NYCC - In The Loop - Nov 9, 2007

A reminder, since there's been some shuffling of dates/locations, our next Salon is at JACOB GOODMAN's apartment on November 18. We will meet from 2-5. Jacob is at 310 W 72 St, #16A.

Also, our FIRST CONCERT of the season is just over a month away, December 13, 2007 @ 8pm at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington & 25th Street.

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RICHARD BROOKS writes, "Another work of mine will be performed at the LICA/SCI Regional Festival at Queens College on November 15, 8pm in Lefrak Hall: Trilogy for marimba, xylophone/bells, and vibraphone. This is in addition to my choral work, My Soul's Satisfaction, scheduled for the next evening." (Previously announced.)

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Fans of new art song will want to attend the New Music from Mannes Composition Faculty concert next Tuesday, November 13. The concert features performers and composers familiar to the NYCC crowd. Compositions are by PAUL MORAVEC, Thomas Addison, Eleanor Cory, David Loeb, Robert Cuckson, and David Tcimpidis, all from the Mannes faculty.

Performers include the NYCC's own SOFIA DIMITROVA, soprano, who will be performing three (!) of the evening's composers: Moravec, Addison and Tcimpidis. Her accompanist is Catherine Miller. Also performing is baritone Ricardo Rivera, whom many will remember from the NYCC's fundraiser at Steinway Hall. Others include Ariadne Greif, soprano, Vilian Ivantchev, guitar, Sue Ann Kahn, flute, and Jason Wirth, piano.

Mannes is at 150 West 85th Street, the concert hall is on the second floor.

The concert is free and starts at 8pm.

NYCC - November Salon Update

NOVEMBER SALON UPDATE
Several people have noted that our November Salon had been rescheduled to the Sunday after Thanksgiving, an inconvenient date for many people. JACOB GOODMAN has stepped in and kindly offered to host our November Salon, so please make a note of this change! We will meet 2pm on November 18 at Jacob's apartment, 310 West 72nd St., Apt. 16A.

At that meeting Jacob will distribute fliers announcing our December 13 concert at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Please let Jacob know how many fliers you might like for distribution to your mailing list, apartment building, place of work, etc. Jacob can be reached at goodman@sci.ccny.cuny.edu.

If you are unable to attend the November Salon, this doesn't mean you can't distribute fliers! Jacob can email you a PDF that you may send to your own email list, or you may pick up some color fliers from the doorman at his building. Just let Jacob know when to expect you.

NYCC - In the Loop - Oct 28, 2007

There is an update to announce for the NOVEMBER SALON. We will not meet Nov. 11 as previously published; we'll be meeting instead on NOVEMBER 25, 2-5 pm, at the Ellington Room, 400 W 43 St, 2nd floor.

Also, we'll have our first meeting of 2008 on January 20th in the same location. Thanks as always to GENE MCBRIDE for his help in coordinating this.

For the December salon, our traditional Holiday Party is being plotted and planned, so stay tuned!

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Speaking of December, don't forget OUR FIRST CONCERT of the season will be December 13 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington & 25th Street at 8pm. Those of us who were there last year all agreed it is a terrific venue for music, so be sure to check it out. (And It's not too early for you to start encouraging your friends and colleagues to attend!)

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From CESAR VUKSIC, we hear there are still two more performances of the Americas Vocal Ensemble, both this week ahead. The concert is billed as "Crossing Cultures in the Americas", and will feature several guests and premieres. Here is the link to the information: http://www.americasvocalensemble.org/oct07.htm

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JOSEPH PEHRSON and the Composers Concordance are getting the new season underway with a concert featuring unusual winds, song and flower pots. The concert will take place Friday November 9, 2007, 8PM at the Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, NYC.

Joe tells us, "Esther Lamneck will be performing two works for the national instrument of Hungary, the tárogató - an untamed serpent-like woodwind related to the clarinet. She will be performing Through a Glass by Dary John Mizelle and a special tribute to our beloved colleague Ron Mazurek, who died this last Spring. We are dedicating our November 9th concert to the memory of Ron and will feature his Shadows, a work for tárogató and electronic sound which shows his uncanny mastery of the electronic medium.

New music flutists Erin Lesser and Roberta Michel will perform 3 Duets for 2 Flutes by our honored mentor Otto Luening, who shepherded our group into existence during the final years of his 96-year life. New music violist Beth Meyers will navigate a work by young composer, Ed Rosenberg, "hot off the press" which showcases the extremes and expressive possibilities of Rosenberg's unique post-minimal/maximal musical aesthetic. JOSEPH PEHRSON's Windjammer for woodwind quintet will be performed, and JOELLE WALLACH takes us on a journey of songs about love and relationships:  platonic, funny, funky and spiritual, with soprano Janice Hall. A flower pot conspiracy is in the works with our concluding piece by famed piano virtuoso and instigator Frederic Rzewski, To the Earth.  This piece abandons traditional instruments for the more ecologically correct sound-producting medium: the flower pot. Percussionist Peter Jarvis will tap and rap and chant over several of these talismanic objects, concluding the concert and leading us into what should be a joyous and earthy reception.

Tickets are $12, $10 students/seniors.  TDF accepted.  Tickets can now be purchased in advance online:  www.composersconcordance.org.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

NYCC - In The Loop - Oct, 15, 2007

Our next Salon is scheduled for November 18, 2007 @ 2pm at The Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza, 400 W 43 St, 2nd floor.

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Editor's note: Due to the lead time of getting news out via In The Loop, let me take this opportunity to remind you that theIn The Loop archives are available at nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com. RICHARD BROOKS, DEBRA KAYE, RICHARD RUSSELL, SOFIA DIMITROVA,NATALIYA MEDVEDOVSKAYA, STEPHEN SOLOOK, TIFFANY DUMOUCHELLE, and VICTOR FROST are just some of the composers and performers who have activity coming up this week or next. As I've recently added some new names to the In The Loop list, I want to make sure everyone is aware! -- Rich Russell

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EUGENE MARLOWhas several CD retail display holders available for no charge. They're black, bi-level, professionally made, can hold up to 10 CDs on each level, and are in very good shape. Gene asks, "Would anyone like a couple for their own personal use? I'd like to dispose of the extras I have as soon as possible to make room for other personal artifacts. Please contact me if there's interest as soon as you can." You can reach Gene at NYComposers@aol.com 

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PETER DIZOZZA performs a piano reduction of his "TentagatneT Themes" during the fully staged production of this New York Magazine Critic's Pick event: http://nymag.com/listings/theater/tentagatnet/ at the La Mama E.T.C. mainstage, 7:30PM, October 21st, 27th, 31st and November 1st.

