of the Hummingbird, and Christopher Theofanidis� Visions and Miracles. SONYC gave the world premieres of the four works presented in the program during their last two seasons. Gatonska�s Transformation of the Hummingbird and Moravec�s Morph were both written for SONYC. Through the Aaron Copland Grant, Argosy Foundation, and Adelphi University, SONYC will release a recording of these works in the fall of 2006 on Albany Records.
PROGRAM
Paul Moravec�s Morph (2005) is a musical fantasy on aspects of the Apollo & Daphne myth as related in Ovid�s Metamorphoses. The title also refers to the nature of the music itself as motivic, harmonic, rhythmic, and phrase units continually metamorphose in the course of the work�s development. Finally, the title appropriately suggests the figure of Morpheus, god of dreams, in that an archetypal myth may be regarded as a civilization�s collective dream. The music of composer Paul Moravec, recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Tempest Fantasy, has been described as �openly and ebulliently attractive, flowing with an effortless lyric pulse� (Fanfare), �assur-ed, virtuosic� (Wall Street Journal), and �resourceful butidiomatic...richly melodic� (Commentary Magazine). As the composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, and lyric compositions, as well as several film scores and electro-acoustic pieces, Moravec has been sought out by leading performing artists and ensembles. Recent world premieres include The Time Gallery with Eighth Blackbird at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Cello Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (NYC); Cool Fire and Chamber Symphony for the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival; Salute for soprano Amy Burton and Steven Blier of the New York Festival of Song; Spirit, a cantata commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the flight of the Spirit of St. Louis; and No Words, commissioned by Concert Artist Guild for pianist James Lent and the Gay Gotham Chorus. Awards and fellowships include the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, an NEA Composer Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, and the Charles Ives and Goddard Lieberson. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia, Moravec is currently the Music Department Chair at Adelphi University. Michael Gatonska�s Transformation of the Hummingbird for 18 strings, written in 2003, is built architecturally with a series of frames. Whatever their contents may be (linear, harmonic, etc.), they continually appear in multiple combinations and formations, in order to create a constant refreshment and stratification of sound from beginning to end. Through superimpositions and continually refreshed explorative sources, one frame may extend over two or three others before exhausting or transforming itself. To aid in trying to create a seamless musical web, new musical materials will appear with older fragments or frames, generating various transformations, juxtapositions, simultaneities, and orchestral colorings. The composition pushes toward diverse levels of relationships, rather than a single or fixed point of view. Michael Gatonska, born 1968, studied composition with Krzystof Penderecki, Marek Stachowski, Zbigniew Bujarski, and Elias Tanenbaum. Awards received for his compositions have been twp ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, the Chicago Symphony First Hearing Award, the Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and composer Institute, the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Composition Competition, and the Lake Winnepesaukee Music Festival Composition Award. Recent commissions are from the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the electric cellist Jeffrey Krieger and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Grants awarded include two postgraduate research grants from the Kosciuszko Foundation. Mr. Gatonska is a MacDowell Colony Fellow. Lisa Bielawa�s The Trojan Women is a continuous score for Euripides' tragedy by the same title. It was composed in 1999 for a production directed by JoAnn Akalaitis. In 2000, a string quartet version was arranged based on some of the musical material from that score, and the string orchestra version was created for the SONYC. The special musical challenge of this project was to identify and convey, in three movements, three variegated forms of grief, each one a consequence of one woman's particular sufferings: �Hecuba,� �Cassandra� and �Andromache.