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| Music by Julie Mandel performed by Carol Sudhalter's Astoria Jazz Band | |
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 - 1 pm LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE JAZZ IN THE GARDEN' FREE CONCERT SERIES
Carol Sudhalter's Astoria Jazz Band:
Works of Emme Kemp, Julie Mandel and others
34-56 107th Street
(718) 478 8274
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| Music by Mary Ann Joyce-Walter on Classical Discoveries, hosted by Marven Rosen | |
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Mary Ann Joyce-Walter's piece, Aceldama for string orchestra and flute solo airing on "Classical Discoveries," hosted by Marven Rosen Wednesday, August 25 at about 9:00 a.m. (EST)
To listen online, please go to www.wprb.com. (Princeton's internet station), and click "Listen" on the homepage for "Classical Discoveries."
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| Jennifer M. Castellano as Special Guest on WPRB Classical Discoveries | |
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On Wednesday August 25, broadcast of Classical Discoveries (10:30 A.M. to 12:00 N EDT, on WPRB,103.3 FM and online at www.wprb.com Marvin Rosen will host pianist and American composer, Jennifer M. Castellano, member, secretary, and public relations coordinator of New York Women Composers. | |
| Music by Mira J. Spector to be performed by the Aviva Players | |
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The Aviva Players will perform a concert called From Classical to Caberet, featuring music by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc, Marcelle De Manziarly, Mira J. Spector and Irving Berlin. Saturday, August 21, 2010, 7:30pm
Suzanne Koch Gosman Room
Free and Open to the public
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| Judi Silvano & Joe Lovano present: A Night of Modern Music in Marlboro | |
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14: A NIGHT OF MODERN MUSIC JOE LOVANO is collaborating with his wife JUDI SILVANO in presenting a program of written and improvised music
A NIGHT OF MODERN MUSIC Grammy winner and Hudson Valley resident JOE LOVANO is collaborating with his wife JUDI SILVANO in presenting a program of written and improvised music with a host of excellent musicians for an evening surely not to be missed! See the attached press information for more. The musicians are:
Marilyn Crispell, piano visit: www.joelovano.com and www.judisilvano.com and www.liveatthefalcon.com for more.
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| Katherine Hoover featured on Classical Music Discoveries podcast | |
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Katherine Hoover is the featured composer this week on Ken Hedgecock's Classical Music Discoveries podcast. Take a listen online at: http://khedgecock.podomatic.com/entry/2010-07-03T17_09_12-07_00 | |
| Elizabeth R. Austin's "Wilderness Symphony" airing on WPRB-Classical Discoveries | |
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Marvin Rosen, Music Host and Producer, will be airing Elizabeth R. Austin's Wilderness Symphony this Wednesday, August 4 shortly after 1:00pm (eastern time) on WPRB "Classical Discoveries". Listen on line at www.wprb.com | |
| Beth Anderson’s Country Time for voice and drums | |
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Chamber Music of Beth Anderson to be Performed on July 31 at Columbus Branch Library in Manhattan Beth Anderson’s Country Time for voice and drums will be performed in concert by the Sonora Trio
Saturday, July 31 – 2 PM Country Time is a text-sound work that was recorded for and broadcast over National Public Radio, and is available on the Pogus CD, Peachy Keen-O. Ms. Anderson’s poem is recited rhythmically to drum beats and demonstrates the idea of poetry as music. Other composers on the program include Alan Hovhannes, Judith Sainte Croix, Daniel Dorff, Toru Takemitsu, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Antonio Carlos Jobim. This concert also features poetry by Goyyakla, Chicharia Apache, Si'ahl of the Duwamish Native America people of the Pacific Northwest and Joyce Kilmer. Performers will be the Sonora Trio - Judith Sainte Croix, Native American flute and drum, keyboard, voice and composer; Andrew Bolotowsky, flutes; and Oren Fader, electric guitar.
The July 31 concert is free and open to the public. For information about the concert series, call 212-586-5098 or visit http://www.nypl.org/locations/columbus.