Also from Peter: the Ninth Annual Benefit Concert for the New York Society of Ethical Culture:  Sunday, October 21, 4:00 - 7:00 PM, Ceremonial Hall - 4th floor. Featured artists: Sadia Carone, Peter DiZozza, Diane Howard, Jon Liechty, Neel Murgai, and Krishna Shan. Students and senior citizens: $10. Suggested donation: $15, refreshments with donation. Call 212-860-4096; In support of its Landmark Building's Stained Glass Window Fund.;http://www.nysec.org/2007/10/21/

NYCC - In The Loop - Sep 28, 2007

Don't forget our next Sunday Salon is on Sunday, October 14 at 2pm in the Ellington Room, Manhattan Plaza 400 W 43. The Ellington Room is on the second floor.

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RICHARD BROOKS writes: "My Four-Play for saxophone quartet was performed by the New Hudson Quartet at Rowan University, Wednesday September 25. On November 16, my My Soul's Satisfaction for SATB and piano will be performed during the LICA SCI Festival at Queens College, Lefrak Recital Hall at 8 pm. In December my American Elegy for string orchestra will be done at Nassau Community Concert.  I don't have the exact date yet but will post it as soon as I know."

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Here's a concert featuring several NYCC folks. Called "Vier Hande, Zwei Herzen" (Four Hands, Two Hearts) the concert features pieces composed by DEBRA KAYE and RICHARD BROOKS. Our own NATALIYA MEDVEDOVSKAYA is one of the pianists. In addition to Debra and Richard, there will be pieces by Mozart, Schubert, and a world premiere by Olga Novakovic, one of Schoenberg's pupils.

The concert will be presented twice:
Friday, October 19, 8pm
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street
Admission - FREE

Friday, October 26, 8pm
St. John's Lutheran Church
81 Christopher Street
Admission by contribution

Call or email for reservations: NancyRBogen@cs.com or 212-741-2417.

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Those of you at the June NYCC concert will remember hearing the Three Songs of Carl Sandburg by RICHARD RUSSELL (your friendly In the Loop editor). He has (that is, "I have") since arranged this piece for soprano and marimba. Aurora Borealis, comprised of NYCC members TIFFANY DUMOUCHELLE and STEPHEN SOLOOK will perform this piece twice in October. 

The second performance, for you Manhattanites, is in the Mannes College of Music concert hall, October 22, at 8pm. Mannes is at 150 West 85th Street in New York City. Free admission! Other composers on this concert are Weber, Villa-Lobos, Loeb, and Beall. 

The first performance will be convenient for you Long Islanders. It's on Sunday October 21, at 3pm, at the Garden City Chamber Music Society, where Bruce Adolphe & Marija Stroke are the artistic directors. Location: Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, Long Island, NY. 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. (516) 248-8855. On the corner of Stewart Avenue and Nassau Blvd. It is reachable by the Long Island Rail Road (the stop is Nassau Boulevard on the Hempstead Line).

Announcing 2007-08 Season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 26, 2007

Contact: Eugene Marlow, Director, Media Relations
New York Composers Circle
646-312-3924
nycomposers@aol.com
www.nycomposerscircle.org

NEW YORK COMPOSERS CIRCLE
ANNOUNCES FOUR-CONCERT SEASON;
WINNER OF 1ST ANNUAL NYCC COMPOSITION COMPETITION

(New York, NY, September 26, 2007) The New York Composers Circle (NYCC) is pleased to announce it will host four concerts during its 2007-2008 season, including several juried premieres of new works.

The four concerts will take place on: December 13, 2007 (Baruch College Performing Arts Center); February 23, 2008 (Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space); May 20, 2008 (Frederick Loewe Music Theater, New York University); and June 7, 2008 (Saint Peter’s Church, Citigroup Center).

The NYCC is also pleased to announce the winner of its inaugural annual composition competition: Dana Dimitri Richardson (www.danarichardson.org) for his solo piano piece “Ballade.” This work will be performed at the NYCC’s May 20th concert at New York University’s Frederick Loewe Music Theater.

With this competition announcement, the NYCC also acknowledged three honorable mentions: Steve Cohen’s “Serenade for String Quartet”; Marc-Antonio Consoli’s “Tre per Due” for flute, clarinet and piano; and Alex Temple’s “Her Name Was Renée” for clarinet, percussion, double bass and piano.

According to John de Clef Piñeiro, NYCC Executive Director, “This is the first time in its six year history that the NYCC will mount four concerts and present a record number of new chamber music works to New York audiences in a single season. We’re also delighted each concert will take place in an established concert venue located in diverse parts of Manhattan as a way of bringing the new music experience to various communities.”

About the New York Composers Circle:
The mission of the New York Composers Circle--now in its 6th season--is to provide a platform and forum for composers of new concert music of all genres, for the development and performance of composer-member works, and for the development and education of new audiences for new music.
For more information, go to: www.nycomposerscircle.org.
The NYCC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit New York State corporation.
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Composition Competition Winner Announced

Congratulations to Dana Dimitri Richardson, whose piano solo Ballade has won the inaugural NYCC Composers Competition. Mr. Richardson's piece will be performed at the NYCC's concert of May 20, 2008, at the Frederick Loewe Theater, New York University, 35 West 4th Street NYU. Curtain time is 8pm.

There are three honorable mentions: Steve Cohen's Serenade for String Quartet, Marc-Antonio Consoli's Tre per Due, for flute, clarinet, and piano, and Alex Temple's Her Name Was Renée, for clarinet, percussion, double bass, and piano.

Congratulations to all!

In The Loop - Sep 21, 2007

I've been out of the loop for a while, so lots and lots of announcements this time around! Let's get right to it:

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EUGENE MARLOW has been asked to participate on a panel discussion as part of the Conference on "Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism, and Culture," an international conference of jazz journalists presented by Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. The Jazz Journalists Association (of which Gene is a long time member) is a prime participant in this first of its kind conference.

 

The main conference will take place on September 29, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway (at 116th Street) in New York City. The main event is free and open to the public.

 

Thirty-two jazz journalists from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, and Turkey, in addition to journalists from the United States, will speak in several moderated 90-minute sessions.

 

Gene writes: "The session I have been asked to participate in is "How The Other Half Lives: Music in Local Scenes." I will be talking about my research on jazz in China. As you know, I traveled to China last year to specifically interview indigenous jazz musicians. As you also know, I have begun to draft a book entitled "Jazz in the Land of the Dragon: A Work in Progress" on this very subject. This panel will take place at 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. on September 29. I have previously talked on this subject before members of the International Association for Jazz Education, the Jazz Journalists Association, the New York Composers Circle, and the Aspen Composers Conference."