� These women lost husbands and sons in the notorious brutality of the Trojan War. Composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa often takes inspiration for her work from literary sources and close artistic collaborations. Her 2004 work Hurry, for soprano and chamber ensemble, was commissioned by Carnegie Hall as part of Dawn Upshaw�s Perspectives series. The inaugural season of Zankel Hall included the premiere of her work The Right Weather by the American Composers Orchestra and award-winning pianist Andrew Armstrong. Bielawa will begin a three-year residency with Boston Modern Orchestra Project in 2006 under the auspices of Music Alive, a national program jointly designed and managed by Meet The Composer and ASOL. Upcoming projects include a piano quintet for pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the Miami String Quartet, and The Lay of the Love and Death for violinist Colin Jacobsen and baritone Jesse Blumberg based on an epic poem by Rilke, which premieres at Lincoln Center in March 2006 at the Premiere Commissions Gala. Bielawa has received grants, fellowships, and awards from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Italy, The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, the Omaha Symphony International Competition, and the Fondation Royaumont in France. Christopher Theofanidis�Visions and Miracles (1997) was originally commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for the Cassatt, Muir and Cuartetto Latinoamericano String Quartets. A new version for string orchestra was written for SONYC. �At the time I composed the piece,� says Theofanidis, �I was listening almost daily to a recording called �Visions and Miracles� by the early music group, Ensemble Alctraz. The marvelous melodic and rhythmic character of these Spanish pieces was a tremendous inspiration to me, and they have become the referential base from which I express joy in my own music.� Christopher Theophanidis holds degrees from Yale, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Houston, and has won several awards, including the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Charles Ives Fellowship to France, and the Barlow Prize. Among the ensembles that have performed his works are the National Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the California Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, the Cassatt Quartet, Speculum Musicae, and the Absolute Ensemble. Mr. Theofanidis is currently working on a project for the Houston Grand Opera. He has been a faculty member at The Juilliard School, the University of Houston and the American Festival for the Arts. SONYC Founded in 1999, SONYC is comprised of New York's most exceptional strings players and allows each member to have an equal amount of artistic control. A winner of the Copland Grant and dedicated to the performance of new music, SONYC�s last season included the world premiere of �Morph� by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Paul Moravec, who praised SONYC as �a composer's dream come true.� The group gave its Weill Hall debut in May of 2002 and has continued to perform in venues throughout New York. Their fresh approach to music-making has won the group critical acclaim. Robert Spano, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony proclaims, �SONYC is a rarity among instrumental ensembles of its size, it�s members possess the vision and talent to communicate with great authority, the full breadth and emotional power of the string repertoire.� Tuesday, May 2nd at 8pm SONYC at MERKIN HALL New York Attitudes Paul Moravec Morph Michael Gatonska Transformation of the Hummingbird Lisa Bielawa The Trojan Women Christopher Theofanidis Visions and Miracles TICKET INFORMATION This performance is being donated by SONYC. Donations are welcome. Additional information about the season is available by calling SONYC at 212-543-0475. SONYC�swebsite, www.sonyc.org provides information on the group, the musicians, recordings, performances, and current projects. The website also provides regular updates on national and international engagements, contact information and a mailing list. For Press Tickets Contact: Monica Bauchwitz 212-543-0475 monica.bauchwitz@sonyc.org ###
posted by Coming Events
4/14/2006 03:25:00 PM
4/12/2006
ROULETTE presents
at Location One 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
Roulette 228 West Broadway New York, NY 10013
contact: press@roulette.org http://www.roulette.org/
? Also! Please check out our new ROULETTE BLOG for excerpts of our artists� music, podcasts featuring interviews with the artists and Roulette TV clips, and musical discussion: http://www.roulette.org/blog/index.php
Tuesday, April 18th
HAEYOUNG KIM (AKA BUBBLYFISH) WITH KATHLEEN SUPOVE & ADAM KENDALL
Haeyoung Kim (a.k.a. Bubblyfish) & Kathleen Supov� join forces to perform Kim�s new piece, Hidden, Lost, Forgotten, for piano, voice samples, computer and gameboys with live video by Adam Kendall. Kim�s work has been presented at The American Museum of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, the New Museum and Lincoln Center. Supov� is an award-winning pianist whose playing incorporates performance art, staging and interdisciplinary collaboration. Commissioned by Roulette with support from the Jerome Foundation. Check out: www.bubblyfish.com.
