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Classical music writer and radio host Walter Carroll announces New England Public Radio (NEPR.net) will be wishing a happy birthday (87th) to Amherst emeritus composer Dr. Frederick C. Tillis on Thursday afternoon, January 5th, with a performance of Tillis' Niger Symphony (at about 2:55pm EST) and Motherless Child - Spiritual Fantasy No. 1 (at about 3:13pm). Click on Nepr.net - classical and see the online radio listening link at the top of the page.

In addition, Tillis' groundbreaking choral work from 1968, Freedom (In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King), for SATB and recorded by the University of MassachusettsChorale Singers, Richard du Bois, conductor, will be played on NEPR radio on the upcoming birthday observance of Dr. King, on January 16th. We wish a warm and happy birthday greeting to ACA composer Fred Tillis and best wishes for his continued health.

Thursday, May 25, 2017 at7:30 PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University (at 116th St.)
2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Program
Avro Part:Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Sheree Clement:Stories I Cannot Tell You(World Premiere, commissioned by the League/ISCM)
Lisa Bielawa:Start(Piano Concerto)Andrew Armstrong, Soloist
Fred Lerdahl:Time and Again(New York Premiere)

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An evening with theOrchestra of the League of Composersperforming a World Premiere bySheree Clement,commissioned by the League/ISCM, a NY Premiere byFred Lerdahl, and works by Rome Prize winnerLisa BielawaandEstonian composerArvo Prt. The program, taking place at Columbia UniversitysMiller Theatre, will be conducted by Orchestraof the League of Composers music directorLouis KarchinandDavid Fulmer, and will feature pianistAndrew Armstrongassoloist -take off 15%general admissionuntil May 10with promo code: LEAGUE

Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 8pm Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City;

The Riverside Symphony, featuring Roni Gal-Ed, oboe.

TELEMANN Concerto 'alla Francese' in C Major
GREENBAUM The Jig is Up
CPE BACH Berlin Symphony in Eb Major
MOZART Symphony 29 in A Major

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Beginning its 37th season, Riverside Symphony is widely credited for bringing a unique musical perspective to classical music audiences in New York City. Its vibrant performances of innovative programs are routinely lauded by The New York Times, and its seven CDs have been acclaimed in both the U.S. and internationalpress.

From programming to performance to education and outreach, discovery is at the heart of Riverside Symphonys artistic credo. Drawing on the legendary breadth and depth of New York Citys freelance musical community, conductor George Rothman and composer Anthony Korf, who co-founded the orchestra in 1981, have forged a team of supremely accomplished instrumentalists, comfortable with music in an amazingly wide range of styles andperiods.

Admission: Free - Duration: approx. 60 minutes

Bodies Electric e-guitar quartet
Vox n Plux soprano Elizabeth Farnum & her two guitarists
Bowers-Fader Duo mezzo Jessica Bowers & guitarist Oren Fader
Sheer Pluck guitar orchestra

And with pianist Joan Forsyth & guitarist Angelos Quetzalcatl December 3, at 3PM at the Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th Street, New York City.

with premieres by Kyle Miller (US), Agustin Castilla-Avila, lately of Salzburg, John McLachlan, of Ireland, and Emil Awad, of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. and encore performances by Judith Saint Croix, Tim Mukherjee, Frank Brickle, Charles Wuorinen & Alba Potes

Updraftfor trombone choir in just intonation (!) by composer Robert Carl, will be performed by the astonishing Mark Broschinsky onMonday, September 4 at 8 PMas part of his recital at the Mise-En performance space, 678 Hart St #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11221 (in Bushwick). Its in the version of solo tenor trombone with all the other parts multitracked and distributed in quad.The program also includes: Frederic Rzewski:Last Judgment(1969), Dai Fujikura:K's Ocean(2005-2009), and Christopher Jette: A new work (2017, world premiere). And it's free.

Asa Nisi Masa, a new work by Philip Carlsen for violin and chamber orchestra, is being premiered in three concerts in downeast Maine June 17-19 by Trond Saeverud and the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra: Fri, Jun 17, in Eastport; Sat, Jun 18, in Machias; and Sun, Jun 19, in Calais. The Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra (PBSO) Spring Concert Series features internationally known piano soloist, Evelyn Chen, playing Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue and Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor. In addition, the orchestra will present the world premiere of three new works by Maine composers: Gregory Biss and John Newell of Eastport, and Philip Carlsen, Professor Emeritus of the University of Maine at Farmington.