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Trombonist HAIM AVITSUR is presenting a concert of music for trombone and organ on October 2, 8pm. The venue is Second Presbyterian Church at 6 West 96th. Suggested donation $10. Haim is playing music both old and new, including Vivaldi and Guilmant, with contemporary pieces by Frigyes Hidas, David Loeb (a world premiere) and Eitan Avitsur (also a world premiere). The organist is Paul Sanner.

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World premieres of two one-act chamber operas by MARTIN HALPERN will be presented at the Brooklyn Music School Playhouse at 8 P.M on Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13. The first opera, Resurrection Day, is freely based on Henrik Ibsen's last play, When We Dead Awaken.  The second, Constancy, is freely based on Anton Chekhov's play The Bear.

 

Resurrection Day will be performed by Samuel Smith, baritone, as the aging sculptor Rubek, and Jacqueline Thompson, soprano, as his former model Irene, who appears to him in a dream after twelve years of estrangement. 

 

Soprano Judith Barnes, artistic director of Brooklyn's Vertical Players Repertory Opera Company, will perform the leading role of the young widow Varya in Constancy.  Tenor Aram Tchobanian, a frequent performer with the Vertical Players, will play her servant Looka; and Samuel Smith will play Grigory, the landowner who comes to collect a debt owed by Varya's late husband and ends up wooing her successfully. 

 

The orchestra for both operas will include Aaron Boyd, violin, Cyrus Beroukhim, viola, and Katherine Cherbas, cello.

 

The Brooklyn Music School is located at 126 Saint Felix Street, just around the corner from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Atlantic Avenue stops of the 2, 3, 4, 5, D, M, N, R, B and Q trains and the Long Island Railroad.  There is also ample parking space at the lot across from the Brooklyn Academy.

 

Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. For further information, and to order tickets online, go to www.Brooklynmusicschool.org.   

You may also reserve tickets by calling 718-638-5660.

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Several NYCC names will be involved at a concert billed "Invisible Landscapes" on October 16, at Saint Peters at Citigroup Center. Soprano SOFIA DIMITROVA is performing pieces by last year's Honorary Composer, PAUL MORAVEC, members RICHARD RUSSELL and KEVIN McCARTER, Marilyn Bliss, David Tcimpidis, and Raphael Fusco. On Rich Russell's piece, Sofia will be joined by her sister, violinist STANI DIMITROVA. The accompanist is Catherine Miller. Concert starts at 8pm with small reception to follow. The concert is free!

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VICTOR FROST would like to invite everyone to a concert whose main attraction will be a performance of his Eight Poems of Amy Clampitt, for baritone and string quartet.  The venue is

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church 351 East 74th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues) 

Sunday, October 28th, 12:30 P.M.

Victor writes:  That's on the north side of 74th, practically at 1st Avenue.  (There is another big church in the middle of the block on the same side of the street....)  I hope a lot of NYCC can be in attendance at this free event.  First, because I have always considered this my finest composition.  Second, because this is a composer-driven recital series, and I hope other composer members will want to take advantage of this outlet.  So it's also a chance to check out the location, its fine acoustics, and its loyal audience.

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HUBERT HOWE, RICHARD BROOKS, MARTIN HALPERN, and FRANK RETZEL are each slated to have pieces performed at the Festival and Conference of New Music for the Society of Composers, Region 2, and the Long Island Composers Alliance. This will take place from November 15-17. In all, there are 9 concerts with many new pieces, so this is definitely of interest to us new music types! Most of the concerts are at the LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College. Have a look at the full schedule at  http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/music/index.php?L=1&M=10 for all the information.

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PETER DIZOZZA's new musical, Hermaphroditism Through the Ages, received an 8 performance prodeuction at Manhattan Theatre Source over the summer. Visit this page for a photo synopsis with the great cast and look for a recording of the songs soon. http://www.cinemavii.com/images/2.2.2/4thPerf/index.htm 

And look for a production at La Mama of his experimental musical play TentagatneT in the Fall.  

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CESAR VUKSIC is going on a Concert Tour of Argentina, both as a Composer and Pianist. His composition "Dialogues" for Wind Quintet and Piano will be performed in an International Festival in Rosario City that will also includes Chamber Compositions and Piano solo pieces by New Jersey Composer Jerome David Goodman, with Vuksic performing all the Piano parts. He will also perform his new Composition "Two Preludes" in his Piano Solo Recital in Buenos Aires, which will include music by Brahms, Debussy, Luis Mucillo, Carlos Rausch, Jerome Goodman and Belisario Perez. His activities will also include a joint Lecture with Jerome Goodman at the Rosario Festival on the subject of Contemporary Composition.

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And finally, congratulations to NOAH HAVERKAMP and JILL FRERE who are now married, as of August! Some of you know that Noah is working as a piano tuner/technician; learn more at http://knowapiano.com/ Congrats, Noah and Jill!

In The Loop - September 3, 2007

Welcome to the NYCC 2007-08 season! This will be our biggest year yet, as we plot and plan for four (count 'em - four!) concerts! 

Don't forget scores for this season's programming consideration are due to JACOB GOODMAN on September 10.

And while we're talking deadlines: those of you submitting a score to our first NYCC competition, the deadline is September 17. Details about that can be found here.

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Some of you may wish to submit your score to Jacob directly at next week's Sunday Salon. The Salon is at The Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza, 400 W 43 St, 2nd floor. We get started at 2pm, and RICHARD McCANDLESS will be talking with us about scoring for percussion. However, those of you who have expressed interest in producing or assisting in concert production are asked to come at 12 noon, when STEPHEN LEIBHOLZ will head a discussion about successfully managing our events this year. (Note: showing up doesn't commit you to producing this year; even if you've just considered it or might want to do it in a future year, come have a listen. Should be interesting!)

Although the season has hardly begun, we already have many concert events to share! Read on.

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Don't forget JOHN EATON's opera, Pumped Fiction, is being repeated this Thursday, September 6 at the Symphony Space Thalia at 8pm. The librettist is Estela Eaton, John Eaton's daughter, and is all about the inventor-maker of Penis Pumps. The New York Times declared it a "considerable achievement"! The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, Broadway and W. 95 St. New York City, (1, 2, or 3 subway to 96th St. and Broadway, or C subway to 96th St. and Central Park West). Tickets $25; $20 for students, members, and seniors. For tickets, call (212) 864-5400, or go to www.symphonyspace.com. For further information, or to read reviews of previous operas by the creative pair or the libretto, go to www.pocketoperaplayers.org

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Mezzo ANNA TONNA reports that she is a Fulbright Scholar this upcoming year, with a residency in Spain. Congrats, Anna!

