NYCC | In The Loop | Jan 29, 2009

This Saturday, January 31 DEBRA KAYE will present an evening of her newest chamber works at 8pm. Billed as "Slants of Light…" the concert will be held at Mannes College of Music, 150 West 85th Street. Admission is free. The concert includes premieres written during Debra's 2008 residency at The Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. A reception will follow the concert. The concert will feature many performers familiar to NYCC audiences, including Arthur Cook, cello; Marcia Eckert, piano; Arthur Haas, harpsichord; Amy Kimball, violin; Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba; Javier Oviedo, saxophone; Arlene Travis, soprano; Cesar Vuksic, piano; Elizabeth Wolff, piano; Allan Von Schenkel, double bass; Kristen Williams,. piano

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Honorary Composer Member DINU GHEZZO writes: "I am very happy to let you know that one of my recent multimedia works, Tubae Mundi, with video by John Crawford and video-choreography by Lisa Naugle, will be presented at the UN's International Conference, "Harmonious Cities", on February 3rd, as part of the opening session. My appearance is sponsored by the Romanian Cultural Institute of NY, and it is posted on line at:

http://www.icrny.org/154-_Harmonius_Cities__Working_Session.html

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Long time members of the NYCC will remember TERRY WINTER OWENS who passed away in 2007. On Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 7:30pm, the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College, the Department of TV and Radio, and HISAM will present a memorial concert of her music. An award-winning internationally published composer, Terry's primary focus was on chamber music and it is these timeless works that are featured in the program. Her music has been performed all over the world - on every continent, primarily in the US and Western Europe. Terry suffered from leukemia for many years and she finished her last work just one month before she died.

The program features a stellar cast of performers, including: Morris "Arnie" Lang, Richard O'Donnell, the Reizen Ensemble, the Duo Gastesi-Bezerra, Scott Mayfield, Josh Frank, Isabelle O'Connell, David Gould, Christine Perea, and actress Sylvia Rhyns. Works for solo piano, two pianos, piano trio, percussion ensemble and solo instruments will be presented. Introductory remarks by Dr. Brian Willson and Joseph Pehrson. There will be a reception following the concert.

For further information, please visit http://www.terrywinterowens.com, http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/ or call 718-951-5792.

Ancient Breath of the Sea

The Music of Terry Winter Owens: A Memorial Concert

February 17, 2009 7:30pm at Elebash Recital Hall,

365 Fifth Ave, at 34th St., New York

Admission is free.

In The Loop | Jan 10, 2009

Happy New Year from the New York Composers Circle! A few dates to mark on your calendar: Our next SUNDAY SALON will be at the Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza Sunday, January 18. JOHN EATON will be providing us with a Salon-length presentation and DVD viewing at our January 18th Salon, which begins at 2:30 p.m. (after a report on administrative matters) in the Ellington Room on the second floor, at 400 West 43rd street (the canopied entrance just off Ninth Avenue). John will be making some preliminary remarks regarding writing for opera, and will then present a full viewing of his 2006 pocket opera production of Pumped Fiction at the Thalia, sponsored by the American Composers Alliance (see earlier notice below).

Also for your calendar, note that February 14 at 8pm the NYCC will present its SECOND CONCERT of the season at Symphony Space Thalia. More details to follow.

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JOSPEH PEHRSON's new ensemble piece (flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, acoustic guitar, violin and cello) premieres tomorrow, Sunday January 11 at 3pm. It will feature dance choreographed by Alan Good, presented by Dan Barrett and Gene Pritsker's "International Street Cannibals" (Group title after Montaigne...) There are three ballet premieres, with great new ensemble pieces by Pritsker and Dan Cooper as well.

The concert is billed as: NEGATIVE CAPABILITY: POLITICAL / SPATIAL and takes place at St Mark's in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th St (at 2nd Ave). $10 admission (at the door). Performers include Krista Bennion Feeney - solo violin, Charles Coleman (narrator), Lynn Bechtold(violin), Thomas Gansch (trumpet), Leo Grinhaus (cello), Franz Hackl (trumpet), Gene Pritsker (steel string guitar), Michiyo Suzuki (clarinet), Linda Wetherill (flute) Dan Barrett - conductor, along with dancers Alan Good (dancer/choreographer), Fiona Evans, Megan Sipe and Luis Gabriel Zaragoza (dancers). More info: Dan Barrett, 646-431-2818

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Also from JOE PEHRSON: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 5PM (writes Joe, "ok... so it *is* SuperBowl") cellist Jennifer DeVore and violinist Lynn Bechtold will be premiering a work especially written for them called Slick Clicks at the Roerich Museum, 319 W. 107th Street, NYC. Admission is by contribution.

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EUGENE MARLOW will serve as a jazz competition judge for the New York Youth Symphony. Along with Rufus Reid, a leading strong bass player with over 250 recordings in his discography, who chairs the advisory committee for jazz, Gene, the NYCC's Director of Media Relations, will serve as one of several judges of the big band jazz commission for the 26th season of commission awards to America's emerging jazz composers.

A $1,500 commission will be awarded for a work written for big band jazz that will be given a premiere in New York City in May 2010. First Music, the New York Youth Symphony's acclaimed commissioning program, has awarded 102 commissions to America's composers since 1984. This ongoing project introduces traditional audiences, as well as the musicians themselves, to new trends in music. Three awards are given seasonally for orchestral compositions and one each for chamber and jazz works. Pulitzer-prize winning composer Steven Mackey, a professor of music at Princeton University, chairs the First Music Advisory Committee for orchestral and chamber music.

The committees will meet in February to review applications.

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Also from Gene Marlow: He and fellow NYCC composer KEVIN MCCARTER are exhibiting at the annual Conductors Guild Conference, being held January 8-11, 2009 at the Park Central Hotel, New York City. If you're attending the conference, please stop by the table to say hello!