Monday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Songs for the Poets
Contemporary vocal works by
David Garner, Gordon Getty, and Jake Heggie
Performers will include:
Zheng Cao, Lisa Delan,
Matt Haimovitz, Dawn Harms,
Kristin Pankonin, Eugenia Zukerman,
and special guest Frederica von Stade.
A discussion with the composers (moderated by Martin Bookspan)
is included in the program, and a reception in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed
Museum rotunda will follow the performance.
Peter B. Lewis Theater
in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's Sackler Center for Arts
Education,
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
Tickets are $20 ($15 for Guggenheim members, students, and seniors;
free for Supporting Associates and Patrons Circle members),
available from the Box Office by calling 212/423-3587, or in
person.
Monday, May
2 at 8:00 p.m.
ALLOY:
Concert / Theater
BROADWAY VOICES + AMERICAN ART SONG
Andrew Gerle, musical direction
Casey Hushion, stage direction
Some of Broadway's greatest voices performing
works by
Ned Rorem, Jack Beeson, Charles Ives, and Samuel Barber in a
dramatic setting.
Rebecca Baxter
Suzzanne Douglas
Merwin Foard
Jenny Giering
Danny Gurwin
Rosena Hill
Ryan Lowe
Columbia University's Miller Theatre
call 212/854-7799
or visit the Miller Theatre Box Office Monday-Friday, 12 p.m.
to 6 p.m.,
or log on to
www.millertheatre.com
Tickets Adults: $25 / Students: $15 with valid ID (Box Office
sales only)
Thursday, May 5th from
9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
American Composers Orchestra
14th Annual New Music Readings
Zhou Tian:
The Palace of Nine Perfections
Spencer Lambright:
Lyhennys
Joseph Sheehan:
Sail Away to Soft, Sweet Bells
Michael Gatonska:
An Expedition Aboard the Third Mind
Jennifer Fitzgerald:
Having Once Been, Mvt.
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
115th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
The Readings are open to the public at no charge, but reservations
are suggested.
For reservations or further information, please call (212) 977-8495,
ext. 260
or email readings@americancomposers.org.
Friday, May 6, 9:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
American Composers Orchestra
14th Annual New Music Readings
Kenneth Froelich:
Pulse Mutations
Stefan Weisman:
The Bird Happened
Gregg Wramage:
Remember Death (The Hemingway Summer)
Daniel Visconti:
Graffiti
Carlos Rivera:
Popol-Vuh, Four Mayan Dance Scenes for Orchestra
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
115th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
The Readings are open to the public at no charge, but reservations
are suggested.
For reservations or further information, please call (212)
977-8495, ext. 260
or email readings@americancomposers.org.
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Spring Fling
The 6th Annual Performance Series
and Art Exhibition Offers
One Amazing Night of Eclectic Dance, Hilarious Stand-Up
Comedy, World Inspired Music
And Expansive Art Show Featuring Over 70 Loft Artists
Lumina String Quartet with clarinetist
Phil Basher and with painting by Andrew Meshberg
Poem #3 by Gene Pritsker
The Palace Theater
61 Atlantic street, Stamford, Ct.
http://www.loftartists.com/
Saturday, May 7 at 8:00
p.m.
Dona Nobis Pacem
for chorus and orchestra.
by Joseph Trapanese
Gabriel Gordon, conductor
Old York Road Symphony and Abington Oratorio Chorus
Abington, PA.
More details can be found at
http://www.oldyorkroadsymphony.org
Sunday, May 8 at 5:00 p.m.
Quartet Evolution
Eddie Venegas and Phil Payton, Violins
Orlando Wells, Viola and David Gotay, Cello
Gene Pritsker: The Credit System of Truth
Barbès
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn
718.965.9177
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/calendar.html
Monday, May 9, at 6:00 p.m.
(Also on May 16. 23)
1-2-3-GO!
Composer and guitarist Hernan Romero
Infusing classical and flamenco guitar with jazz riffs and contemporary
melodies
with
David Silliman,
cajon
Sol,
flamenco dancer
OPIA
130 East 57th Street at Lexington Avenue
(212) 688-3939 - Tickets $15 at door
To make a reservation call
212-688-3939 or
make a reservation online.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
The Ensemble Sospeso
Pierre Boulez's 80th Birthday Celebration
Pierre Boulez: Improvisations I and II on Mallarmé
(1957—1985)
Thurston Moore: New Work (2005)*
Marc-André Dalbavie: ...la marche transitoire (2005)*
John Zorn: Orphée (2004)
Brian Ferneyhough: O Lux (2005)*
D. J. Spooky—aka That Subliminal Kid: live remix of Pierre Boulez’s
Dérive (2005)*
Rand Steiger: Résonateur (2005)*
Bruno Mantovani: Happy B. (2004)*
Joshua Cody: L’Histoire d’eau (2005)*
*world premieres
Pierre Boulez, guest speaker
D. J. Spooky, live electronics
Ikue Mori, live electronics
Bob Ingliss, oboe
Susan Narucki, soprano
Bradley Lubman, conductor
5:30 Benefit cocktail with the artists at Petrossian
(182 West 58 Street)
9:30 Benefit private dinner with Mr. Boulez at Petrossian
call Sospeso at (212) 675-8682
or visit its website at
<http://www.sospeso.com>.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th Street at 7th Avenue
Tickets $45/$65
at (212) 247-7800,
online at
www.carnegiehall.org
Thursday, May 12 at 8:00 p.m.
