Concerto for Chamber Orchestra to be Premiered by Westchester Chamber Orchestra on May 3 in New Rochelle, New York
By admin | April 22, 2008
My Concerto for Chamber Orchestra will be given its World Premiere performance by the Westchester Chamber Orchestra, Barry Charles Hoffman, founder and Artistic Director, on Saturday, May 3 at 8 PM. The Premiere will be given at Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium in the Murphy Science Building, corner of Summit and North Avenues, on the campus of Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.
The concert will also include the “Composers of the Future” showcase of children’s compositions from WCO’s collaboration with New Rochelle’s Songcatchers after-school program. In addition, the Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21. This concert series is sponsored in part by the Iona College Council on the Arts through the generosity of JoAnn and Joseph M. Murphy and the Baron Lambert Fund.
Tickets for the May 3 concert are $35 for general admission, $30 for seniors (65+) and $15 for students. For more information or tickets, call (914) 654-4WCO (4926), or e-mail info@westchesterchamberorchestra.org
The Westchester Chamber Orchestra is a fully professional orchestra, quickly becoming known in and outside of Westchester County for its first rate and inspiring performances, world class soloists, innovative programming and its World Premieres of meaningful new works it has commissioned. Now beginning its seventh season at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, the WCO was founded in 1984 by its Artistic Director, Barry Charles Hoffman. For many years the WCO gave its concerts at various sites throughout Westchester County and in 1994 began its association with Iona College.
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The Lorelei Ensemble performs El Paso de la Siguiriya in Brookline and Wenham, Massachusetts on May 3 & 4
By admin | April 20, 2008
The women’s chamber choir, The Lorelei Ensemble, directed by Beth Willer, will give the U.S. premiere of my El Paso de la Seguiriya, a flamenco-inflected setting of the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, as part of a program of music of the Spanish Renaissance and new works on Spanish and English texts, at Brookline Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 3rd at 4PM. The program includes Selections from Guerrero’s Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales, Victoria’s Duo Seraphim, and the premieres of Daniel Schlosberg’s El Sueno and
Haralabos Stafylakis’s Ubi Sunt. They will repeat the program at First Church in Wenham, Massachusetts on May 4th at 3PM.
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Putni performs El Paso de la Seguiriya in Riga and Piņķi, April 27 & May 3
By admin | April 20, 2008
The women’s vocal ensemble Putni will perform my El Paso de la Seguiriya, a flamenco-inflected setting of the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, on Sunday, April 27 at 4PM at The Museum of Decorative Arts & Design, located at 10/20 Skārņu iela in Riga, and again at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Piņķi on May 3 at 6PM, as part of their program “Spanish Hour”.
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From the Faraway Nearby at the Historic Waltham Abbey Church in Essex, April 26
By admin | March 23, 2008
The London-based Ivory Duo (Natalie Tsaldarakis and Panayotis Archontides) will perform my From the Faraway Nearby, a suite of six pieces inspired by paintings by the American painter Georgia O’Keeffe, at 12:30 on Saturday, April 26, at the Historic Waltham Abbey Church in Essex, just 16 miles north of London.
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Uģis Krišjānis performs Vernacular Dances in Rīga, Latvia on March 27
By admin | March 23, 2008
Pianist Uģis Krišjānis reprises his recent performance of my Vernacular Dances at Rīgas Latviešu biedrības nama Zelta zālē (Riga’s Society House, Golden Hall) on March 27 at 8PM.
Uģis Krišjānis is joined by musicians Jānis Rinkulis (cello), Kristaps Pētersons (electric guitar), Dzintars Vīksna (drums) on this concert called “NEPIERADINĀTS” (UNTAMED), including works by Gundega Šmite, Volfgangs Dārziņš, Gundaris Pone, Imants Zemzaris, Līga Celma, Uģis Krišjānis and Kristaps Pētersons. Tickets cost 2 Ls/1 Ls (Seniors, students).
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From the Faraway Nearby at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s New Music Festival, March 13
By admin | March 13, 2008
The Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform four movements from my suite of pieces for piano four-hands From the Faraway Nearby, inspired by paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe on March 13 at 7:30 PM at the New Music Festival at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Vera Lea Rinker School of Music in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The duo will also perform music by Terry Winter Owens, Dennis Kam, Marlene Woodward-Cooper, Spanish-Basque composer Ramon Lazkano and Italian composer Danielle Corsi.
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Vernacular Dances included on the XVI International Piano Stars Festival in Liepāja, Latvia on March 12
By admin | February 7, 2008
Pianist Uģis Krišjānis will give the Latvian premiere of my Vernacular Dances on March 12 at the Liepāja Symphony Concert Hall (Graudu iela) at 7PM as part of the eight day XVI International Piano Stars Festival. The festival brings classical and jazz pianists this year from Brazil, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Latvia, Spain and Russia to perform concerti, chamber music and solo concerts. The solo concert of Uģis Krišjānis will also include works by Gundega Šmite, Volfgangs Dārziņš and Gundaris Pone.
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Chamber works on Latvia’s New Music Days festival in Riga on February 8 & 18
By admin | January 24, 2008
The piano duo Antra and Normunds Viksne will perform three movements from my suite for piano four-hands inspired by paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, From the Faraway Nearby, at Rīgas Latviešu biedrības nama Zelta zālē (Riga’s Society House, Golden Hall) on February 8 at 7PM. This concert of chamber music will also include works by Latvian composers Kalniņš, Kalsons, Ābols, Jermaks, and Riekstiņš.
Flutist Liene Denisjuka will perform my Fragmentary Rondo for unaccompanied solo flute on a concert of electroacoustic and chamber music at the Jaunais Rīgas Teātris Kamerzālē in Rīga on February 18 at 7PM. Other composers on this program include Ēriks Ešenvalds, Rolands Kronlaks, Solveiga Selga, and Anita Mieze.
These concerts are just two of eleven concerts that will take place throughout Riga in February.
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From the Faraway Nearby in Serbia, December 28 & 29
By admin | December 27, 2007
The Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform four movements from my suite of pieces for piano four-hands From the Faraway Nearby, inspired by paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe on December 28 - 8PM at the Studentski Kulturni Centar in Belgrade, Serbia and on December 29 - 7 PM at Novi Sad’s City Hall in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Both programs will include twelve premieres in Serbia. Among them, works by Dimitri Cervo, Carme Fernández-Vidal, Charles Griffin, Piotr Lachert, Terry Winter Owens, Justin Rubin, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza, Ricardo Tacuchian, Tim Thompson , and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. They will also be playing works by distinguished Serbian composer Vladimir Tosic.
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Intis Choir performs Aijā, ŽūŽū in Liepāja, Latvia on December 15
By admin | December 14, 2007
The Chamber Choir Intis, directed by Ilze Valce, will perform my Aijā, ŽūŽū at Liepājas Latviešu Biedrības Nama, Lielajā zāle at Rožu laukumā 5/6 (The Great Hall of the Latvian Society House) on December 15 at 4PM, as part of their 20th Anniversary celebration concert. This will be the first public performance of the piece, and the composer will accompany the choir at the piano.
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