Tuesday, April 15, 2008

In The Loop | April 15, 2008

ROGER BLANC will present a lecture next week, "Music Preparation: Life in the Trenches" under the auspices of the Manhattan Producers
Alliance. In this three hour discussion, Roger will discuss his
experiences handling music preparation for major motion pictures, A-
list recording artists, late-night television shows and jingles.
Specific topics will include advice relating to workflow tracking,
client communications, and analysis of recorded music for purposes of
notational presentation (along with the occasional war story).

Time: Tuesday, April 22nd, 6:30-9:30pm
Location: Manhattan Producers Alliance
Space is still available!
Registration closes on 04/21/2008.
$75.00
The Manhattan Producers Alliance is located at:
13 West 36th Street, Suite 800 (buzzer #8)
New York, NY 10018
(212) 465-8540

To register go to:
http://www.manhattanproducersalliance.com/index.php?s=education&p=seminar_info&id=14

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JOSEPH PEHRSON sends the following press release about the next
Composers Concordance concert: On Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8PM at the
Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street in New York City, the
Composers Concordance springs into action with a varied concert that
celebrates the natural world, and a bit of the supernatural. John
Adams, Hallelujah Junction for two pianos is a work inspired by the
name of a truck stop on Highway 49 at the California-Nevada border.
Intricate rhythms proclaim this joyous and funky location. The work
will be performed by Judith Olson and Paul Hoffmann on pianos.

Another natural scene is depicted by Robert Martin in his Across the
Open Land from his duo instrumental collection, Watercolors. Erin
Lesser, flute and Victoria Paterson, violin, will speak this interplay.

Real singing and speaking will be heard from Jody Redhage, celebrated
for her ability to sing while playing cello in her performances and
who asks composers to write specifically for cello with voice. She
will be singing and playing Ted Hearne's Warning Song.
We go from the natural to the dramatic with Masks for solo flute by
Oliver Knussen, as performed by the virtuouso performer and new music
champion Erin Lesser. Through three different stage positions,
Knussen shows the many faces of new music in a miniature mono-drama.

The speaking theme continues with poetry recitation in Anton Rovner's
Evening Bent the Branches for voice and piano: 9 poetry recitations
by Linda Past with piano by Nataliya Medvedovskaya.

We swing into spring with the premiere of a new piece by Patrick
Hardish, Solo for Pete, written for percussionist Peter Jarvis, who
will be playing drum set. In this piece there is some influence from
the solos of jazz greats Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson.

Even more percussion is in store with a performance by composer Robert
Paterson of his own composition for marimba, Piranha. Paterson has
perfected the astonishing technique of six-mallet marimba playing,
which will be shown in this work. His wife, the distinguished
violinist Victoria Paterson, will join him in a second piece, Braids,
for violin and marimba for a true matrimony of sounds.

Tickets are $12, $10 Students/seniors, A reception will follow the
concert. We look forward to seeing you there!

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