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Composer and tenor STEVEN EBEL is back in New York City after his 2nd place win at the Concours de Montreal International and singing Peter Quint with Opera Cleveland this summer. He has a number of impressive concerts lined up this season; visit him at http://www.novoartists.com/ebel.html

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DONALD HAGAR is the featured composer in an upcoming concert. Pianist Geoffrey Burleson and soprano Maria Tegzes will present a recital of works by Don at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, 43A West 13th Street at Sixth Avenue, Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 7:00 PM. Admission: $15 ($10 for students and seniors).

The program features the New York premieres of Don's "Little Suite"for solo piano and several songs with texts by various authors such as William Blake, W. H. Auden, e.e. cummings, and a Latin translation of Shakespeare by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Also included will be Mr. Burleson's realizations of Hagar's jazz tunes "Pat's Tap," "My Song" and "It's So Bad," as well as "Piano Sonata No. 7" by Vincent Persichetti, and "Parisian Thoroughfare" by Bud Powell. In addition, flutist Patrick Dillery will perform Hagar's "Reminiscence."

Sunday, September 16, 2007 – 7:00 pm, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, 43A West 13th Street (at Sixth Avenue)

Complete program: Donald Hagar "Little Suite" for Solo Piano (New York Premiere); Hagar "Reminiscence" for Flute and Piano; Hagar "Four Songs"; Vincent Persichetti "Piano Sonata No. 7"; Hagar "Three Jazz Songs" for piano; Bud Powell "Parisian Thoroughfare"

General admission is $15 ($10 students/seniors), although there will be a discount to for NYCC members; $10 for members, $5 for senior members

NYCC - In The Loop - Aug 12, 2007

It is with sadness that the New York Composers Circle passes along the news of TERRY WINTER OWENS death at the end of July. Her daughter, Maggie, will carry on Terry's website and musical affairs. (See terrywinterowens.com) Terry was an original founding member of the NYCC; her music and presence graced many of our first concerts and salons. She will be missed.

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The website of the New York Composers Circle (www.nycomposerscircle.org) has been getting a touch-up over the summer. Members, now would be a good time to have a look at your bio and headshot and see if any updating is necessary! If so, please let me (RICHARD RUSSELL) know by emailing me at InTheLoop@nycomposerscircle.org. Stay tuned as we'll be updating a few new items in the weeks ahead.

Note especially that the Calendar section of the website does not yet reflect the full activites of the year year ahead. But we DO indeed have three of our four 2007-08 concerts posted, as well as our first two Sunday Salons of the season (September 9 and October 14). Thanks to GENE MCBRIDE for his early efforts in securing the Ellington Room for us! It's time to get your calendars out and start marking some dates...

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RICHARD MCCANDLESS, a composer member and percussionist, plans to give a presentation at the September 9 salon on writing for percussion. Should be quite interesting to learn more about writing for this (sometimes) tricky but rewarding group of instruments!

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In case you missed JOHN EATON's opera, Pumped Fiction, at its recent premiere at Symphony Space Thalia, it is being repeated on September 6 at the same venue, at 8pm. 

Pumped Fiction, the first full-length comic opera (with serious overtones) by librettist Estela Eaton and her father, composer John Eaton, about the world's leading inventor-maker of... Penis Pumps. The New York Times declared it a "considerable achievement"! The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, Broadway and W. 95 St. New York City, (1, 2, or 3 subway to 96th St. and Broadway, or C subway to 96th St. and Central Park West). Tickets $25; $20 for students, members, and seniors. For tickets, call (212) 864-5400, or go to www.symphonyspace.org. For further information, or to read reviews of previous operas by the creative pair or the libretto, go to www.pocketoperaplayers.org

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Speaking of operas, JENNIFER GRIFFITH wants us to know about  the application process for the American Opera Projects' Composer & the Voice workshop series. Even if you live in another state, please do consider applying, as many of the participants not local. Jennifer took part in the workshops in 2003, and she reports they are very rewarding, both for writing for voice and as a professional networking opportunity. Be forewarned that there is a $40 application fee. For more info, head to http://www.operaprojects.org/composers_voice.htm

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That's all the news for now as we look forward to our most exciting and rewarding season yet.

NYCC Italian Style

Four NYCC composers, in addition to new Honorary Member Dinu Ghezzo, will have pieces performed in concert in Umbria, Italy this fall. Here is the press release with all the details (click for larger image).

Large congrats to John de Clef Piñeiro, Patricia Leonard, Cesar Vuksic, and Eugene Marlow, who will join Dr. Ghezzo in concert!

Announcing the NYCC's First Composition Competition

For composers in the New York area, have a look at the attached competition! (Click for larger size.) The deadline is September 17, 2007.

Dinu Ghezzo at June 10 Salon

At our June Salon in the Ellington Room, our newest Honorary Member Dinu Ghezzo presented several pieces of his music. The NYCC was delighted to welcome him and his performers, his daughter Christine and flutist/composer Wendy Luck. (Click image for larger size.) This was our last Salon of the 2006-07 year -- keep posted for next year's start in September.

Dinu Ghezzo Our Next Honorary Member

As most of the NYCC community knows by now, DINU GHEZZO was recently elected to be an Honoary Member, a distinction now shared with our other NYCC Honorees: Ezra Laderman, Tania León, John Eaton and Paul Moravec.

All of our Honorary Members are asked to make at least one presentation, on a topic of his or her own choosing, to our members at one of our scheduled Salons, and to contribute a work for public performance at one of the NYCC's public concerts within the first year of membership. Thereafter, in subsequent seasons, further works of an Honoree, together with other Honorees' works, may be considered for possible selection and programming at other public concerts.

As with our other Honorees, we look forward to having a long and mutually beneficial association for the advancement of the cause of new music and the growth of its audiences in general, and for the growth and development of the NYCC and its members in particular.

We are most pleased to now include Dinu in our NYCC community of new musicmakers.

NYCC - In The Loop - June 15, 2007

Note from the editor: It is now much easier to subscribe to the RSS feed using various readers (there's a pushbutton for Google, Yahoo, etc. all on the right). There's also a little box for you to type in your email address if you prefer to receive really fancy-formatted email updates. And all the latest In The Loops editions and news will now be fed directly to the home page of the NYCC (nycomposerscircle.org). For instance, we've recently posted our first NYCC Composition Contest flier on the blog, which feeds in to the main page of the NYCC. 