Wednesday, April 19th
MICHAEL VARGAS
Vetran improvising pianist Mike Vargas presents his work, Houdini, for solo piano. Come listen as Vargas wriggles out of his own self-imposed structures and limits. He gives the listener lots of space between the sounds, densely-packed rhythms and harmonies and his 47 years of experience on the instrument. Vargas has played everywhere from cocktail lounges in Indonesia to New Music America, has composed over 100 commissioned scores and has released 5 CDs (@ EMF.)
YUKO FUJIYAMA [YUKO FUJIYAMA ENSEMBLE]
Keyboardist Yuko Fujiyama and her ensemble (Jennifer Choi: violin, Tomas Ulrich: cello and Reggie Nicholson: drums) present a night of colorful improvisation and compositions, ranging in mood from lyrical quiet to stormy darkness. She and her ensemble have two CDs on the CIMP label. In the words of the Village Voice, �she�s created her own pass.�
Thursday, April 20th
DREW KRAUSE
Drew Krause presents a mix of new and recent solo, electronic, and chamber works that include piano, featuring Krause and surprise guests. He writes compositional algorithms that discover musical forms ranging from the poised and benign to the intricate and uncanny. Based in NYC, his music's ongoing venues have included the Bonk Festival, Thump Piano Duo, Frog Peak, etc. Check out: www.worldecho.org.
SIMON HOSTETTLER
Simon Hostettler is a musician who defies all stylistic restrictions, experimenting over many years as a freelance composer for the stage, free theatre groups and contemporary compositions. Tonight, he presents his new work, CODES, a series of 7 miniatures for 2 pianos and a pump organ. This minimalist piece is composed with very dense and sparse moments with room for improvisation and will be performed by Hostettler and Anthony Coleman.
Friday, April 21st
MYRA MELFORD
Pianist/composer Myra Melford presents a solo piano program of old and new compositions/improvisations, including the New York debut of her new live electronics and "extended piano" piece. Melford�s playing recasts the blues and boogie-woogie of her hometown Chicago, folds in elements of the music of Eastern Europe and India and blends with it the rangy, percussive avant-garde stylings she cultivated studying with Don Pullen and Henry Threadgill.
Saturday, April 22nd
ROBIN HOLCOMB
Pianist, composer, singer and songwriter Robin Holcomb gives a rare solo performance of new and old music for piano & voice including selections from her upcoming Tzadik release. Holcomb has performed extensively throughout the world as a solo artist and as the leader of various ensembles. The Village Voice describes her unique style: �Satie goes to Appalachia, Morricone goes to the Knitting Factory, and you, dear art-folk fan, die and go to heaven.�
Sunday, April 23rd
DAVID BORDEN & THE MOTHER MALLARD ENSEMBLE with KATHLEEN SUPOVE
Composer/pianist David Borden and Mother Mallard (Borden�s all-synthesizer ensemble, made up of Borden and keyboardist Blaise Bryski) are joined by avant-pianist Kathleen Supov� for the premire of Borden�s new evening-length electroacoustic composition, Heaven-Kept Soul. Borden�s work spans both worlds of �high� and �low� culture. Supov�, for whom the piece was written, is known for her boundary-breaking ways of dissolving the wall between performer and audience.
Tuesday, April 25th
CONNIE CROTHERS with BEN MANLEY [THE CROTHERS-MANLEY DUO]
Piano Resonance/Room Resonance: The Crothers-Manley Duo (Connie Crothers, improvised piano & Ben Manley, electroacoustic improv) will create ambient resonance in the performance space with piano in the very center and speakers all around the edges. Crothers converses spontaneously with Manley�s continuously shifting sound resulting in a dynamic musical environment, interspersed with solos throughout.
Wednesday, April 26th
DENMAN MARONEY
Composer and hyperpianist Denman Maroney presents works of the seventies, eighties, nineties and aughties � including some world and New York premieres � with his brand new group including John Hagen (saxophones,) Reuben Radding (bass) and Michael Sarin (drums.) Maroney�s music is inspired by the sound of crickets and power tools (among other things) and by the music of everyone from Cage to Coleman to Stockhausen. Check out: http://www.pipeline.com/~denman.
