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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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| 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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| Ricochet Duo performs music by NYWC | |
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Essex Community Concerts presents the Ricochet Duo performing music for marimba & piano by NYWC members February 12, 2010 at 7:00 pm, Essex, NY. The program will feature works by Faye-Ellen Silverman, Rain Worthington & Joelle Wallach. These pieces will be performed again at the Women's Music Festivals at the Eastman School of Music on March 26, 2010 in Rochester, NY, and also included in a presentation March 18, 2010 at Indiana University, PA.
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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 | |
| Music by Mira J. Spektor to be Performed | |
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SONG NEW YORK - A Concert of American Vocal Music will feature works by Works by Thomas Carlo Bo, Richard Brooks, Charles Coleman, Lou Rodgers, Ned Rorem, Gary M. Schneider, Carmela Sinco, Mira J. Spektor, Virgil Thomson M Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:00 P.M.
Greenwich House Music School
Admission $15.00 | |
| New Music by Ang?lica Negr?n to be Performed | |
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Ang?lica Negr?n will be performing with pianist, Luc?a Caruso, her work for accordion and piano "PSR" in the second Circles and Lines concert to be held at the Greenwich House Music School. Circles and Lines is a new composers consortium dedicated to providing an eclectic and accessible sample of compositional styles in contemporary classical music. Thursday, December 10, 80
Greenwich House Music School (46 Barrow Street)
Tickets are $5 at the door.
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| Music by Judith Lang Zaimont | |
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Ad astra per aspera, the third movement of Judith Lang Zaimont?s "Solar Traveller" Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra will be presented by the Indiana State University Wind Orchestra, Dr. John Boyd, Conductor, on Tuesday, November 17, at 7:30 pm in Tilson Auditorium, North 7th and Chestnut Streets on the campus of Indiana State University in Terra Haute, Indiana. This ISU Premiere will be presented as part of their Contemporary Music Festival. Also on the program are works by Steve Reich, Andrew Boysen, Jr, Joshua Shank, Jon Washburn, Daniel Powers, Brian Balmages, Brett William Dietz and Roger Cichy. The Wind Orchestra commissioned the work along with faculty members at the Peabody Institute, Eastman School of Music, Louisiana State University, Shepherd University, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Southern Mississippi.
The November 17 event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 812-237-2743 or visit | |
| Piano Music of Judith Lang Zaimont to Be Performed | |
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Piano Music of Judith Lang Zaimont to Be Performed by Young Ah Tak in Catonsville, Maryland on November 15. American composer Judith Lang Zaimont?s Wizards ? Three Magic Masters will be performed by pianist Young-Ah Tak on Sunday, November 15 ? 3:00 PM at Catonsville Presbyterian Church, 1400 Frederick Road in Catonsville, Maryland. Wizards, for solo piano in three movements, was commissioned for the November 2003 San Antonio International Piano Competition and was a required work for that competition, where it was given 12 premiere performances. It was recorded by Young-Ah Tak for Albany Records - http://www.albanyrecords.com/index.html. For tickets and more information about the November 15 performance, call 410-747-6180 or visit http://www.catonsvilleconcerts.org/.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website
http://www.jzaimont.com/ and at her MySpace page ?
http://www.myspace.com/judithlangzaimont.
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| Music by Hilary Tann, Elisenda Fabregas & Chen Yi to be Performed by neoLIT Ensemble | |
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neoLIT Ensemble presents two exciting chamber music concerts at Bargemusic, Brooklyn?s beautiful and intimate waterfront venue.
Concert 1
Concert 2
neoLIT Ensemble
Bargemusic is at Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge.
Tickets: $25 ($20 senior, $10 student)
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