Blarvuster Family Party! w/ Matthew Welch's Blarvuster, Jeremiah Cymerman & Brian Chase duo in New York. Thursday, July 14th at 8pm. Trans-Pecos -915 Wyckoff Ave
Queens, NY. $10.

Blarvuster is recording an album in the week leading up, and will play all the music they have been working on.

Composer, performer, and virtuoso of the Highland Bagpipe, Matt Welch is turning 40 this year!

8pm Jeremiah Cymerman and Brian Chase duo
Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics), Brian Chase (drums)
9pm Matthew Welchs Blarvuster plays The Finger Lock
10pm Blarvuster plays old hits!!

Blarvuster
Matthew Welch (pipes, sax, voice)
Will Northlich-Redmond (electric guitar)
Ian Riggs (bass guitar)
Brian Chase (drums)

Trans-Pecos 8pm (doors 7:30pm)
915 Wyckoff Ave. Ridgewood, Queens 11385
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
All Ages, full bar with 21+ ID

The 2016 International Trombone Festival at The Juilliard School is here in New York City June 8-11. This 45th annual event will unite many whom share a common passion for the trombone, celebrating the instrument in all its facets with many activities including - world premieres, recitals, masterclasses, exhibits, chamber music, jazz concerts, and a special concert at the New York Philharmonic.

Blair Bollinger will perform Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano by Steven Sacco, at an ARTISTS RECITAL at Paul Hall, The Juilliard School , on Friday, June 10th at 3:30pm.

Bollinger joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1986 and enjoys the full Orchestra schedule of more than 150 concerts each year. As a soloist, Mr. Bollinger has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony of Taiwan and is the only bass trombone soloist ever with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

His trombone is the Bollinger Model bass trombone by the S.E. Shires Company of Hopedale, MA; a trombone Mr. Bollinger helped design. His recordings include a solo disc, "Fancy Free", hailed by American Record Guide as "The recording I've been waiting for ... an amazing display of Bollinger's virtuoso skills."

A respected teacher, Mr. Bollinger is on faculty at the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School and Temple University.

Transient Canvas - season continues

Vanguard New Music Series
Kent State University
November 6, 2016

Repertoire includes music by Victoria Cheah, David Coll,Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, David Ibbett,Peter Van Zandt Lane, Crystal Pascucci, Rudolf Rojahn,Matthew Welch.

Praised by the Boston Globe as "superb", the dynamic bass clarinet/marimba duo Transient Canvas(Amy Advocat, bass clarinet & Matt Sharrock, marimba) has been blazing its own trail in the world of contemporary music since 2011. In under five years, they have premiered over 60 new works, essentially creating an entirely new repertoire for their unique instrumentation. Fearless in their programming and hungry for new collaborations, TC has performed anywhere from microbreweries to Jordan Hall and actively seeks out new composers who will stretch their instrumentation to its limits. Performance of Lumba-Lumba Hijau by Matthew Welch.

Ludwig Recital Hall
Kent State University
1325 Theatre Drive
Kent, OH

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Concert: Weaving Threads: Virginia Woolf & String Quartets
Kreutzer Quartet at the University of Cambridge, England (Robinson College Chapel in Cambridge) on November 3rd, will present the premiere String Quartet No. 3: Portrait (For Deedee) by Elliott Schwartz.

The renowned Kreutzer Quartet, the concert explores Woolfs interest in string quartets and features new work inspired by the writing of Virginia Woolf. The concert includes work by Beethoven, by the South-African British composer Priaulx Rainier, and Mozarts arrangement of a Bach fugue for string quartet. In addition to the Schwartz, another world premiere will feature Jeremy Thurlows Memory is the seamstress. More info about this concert can be found here.

Collaborations with Kreutzer Quartet and Elliott Schwartz include many concerts and recordings. "The members of the Kreutzer Quartet handle (the challenges of the Schwartz) with breathtaking sensitivity. In the Kreutzer's hands the Bellagio Variations receive a wonderfully nuanced performance, by turns (and sometimes all at once) taut, luxurious, witty and ferocious, entirely befitting the wilfully disorienting, dream-like nature of the music." --Brunswick Times