Thursday, April 27th
BORAH BERGMAN
Downbeat Magazine describes pianist Borah Bergman as "having the hands of an eccentric genius." Completely ambidextrous, he improvises horn-like lines with both hands, sometimes crossed, in a contrapuntal and polyphonic, multi-layered dialogue that allows pieces to be turned upside down without losing rhythmic intensity or aesthetic shape. Tonight, Bergman performs Dimensions in Direction, compositions and improvisations showcasing his unique style of playing, called "ambi-ideation."
Friday, April 28th
KYOKO KITAMURA & KIRK NUROCK [K2K]
Over some 30 years, the unpredictable composer/pianist Kirk Nurock has orchestrated for Dizzy Gillespie, Leonard Bernstein, and Meredith Monk, conducted live animals at Carnegie Hall, and innovated in duos with Theo Bleckmann and Jay Clayton. This time he teams up with vocal improviser Kyoko Kitamura who has honed her craft as a sideperson with the likes of Reggie Workman and Steve Coleman. Sharing a penchant for risk and absurdity, Kirk and Kyoko present their music tonight as K2K... for the first time.
Saturday, April 29th
MARGARET LENG-TAN
Pianist Margaret Leng Tan performs rarities by John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Philip Glass, Somei Satoh and Hans Otte. Tonight�s program includes Cage's recently discovered "score-painting," Chess Pieces, Glass' Minimalist classic, How Now, and Lucier�s renowned Nothing is Real. The program toasts Lucier and Otte on this milestone year of their 75th and 80th birthdays, respectively. Tan is renowned for her performances of American and Asian music that transcend the piano's conventional boundaries and is hailed by The New Yorker as �the diva of avant-garde pianism.� Check out: www.margaretlengtan.com
Sunday, April 30th
GUY KLUCEVSEK & ALAN BERN
Accordionists/composers Guy Klucevsek & Alan Bern present a program that will include Bern's Deep Blue C and Sideways and the premiere of selections from Klucevsek's on-going musical day book, Notefalls. Klucevsek has created a unique repertoire for accordion through his own composing and by commissioning. Berlin-based Alan Bern is a composer, pianist, accordionist and musical director, with a special interest in solo and group improvisation. Othermusic.com says: "These two are at the absolute height of their profession � Together, they sweep you up, carrying you on hard currents of sound.�
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4/12/2006 12:20:00 PM
4/11/2006
L�Invitation Au Voyage
The Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble invites you on a journey of music by living New York composers. Some are internationally recognized; others are up-and-coming. All of them are our neighbors. Please join us to hear what seven artists have needed to contribute to the vital cultural stew that is New York:
Hear works by Patrick Castillo, John Corigliano, Julie Dolphin, Matthew Harris, Ned Rorem, and Martha Sullivan, as well as the premiere of Cerddorion's 2006 commission, Morning Group I by Robert Dennis.
Across contrasting texts and unique harmonic palettes, what unites the works on the program is their composers� recognition of the expressive power of ensemble singing.
Sunday, May 7 at 4 P.M. at the Oratory Church of St. Boniface (on the Metro Tech campus, at Willoughby and Duffield Streets, Brooklyn)
Saturday, May 13 at 8 P.M. at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields (487 Hudson Street, south of Christopher Street, Manhattan).
General admission: $20. Students/Seniors: $15.
For information: (212) 260-1498 or www.cerddorion.net.
Press contact: Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Fraiche PR (212) 463-8930
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4/11/2006 02:09:00 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SONOS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS A SPECIAL FUNDRAISER CONCERT �NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS�
Performance to Include American Premiere of the Concert Version of Karl Jenkin�s Requiem and Rarely-Performed Mozart March
[April 4, 2006 -- New York, NY] SONOS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Erik E. Ochsner will perform a special fundraiser concert entitled �Neighbors Helping Neighbors� on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at the Good Shepherd Church (Isham Street and Broadway, one block north of 207th Street, in the Inwood section of Manhattan) at 3PM. The concert will be a benefit for The Good Shepherd Church Organ Restoration Fund. Good Shepherd has hosted SONOS performances for the past two seasons, and their organ is in dire need of repair work.