(Also May 13, 14, at 8:00 P.M., May 15 at 7:00 P.M.,
and May 14 and 15 at 4:00 P.M.)
Golden Fleece
Ltd.
Shipwreck and
Love Scene: Juan and Haidee by Virgil Thomson
Strange Fruit by Chandler Carter and Joan Ross Sorkin
Cheaters by Gene Pritsker
14th Street Y Theater,
344 East 14th Street.
Admission is $20
($12 for students and seniors;
TDF vouchers accepted)
Call (212) 691-6105
www.GoldenFleeceLtd.org
Thursday, May 12, 8:00
p.m.
Strange
Dances, Jazz Chords & Hot Coals
The Momenta Quartet
Miranda Cuckson, Song-A Cho, Stephanie Griffin & Joanne Lin
with Jean Kopperud,
clarinet
Martin Bresnick
, String Quartet No. 3 (New York Premiere)
Stefan Freund
, Dance on Hot Coals (New York Premiere)
Jean-Luc Darbellay
, La (US Premiere)
David Rakowski
, Take Jazz Chords, Make Strange
Shih-Hui Chen,
Twice Removed
David Olan
, String Quartet No. 2 (World Premiere)
Symphony Space, Leonard
Nimoy Thalia,
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
Tickets: $15; Members/Students/Seniors $10
212-864-5400
Friday, May 13 at 8:00 p.m.
(Also May 12, 14, at 8:00 P.M., May 15 at 7:00 P.M.,
and May 14 and 15 at 4:00 P.M.)
Golden Fleece
Ltd.
Shipwreck and
Love Scene: Juan and Haidee by Virgil Thomson
Strange Fruit by Chandler Carter and Joan Ross Sorkin
Cheaters by Gene Pritsker
14th Street Y Theater,
344 East 14th Street.
Admission is $20
($12 for students and seniors;
TDF vouchers accepted)
Call (212) 691-6105
www.GoldenFleeceLtd.org
Saturday, May 14 at 4:00 &
8:00 p.m.
(Also May 12, 13, at 8:00 P.M., May 15 at 7:00 P.M.,
and 4:00 P.M.)
Golden Fleece
Ltd.
Shipwreck and
Love Scene: Juan and Haidee by Virgil Thomson
Strange Fruit by Chandler Carter and Joan Ross Sorkin
Cheaters by Gene Pritsker
14th Street Y Theater,
344 East 14th Street.
Admission is $20
($12 for students and seniors;
TDF vouchers accepted)
Call (212) 691-6105
www.GoldenFleeceLtd.org
Saturday,
May 14, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
Violinist Robert McDuffie in special recital for
Caramoor’s Great Artists Series
Robert McDuffie, Violin
Christopher Taylor, Piano
ROBERT BEASER: Violin Sonata (1981-2; 2001)
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
ARVO PART: Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
BARTOK: Rhapsody #1 (1928), Rhapsody #2 (1928)
Caramoor Music Room
Caramoor, New York
Tickets are $51
phone 914-232-1252
or visit the Caramoor box office or at www.caramoor.org.
Sunday, May 15 at 4:00 p.m. &
7:00 p.m.
(Also May 12, 13, and 14, at 8:00 P.M., and May 14
at 4:00 P.M.)
Golden Fleece
Ltd.
Shipwreck and
Love Scene: Juan and Haidee by Virgil Thomson
Strange Fruit by Chandler Carter and Joan Ross Sorkin
Cheaters by Gene Pritsker
14th Street Y Theater,
344 East 14th Street.
Admission is $20
($12 for students and seniors;
TDF vouchers accepted)
Call (212) 691-6105
www.GoldenFleeceLtd.org
Sunday, May 15, 2005
7:00 p.m. - Project One Ensemble
Cornelius Dufallo, Wayne Lee, violins
Eric Nowlin, Kenji Bunch, violas
Yves Dharamraj, cello
Paul Moravec: Angels Dancing
Cornelius Dufallo: Naiad
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts
Kenji Bunch: String Circle (NY Premiere)
8:00 - Frank Kimbrough
solo piano improvisations
9:00 - Panel Discussion: Improvisation, Composition, Value
Bill Rhoads
Fred Ho
Cornelius Dufallo
Christopher Zimmermann
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
Greenwich Village, New York City
Admission: $10
projectone@earthlink.net
Sunday, May 15 at 7:30
p.m.
