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Kaufman Music Center will be presenting five recent works, including three premieres, by Louis Karchin on Sunday, Sept. 22nd at 4 PM. Two songcycles are based on texts of the 17th centuryEnglish poet George Herbert and contemporary Boston poetSteven Withrow (who will be present at the concert). Performers will include esteemed artists who are long-time collaborators of Karchin.

Program:

Karchin: Sonata-Fantasia
Karchin: Two Sacred Songs
Karchin: Sonata quasi un capriccio
Karchin: Compositions on Canvas: Two Art Songs
Karchin: Trio for violin, cello, and piano

Tickets are available through the Merkin Hall Box office (212) 501-3330, or at https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/louis-karchin-a-retrospective/

On Saturday, Sept 14th, esteemed chamber ensemble Urban Nocturnes will present a concert "Urban Impressions" featuring recent new music written for them by composer Glenn Stallcop. The 9/14 program will be at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix and will feature works written for the ensemble and other chamber works.The concert will also be performed again in Prescott, AZ at Trinity Presbyterian on Sat. September 21, at 7pm.

Notes on the program:Episodesis a trio for violin, cello, and piano thatevokes the emotional rollercoaster experienced in the continuing quest for social change.

Alt Shift, a sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano, explores in 3 movements (Tether, High Wire, and Fantasia) alternate lifestylesin the search for meaning and purpose.

Also on the program isNuance de Noir forflute/alto flute, tenor saxophone (orbass clarinet), viola, and double bass. Commissioned by the Telluride Chamber Music Association in the Spring of 2022,Nuance de Noirsunusual instrumentation triggered a comparison of modern stresses to the nuclear shadow which triggered the "Noir" period in cinema during the 50s and 60s.

Tickets are $25 student discount tickets are $5 and both are available at the door. Or tickets online here.

Saturday, September 14, 2024
2:00 PM
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix
4207 East Lincoln Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

Saturday, September 21, 2024
7pm
Trinity Presbyterian Church
630 Park Ave
Prescott, AZ 86303

Glenn Stallcop is a composer, pianist and bassist who performed with the Phoenix Symphony for 47 years. He has published more than 100 compositions for orchestra, chamber music, vocal works, solo piano and double bass. He has recorded multiplealbums of piano improvisation over the last 20 years.

As a professional double bassist with a major symphony orchestra, several of his works feature the double bass. He has written works for double bass and orchestra, for solo bass, bass with accompaniment, two sets of bass duets and several chamber music works. He won the annual International Society of Bassists Composition Competition for solo double bass with his work entitled Vision Quest, for double bass and piano.It was premiered at the ISB conference in Michigan.

The Phoenix Symphony has performed many of his orchestral compositions, including Millennial Opening, Calypso Round, City Music, Sunscape (commissioned by the Arizona Diamond Jubilee Commission), Couplet for a Desert Summer, Concerto for Double Bass, Concertino for Harp & Strings and the Suite from Reggie (originally written for dance). His music has been performed by symphonies, festivals, chamber musicians and youth orchestras around the country.

NEOSonicFall Celebrates New Music
Sunday, September 15th, 2024, 7pm
Baldwin Wallace University Gamble Auditorium
Steven Smith, Music Director

Citiscape Lights Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by H. Leslie Adams
Mark George, soloist

Free concert, no tickets required!

Come to the season opener for FLANNAU DUO@constellationchicago on September 6, 2024 (830 pm show). The duo will be premiering works by @composinghannah , @jack.e.langdon and @andrewemcmanus. Well also be performing works by @evanwilliamsmus, Carola Bauckholt, and Koji Kondo.

Constellation Chicago

3111 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60618

Album drops from Centaur Records in September. Two works by David Liptak(b. 1949) are included - Fantasy (for violin and piano) and Sonata for Violin and Piano, both from 2015. Other works by composersCharles Ives (1874-1954)andBaljinder Sekhon (b.1980), with also Four Haiku by Pia Liptak are included. The performers are violinist Pia Liptak and pianist Yi-Wen Chang.