The program for �Neighbors Helping Neighbors� will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, two Scandinavian composers (Lars Erik Larsson and Hugo Alfven), Japanese composer Somei Satoh, and Washington Heights-Inwood resident Aaron Jay Kernis. The highlight of the program is the American Premiere of the Concert Version of Karl Jenkins� Requiem, a dramatic and powerful work that takes its inspiration from both Western and Oriental music traditions. It is a Mass set to texts from both the Christian Mass, written in Latin, and Japanese jisei, which are traditional Japanese haiku that highlight the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth.
Welsh-born Karl Jenkins is one of the most successful contemporary British composers, writing music that speaks to audiences across the world. Following the huge success of his Adiemus project (which has gone gold in many countries) and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. A recording of his Requiem was released on EMI Classics.
As Karl Jenkins used Japanese haiku settings in his Requiem, the concert will also include a performance of music for soprano and strings by Japanese composer Somei Satoh: HOMA. In honor of the 250th Anniversary of Mozart�s birth, the repertoire for the performance will also feature a small, almost never heard March K. 290. As SONOS is based in Washington Heights-Inwood, as is the Good Shepherd Church, the program will honor a famous American composer � who just happens to live in the neighborhood � Aaron Jay Kernis, with a piece for string orchestra called Musica Celestis.
Conductor Erik E. Ochsner currently serves as Music Director and founder of SONOS Chamber Orchestra, rehearsal conductor for Academy award/Grammy award winning composer Tan Dun (�Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon�; �Hero�). Erik started his collaboration with Tan Dun, in 2002, Ochsner conducting rehearsals for the world premiere of Tan Dun�s �Tea� in Tokyo. He has been involved with other Tan Dun performances in Amsterdam, Denver, Lyon, Macao, New York, Leuven, Seoul, and Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently in Shanghai as assistant conductor for a workshop of Tan Dun�s �The First Emperor�, a Metropolitan opera commission. Erik also serves as Assistant Conductor for Howard Shore�s evening length �Lord of the Rings Symphony.� He previously served as Assistant Conductor Brooklyn Philharmonic under Robert Spano.
SONOS Chamber Orchestra is a flexible and versatile group of artists devoted to the performance of traditional and innovative forms of classical music in the New York City area. In a city that is internationally recognized for its active arts scene, SONOS is committed to the performance of under-appreciated works as well as standard works of the classical repertoire. For their complete repertoire and concert performances, visit www.sonoschamberorch.org.
SONOS Chamber Orchestra
Good Shepherd Church at Isham Street and Broadway (one block north of 207th), Inwood
Sunday April 30th 3pm
Fundraiser Concert �Neighbors Helping Neighbors�
Suggested Fundraising Ticket Price: $25
Minimum Admission: $10
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
March
Aaron Jay Kernis
b. 1960
Musica Celestis for Strings (1990)
Lars Erik Larsson
1908-1986
Romance from Pastoral Suite op. 19
Hugo Alfven
1872 - 1960
Vallflickans dans
Somei Satoh
b. 1947
Homa (1988) for strings and soprano
soprano soloist, Nancy Lundy
Intermission
Traditional Japanese
James Nyoraku Schlefer, Shakuhachi
Karl Jenkins
U.S. Premiere
b. 1944
Requiem
SONOS Chamber Orchestra
SONOS Chamber Orchestra chorus
James Schleffer, Shakuhachi
Soprano soloist, TBD
Boy soprano, TBD
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For more information contact: cinemediapromo@yahoo.com
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4/11/2006 02:07:00 PM
4/10/2006
The Harvard Group for New Music presents
the Thelma E. Goldberg Concert
an evening of acoustic and electroacoustic works
featuring White Rabbit
Eric Hewitt, conducting
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 8:00 pm
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University
premieres by Harvard student composers
Lash
Zipper
Vines
Mendez
Van Herck
Gilbert
Honett
free admission, reception to follow
for more information call 617.496.6013
or www.hgnm.org
directions:
http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~musicdpt/parking.html
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4/10/2006 02:26:00 PM
4/5/2006
NEW MUSIC CONCERTS Presents