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| Classical Discovers Features Music by Margarita Zelenaia | |
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On Wednesday July 28 at 10am, Classical Discoveries, hosted and produced by Marvin Rosen, will feature Margarita Zelenaia's song cycle titled "Six Servants". The program airs on WPRB 103.3FM Princeton NJ, or on internet at: http://www.wprb.com/listen.php
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| Eleanor Cory String Quartet III Premiere at MOMA Summergarden | |
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July 25, 2010 Juilliard Concert II New Music for Strings and Piano
Museum of Modern Art, 8:00 PM
Members of the New Juilliard Ensemble: Alicia Choi, violin; Heidi Schaul-Yoder, violin; Eva Gerard, viola; Mimi Yu, cello; Hsiang John Tu, piano
Eleanor Cory
David Snow
Laura Elise Schwendinger
Errollyn Wallen
MOMA SUMMERGARDEN CONCERTS | |
| Julie Mandel's music on KMFA's "Into the Light" | |
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THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, AT 8 PM CENTRAL TIME, MY STRING QUARTET 6 WILL BE PLAYED ON STATION KMFA IN AUSTIN, TX. THE PROGAM IS CALLED “INTO THE LGHT”. KATHRYN MISHELL IS THE HOST. HERE IS WHAT WILL BE PLAYED STARTING AT 8 PM CENTRAL TIME:
7/24/10 (#346)
Jennifer Higdon: Soliloquy. The Lark Chamber Artists. Koch CD called Summer Julie Mandel: String Quartet No. 6. Stony Brook Quartet. Private recording. Sofia Gubaidulina: Introitus. Béatrice Rauchs, pianist, Kyiv Chamber Players, Vladimir Kozhukhar, conductor. Bis CD [Bis-CD-898]
Jennifer Higdon: Dash. Susan Glaser, flute, Todd Palmer, clarinet, John
http://www.intothelightradio.org | |
| Mira J. Spektor - Have Songs, Will Travel - July 15 | |
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THURSDAY JULY 15, 2010 @ 6PM At the CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village NYC
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
"HAVE SONGS, WILL TRAVEL"
Sung by the wonderful husband & wife team:
$10 Admission pus $10 for minimum drinks | |
| Max Lifchitz performs a program of solo piano music | |
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Barcelona Festival of Song 7 JULIOL - 19:30h Recital de piano Program includes compositions by Elisenda Fabregas, Awilda Villarini & Rain Worthington
Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans
http://www.ien.es/catala/menu.asp?fam=3&cat=2⊂=1&tam=2#jul-ago10
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| Solo Piano Music of Judith Lang Zaimont Performed | |
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Solo piano music of Judith Lang Zaimont will be performed on July 3 in Los Angeles, CA and on July 6 in Rochester, MN July 3 – 12:30 PM – pianist Felicia Lin will perform Judith Lang Zaimont’s In My Lunchbox at the Meridian Room of the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, 5855 West Century Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. This will be presented by Music Teachers’ Association of California Annual Convention as part of a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Friends of Today’s Music program and showcasing the MTAC commissioned pieces of the last 25 years. More about this program and the MTAC at http://www.mtac.org/convention/index.shtml . July 6 – 12 noon – pianist Christopher Atzinger will present Ms. Zaimont’s A Calendar Set in the sanctuary of Christ United Methodist Church, 400 Fifth Avenue SW in Rochester, Minnesota. For more about this Tuesday Noonday Recital, visit http://www.cumethodist.com/ . In My Lunchbox – Suite for Developing Pianists was a commission from the Music Teachers Association of California. Published by Vivace Press, its’ first performances were four premieres at the annual convention of MTAC in July 2003. The work is now on the repertoire lists of MTAC and other state music organizations.
A Calendar Set is 12 virtuosic preludes for solo piano. Published by Jabez Press – http://www.jabezpress.com – the piece was the Winner of the 2005 American Composers Invitational Competition. It was first performed in New York City in March, 1979 and has been performed and heard around the world, including a broadcast on Voice of America.
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| Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen will featur music by New York Women Composers | |
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On Wednesday June 30th Classical Discoveries and the Avant-Garde Edition will celebrate the Fourth of July Holiday with it's annual program devoted to music by American composers VIVA AMERICA. Many women composers will be included. For example between 5:30 till 11:00 you will hear music by Jennifer Castellano, Barbara Harbach, Undine Smith Moore and others. From 11:00 till 3:00 you will hear: "In Medias Res" Concerto for Orchestra (2009) by Lisa Bielawa,"Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio" (2008) (World Broadcast Premiere) by Kitty Brazelton plus music of Katherine Hoover.
The program airs on WPRB 103.3FM Princeton NJ, or on internet at: http://www.wprb.com/listen.php
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| World premiere World premiere of the mezzo soprano version of Faye-Ellen Silverman's Love Songs | |
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 8PM Concert Hall of Mannes College The New School for New Music 150 West 85th Street, NYC (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues) Christina Ascher (alto) and Laura Falzon (flute/alto flute) will give the world premiere of the mezzo soprano version of Faye-Ellen Silverman's Love Songs, originally written for soprano.
Works by other Mannes Faculty and Alumni will also be on the program.
