EVENTS


2014-2015 Concert Season

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Friday, October 24, 2014


NEW MUSIC for CLARINET and PIANO
Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Jacob E. Goodman — Six Intermezzi for Piano
— Craig Ketter, piano

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon
— Vasko Dukovski and Ismail Lumanovski, clarinets

Nailah Nombeko — Three Preludes
— Craig Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Summer Souvenirs
— Kevin McCarter, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — "Theia" (2014) for Bass Clarinet, Two MIDI Foot Controllers, and Bar Chimes
— Christina Van Alstine, clarinet

Emiko Hayashi — Two Piano Pieces
— Martha Locker, piano

Hubert Howe — Pentachordal Etudes
— Jonathan Howe, piano

Paoul Pleskow — Four Piano Pieces for Maestro Hsu
— Craig Ketter, piano

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014


MEMORIAL CONCERT for LEO KRAFT
Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Leo Kraft — Six Pieces for Violin with Piano Obbligato
— Curtis Macomber, violin, Blair McMillen, piano

Nailah Nombeko — Obscurity
— Curtis Macomber, violin, Blair McMillen, piano

Carl Kanter — Trio for violin, cello, and piano (excerpts)
— Curtis Macomber, violin, Greg Hesselink, cello, Blair McMillen, piano

Eugene McBride — Moments for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano
— Curtis Macomber, violin, Greg Hesselink, cello, Blair McMillen, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Andante for String Quartet
— Calvin Wiersma, violin, Gregor Kitzis, violin
— Daniel Panner, viola, Greg Hesselink, cello

Scott D. Miller — Coots and Rails for violin trio
— Miranda Cuckson, Ken Hamao & Marina Kifferstein, violins

Kevin McCarter — Quiet Moments for Viola and Piano
— Daniel Panner, viola, Blair McMillen, piano

Craig Slon — String Quartet
— Calvin Wiersma, violin, Gregor Kitzis, violin
— Daniel Panner, viola, Greg Hesselink, cello

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015


MEMORIAL CONCERT for STEVEN LEIBHOLZ
Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Brian Fennelly — Memoria
— Christopher Oldfather, piano

Cesar Vuksic — Prelude and Toccatina for Piano
— Christopher Oldfather, piano

Richard D. Russell — Three Partings
— Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
— James Waldo, cello, Michael Brofman, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Suite for Solo Piano (excerpts)
— Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

John Eaton — Ad Luciam Beatricem
— Phoebo Haines, mezzo-soprano, David Keberle, clarinet

Martin Halpern — Three Later Poems of Walt Whitman
— Jim Trainor, baritone, Craig Ketter, piano

Debra Kaye — The Doppleganger
— Haim Avitsur, trombone

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Moonsongs for Soprano and Piano
— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Simon Mulligan, piano

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Friday, March 13, 2015


A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC
Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Winter Ballade
— Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Susan J. Fischer — What Is Going. What Is Coming
— Kathleen Mulready, soprano, Michaela Mechlovitz, alto
— Amanda Farley, alto, Luis Gutierrez, tenor, Philip Allen, bass
— Craig Ketter, piano

Matt Weber — Americana Journey: City and Country
— Craig Ketter, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Friezes of Dreams
— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Eugene Marlow — From the Hebraic Songbook
— Craig Ketter, piano

Tamara Cashour — eMIly DIckinson: towaRd TECH-NO-lo-gy
— Biraj Barkakaty, countertenor, Tamara Cashour, piano

Robert S. Cohen — An Ant's World
— Lynn Bechtold and Stanichka Dimitrova, violins

Frank Retzel — Daughter of Dawn (1993)
— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015


A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC
Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Susan J. Fischer — Intermezzo
— Christa Robinson, oboe, Esther Noh, violin
— John Popham, cello, Stephen Gosling, piano

Peri Mauer — Journey
— Virginia Cheng Chien, oboe

Gayther Myers — The Workday
— Roberta Michel, flute, Christa Robinson, oboe
— Christa Van Alstine, clarinet, Kate Sheeran, horn
— Stephen Gosling, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — Dark Body
— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Esther Noh, violin
— John Popham, cello, Stephen Gosling, piano

David Picton — Turning Leaves for Sandy
— Keve Wilson, oboe, Oren Fader, guitar

Orlando Legname — Vortici D'etere
— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Christa Van Alstine, clarinet
— Ester Noh, violin, John Popham, cello
— Stephen Gosling, piano, Tamara Cashour, conductor

Eugene Marlow — Trois Chansons pour une Poetesse
— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Roberta Michel, alto flute

Richard Brooks — Into the Twilight
— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Nanci Belmont, bassoon
— Ester Noh, violin, Hannah Levinson, viola
— Stephen Gosling, piano

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Saturday, May 30, 2015


A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Roger Blanc — Mood Swings for Jazz Quartet
— Roger Blanc, guitar, David Sherr, clarinet/soprano saxophone
— Steve Sandberg, piano, Jennifer Vincent, double bass

Madelyn Byrne — First Flight, Early Spring
— Ellen Weller, flute

Emiko Hayashi — End of Hot Summer
— David Sherr, soprano sax, Derin Öge, piano
— Cesare Papetti, vibraphone, David Picton, bongos
— Roger Blanc, conductor

Dary John Mizelle — Baseball: I Opening Day
— Dary John Mizelle, piano, Rina Okubo, marimba

Vladimir del Orbe — Contextual Enigma
— Winner of the 2014 NYCC Composers Competition
— David Sherr, clarinet, Evan Runyon, double bass, Nina Siniakova, piano

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 3
— electronics

Robert S. Cohen — Galapagos Suite
— Jonathan Singer, marimba

Tamara Cashour — Queen Suite
— Karen Rostron, violin, Gregor Kitzis, viola
— Peter Prosser, cello, Aliz Raspé, harp


2014-2015 Concert Season