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| NYWC featured in WNYC *STAR* Initiative. | |
NYWC has been selected for participation in WNYC's Salute The ARts Initiative (*STAR* Initiative). Each year, this program profiles 36 small cultural non-profit organizations in the New York Metropolitan area over a 12-month period, through on-air promotional announcements and a free presence on the WNYC website. NYWC will be highlighted as a featured organization on the website during a 28-day period between March 11th through April 8th. STAR. During this period NYWC will be mentioned in 28 30-second on-air promotional broadcast announcements, scheduled randomly on both WNYC AM & FM frequencies. After this active promotion period NYWC will be added to the list of participants on the website.
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| Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert features music by Mira J. Spektor | |
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Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert SUNDAY APRIL 11 - 3 PM The JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER in Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave @ 76th Street FThe Concert will open with Highlights from MIRA J. SPEKTOR's Chamber Opera LADY OF THE CASTLE with Elizabeth Cherry, Soprano; Darcy Dunn, Mezzo-Soprano and Charles Coleman, Baritone. The work is Based on Leah Goldberg's Israeli play & the true story of a young girl hidden & found in 1946 after the Holocaust (Heard Off-Bway, Long Island, Europe & on Original Cast Records @ BookHampton: 631-324-4939) Tickets: $15 for JCC members & $20 for non-members -Tel: 646-505-4444
The concert will also include A Chamber Opera by GRIGORI FRID
DELANCEY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
with Mezzo-Soprano
Sandra Schwarzhaupt
as Anne
Marissa Byers - CONDUCTOR
Lucy Yates - PIANO
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| Angélica Negrón-Music in March | |
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Angélica Negrón's music will be performed in the following concerts this month: Cadillac Moon Ensemble premieres Angélica Negrón's piece Quimbombó
March 14, 2010 @ 7pm
March 18, 2010 @ 1pm
iktus Percussion Quartet presents: Music for a Recession
Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 8 PM
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 8 PM DETOUR presents Music for the Prelinger Archives
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 9 PM Balún Live @ Goodbye Blue Monday
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 10 PM
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8 PM | |
| Faye-Ellen Silverman - World premiere of Interval Untamed: Five Miniatures | |
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World premiere of Interval Untamed: Five Miniatures by Faye-Ellen Silverman Monday, March 22 at 8:00 pm Mannes Concert Hall 150 West 85th Street NYC | |
| Music and Art Video Suite by Judith Lang Zaimont | |
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Judith Lang Zaimont’s music and art video suite will be featured on March 17, 18 and 19 at the Ninth Festival of Women Composers, presented by the Music Department of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The suite will be presented at 2 PM each day by the composer and her husband, artist Gary Zaimont, in the school’s Cogswell Hall, 422 South Eleventh Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania. For information about this and other Ninth Festival of Women Composers events, visit http://www.iup.edu/music/fwc/default.aspx.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website
http://www.jzaimont.com/ and at
http://www.myspace.com/judithlangzaimont.
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| Ricochet Duo performs music by NYWC | |
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The Ricochet Duo performs music for marimba & piano by NYWC members in two music festivals. The program will feature works by Faye-Ellen Silverman, Chen Yi, Rain Worthington & Joelle Wallach. Performances are scheduled at the Festival of Women Composers on March 18, 2010 at Indiana University, PA and again at the Women's Music Festival at the Eastman School of Music on March 26, 2010 in Rochester, NY. Ricochet Duo features Jane Boxall, marimba and Rose Chancler, piano.
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| Debra Kaye's Music in Concert | |
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Tuesday, March 16th, 8pm Saint Peter’s Church/Citigroup Music of the Beehive a concert of Debra Kaye's recent music including the premiere of Changing Forms, in its sextet version (classical string quartet, jazz bass & tenor sax) The concert will also be given at the historic, Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY, on Sunday, March 14th, 4PM.
For reservations and information call: 212-932-1376 or visit | |
| Music by Debra Kaye | |
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Award winning composer, Debra Kaye will be featured on Manhattan Neighborhood Network.
MONDAY, MARCH 8th
Time Warner Ch. 57
STREAMING LIVE at: WITH PERFORMING ARTISTS AMY KIMBALL & LYNN BECHTOLD, VIOLIN; WHITNEY LA GRANGE, VIOLA; FRANK WAGNER, DOUBLE BASS; & JAVIER OVIEDO, SAXOPHONE. This show features a preview of her most recent work, CHANGING FORMS, in anticipation of its upcoming premiere.