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| new composition for the Harry Partch instruments by Victoria Bond | |
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A new composition for the Harry Partch instruments by Victoria Bond premieres at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Tuesday June 29 at 8:00PM in the Bing Auditorium. Commissioned by LACMA, her composition “There Isn’t Time” is being presented in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of artist John Baldessari. Bond has taken the title as well as the names of each of the movements from Baldessari’s artwork. Read Bond’s article on NewMusicBox about composing “There Isn’t Time” for the Los-Angeles based Partch Ensemble, and watch a video of the instruments filmed at the Harry Partch Institute in Montclair New Jersey:
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| Julie Mandel's Blues for Paul will be aired on Canary Burton's show on WOMR | |
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This coming Tuesday, June 29, on the Canary Burton radio program my BLUES FOR PAUL by Julie Mandel, played by Paul Taub, flutist and Blanche Abram, pianist. It will air on station WOMR between 2-3 pm EST. You can listen if you go to www.WOMR.org. | |
| Nivedita ShivRaj-Carnatic Jazz and original compositions ... | |
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Fwd: Charanams Band presents Carnatic Jazz & Blues featuring.... Nivedita ShivRaj – Veena Jason Goldstein – Guitar Sam ShivRaj – Vocals Tripp Dudley – Cajon, Frame Drums Tabla - Kadarnath Havaldar "Charanams" is a unique band that combines & blends elements of great styles of music – carnatic & jazz, to present unique innovative concerts. Their music celebrates the myriad beauty of nature; it is original, exotic & evocative. Enjoy a Friday evening with the creative, talented, dynamic "Charanams".
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| Three New York Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures by Victoria Bond - June 23, 24, & 26 | |
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Composer/Conductor Victoria Bond will be giving three New York Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center on Wednesday, June 23 at 6:30 PM, Thursday, June 24 at 6:30PM, and Saturday, June 26at 7:00 PM.
Bond will speak about Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Philharmonic Composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg’s Al Largo. These will precede performances by the orchestra and it’s Music Director Alan Gilbert. Tickets for these lectures and performances are available through the New York Philharmonic at 212-875-5656 or at www.nyphil.org.
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| NYC Premeire of WOOD By Pamela Sklar | |
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As part of a benefit performance for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Pamela Sklar will perform the NYC premiere of her new trio WOOD, for flute, violin and cello.
Tues, June 15th, 8-10 PM The program includes jazz, gospel and other performances Admission by donation- suggested $10
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| Victoria Bond's Molly ManyBloom on Bloomsday Radio Broadcast on Jun 13 | |
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To celebrate Bloomsday, Bond’s composition Molly ManyBloom, a setting of the Molly Bloom portion of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” will be broadcast on June 13 at 10:00PM EST on radio station WRTI-HD2 in Philadelphia and it webstream at wrti.org. Details are at kilesmith.com. | |
| Locrian Chamber Players perform Chen Yi's trio "Night Thoughts" Thursday, June 10, 2010 | |
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Locrian Chamber Players performs works by Malcolm Goldstein, John Adams, Chen Yi and David Macdonald
Riverside Church, NYC. Date Thursday, June 10, 2010
Venue Riverside Church, 10th Floor Performance Space New York, NY
Website http://www.locrian.org/concert_dates.htm
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| New York Philharmonic Lectures by Joelle Wallach on June 10, 11, 12 and 15 | |
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Composer Joelle Wallach will be giving five New York Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lectures at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center on Thursday, June 10 at 6:30 PM, Friday, June 11 at 1:00 PM, and Saturday, June 12 at both 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Tuesday, June 15, again at 6:30 PM. For the June 10, 11, 12 (7 PM) and 15 lectures, Ms. Wallach will speak about the music of Brahms, Sibelius and Philharmonic Composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg. These will precede performances by the orchestra and it’s Music Director Alan Gilbert of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvili and Lindberg’s Arena. The Saturday, June 12 -1:00 PM lecture will center exclusively on the music of Brahms and will precede a performance by the orchestra and Mr. Gilbert of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and String Sextet No.2, op. 36.
Tickets for all these lectures and performances are available through the New York Philharmonic at 212-875-5656 or at www.nyphil.org | |
| Premiere of The Page Turner by Victoria Bond at Tribeca New Music Festival | |
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 8:00 pm Tribeca New Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall 129 W. 67th St b/n Broadway and Amsterdam Concert: Monsters! Composers: Eve Beglarian, Victoria Bond, Douglas Cuomo, Philip Glass, Gregor Huebner, Preston Stahly and Scott Wheeler Artists: Eve Beglarian, Geoffrey Burleson, Oleg Dubson, Mary Rowell, Kathleen Supové An evening of dreams, fantasy, storytelling, and new music will unfold as the New York Art Ensemble Monsters (pianists Geoffrey Burleson and Kathleen Supové, and violinist Mary Rowell) are joined by composer/narrator Eve Beglarian and actor Oleg Dubson in a collection of new works written and arranged for these performing artists.