BALTIC CURRENTS
Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 8PM � Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto Toronto, April 4, 2006: New Music Concerts proudly presents Baltic Currents, an evening celebrating the distinctive and engaging music of Lithuania. The concert features works by some of Lithuania�s foremost composers: Raminta Serksnyte, Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis and Algirdas Martinaitis. Works by Estonian composer Helena Tulve and Latvia�s Andris Dzenitis round out the programme. This concert is curated by Raminta Serksnyte, who first came to Toronto in 2003 to participate in NMC�s �A Glimpse at Lithuania� at the suggestion of guest composer Osvaldas Balakauskas. Impressed with her talent and her strong convictions and opinions about contemporary art, artistic director Robert Aitken invited her to curate this event designed to provide a portrait of her homeland and its neighbours. Serksnyte�s most recent piece, a violin concerto entitled Vortex premiered by Irvine Arditti at the Klangspuren Festival in Austria, will be performed by NMC principal violinist Fujiko Imajishi. The evening also includes the world premiere of Serksnyte�s Almond Blossom for chamber ensemble, written specifically for the occasion. The title refers to one of the last paintings of Van Gogh, which was the direct inspiration for the piece. Ms. Serksnyte will be in attendance, along with Tulve and Dzenitis
Raminta Serksnyte (born in 1975) completed her studies for a Master's degree in the class of composition under Prof. Osvaldas Balakauskas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music (2000). Her oeuvre is dominated by neo-romantic idiom, occasionally enriched with some features of minimalism, sonorism, jazz and folk music. Instrumental music predominates in her output - works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestra. A great amount of expression, colourful imagery and strong communicative ability are characteristic of her music; the composer pays much attention to the dramatic development, dynamics of form, and the matters of instrumentation. In her own words, a composition is a certain uplifted state of mind, materialized by means of sounds, and its impressiveness depends on the composer's technical mastery.
The Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911) studied music in Warsaw and then in Leipzig, returning to Warsaw to study further as a painter. His colourful orchestral music includes evocative �program pieces�, notably the symphonic poems, The Sea and In the Forest. Raminta Serksnyte performs excerpts from his Preludes for solo piano.
Born in 1950, Algirdas Martinaitis studied composition with Prof. Eduardas Balsys at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Having made a name for himself with his early chamber pieces, Martinaitis came to be known as a composer of poignantly introspective and nostalgic music, often fraught with impulsive, poetic character. He has written music stage and film music. In recent years, Algirdas Martinaitis has followed a new path by drawing on music from the past with which he feels spiritual affinity, rethinking and commenting on the works of his favourite composers. Cellist extraordinaire David Hetherington delivers Martinaitis�s Birds of Eden for electric cello and tape.
Helena Tulve was born in Tallin in 1972. She is one of the most original talents in contemporary Estonian music. Her elaborate and rationally constructed works achieve exquisite expressiveness and emotional tension. Her works attest to the richness and variety of her musical experiences and interests: the French spectral music, IRCAM�s experimentalism, Saariaho and Scelsi, Gregorian chant and exotic melody-designs. She was composer-in-residence at this year's Estonian Music Days. Members of the NMC Ensemble perform her intriguing composition, lumineux/opaque for violin, cello, piano and wineglasses.
Andris Dzenitis was born in Riga in 1978. He studied composition at the Vienna School of Music and Drama with Kurt Schwertsik. His music has been performed in Latvia and abroad: at the Baltic Breezes Over Malaysia, at the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Gaida Festival in Vilnius, at Spelplan Stockholm and Maerzmusik Berlin, among others. Dzenitis is also active as a music critic and journalist working as editor for the music magazine M�zikas saule (Sun of music). New Music Concerts welcomes back Canadian mezzo-soprano Patricia Green to perform Dzenitis�s Seven Madrigals by e.e.cummings.