On Sunday, Sept. 22nd at 4 PM a concert of recent music by Louis Karchin at Merkin Hall, will be performed by a stellar group of artists including violinist Miranda Cuckson, pianists Stephen Drury and Steven Beck, sopranos Alice Teyssier and Marisa Karchin, and the Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, Ole Akahoshi, and Rieko Aizawa). All works were composed between 2018 and 2023, and include three premieres, two songcycles, based on texts of the 17th centuryEnglish poet George Herbert and contemporary Boston poetSteven Withrow (who will join us), and instrumental solo and chamber works. Tickets are available through the Merkin Hall Box office 212-501-3330, or here.

There will be a reception following.

MIRRORS
A Concert of New Music
Wednesday, April 10 @ 7:00 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
"Little Church Around the Corner"
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York

NEW YORK COMPOSERS CIRCLE

UMD College of Arts and Humanities | School of Music

Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall

PROGRAM

Robert Gibson:Through the Ear of a Raindropfor Orchestra
Bedrich Smetana:The Moldau
Debussy:La Mer,trois equisses symphoniques

The UMD Symphony Orchestra's season finale concert features Robert Gibson'sThrough the Ear of a Raindrop, Bedrich Smetana'sThe Moldau, and Claude Debussy'sLa Mer. Each piece explores a different aspect of water, evoking its beauty, power and mystery.

Originally composed for The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's inaugural season,Through the Ear of a Raindropwas premiered by the UMD Symphony Orchestra in 2002. It returns to Dekelboum this season in honor of Professor Robert Gibson's retirement. Gibson has been a faculty member since 1980 and served as the School of Music's director for many years.

First Place winner in Solo Flute competition of the National Flute Association is Fasting Heart, by Judith Shatin, a new work released in the ACA catalog this year. Finalists included 17 Solos for the Native American Flute, Edited by James Pellerite. Honorable Mention for works for Flute and Piano went to Kermit Moore's Music for Flute and Piano (Sonata in Two Movements) and Judith Shatin's Gabriel's Wing. Congratulations to Judith Shatin, Henry Gale, the ACA team, and our friends at Alry Publications and also Theodore Presser Music.

The winning scores may be performed at this year's NFA conference in San Antonio, and also displayed in the Exhibit Hall before they reach their final destination at the NFA Lending Library at the University of Arizona.

Piano music of Joel Eric Suben, newly released on an album by pianist Barry David Salwen.

Spotify link here.

Amazon link here.

YOUTUBE playlist link here.

Tracks by Joel include Sonatina I,II, III, and IV; as well as Impromptu Nos 1, 3, and 4.

Edeta Arts will feature world-renowned percussionist and composer, Michael Udow, at their festival in Llria - a UNESCO Creative City of Music located on the outskirts of the city of Valencia. Michael was commissioned to compose a series of works about his residency in the city, titled Impressions of Llria." The closing festival concert of Michaels commissioned World Premiere will include a celebration of Llrias important archeological sites including:

• Campanas de iglesia de Llria- for Llrias bell towers,
• Tower Musicfeaturing Germanys Brassarie Ensemble,
• Baos rabes de Llria featuringAgrupaci Musical Edetana "Vicente Gimnez"(plucked string orchestra)
• Llria Legends featuring UnioMusical (Symphonic Band)
• Pau featuring Canadas A Capella, Horizon PrairieVoices
• Llria Impressionsfeaturing Orquestra de Plectro "El Micalet" de Llria, (plucked string orchestra)
• Twelve Labors of Herculesfor choir, Jota musicians, brass quintet, plucked string orchestra, string orchestra, and selected percussionists from the United States and Spain. Actor Ignasi Diaz, serves as Narrator with Maestro Cristbal Soler, conducting the 200+ musicians along with the animated film created for this event, which highlights the 1917 archeological dig that uncovered an ancient Roman 18x15 stone mosaic floor in the heart of Llria.
• Edeta Fantasy (Symphonic Band), Comunidad (a Happening), and Jota (music for dance) will be premiered later.

LINK: https://edetaartspercussionfestival.com/about-us/

Conductor Kevin Scott returns to lead the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in a free concert featuring a collection of classical and spiritual music. With powerful themes of freedom, hope, and unity, we hope you will join us for an afternoon of celebration, inspiration, and pure musical joy!

Flag raising ceremony at 2pm, followed by the concert.