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CESAR VUKSIC invites us to attend a Recital of the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale conducted by his wife, Nelly Vuksic. He is participating, both as accompanist and soloist in a very exciting program that includes Piazzolla's "Balada para un Loco" (The Crazy Man's Ballad), "Misa Criolla" by Ariel Ramirez (The Mass set to Argentinean Folk rhythms and melodic styles) for Soloists,Chorus, Piano, Double Bass and Percussion, and compositions by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Copland and Belisario Perez. This Ensemble wraps up its first season with this Program titled "World Music from the Earth to the Heavens".  Saturday, June 16 at 8pm at Saint Francis Xavier Church - 225  6th Avenue between President and Carroll Street. Park Slope, Brooklyn. Train Q to 7th Avenue Station, Brooklyn.

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RICHARD BROOKS sends along the following concert announcements from the American Composers Alliance. I spy the names of JOHN EATON, PATRICIA SONEGO, CHRISTOPHER OLDFATHER (and of course, RICHARD BROOKS) below, who are all composers or performers closely associated with the NYCC. I'm sure you will find many other names below who are well-known to you.

 

Programs on June 20th, 21st and 23rd will take place at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space at 2537 Broadway in Manhattan. Ticket prices are as follows:

June 20:  $25 regular; $20 for students and seniors.

Jun 21:    $15 regular; $10 for students and seniors

June 21:   FREE

For tickets  please call the box office at (212) 864-5400 or order online at www.symphonyspace.org.

June 22nd is at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, 43A West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011, tel. 212 645 2800.  Tickets are $15/10. To reserve tickets call 212 362 8900 or email jasna@compsoers.com.

 

ACA Festival 2007

Celebrating ACA's 70 Anniversary

Wednesday, June 20, 8pm: Pumped Fiction

John Eaton: Pumped Fiction, a Pocket Opera*

 

Thursday, June 21, 8pm: Music for the Solstice

ACA presents the Laurel Leaf Award to Fred Sherry for

"distinguished achievement in fostering and encouraging American music"

Lewis Nielson: Iskra * (Alice Teyssier, flute, Jonathan Hepfer, perc., Gabrielle Athayde, cello)

Raoul Pleskow: On Lines form the Latin * (Patricia Sonego, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano)

Carmel Raz: Iola for Solo Flute * (Barry Crawford, flute)

Anthony Cheung: Enjamb/Infuse/Implode (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Williams, conductor) 
Elizabeth Bell: Soliloquy † (Loren Dempster, cello)

Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy: Spirit Man † (Laura Campbell, flute)

Christopher Adler: Signals Intelligence  † (Alexander C Lipowski, marimba)

Rolv Yttrehus: Sextet II † (Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Williams, conductor) 

Friday, June 22, 8pm: Piano Piano

(Idith Meshulam, piano, Eric Huebner, piano)

Aaron Copland: Danzon Cubano  

Elizabeth Bell: Duovarios for Two Pianos †

Elliott Schwartz: Test Drive for piano duet † 8 (Idith Meshulam and Elliott Schwartz)

Christopher Auerbach-Brown: Introspectio 3,4 *

John Cage: Experiences

Karim Al-Zand: Pattern Preludes †

Rob Redei: Capriccio

Robert Helps: Eventually the Carousel Begins

 

Saturday, June 23, 6pm-10pm: A New Music Marathon 

6PM

Charles Ives:  The Unanswered Question (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Williams, conductor)

Darleen Mitchell: Dakota † (Valerie Cisler pianist Anne Foradori soprano)

Gregory Hall: Clayton Run-Around * (Minghuan Xu, violin)

Michael S. Rothkopf: Songs of Light * (Patricia Sonego, soprano)

Jan Gilbert: Lady of the Broom * (Nancy Ogle soprano, Barry Crawford flute, Eric Nowlin

viola, Loren Dempster, cello)

7PM

Richard Brooks: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (Minghuan Xu, violin, Winston Choi, piano)

Frederick Tillis: A Latin American Suite * (Second Instrumental Unit)

Beth Wiemann: A change in the weather * (Marilyn Nonken, piano)

Harold Seletsky: Apathy † (Patricia Sonego, soprano, David Fulmer, violin, Loren Dempster, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano)

8PM

Hubert Howe: Symphony  No. 3, 1st movement *  (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Williams, conductor)

Robert Ceely: Extensions † (Shen Wen, pianist)

Elias Tanenbaum: Bring 'Em On * (Second Instrumental Unit)

James Beale: Woodwind Quintet † (Second Instrumental Unit)

9PM

Milton Babbitt: Little Goes a Long Way and An Encore † (Christopher Oldfather, piano, David Fulmer, violin)

Burton Beerman: Conversations * (Shiau-uen Ding, piano)

Joel Gressel: ShortStops (computer)*

John Melby: Concerto No.2 for Piano and Computer* (Winston Choi, piano)

 

* world premiere          † New York premiere

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Keep your announcements, concerts, and good news coming to your friendly In The Loop editor, Richard Russell, at InTheLoop@nycomposerscircle.org. (And let me know if you prefer to be removed from the list.) Until next time, let's keep each other In The Loop!

June 5, 2007 Concert pics

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Executive Director John de Clef Piñeiro works with Stanichka Dimitrova during the pre-concert runthrough.


Opening remarks


Jacqueline Thompson and Craig Ketter perform Frank Retzel's Daughter of Dawn.


Cesar Vuksic's Nana, with the composer on piano, joined by Sibylle Johner, cello and Anna Tonna, mezzo.


Sofia Dimitrova performs Richard Russell's Three Songs of Carl Sandburg.


John de Clef Piñeiro introduces Honorary Member Paul Moravec.


Tiffany DuMouchelle performs Paul Moravec's Vita Brevis.


Celebrating a great concert!

NYCC - In The Loop - June 6, 2007

Our last monthly salon of the 2006-07 season is this Sunday, June 10 from 2-5pm at the Ellington Room, Manhattan Plaza 400 W 43, enter 9th Avenue. The Ellington Room is on the second floor.

As we wrap up the current season, we appropriately look forward:Our new Honorary Member, DINU GHEZZO has offered a presentation of electro-acoustic works of his. This should be a great introduction of Dinu as we welcome him to the NYCC. Hope to see you there!
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Caution: The following announcement may not be suitable to all audiences -- RR.
Speaking of Honorary Members, JOHN EATON wants us to know about his new opera: "Pumped Fiction." He writes, "The first full length comic opera (with serious overtones) by Librettist Estela Eaton and her father, Composer John Eaton, about the world's leading inventor-maker of ... Penis Pumps. Sponsored by the Pocket Opera Players and the ACA, as the opening event of the latter's 70th year Festival of American Music. At the Leonard Nimoy Thalia of Symphony Space, 95th and Broadway, New York. June 20, 8 PM. Take the 2, 3, or 1 subway to 96th St. and Broadway (or the C subway to 96th St. and Central Park West.)