Programme
- Raminta Serksnyte (Lithuania 1975) - Vortex** (2004) solo violin & 15 instruments
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (Lithuania 1875-1911) � Preludes for solo piano
- Algirdas Martinaitis (Lithuania 1950) � Birds of Eden** (1981) for electric cello and tape
- Helena Tulve (Estonia 1972) � lumineux/opaque** (2002) violin, cello, piano and wineglasses
- Andres Dzenitis (Latvia 1978) � Seven Madrigals by e.e.cummings** (2004) for mezzo-soprano and 6 instruments
- Raminta Serksnyte � Almond Blossom* (2005) for chamber ensemble (NMC commission)
*World Premiere; **Canadian Premiere
BALTIC CURRENTS
Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Glenn Gould Studio
7:15 PM Illuminating Introduction / 8:00 PM Concert
Guest Curator: Raminta Serksnyte, composer and pianist
Fujiko Imajishi, violin; Patricia Green, mezzo-soprano;
David Hetherington, cello;
New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, artistic director
Glenn Gould Studio (CBC Broadcast Centre): 250 Front St. West
Box Office: 416 205-5555
Individual Tickets: $25 regular $15 seniors $5 students (Cheapseats)
New Music Concerts: 416 961-9594
www.newmusicconcerts.com
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4/05/2006 11:40:00 AM
Saturday, April 22 at 8pm
Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music
A Tribute to Great Cities
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Michael Christie, Music Director
Ute Lemper, Vocal Soloist
The Brooklyn Philharmonic�s third concert in Spano-disciple Michael Christie's inaugural season as Music Director marks the return of chanteuse Ute Lemper to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Saturday, April 22 at 8 PM after her triumphant debut with the orchestra last spring. The program includes the New York premiere of composer Heiner Goebbels� Sampler Suite from Surrogate Cities, which is a multi-movement work for orchestra, voices and electronic sampler and pays tribute to the world�s great Gothams. The work artfully merges historic recordings of cantors, the poetry of Cato and an array of orchestral and vocal effects to create a breathtaking aural landscape. Additional pieces on the program range from Heinz Karl Gruber's Manhattan Broadcasts to Astor Piazzolla's Buenos Aires.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit BrooklynPhilharmonic.org or call BAM Ticket Services at (718) 636-4100.
ABOUT THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
One of the nation�s groundbreaking music ensembles, the Brooklyn Philharmonic opens its 52nd season as a vital presence in the cultural life of the New York metropolitan area. Devoted to bringing music to the entire Brooklyn community, the Philharmonic serves the borough�s cultural and educational communities through partnerships with New York City�s Department of Education, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, among other organizations. For the past five decades, the Brooklyn Philharmonic has played a leading role in the presentation of innovative and thematic programming, receiving 21 ASCAP Awards over the last 25 years for �Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.� Since its 1954 inception, audiences have embraced the Brooklyn Philharmonic�s commitment to the concept of the orchestra as a contemporary performance ensemble, emphasizing important present-day music, as in the decades of Beethoven and Brahms. The Philharmonic has premiered over 150 works, including 61 commissions.