On the program: For tickets call 212-501-3330, or visit http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/tribeca-new-music-festival2
Single Tickets: $20. Subscriptions: $60. Students/Seniors: $10 (Contact the box office for discounted tickets).
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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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| Judi SILVANO's Travelling Songs at 55 Bar-NYWC | |
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Thursday, May 20 Judi Silvano “Travelling Songs” Featuring Stefan Bauer, vibes & compositions Chris Bacas, reeds Ratzo B. Harris, bass Newman Taylor Baker, drums and Judi Silvano, voice & compositions
55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street
“Travelling Songs” came about after Judi Silvano was invited by Stefan Bauer to join his ‘Voyage’ ensemble last year. The group has evolved consisting of New York-based musicians who share an inclusive aesthetic and play both Original compositions and Standard songs with inspired ease and intensity.
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| New Naxos CD Features Four Orchestral Works of Judith Lang Zaimont | |
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Naxos has issued a new CD of premiere recordings of four orchestral works by Judith Lang Zaimont (catalog number 8.559619). Chroma - Northern Lights, Ghosts, Elegy for Strings and Stillness – Poem for Orchestra are all presented in performances by Kirk Trevor and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. Each of the four connects in its own way with the composer’s lifelong interest in questions of memory and artistic heritage, and all the works highlight Ms. Zaimont’s control of nuanced orchestral color. Complete information for the CD and complete program notes for these works can be found at http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559619.
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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| U.S. Premiere of "The Wings of Night" by Faye-Ellen Silverman | |
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Friday, April 23 at 8PM Concert Hall of Mannes College The New School for Music 150 West 85th Street in Manhattan The Mannes College Choir, conducted by Frank Nemhauser and featuring guitarist Pierre Ferreyra-Mansilla, will perform the United States premiere of sections of Faye-Ellen Silverman's "The Wings of Night".
Premiered last spring in Lithuania, "The Wings of Night" is a twenty five minute work for chorus and guitar on contrasting aspects of night, using texts by Dickinson, Shakespeare, Colborne-Veel, and Teasdale. The Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes will be the other part of the program.
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| Piano Music of Judith Lang Zaimont | |
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The first three movements of Judith Lang Zaimont’s Snazzy Sonata, An Entertainment for Two for piano four-hands will be performed by the duo of Peggy Brengle and Don Horneff on Sunday, April 11 – 3 PM at Westminster United Methodist Church, 162 E. Main Street in Westminster, Maryland, as part of a concert of piano/organ and four hand piano duets. The three movements to be performed are Moderate Two-Step, Lazy Beguine and Be-Bop Scherzo. The work was written in 1972 and first performed at WQXR Radio in New York in June of that year. It was the winner of the Delius Competition Prize. Other composers on the program include Poulenc, Schubert, Lecuona, Charles Callahan and Joel Raney. Visit the Brengle & Horneff Keyboard Duo at http://www.4handpiano.com.
The April 11 concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-848-8325 or visit http://www.wumcmd.org/
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| Shruti Laya Presents Nivedita Shivraj on Veena | |
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Shruti Laya proudly continues its tradition of encouraging artists in our area by presenting a performance by Smt. Nivedita Shivraj on the Veena, with Shenthuraan Tharmarajah on the mridangam.
This FREE program will take place at the Queens Library, Flushing, NY on April 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM. Please mark your calenders and enjoy this program with friends and family.
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| Ricochet Duo with Jane Boxall, marimba & Rose Chancler, piano will be performing music by New York Women Composers | |
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Ricochet Duo perform Marimba & Piano Music Friday, March 26, 2010 7:00 pm – Ciminelli Formal Lounge Eastman School of Music Rochester, NY Full program includes:
Eleonor Sandresky – Duo for Marimba and Piano (1988) | |
| Solo Piano Music of Joelle Wallach in Mexico on March 21 | |
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Pianist Ana Cervantes (http://www.cervantespiano.com/) will present the Mexican Premiere of Ms. Wallach's Voices of the Iron Harp for solo piano as part of De Tripas Corazon: Creación de mujeres (From Guts, Heart: Women's Creation) on March 21 – 1 PM at Casa Museo Gene Byron, located at Calle Real de Marfil in Marfil, Guanajato, Mexico. Voices of the Iron Harp is a love song, almost a farewell to the piano. It uses an open-ended variation form as well as the heroic poetic gestures of 19th and 20th century piano literature to explore and evoke the variety and gradations of mood and sound available through the keyboard from the heart of the iron harp inside. More about it at http://www.joellewallach.com/Voices_Iron_Harp.html.
For more about the concert, call 52-473-733-10-29 or visit .http://www.museogenebyron.org/ .
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