Program on June 22nd will take place at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York,
43A West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011, tel. 212 645 2800.
Tickets are as follows:
June 22: $15 regular; $10 for students and seniors.
To reserve tickets call (212) 362-8900 or email jasna@composers.com.

ACA Festival of American Music 2007

(Click on the links below for composer biographies and program notes.)

Wednesday, June 20, 8pm: PUMPED FICTION
John Eaton: Pumped Fiction, a Pocket Opera *

Thursday, June 21, 8pm: MUSIC FOR THE SOLSTICE
ACA presents The Laurel Leaf Award to Fred Sherry in recognition of "distinguished achievement in fostering and encouraging American music.”
Lewis Nielson: Iskra * (Alice Teyssier, flute, Jonathan Hepfer, percussion, Gabrielle Athayde, cello)
Raoul Pleskow: On Lines from the Latin * (Patricia Sonego, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano)
Carmel Raz: Iola for Solo Flute * (Barry Crawford, flute)
Anthony Cheung : Enjamb/Infuse/Implode † (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Dana Williams, conductor)
Elizabeth Bell: Soliloquy † (Loren Dempster, cello)
Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy: Spirit Man † (Laura Campbell, flute)
Christopher Adler: Signals Intelligence † (Alexander C Lipowski, marimba)
Rolv Yttrehus: Sextet II † (Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Dana Williams, conductor)

Friday, June 22, 8pm: PIANO PIANO
(Idith Meshulam, piano, Eric Huebner, piano)
Aaron Copland: Danzon Cubano
Elizabeth Bell: Duovarios for Two Pianos
Elliott Schwartz: Test Drive for piano duet † (Idith Meshulam and Elliott Schwartz)
Christopher Auerbach-Brown: Introspections 3, 4 *
John Cage: Experiences
Karim Al-Zand: Pattern Preludes †
Rob Redei: Capriccio
Robert Helps: Eventually the Carousel Begins

Saturday, June 23, 6pm-10pm: A NEW MUSIC MARATHON
6 PM
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Dana Williams, conductor)
Darleen Mitchell: Dakota † (Valerie Cisler pianist Anne Foradori soprano)
Burton Beerman: Conversations * (Shiau-uen Ding, piano)
Gregory Hall: Clayton Run-Around * (Minghuan Xu, violin)
Michael S. Rothkopf: Songs of Light * (Patricia Sonego, soprano)
Jan Gilbert: Lady of the Broom * (Nancy Ogle soprano, Barry Crawford flute, Eric Nowlin, viola, Loren Dempster, cello)
7 PM
Richard Brooks: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (Minghuan Xu, violin, Winston Choi, piano)
Frederick Tillis: A Latin American Suite * (Second Instrumental Unit)
Beth Wiemann: A Change in the weather * (Marilyn Nonken, piano)
Harold Seletsky: Apathy † (Patricia Sonego, soprano, David Fulmer, violin, Loren Dempster, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano)
8 PM
Hubert Howe: Symphony No. 3, 1st movement * (The Second Instrumental Unit, Marc Dana Williams, conductor)
Robert Ceely: Extensions † (Shen Wen, pianist)
Elias Tanenbaum: Bring ’Em On * (Second Instrumental Unit)
James Beale: Woodwind Quintet † (Second Instrumental Unit)
9 PM
Milton Babbitt: Little Goes a Long Way and An Encore † (Christopher Oldfather, piano, David Fulmer, violin)
Joel Gressel: ShortStops * (computer)
John Melby: Concerto No.2 for Piano and Computer * (Winston Choi, piano)

* world premiere
† New York premiere