Da Capo Chamber Players Go Electric
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, NYC
Tickets are $15 [$10 for students and seniors] and
are available at the Knitting Factory Box Office (212) 219-3006
or online at
http://www.knittingfactory.com/
Monday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m.
(Also
May 24 at 7:30 p.m. in NYC)
The Scorchio Electric
String Quartet
Violinists Gregor Kitzis, Cornelius Dufallo
(guest),
Violist Martha Mooke, Cellist Leah Coloff
works of
Anthony Cornicello (World premiere)
Joel Thome
Martha Mooke
Astor Piazzola
Works for electro-acoustic string quartet
with interactive computer and effects processing
Real Art Ways
6 Arbor St.,
Hartford, CT.
$10 (students free)
Monday, May 16, at 6:00 p.m.
(Also on May 9 and 23)
1-2-3-GO!
Composer and guitarist Hernan Romero
Infusing classical and flamenco guitar with jazz riffs and contemporary
melodies
with
David Silliman,
cajon
Sol,
flamenco dancer
OPIA
130 East 57th Street at Lexington Avenue
(212) 688-3939 - Tickets $15 at door
To make a reservation call
212-688-3939 or
make a reservation online.
Friday, May 20, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
Arthur Rosen: Fellows*
Esther Hickman, soprano, Emily Howard, mezzo-soprano,
Michael Zegarski, baritone, Michael Rose piano
Steven Gerber: Desert Places: 3 Poems of Robert Frost;
3 poems of William Shakespeare
Christine Moore, soprano, Steven Gerber, piano
Beth Levin: Four Songs on Japanese Haiku*
Emily Howard, mezzo-soprano, Beth Levin, piano
John Altieri: Puddles to Pearls
Rebecca Comerford, mezzo-soprano, Anna Dagmar, piano
Michael Rose Olson: Triptych; In Holy Week
Emily Howard, mezzo-soprano, Michael Zegarski, baritone,
Michael Rose piano
Milos Raickovich: La Raison d'Etre*
Christine Moore, soprano, Michael Rose, piano
David Del Tredici : Chana's Story
Re'ut Ben-Zev, mezzo-soprano, David Del Tredici,
piano
John Eaton: Donne Holy Sonnets
Nancy Ogle, mezzo-soprano, John Eaton, piano
Louis Karchin Plaint: Roethke Songs
Lucy Shelton, soprano, Steven Gosling, piano
Daron Hagen : Broken Pieces**
Gilda Lyons, soprano, Robert Frankenberry tenor,
Jocelyn Dueck, piano
* World premiere
** East coast premiere
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
58 Seventh Avenue (corner of Lincoln Place), Park Slope
Subway: B, Q to 7th Avenue; 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza
$10 at the door; reservations
needed for garden reception following concert
Info and Reservations:
718-622-300
Friday, May 20, 2005 at 10:00 p.m.
CD release party for Forecast Music composer Eric
Schwartz’s
24 Ways of Looking at a Piano
The evening will include:
Schwartz’s The Beantown Masacree;
James Barry’s Mandelay;
guest composer/performer Missy Mazzoli’s scores for Between
Heaven and Headlights & Orizzonte,
short films by Alice Lovejoy and Nora Gortcheva;
and guest composer/performer Andrew Shapiro’s Songs.
Resident Forecast musicians Enid Blout, Mike McCurdy, and Christine
Perea perform.
Knitting Factor
(in the old office)
74 Leonard Street
New York City, NY 10013
$10 at the door,
on web at http://www.knittingfactory.com
For more information visit www.forecastmusic.org
Saturday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.
The League of Composers/ISCM presents:
George Perle 90th Birthday Celebration
Jayn Rosenfield and Patricia Spencer
$60 per person, $80 per couple (tax deductible)
For reservations and further information,
please call Patricia Leonard at (212) 870-7396
or email
benefit@league-iscm.org.
Sunday, May 22, 2005 at
3 p.m.
Three's a Crowd!!! or Trios Galore!!!
The Downtown Chamber Trio
Rieko Kawabata violin; William Blount clarinet
Daniel Barrett cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe piano
Michael Cohen: Monday Morning (premiere)
Peter Schickele: Serenade for Three
Bruce Lazarus: Tango Cassiopeia
Yuri Bortz: Now & Then
Darius Milhaud: Suite
St Marks in the Bowery
(Tenth St. & Second Av)
Suggested Donation: $10-$15;
Students/Seniors $8;
Monday,
May 23, at 6:00 p.m.
(Also on May 9 and 16)
1-2-3-GO!
Composer and guitarist Hernan Romero
Infusing classical and flamenco guitar with jazz riffs and contemporary
melodies
with
David Silliman, cajon
Sol, flamenco dancer
OPIA
130 East 57th Street at Lexington Avenue
(212) 688-3939 - Tickets $15 at door
To make a reservation call
212-688-3939 or
make a reservation online.