Tickets $25; $20 for students, members and seniors. For tickets call (212) 864-5400 or go to www.symphonyspace.com

Singers: Linda Larson, Jennifer Roderer, James Bobick, Ken Roht, Archie Worley, Craig Phillips; Instrumentalist-Performers: Jane Rigler, Meighan Stoops, Christopher Oldfather, Dennis Sullivan, Ana Milosavljevic, Jody Redhage, Sascha Von Oertzen (electronics); Conductor, Karl Kramer; Director, Beth Greenberg; Lighting, Brant Murray; Costume and Prop Creator, Brent Barkhaus; Producer, Cori Ellison; Stage Manager, Isabel Martin.

For further information, or to read reviews of previous operas by the creative pair or the libretto, go to www.pocketoperaplayers.org or www.composers.com

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MARTIN HALPERN's opera, The Well of Immortality, will be presented by the Theater for the New City, at the Community Theater Space (155 First Avenue) June 7, 8 and 9 at 8 P.M., June 10 at 3 P.M. Described as a chamber opera in the style of Japanese Noh Drama, the plot concerns two men – one old and withered (bass), one young and robust (baritone) – who pursue a dream of earthly immortality offered by the waters of a magic well guarded by a mute and mysterious woman. Two other singers (tenor and soprano) serve as both narrators and commentators, and a flute and cello accompany all the singing and all the action. Martin wrote the music and libretto, freely based on W.B. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well. The cast includes Jacqueline Thompson, soprano; Aram Tchobanian, tenor; Chad Armstrong, baritone; Samuel Smith, bass; and Jeanette Stoner in a silent role. Jill Sokol, flute and Katherine Cherbas, cello make up the instrumentalists. Tickets $15; Seniors and Students $10

Buy tickets online at http://www.theatermania.com/ticketing/index.cfm/show/133064

Or phone Theater Mania at 212-352-3101

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Several of you who attended a recent Recorded Reading, and more of you who were introduced to the sisters Sofia and Stanichka Dimitrova at last night's concert, will be interested in knowing that RICHARD RUSSELL's Two Rilke Songs will be premiered Sunday, June 24, at 3pm. Joining this soprano/violin pair is pianist Tomoko Nakayama. The venue is Holy Name Church in Brooklyn, 245 Prospect Park West. Suggested donation is $15. More info at 718-499-3031 or at musicabella.com. (Also on the concert is Bach, Brahms and Vivaldi. Hmm. Where'd that Russell guy come from?)

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The NYCC congratulates our friend, tenor STEVEN EBEL, who was awarded 2nd place in the Montreal International Musical Competition. In recognition of his achievement, he performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in the Competition Gala, performing two of the works that earned him this prestigious award. A podcast of highlights from the semi-finals should is available at the website www.radio-canada.ca/cmim

There was also a review of the concert at:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=41478a5b-4692-4c86-8837-f5c56c2bc42d

Paul Moravec featured at Tuesday's Concert

New York Magazine has listed our Tuesday, June 5 concert, writing:

The group devoted to new music closes its concert season with a program featuring Paul Moravec’s Vita Brevis for soprano and piano, plus chamber works by six other innovative composers.

Paul Moravec was the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for his Tempest Fantasy. Soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle (pictured) will be performing this song cycle, accompanied by Julie McBride.

NYCC Concert | Tuesday June 5

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This Tuesday, June 5, 2007 8pm

Saint Peter's Church at the Citigroup Center

619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street

Many thanks to JACOB GOODMAN for preparing the attached, revised flier announcing our concert composers and performers for this Tuesday. Sure to be a highlight is the performance of Vita Brevis, composed by this year's Honorary Member PAUL MORAVEC. Please forward the flier to folks on your email list!

A reception will follow -- hope to see all of you there as we close out our 2006-07 season!

NYCC - In The Loop - May 14, 2007

Two reminders about the NYCC: Our next SUNDAY SALON is this Sunday, May 20, from 2-5pm at the Ellington Room, Manhattan Plaza, 400 West 43rd Street, second floor.

And, our last NYCC CONCERT of the season is June 5, at 8pm, at Saint Peters at Citicorp, 54th Street at Lexington Avenue.

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FEDOR KABALIN invites us to hear his Divertimento in a concert presented by the Sylvan Winds. The concert is at Weill Recital Hall, this Wednesday, May 16, at 8pm. NYCC Composer and Performer members will enjoy reduced rate (the student / senior rate) upon mentioning their affiliation when purchasing tickets for the concert alone or concert & reception. The players are Svjetlana Kabalin, flute; Alexandra Knoll, oboe; Amy Zoloto, clarinet; Thomas Sefcovic, bassoon; Chad Yarbrough, horn, with guest artists: Don Batchelder, trumpet, Theodore Primis, horn. In addition to Fedor's piece, other composers are Irving Fine, Carols Chavez, and Carl Reinecke. Ticket prices for the concert ALONE are $30 & $25 for adults, and $15 for students and seniors. The program will be followed by a post-concert fund-raising reception in the Jacobs Room next to the recital hall at $250, $125, $100 & $85 for seniors for both concert & reception. For further program information & reservations, please call or fax 212 / 222-3569.

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MARTIN HALPERN's opera, The Well of Immortality, will be presented by the Theater for the New City, at the Community Theater Space (155 First Avenue) June 7, 8 and 9 at 8 P.M., June 10 at 3 P.M. Described as a chamber opera in the style of Japanese Noh Drama, the plot concerns two men – one old and withered (bass), one young and robust (baritone) – who pursue a dream of earthly immortality offered by the waters of a magic well guarded by a mute and mysterious woman. Two other singers (tenor and soprano) serve as both narrators and commentators, and a flute and cello accompany all the singing and all the action. Martin wrote the music and libretto, freely based on W.B. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well. The cast includes Jacqueline Thompson, soprano; Aram Tchobanian, tenor; Chad Armstrong, baritone; Samuel Smith, bass; and Jeanette Stoner in a silent role. Jill Sokol, flute and Katherine Cherbas, cello make up the instrumentalists. Tickets $15; Seniors and Students $10

Buy tickets online at http://www.theatermania.com/ticketing/index.cfm/show/133064

Or phone Theater Mania at 212-352-3101

NYCC - In The Loop - May 4, 2007

Apologies for the late notice on JENNIFER GRIFFITH's Viola Split, performed by Leanne Darling on amplified viola. It was played last night at The CUNY Composers' Alliance concert, along with new works by Coughlin, Leigh, Siegal, Salvage, Malpica, Mayzus, and the Intermedia Arts Group. Congrats, Jennifer!