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4/05/2006 10:35:00 AM
4/3/2006
The ELMER ISELER SINGERS Present
�CELEBRATION�
A Tribute to Harry Freedman & Mary Morrison
Book and CD Launch
Friday, May 5, 2006 at 7:30 pm at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto For Immediate Release: Toronto, March 31, 2006: The Elmer Iseler Singers present a significant and timely tribute to the artistic brilliance of Harry Freedman & Mary Morrison - two of Canada�s most active and visible musicians. On Friday, May 5, 2006 at 7:30 pm at Toronto�s Glenn Gould Studio, the late Harry Freedman and renowned Canadian soprano, Mary Morrison will be honoured in this concert designed to celebrate their immense contributions to the arts in this country and abroad. The evening stars special guest artists, the Amadeus Chamber Singers, the Aeolian Winds and Lawrence Cherney (English horn) performing a compelling program which includes Freedman�s Voices, Pastorale, The Tokaido, 1838 and Shakespeare Songs. The event also features the launch of The Tokaido, a retrospective CD of Harry Freedman�s Choral Music on the Canadian Music Centre�s Centrediscs label, featuring the Elmer Iseler Singers. The evening concludes with a special presentation of Walter Pitman�s captivating new book, Music Makers � The Lives of Harry Freedman and Mary Morrison, published by Dundurn Press. A lobby reception will follow. �Harry Freedman is and forever will be a piece of the Canadian mosaic and a part of everyone who experienced him. �� Walter Pitman MUSIC MAKERS : The Lives of Harry Freedman and Mary Morrison by Walter Pitman (Dundurn Press) examines and celebrates the extraordinary lives of composer Harry Freedman (1922-2005) and his partner, soprano Mary Morrison. Harry, with roots in jazz and popular music, was a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 25 years. Canada's Composer of the Year in 1979, he has written an enormous repertoire that celebrates Canada and is sung and played around the world. After a stellar career in Canada as a popular singer and opera diva, Mary became an esteemed exponent of Canadian vocal works. A prestigious mentor and teacher of young Canadians now appearing on famous opera stages world-wide, she received the League of Composer's Music Citation in 1968 and won Canada's major award as Opera Educator in 2002. The Elmer Iseler Singers is one of Canada's foremost professional chamber choirs. The 20-voice choir has gained an enviable international reputation since its debut performance in 1979. Now conducted by Lydia Adams, the group was founded by and nurtured under the direction of the late Dr. Elmer Iseler, the "Dean of Canadian Choral Conductors." The Elmer Iseler Singers have performed throughout Canada and the United States as well as internationally. With a repertoire that spans 500 years of choral music, the ensemble is known for its beauty of tone and wide interpretive range. Currently championed by the Winnipeg Free Press as ��showing true Olympic spirit,� Toronto�s Elmer Iseler Singers triumphed on their very recent tour to Midwest Canada. ��demonstrated the singers� versatility� they deserved the immediate and unanimous standing ovation the audience gave them�� �This polished ensemble seemed comfortable with the demands any composer could throw at them.� �CELEBRATION�: Harry Freedman and Mary Morrison Concert, CD Launch & Book Presentation Friday, May 5, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. Glenn Gould Studio 250 Front St. West (Canadian Broadcasting Centre) For tickets ($35 & $30), please call 416-217-0537 Group Rates Also Available http://www.elmeriselersingers.com/- 30 �
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4/03/2006 10:09:00 AM
project one presents
the double staircase, opus four
interpretations of and improvisations on miniatures by debussy, bartok, and ligeti
saturday, april 22, 2006 at 7:00 pm
performances by:
change of time
(russ lossing / john hebert / adam kolker)
ieva jokubaviciute
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
Greenwich Village, New York City
Admission: $12
Project One presents The Double Staircase, Opus 4 on Saturday, April 22 at 7:00 pm at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. The Double Staircase explores the relationship between interpretational and improvisational approaches to some of the seminal etudes in the solo piano repertoire. The Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute will perform a program selected from Bartok�s Mikrokosmos, Debussy Etudes, and Ligeti Etudes. Change of Time will then use this exact same program of miniatures as material for their improvisations. Studies on Studies. A discussion with the artists moderated by Christopher Zimmmermann will follow the performances. What is Project One?
Project One presents contemporary improvised music, new music, and discussion in provocative programs that explore the philosophical and cultural contexts of music today.
Project One
Founders and Artistic Direction:
Christopher Zimmermann, Artistic and Managing Director
Eric Nowlin, Director: Project One Ensemble
Michael Spassov, Director: Project One Composers Collective
Bill Rhoads, Cornelius Dufallo, Artistic Advisors
projectone@earthlink.net
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4/03/2006 01:25:00 AM
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