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A Facelift for Our Most Popular Publication!
February, 2010 — To celebrate African-American history month, we're pleased to announce that we're giving our best selling publication, Art Songs & Spirituals by African-American Women Composers, a major facelift with a brand new cover designed by artist Sandy Clay Bauer. This is a must-have collection of spirituals and composed works by a variety of African-American composers. No voice teacher should be without this essential resource!
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Concert Calendar:
| March 12, 2010 | 8pm | Piano Quintets by Marshall & Farrenc |
| Follen Church, 755 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA | ||
| Spindrift Music presents a chamber music concert featuring two major piano quintets:
New England premiere of Quinteto sobre los Poemas de Carlos Pintado by Pamela Marshall, written in 2009
Piano Quintet No. 2 by French Romantic-era composer Louise Farrenc, written in 1840
Tickets are $15. Students and children are free.
Performers: | ||
| Website: http://www.spindrift.com/projects/guild2010quinteto.html | ||
| March 11, 2010 | 7:30pm | Oboe Recital |
| Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren, Weyers Cave, Virginia | ||
| In Recital - Linda Swope, oboist; Lindsey Wilson, mezzo-soprano and pianist; Rachel Quagliariello, soprano; and Cassie Spencer, pianist will perform music by women composers for oboe, voice, and piano. Composers featured will be Jenni Brandon, Stacey Berk, Clara Schumann, Anna Rubin, Morgan Gordon, Marcelle di Manziarly, Jewel, Carly Simon, and others. We have found many wonderful pieces of music written by women composers which remain relatively obscure. In celebration of Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts, we will introduce these compositions to the public. A reception will follow the program. Performers: Linda Swope, oboist; Lindsey Wilson, mezzo-soprano and pianist; Rachel Quagliariello, soprano; and Cassie Spencer, pianist | ||
| Website: http://www.vamindswideopen.com | ||
| March 7, 2010 | 7:30pm | Chamber Music for Piano & Strings |
| MCC Concert Hall, Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA | ||
| MCC faculty member Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, piano; Abigail Karr, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; and Susan Hagen, double bass; will perform two movements from the evocative Quinteto Sobre Los Poemas de Carlos Pintado by Pamela Marshall, and the lyrical Piano Quintet No.2 by 19th-century romantic composer Louise Farrenc. The Fantasy Pieces for cello and piano by Robert Schumann will also be featured. Performers: Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, piano; Abigail Karr, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; and Susan Hagen, double bass | ||
| Website: http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/events/WOM/ | ||
| March 5, 2010 | 8:00pm | Suite Solitude: works for solo violin |
| St. Matthew & St. Timothy 26 West 84th Street, New York City | ||
| Various works for solo violin including the world premiere of A Dark Gaze Bathed in Light by Jessica Rudman and Incantation by Augusta Read Thomas plus several other works by women composers Performers: Anthea Kreston, violin | ||
| Website: www.thephoenixconcerts.org | ||
| March 4, 2010 | 7pm | Women of Note |
| Boyd Recital Hall, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | ||
| Rowan University's Women's and Gender Studies Program and the College of Fine and Performing Arts present a concert celebrating great women composers in genres as diverse as choral, classical, jazz, folk, and Broadway music. The works of Grammy Award-winning composer Joan Tower will highlight the evening. Reception with Ms. Tower follows the event. Admission $15 Seating is Limited. Order your tickets today! Performers: Musicians of Rowan University | ||
| Website: http://rowan.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=239796 | ||
| February 26, 2010 | 7pm | The Uncanny Valley |
| The Gunnery, Washington CT | ||
| Presents new works for cello and percussion by: Ruby Fulton (PREMIERE PERFORMANCE) Marton Levente Horvath Jessica Rudman Phil Salathe Kate Swanson-Ellis Performers: Katie Kennedy, cello; Bill Solomon, percussion | ||
| February 25, 2010 | 7pm | The Uncanny Valley |
| Capital Community College, Hartford, CT | ||
| Presents new works for cello and percussion by: Ruby Fulton (PREMIERE PERFORMANCE) Marton Levente Horvath Jessica Rudman Phil Salathe Kate Swanson-Ellis Performers: Katie Kennedy, cello; Bill Solomon, percussion | ||
| February 20, 2010 | 8pm | The Triple Helix Piano Trio |
| Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA | ||
| In their February concert, the Trio will explore music written in the shadow of the First World War, from the period between 1915 and 1923. The great variety and richness of the work which blossomed during these years was fertilized by an increasing nationalistic fervor, the anguishing horrors of war, and new ways of perceiving space and time. Program to include:Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Fauré’s Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120, Janá?ek’s Violin Sonata, Janá?ek’s Fairy Tale (Pohadka) for Cello and Piano, and Rebecca Clarke’s Piano Trio. Triple Helix will be joined by violinist Gabriela Diaz for both February events. Performers: Triple Helix Piano Trio | ||
| Website: http://www.wellesley.edu/Music/concerts.html | ||
| February 11, 2010 | 8pm | ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Emerging Voices series |
| Nashville, TN | ||
| ALIAS Winter Concert Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:00PM Turner Recital Hall, Blair School of Music Deborah Kavasch The Fox and the Grapes for english horn and soprano (with Ms. Kavasch singing) (2006) Anton Arensky String Quartet in a minor, Opus 35 (1894) Bianca Maria Meda Cari Musici for soprano, 2 violins and continuo (1690) Belinda Reynolds Envision for baroque string quartet (2006) Peter Schickele String Quartet No. 1 American Dreams All proceeds will benefit Exchange Club Family Center, an organization founded to help prevent child abuse and neglect. For tickets and information, visit www.aliasmusic.org. Closing out the season, and the Emerging Voices series focusing on women composers past and present, is a remarkable string quartet by Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Gabriela Lena Frank. Also on the program by Frank is Danza de los Saqsampillos for two marimbas. Soprano Sharon Mabry returns to the ALIAS stage to sing three songs by Lili Boulanger. Rounding out the program is an rarely heard work for two cellos by French composer Philippe Hersant, and the well-loved Introduction and Allegro by Maurice Ravel. All proceeds will benefit Progress, a Nashville-based service organization for individuals with developmental disabilities. For tickets and information, visit www.aliasmusic.org. Performers: ALIAS Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Website: www.aliasmusic.org | ||
| January 24, 2010 | 3 pm | Clarinet (Chameleon Musicians Chamber Music Series) |
| Josephine Leiser Center, 221 S.W. 3rd Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 | ||
| January 24, 2010
CLARINET
We welcome to our series a wonderful clarinetist who has established international stature as a soloist and chamber musician, Julian Milkis. He was the only pupil of the late, great Benny Goodman and is currently a Yamaha sponsored musician. He performs at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Moscow Conservatory and in the Great Hall of St. Petersburg. Joining us for an afternoon of trios will be our own Misha Dacic on the piano and Iris van Eck on cello. On the program will be Louise Farrenc clarinet trio as well as Kahn, Rota and Mendelssohn.
Single tickets- $30
Student Tickets at the door- $15
Download our current brochure at: http://www.chameleonmusicians.org/Brochure%200910.pdf
Performers: Julian Milkis, clarinet; Iris van Eck, cello; Misha Dacic, piano. | ||
| Website: www.chameleonmusicians.org | ||
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