For further information visit Lwww.DebraKayeComposer.com
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| Premiere of Dreams of Flying by Victoria Bond | |
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The Queens Symphony Orchestra and Musica Reginae present Bach to Dreams of Flying. Information about the event is as follows: Saturday, February 20, 2020, 7:30
Queensborough Performing Arts Center In Bach to Dreams of Flying, QSO will showcase two world premieres:Da Camera by George Theophilus Walker and Dreams of Flying by the acclaimed composer Victoria Bond, featuring soloists from Musica Reginae. The concert will also highlight two classic works -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by J.S. Bach and the Capricorn Concerto by Samuel Barber.
For more information, please contact the Queens Symphony Orchestra office at (718) 326-4455, e-mail at qso@queenssymphony.org , or visit the website at www.queenssymphony.org
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| Judith Lang Zaimont featured at ZONES weekend | |
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Judith Lang Zaimont will be the featured artist February 11-13 for ZONES weekend in Huntsville Alabama With world premiere of SERENADE for Violin and Piano.
ZONES Piano Trio No. 2 was commissioned by the Hunstsville Chamber Music Society for its silver anniversary and premiered in Hunstville 15 years ago. They are reviving the piece, and have built a weekend-long festival around that event, using the theme of zones in sociology, physics, philosophy and music. Lectures, recitals, open rehearsals, two formal concerts.
ZONES will be programmed on Friday February 12, 2010 and that program also includes the world premiere of SERENADE in its new version for violin and piano, plus the Ravel Trio.
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| Music by Victoria Bond to be Performed | |
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North/South Consonance, Inc. starts the new decade with a special concert entitled Midwinter Echoes. The event will be held Sunday, February 7th, 3pm at the auditorium of Christ & St. Stephen's Church (120 West 69th St) in Manhattan. Admission is free. The North/South Chamber Orchestra will perform five recent works by living American composers. World-renown accordionist and composer William Schimmel will be the featured soloist while the orchestra?s founder Max Lifchitz will conduct. The program will include Coastal Ghost (2009) by Allan Crossman, Suara Suadin(2009) by Thomas Whitman, Harold is Alive and Doing (Seemingly) OK Somewhere in Lisbon (2008) by William Schimmel, Coqui (2009) by Victoria Bond and They Will Take My Island (2009) by Robert Martin.
For further information about North/South Consonance activities, including upcoming concerts and recordings, please visit: | |
| Lecture by Joelle Wallach at 92nd St. Y on February 6 | |
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Composer Joelle Wallach will give a lecture on Saturday, February 6 at 4 PM - The American Songbook as Melting Pot Mosaic: Harold Arlen – Who?? – Bridging the Sacred and Secular Through Music. This will be part of the Havdalah Lectures at the 92nd Street Y, located at 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. To register for the February 6 event, contact the 92nd St. Y at 212-415-5500 or visit them online at www.92Y.org.
Read The Great American (Jewish) Songbook, an online Jewish Week article about the lecture series at http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c345_a14045/The_Arts/Music.html
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| Evening of Chamber Music by Joelle Wallach | |
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An Evening of Chamber Music by Joelle Wallach will be held at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia on February 4. Program Includes Two World Premieres.
An evening of the chamber music of Joelle Wallach, including two World Premieres, will be presented on Thursday, February 4th, 7:30 PM at Memorial Chapel of Sweet Briar College, 134 Chapel Road in Sweet Briar, Virginia. This, along with several recent lectures, is part of her current Residency at the College.
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| NYWC Members Music Performed in India | |
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The American Consulate in Kolkata presents a program of American Music performed by violinist, Michael Braudy Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the American Center in Kolkata, India The concert will include works by NYWC members, Victoria Bond, Alla Pavlova, Elizabeth Bell and Rain Worthington. The program will be repeated February 19 in a second concert presented by the Delhi Music Society in New Delhi, India.
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| Music by Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols | |
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A live performance of Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols' Before and After the Tekke has just been released on the CDWorld under the Pitch label recorded by the American Festival of Microtonal Music. The recording also features composers Theodosii Spassov, Frank J. Oteri, Reza Derakhshani, Mark Rankin, and the FRYD Ensemble. "This album transcends time and place by combining brilliant musicianship in diverse tunings and sounds for a dreamy and upbeat visit with beautiful sound." CDBaby You can find it here, along with album notes and reviews: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/derakhshanisbofr For other performances and for interviews, visit Svjetlana's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/svjetlanamusic
You can also visit: http://www.reverbnation.com/svjetlanamusic
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| Judith Lang Zaimont's, Prestidigitations ? A Classical Net Favorite Disc | |
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Classical Net has selected Judith Lang Zaimont's CD, Prestidigitations - Contemporary Classical Rags, as a favorite disc for 2009. Original review (by site chief, critic Steve Schwartz) can be found at: http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/msr01238b.php | |
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