NYCC - In The Loop - Feb 27, 2007

Lots and lots of March activity on tap, not the least of which is the NYCC concert of March 9 at the Thalia Symphony Space, 7:30pm. Here follows several more concerts to add to your calendar.

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GAYTHER MYERS has a great offer for the NYCC. He writes, "Our entire group and guests are being offered complimentary tickets (up to 100 tickets) to the University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra and Wind

Ensemble concert at Carnegie Hall on March 8, at 8 pm.   The concert features works by Lutoslawski,  Aaron Jay Kernis, Joan Tower, John Corigliano, Krzysztof Penderecki and Takemitsu.  The Corigliano will be a world premiere.  Also Paul York will play the Cello concerto of Karel Husa. Members should indicate their interest to me, and the box office will hold the tickets for them

Gayther can be reached at lefordie@speakeasy.org. Thanks, Gayther!

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RICHARD BROOKS will have three performances in March.

March 1, 11:30 am at Nassau Community College, Circular Motions for flute, clarinet and piano

March 17, 8 pm, St. Peter's Church, Citicorp Center, My Soul's Satisfaction ofr SATB and piano by the Gregg Smith Singers

March 21, 8 pm, Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 East 52nd Street, pianist Peter Vinograde will present a recital featuring Bach's Goldberg Variations and my Fantasy-Impromptu.

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JOHN EATON writes:  "There's a very interesting concert on March 3rd and 4th at 8PM, produced by the American Modern Ensemble, at the Tenri Cultural Center, 43A West 13th St. (between 5th and 6th Ave.s and easily accessible from the A, C, E, 1, 2, & 3 trains at 14th St.).  It's called Musical Mavericks and features a whole series of innovators on their instruments: Robert Dick, flute; Stuart Dempster, trombone; Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet; Sean McClowry, double bass; Robert Paterson, marimba; Todd Reynolds, violin;  William O. Smith, clarinet; and Pamela Z, voice.  I've been asked to play my Microtonal Fantasy for two pianos tuned a quarter of a tone apart, which many members of the NYCC heard me perform at my house. Hope you can come to this innovative concert." 

Those of us who visited John last year are not likely to soon forget his performance. If you missed it (or would like to hear again), here's your chance!

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STEVEN EBEL, the composer/tenor who visited us at the February 18 salon, wants us to know about New Music New York's second concert of the season: AMERICANS IN PARIS, which will present two performances.

Sunday, March 4, 2007 * 7pm • $15, Vertical Player Repertory

219 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

www.vpropera.org

and

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 * 8pm • $20

Saint Peter's Church 54th & Lexington • NYC

www.newmusicnewyork.com

The performers include Amy Synatzke, soprano, Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano, William George, Steven Ebel, tenors, Bruce Rameker, baritoneWilliam Dickerson, fluteLiz Player, clarinet, & Wilson Southerland, piano.

The scheduled repertoire include songs by Blitzstein, Bowles, Carter, Chanler, Copland, Diamond, Duke, Elwell, Glanville-Hicks, Glass, Harris, Lehrman, Manziarly, Musgrave, Pinkham, Siegmeister, Thomson, Trimble, & Yarmolinsky

NYCC - In The Loop - Feb 23, 2007

NYCC trombonist HAIM AVITSUR was recently honored by the American Symphony Orchestra League (www.symphony.org). As some of you know, they publish the magazine, "Symphony". For the 2007 Symphony Guide to Emerging Artists, they asked artist managers who are Business Members of the League to provide names of artists who have performed professionally with orchestras, but have been under representation for five years or less as of January. Haim was named to the 2007 list. Although it is a little slow to download, the full magazine article is available in PDF form at:

http://www.symphony.org/news/room/07jf_articles/07_jfsixtowatch.pdf

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Many of you will remember NYCC friend SOFIA DIMITROVA, soprano, who has sung at Salons and been very helpful at concerts, etc. She will be singing two songs of David Tcimpidis, Departure and Souvenir, next Wednesday, February 28 at 8pm. The concert is being presented by pianist Giacomo Franci and the New York Chamber Players, and the evening will be dedicated to contemporary music. The concert is at Merkin Hall, 129 W 67th, at 8pm. Tickets are $20. More info about Sofia can be found at www.sofiadimitrova.com. (I hear Sofia has access to a few $15 tickets if you'd like to get in touch with her at sofiad@mac.com)

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Here's notice of a premiere from GENE McBRIDE, Sunday, March 25, 2007, 3 PM.

 

Setting of poem, 'The Young Sleep', by Ilsa Gilbert for Piano Trio with Baritone, Music by Eugene W. McBride

 

in concert

POET OF BLEECKER STREET: ILSA GILBERT

@ East Village Concert Series

Downtown Music Productions

Mimi Stern-Wolfe, artistic director , piano

also : downtown chamber & opera players

 

St. Marks Church, 2nd Ave. @ E. 10th St.

March 9 at Symphony Space Thalia



NYCC - In The Loop - Feb 9, 2007

Our next SUNDAY SALON is February 18, again at the Ellington Room (on the second floor at 400 West 43rd Street, enter through the canopied entrance just off Ninth Avenue), from 2-5PM. We're especially pleased to welcome the Eastern Region Manager from Sibelius, Robin Hodson, who will offer a demonstration of the notation program Sibelius 4. Your friendly In The Loop editor, Richard Russell (that's me) saw a similar demonstration from Robin last October at Mannes College of Music, and was sufficiently impressed enough to switch to Sibelius. If you already use Sibelius, bring your questions. If you use Finale or something else, come and see what Sibelius is all about!
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Speaking of your friendly In The Loop editor, RICHARD RUSSELL will not be able to attend that day's Salon. His (my?) piano trio, Spirals, which was premiered by Alaria at one of last season's NYCC concerts, will receive another performance that afternoon. For those not attending the NYCC Salon, here are the details: February 18, 1:30pm, at Mannes College of Music, 150 West 85th Street. The performers will be the Stella Trio: Jannina Barefield - violin; Laura Metcalf - cello; Monica Chung - Piano. Other composers on the bill include Ryan Tracy, David Ames, and Wayne Alpern.

This is a free concert.
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On Tuesday, February 20, 7:30PM JOSEPH PEHRSON's Composers Concordance will feature SWEET PLANTAIN playing 10 new, short, hip string quartets in the club setting of New York City's Cutting Room, 19 W. 24th St. These new pieces, written especially for this concert, will be assembled together in a wild, stylistically diverse extended suite, challenging the traditional concept of this chamber music form.

Among the quartets are Gene Pritsker's Credit System of Truth, based upon an idea by American philosopher William James, Fling, a fun, melodious piece by Margaret Brouwer which flirts with "trip-hop" and jazz rhythms, Scratched, an adventurous piece by Arthur Kampela which uses extended playing techniques on the instruments as well as pre-recorded sound, Joseph Pehrson's Slacker Cracker, which combines tuneful frivolity with mixed drinks, acclaimed Disney film composer Andy Brick's Story of the Red Rose, based on Oscar Wilde which lends new adjectives to film music, Bone Needles, by Gilda Lyons which sews together exotic imagery, and other gems by Kevin Rose, Daron Hagen, Franz Hackl, and Dan Cooper which will rivet you in your seat.

Members of SWEET PLANTAIN, a string quartet which specializes in Latin music as well as traditional repertoire, include Romulo Benavides, violin, Eddie Venegas, violin, Orlando Wells, viola and David Gotay, cello.

Tickets are $10. Looking forward to seeing you at the concert!