Program for Sep 21 Salon

New York Composers Circle

First Salon of the Season.

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 2 p.m.
Manhattan Plaza Ellington Room
400 West 43rd Street

Program

1. Discussion of Organizational Matters and Reports
John de Clef Piñeiro, NYCC Executive Director, will bring us up to date
on administrative matters. (Approx. 1/2 hour.)

2. Special Presentations
Clarinetist Adam Berkowitz will give a special presentation on extended clarinet techniques. He will demonstrate circular breathing, multiphonics, vocalization, double tonguing and other techniques on clarinet and bass clarinet. He will discuss this from both the perspective of a clarinetist and of a composer.
(Approx. 1 & 1/2 hours)

Gene Marlow, NYCC Director of Media Relations, will give a talk entitled "Two Conventions: One a Microcosm of the Other." Marlow attended the National Performing Arts Convention, and the Jazz Radio Programmers Annual Conference. He will recommend that what was learned at these conferences can be and should be applied to the NYCC.
(Approx. 1/2 hour.)

3. Audition of Members's Works
[Due to the length of the presentations at this Salon, our customary music portion of the Salon must be abbreviated.]

Gene McBride -- Act 1, Scene 1, No. 4, from his opera "On Burning Ground." This recording features live singers with a Sibelius orchestra.
(Approx. 10 minutes.)

4. Conclusion and Refreshments