Symphony Hall34 Court Street Springfield, MA 01103

All in the DC area are invited to a free recital Sunday June 30 at 3 PM. This recital of oboist William Wielgus includes the premiere of a concerto by Dario Argentesi, the first performance in almost 90 years of the "Solitude" for English horn, harp and strings by the legendary horn virtuoso, John Barrows, and premieres of Venezuelan composers Lamberto Piumi and Miguelangel Garcia Marquez, a "post-premiere" of Paul Oehlers, and a rare performance of the 'swing' Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet by Robert McBride in addition to music by Orlando di Lasso, Bach, and Telemann.

In addition to this concert on Sunday at Katzen Hall, American University, Wielgus will also present a program of McBride's music including this 1939 oboe quintet at this summer's IDRS conference, in Flagstaff, July 23rd.

Oboe professor William Wielgus was a member of the oboe section of the National Symphony Orchestra from 1990 to 2017 upon appointment by Mstislav Rostropovich. Prior to his appointment with the NSO he also served as principal oboe of the South Bend Symphony and English horn with the Oklahoma Symphony. He is presently on the oboe faculty at American University and has taught at West Virginia University and St. Marys College. He has also appeared at many major summer music festivals including Aspen, Tanglewood, and Spoleto, and was the winner of the 1990 Aspen Woodwind Soloist Competition. Mr. Wielgus is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and the Cincinnati College Conservatory. His principal teachers include Marc Fink, Jerry Sirucek, and Ray Still.

New Focus Recordings announces the June 28, 2024 Naxos international release of Richard Cameron-Wolfe's album "Passionate Geometries" in streaming and CD formats. It features three of Cameron-Wolfe's micro-operas, three duos, and two quartets: the 48EDO microtonal guitar quartet "Mirage d'esprit" and "Telesthesia", recorded in Belgium by the Antwerp Cello Quartet. It is now available at many internet outlets and streaming services.

https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/richard-cameron-wolfe-passionate-geometries/

Commissioned by the Wyoming Music Teachers Association for their 2024 Biennial State Conference at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, John McDonald's Week In, Week Out: Seven One-A-Day Piano Pieces explores pianistic work-life concepts designed to engage the curious intermediate to advanced keyboard aficionado. The pieces can be played individually, in pairs or short sets, or as a full week of music. The Conference title reflected the title of McDonald's music: Week In, Week OutA Teacher's Journey.

McDonald presented a talk that discussed the educational goals of Week In, Week Out, and expanded to present an overview of some of his more recent didactic teaching projects with illustrations from several brand new pieces. He coached the young artist Liam Greene in the late afternoon, with the premiere taking place the same evening.

Gilbert Galindo's WHEN WILL YOU DRY OUR EYES? for saxophone and piano (adapted from "Darkness is not dark for You" for piano solo) was performed on Saturday, November 18, at Steel Wig Music in NYC as part of "Todd Rewoldt & Friends" as presented by Composers Concordance. In Flushing, Queens on the same dateMusica Reginae presents "An Evening of Chamber Music" at The Church-in-the-Gardens performed Galindo's ECHOES OF THE DIVINE for piano quartet.

On the new album BRASS TACKS VOL 2 from Navona Records, the brass family finds itself the spotlight, showcasing unique tones and unhindered expressiveness thatve been carefully extracted by a variety of seasoned composers and performers. Release date September 8, 2023.

Spanning joy rides in stylish sports cars, jazz-influenced passages, fusions with percussive instruments, and more, this release explores a wide range of emotions and compositional styles, from a variety of composers includingLawrence K. Moss,Edward Ted Messerschmidt, Henry Wolking, Janice Macaulay,Marilyn Bliss, andPaul Paccione.

Join us for David Oei's Classical Salon at St John's in the Village featuring Parables and Meditations for piano and fixed media, by Steven Christopher Sacco, andDvorak Quartet featuring violinist Francesca Sacco. Review of Parables can be found here.

David Lipten's "Wiretap" for mandolin, guitar, and harp received 2nd place in the Edition49 competition. 291 works by 161 composers were submitted to the 2023 composition competition jointly organized by the music publisher Edition 49 and the Siegburger Musikwerkstatt, which was dedicated to the instrument of the year, the mandolin.

Competition entries came from countries including the USA, Canada, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, England, Belarus, Argentina, Colombia, Finland, Lebanon, Sweden, Brazil, Hong Kong, South Africa, Nairobi, Spain, Australia, Japan and South Korea. "Wiretap" will be performed in Germany as part of a concert honoring the winners next fall.

https://musicaward.edition49.de/en/