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CESAR VUKSIC's composition "Nana" for mezzo-soprano, violoncello and piano will be performed at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn. Train Q to Seventh Avenue Station) on Saturday, May 5 at 8pm by Christine Moore as part of her program, "From Andalucia to the Americas...an Odyssey of Spanish Song". The cellist will be Laura Metcalf. Vuksic will also accompany Ms. Moore at the piano in Manuel de Falla's Suite "Seven Spanish Songs" as well as in Songs by Granados, Silvestre Revueltas and Ginastera.

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OREN FADER's Fireworks Ensemble performs at the Symphony Space Thalia next Thursday, May 10, at 7:30pm. They will present one of their most popular touring programs, including dance music from five continents combined with a rock-inspired rendition of Stravinsky's classic ballet score, Rite of Spring. at Symphony Space in New York. Tickets are $21. Read all about it at fireworksensemble.org

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DON HAGAR's big band piece, "Good Apple," will be performed by the Queens College Big Band at City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, at Aaron Davis Hall.  The performance will take place on Thursday, May 10, starting at 5pm.

Directions to the school are as follows: Take the 1 train to 137th Street and Broadway; walk up 138th Street three blocks to Convent Avenue. Or take "A" or"D" express, or the "B" or "C" local to 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, walk west one block to 145th Street and Convent Avenue, then south to 138th Street.

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The premiere of Three States of Water, by RICHARD RUSSELL, will take place at Mannes College of Music's Concert Hall on Tuesday, May 15 at 8pm. This piece, for three flutes, was written for MARY BARTO's flute ensemble. Mary is a well-known friend of the NYCC, and her talented students present a concert at the end of every school semester. Among the flutists performing Rich's piece is Aki Kasuga. Some of you will remember her from when she recently participated in an NYCC Recorded Reading.

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JOSEPH PEHRSON's Composers Concordance presents a concert Friday, May 18, 2007, 8PM at the Greenwich House Music School Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, NYC. There will be a reception following to mingle with composers, performers and enthusiasts.  Tickets $12, $10 students/seniors. JOHN EATON's piece Sor Juana Songs will be presented. Other composers on the evening's program are Kirill Umansky, George Boziwick, Salvatore Sciarrino, Jeff Harrington, and Patrick Hardish. There's a great, full press release with many more details at www.composersconcordance.org. Have a look!

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Keep your announcements, concerts, and good news coming to your friendly In The Loop editor, Richard Russell, at InTheLoop@nycomposerscircle.org. (And let me know if you prefer to be removed from the list.) Until next time, let's keep each other In The Loop!

NYCC - In The Loop - Apr 28, 2007

DON HAGAR writes: "The Sospiro Winds will make its New York premiere this Sunday, April 29, 2pm at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, East 10th Street and Second Avenue.  This award-winning woodwind quintet will be performing music by Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, and premieres by James Borchers and myself. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors....and NYCC members!  A reception will follow the program.  For more information please call 718-302-0833.  I look forward to see you all there!" 

The program will include world-premiere performances of James Borchers' Quintet for Wind Instruments and Donald Hagar's complete Little Suite. In addition the quintet will perform the lyrical, impressionistic Summer Music by Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter's jazzy, neo-classical Woodwind Quintet, and the Wind Quintet in E-flat Major by Anton Reicha, a contemporary of Beethoven.

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This year's NYCC Honorary Composer Member, PAUL MORAVEC, has many pieces being performed at Mannes College of Music this week, in connection with Mannes's annual Contemporary Music Festival. Paul is Composer-in-Residence at Mannes College for the current academic year, and as such, audiences at Mannes will be treated to several of his pieces, including several premieres. 

All concerts are free and open to the public. Mannes is at 150 West 85th Street. Here are the details:

April 30, 8PM, NewMusicMannes, Madeleine Shapiro, director

Paul Moravec:  American Activities for brass quintet (World Premiere)
Minoru Miki:  Shoman III for soprano, marimba, and piano
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh:  Three Watercolors for soprano, flute, and piano
Jukka Tiensuu:  Plus for clarinet and cello
Iannis Xenakis:  Pour Maurice for baritone and piano

May 1, 8PM Mannes Orchestra, David Hayes, conductor

Robert Cuckson: Concerto for Guitar
David Loeb: Poem of an Autumn Night
Rafael Fusco: Capriccio Concertante for English Horn and Orchestra
Gilad Cohen: By Night on My Bed for Chorus and Orchestra
Paul Moravec: Northern Lights Electric (World Premiere) 

May 2, 8PM Percussion Ensemble, James Preiss, Director

(No Paul Moravec pieces this evening, but might be of interest to In The Loop readers. Steve Reich's Drumming will be performed, as will World Premieres from Davide Zannoni and David Loeb, and a NY premiere by Jennifer Higdon.)

May 3, 8PM CIRCE (Composer-in-Residence Chamber Ensemble), Keith Fitch, Director

Paul Moravec: Scherzo
Paul Moravec: Atmosfera a Villa Aurelia
Ryan Chase: mused rhyme (World Premiere)
Evan Lewis: Downward to darkness, on extended wings (World Premiere)
Paul Moravec: Chamber Symphony (NY Premiere)

NYCC - In The Loop - April 20, 2007

Quick reminder: Sunday Salon is this Sunday, April 22, 2-5pm at the Ellington Room, Manhattan Plaza 400 W 43, enter 9th Avenue. The Ellington Room is on the second floor. If you've asked JACOB GOODMAN for some fliers advertising the June 5 concert, this will be your opportunity to pick them up.

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There are three local NYC performances by JOSEPH PEHRSON coming up. Two of them have free admission, and one a $10 charge. Joe writes:

"On Saturday, April 28, the NYU Steinhardt School of Education is honoring the retirement of composition director, Dinu Ghezzo on a concert at NYU Loewe Theatre, 35 W. 4th Street, (between Greene Street and Washington Square East). The concert begins at 5PM. (PLEASE NOTE TIME). Admission is free. I am pleased to have a piece on this concert, my new "Microproj," an electronic work in the near-just-intonation 21-note scale of "Blackjack," which I have been working with for several years now. My wife, Linda Past, will be doing one of her "dramatic-dance" interpretations of this piece on the concert as well. In addition to several pieces by Dinu Ghezzo, many using multimedia, John Gilbert has arranged an "internet multimedia" presentation, so there should be lots of variety there.

