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First Muse Chamber Music presents

David Liptak - Cold Litanies for flute, cello, and piano
September 24, 2017, 7:30p
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South Rochester NY

with artists: Rebecca Gilbert (flute), Mimi Hwang (cello), and Cary Ratcliff (piano)
and additional works:

On Aug. 20, for the first time ever, a Chinese symphony orchestra is performing at LUCERNE FESTIVAL. The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under music director Long Yu, with musicians from Asia have planned a program of three Russian composers, including early ACA composer Aaron Avshalomov, born in 1894, who served as a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory, where he taught from 1919 on. Avshalomov was one of the founders of Chinas Western musical tradition. His tone poem Hutongs of Peking captures the sounds and voices that once echoed through the narrow alleys of the Chinese capital.

The Symphony will also be performing the Avshalomov tone poem with various European and Chinese works at other European venues this summer:

Tirol Summer Festival in Mhlgraben, Austria - August 22

Wolkenturm Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg Festival - August 24th The annual festival takes place on the grounds of Grafenegg Castle near Vienna.

Elbphilharmonie Summer Festival in Hamburg - August 27th (sold out)

As one of the oldest symphony orchestras in China, or even in Asia, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was founded in 1879 as the Shanghai Public Band. Later it was renamed the Municipal Council Symphony Orchestra and was once hailed as the best in the Far East. In 1919, when the renowned Italian pianist Mario Paci took podium, the orchestra started its performing history in association with well-known musicians from Europe and other countries. In 1956 the orchestra took the current name and gradually developed into a cultural calling card of Shanghai. Long Yu, the current Music Director, is the first Chinese conductor to have been invited to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of the Big Five American symphony orchestras. Hes also the Chinese conductor with the most co-operations with top-notch orchestras all over the world.

Staunton Music Festival's "Piano Extravaganza"

Scriabin Nocturne, for left hand alone
Eggert from Haemmerklavier
Haney Three-Hand piece
Debussy from Petite Suite,for four hands
Randall Its all right,for five hands
Rachmaninoff Valse, Op. 11, for six hands
Liptak Piano Roll Blues,for seven hands
Lavignac Galop-March, for eight hands

1st Presbyterian Church, 100 E Frederick Street, Staunton, VA
The 20th Anniversary Festival runs AUGUST 11-20, 2017 One of Virginias favorite classical music festivals, the Staunton Music Festival attracts some of the worlds finest chamber musicians to a charming small city near Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains. Aways an audience favorite, the "Piano Extravaganza" showcases works for one piano, from one to eight hands.

San Francisco International Piano Festival

Eunmi Ko performs Bela Bartok's Night Music, selections from David Liptak's Constellations, and Robert Schumann's Nachtstcke, followed by Liszt's epic Sonata in b minor performed by Jiyang Chen.

Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 644-2020

Tickets are $26 in advance/$30 at the door.

Wednesday, Nov 15 2017, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Deane Carriage Barn

Celebrating Bennington Composers--music by Louis Calabro, Tina Davidson, Vivian Fine, Betsy Jolas, Lionel Nowak, Alison Nowak, Marta Ptaszynska, and Joan Tower. Compositions by former faculty and distinguished alumni.

Schubertsang in the premieres of large works by Sasha Zamler-Carhart, Robert Ashley, Luigi Nono (with Ekmeles), Georges Aperghis, Bernard Rands, James Ilgenfritz, Sonia Megas, Jenny O. Johnson, Nick Hallett, and Kitty Brazelton; a set of premieres at Symphony Space produced by Inhyun Kim's Ear to Mind; and in new productions of operas by Denman Maroney and Jason Cady.

Ensemble 212 proudly presents its third educational family concert featuring music by living composers of East Asian background. This innovative concert showcases various influences and styles used by today's composers in a jam-packed hour long concert.