Monday evening, April 30, the Dinu Ghezzo honoring festivities continue with a concert at the Romanian Cultural Center, 200 East 38th Street (corner of 3rd Ave) honoring Ghezzo's 38 years of composing in the US. I am also happy to be included on this event with a performance of my "Profondo" for bass flute by Gerardo Levy. This concert begins at 7PM (AGAIN PLEASE NOTE TIME). It is also free of charge. Other composers on the concert include Leo Kraft, Robert Rowe, Wendy Luck, and several others.

On Wednesday, May 2, the American Festival of Microtonal Music and Johnny Reinhard will host a performance of my "Blackjinn," a work for woodwind quintet in the near-just-intonation 21-note "Blackjack" scale. The concert is at the Bowery Poetry Club, located at 308 Bowery at Bleecker Street (6 train to Bleecker). The club concert begins at 10PM (YET AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE TIME). Other composers on the program include Elodie Lauten, Kyle Gann and Johnny Reinhard. Bass trombonist Dave Taylor will also be featured. Tickets are $10 and, as in most club concerts, food and beverages are available. Further information may be found at www.afmm.org, in addition to some great streaming videos of previous events."

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Composer and tenor STEVEN EBEL would like to invite composers to a concert on May 1, featuring 10 World Premieres of songs on Shakespeare texts. In fact, he'd like to offer comps to the composers on our In The Loop list, but you'll have to contact him, as no comps will be given at the door. You can contact Steven at stevenebel@gmail.com or call him at 646-344-0535. (Please RSVP by April 29.)

Here's some of the PR about the concert:

When: May 1st 8pm

Where: St. Peters at Citicorp, E. 54th Street at Lexington Ave

New Music New York will present "21st Century Shakespeare: Chamber Music Inspired by the Bard for the New Millennium", featuring music by established and rising American composers and well known international composers. The concert will feature an ensemble of some of the finest contemporary music performers in the city, including 6 vocalists, harp, guitar, flute, violin, cello, and piano. Words from The Tempest , Twelfth Night, Much Ado , King Lear, Cymbeline and Shakespeare's immortal sonnets ...

Pieces are by Sondra Clark, Steven Ebel, Scott Gendel, Stephen Gorbos, William George, William Holab, Gustav Hoyer, Marga Richter and Lou Warde as well as the world premiere of Marc Blitzstein's trio from a Winter's Tale, which was recently discovered at the Library of Congress. Chris Berg's Fear no more, a New Music New York 2003 commission will be reprised, as well as songs by NYC composers David Amram, Tom Cipullo, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, Leonard Lehrman, Thomas Pasatieri and Ben Yarmolinsky.

Tickets are $20 available through SmartTix: (212) 868-4444, www.smarttix.com, and at the door. (OR: Take advantage of the comp as mentioned above!) For more information, visit www.newmusicnewyork.com.

Recorded Reading, April 19, 2007

Here are some pics from the Recorded Reading of April 19, 2007, held at Frank and Camille's Fine Pianos, 29 West 57th Street. We heard pieces by ROGER BLANC, VICTOR FROST, RICHARD RUSSELL, and JOHN DE CLEF PIÑEIRO.

The players included Mary Barto, flute, Ben Ringer, clarinet, Christopher Lee, bass clarinet, Monica Chung, piano, Victor Frost, piano, Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, and Stanichka Dimitrova, violin.

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NYCC - In The Loop - April 17, 2007

The next Recorded Reading of the season is this Thursday evening, April 19, 6:30-8:30 PM at Frank and Camille's Fine Pianos, 29 West 57th Street, Second floor. We'll be hearing pieces from JOHN DE CLEF PIÑEIRO, VICTOR FROST, RICHARD RUSSELL, and ROGER BLANC. Although everyone is invited, seating is extremely limited and is first-come, first-served. 
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Our next Sunday Salon is this Sunday, April 22, 2-5pm at the Ellington Room, Manhattan Plaza 400 W 43, enter 9th Avenue. The Ellington Room is on the second floor.

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It's not too early to start thinking about ways to publicize our June 5 concert, our last of the 2006-07 season. It should be an exciting event as we'll feature several performers and composers new to the NYCC, including a piece by our Honorary Composer Member for the current year, 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner PAUL MORAVEC. With publicity in mind, JACOB GOODMAN is preparing a flier and will bring copies to this Sunday's Salon. Please email him and let him know how many copies you can make use of, to post around your neighborhood or to send to your mail list. Jacob can be reached at jgoodman@ccny.cuny.edu

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Here's a note from DEBRA KAYE:

Dear NYCC'ers: I wanted to  let you know about my concert this Sunday.  I realize there's a conflict with the NYCC salon, but I thought I'd say "hi" and let you know about it anyway. 
Hope you are all well and thriving,  --Debra

It's happening, the premiere of My American Shtetl, for piano trio and narrator. The text comes from two classic stories by Yiddish author, Sholom Aleichem.  And it's been a special treat to have his granddaughter, the author Bel Kaufman, (Up theDown Staircase) narrating.  I have a recording of her reading the text, and it's something I can listen to again and again.  She is adirect link to the source and the spirit of these stories that so vividly describe the immigrant experience. 

Weill Hall, 154 West 57th St.

2pm, Sunday, April 22nd

Tickets:  $32  Students/Seniors at the door:  $18

Carnegie Charge  212-247-7800

www.carnegiehall.org

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Composer and percussionist RICHARD McCANDLESS (a new NYCC member this year) is presenting the premiere of his piece Canyons for percussion and electronics on the North River Music Series on Thursday, April 26, 2007, 8:00 PM, Greenwich House Arts, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY. Other works on the program by McCandless include Voyager for percussion and tape; Childhood for speaking percussionist; and Pile Driver for percussion duet. Also on the program are three pieces by composer/percussionist Rich O'Meara. More information is available at www.gharts.org.

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Honorary Composer Member PAUL MORAVEC's Northern Lights Electric will receive its World Premiere with The Mannes Orchestra, under the direction of David Hayes, Tuesday May 1, at 8PM. Also on the concert are works by Mannes faculty David Loeb and Robert Cuckson, and Mannes students Rafael Fusco and Gilad Cohen. The concert is free and open to the public, and will be at Mannes College's Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street. More information at http://www.newschool.edu/Mannes/events.aspx?id=5296