Saturday April 8, 2017 2:00 PM (rescheduled from April 1)
St. Peter's Chelsea
346 W 20th St (bet. 8th & 9th Ave)

CONCERT PROGRAM:

Jeeyoung KIM
Nol-Ja ! (Lets Play) for Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano (2000)

Ke-Chia CHEN
Taiwanese Children's Games for Piano 4 hands (2014)

JunYi CHOW
Lets Snap! for Clarinet solo (2012)

HUANG Ruo
Wind Blows for Violin & Piano (2007)

Yui KITAMURA
Tinsagunu Hana (Rose Balsam) for Clarinet and String Quartet (2017)

Texu KIM
Clear Creek for String Quartet (2015)

James RA
Four Dialogues for String Quartet (2007)

These family concerts help listeners connect to new classical music by explaining the background, elements, and techniques used to make each piece unique. Real-time on-screen program notes are projected during the performance. This further enhances the listener's experience by leading them to a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical music. They describe the musical elements of the works in a fun and inquisitive manner. By creating this interactive forum of composers, performers and audience, children and adults alike can better appreciate and understand the music of today's composers.

There will also be an introduction and demonstration of the instruments and an interactive Q & A session with the composers and performers present. Don't miss this one of a kind educational concert that will shatter barriers and open contemporary classical music to young audiences.

Discounted advance tickets will be available online at BrownPaperTickets.com until 9 AM on the day of the performance.
$20 General, $18 Seniors Age 65+,
$12 Students Age 13+ with ID, Free for children 12 & under with paid adult

After that time, tickets at the doors which open at 1:30 PM will be cash only.
$25 General, $20 Seniors Age 65+,
$15 Students Age 13+ with ID, Free for children 12 & under with paid adult

MUSIC OF ALICE SHIELDS

Mioritza - Requiem for Rachel Corrie will be performed by trombonist Haim Avitsur at the NYC-Electroacoustic Music Festival, Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand Street, NYC.

Mourning Song by Alice Shields, for fixed audio media will be premiered by the NYC-Electroacoustic Music Festival at National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn.

Alice Shields' new computer piece White Heron Dance will be premiered at the National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue, NYC by the Association for the Promotion of New Music.

Christopher Shultis Percussion Music with Simone Mancuso
at Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM.
April 21, 2017 7:30 pm http://www.outpostspace.org/pages/event/274541 Christopher Shultis, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, returns to the Outpost to perform for the first time in more than two decades. Assisted by percussionists Simone Mancuso and Scott Ney, this concert draws on Shultis works from 1989 to the present. including the U.S. premiere of "4-7-3" with video by visual artist Hee Sook Kim.

Twinmuse presents a piano recital on Sunday 28th May at 2pm in Maison Culturelle et Communautaire Montral-Nord, Oliver Jones concert hall at :

12004 Boulevard Rolland
Montral-Nord
QC H1G 3W1

Combining sound, image and multimedia, Twinmuse (Hourshid et Mehrshid Afrakhteh) will play an eclectic solo and piano duet repertoire in works by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky as well as works by Canadian composers Nicole Lize and "After Brahms" by Matthew Davidson.

The Chesapeake Orchestra with Jeffrey Silberschlag, Music Director, continues its River Concert Series this summer with "Muy Caliente" on July 14, featuring music of David Froom, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla, and Alan Silvestri. Featured soloist for Froom's Canzoni di Notte is clarinetist Janice Murphy. Ms. Murphy recently retired from The Presidents Own United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C., where she held a position in the first clarinet section for 26 years. She currently plays in the Alexandria Symphony and has performed with the Annapolis Symphony, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Capital City Opera, and the Opera of Northern Virginia. Composer David Frooms music has been performed extensively throughout the United States by major orchestras, ensembles, and soloists, including, among many others, the Louisville, Seattle, Utah, League/ISCM, and Chesapeake Symphony Orchestras, The United States Marine and Navy Bands, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 21^st Century Consort, Boston Musica Viva, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, and the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret presents Tango Dreams / Serenity
at Symphony Space Friday March 10 at 7:30pm
tickets:http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9539/Music/tango-dreams-serenity

Featuring World Champion accordionist Alex Sevastian and world-renowned clarinetist Julian Milkis, as well as the Voice Afire Strings, this multi-media concert moves from turbulence to Serenity in music by composers Ray Luedeke and Giya Kancheli. Ray Luedeke's Tango Dreams for accordion, clarinet, and string trio will include sultry tango visuals. Miniatures for Clarinet and Bayan are derived from famed, Georgian composer Giya Kancheli's music for theatre and cinema.

Daedalus Quartet world premiere and 2nd performance of Louis Karchin, String Quartet No. 3 - March 15 (San Francisco) and 17 (Santa Rosa).