EVENTS


2015-2016 Concert Season

Friday, October 23, 2015

JOHN EATON 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


John Eaton — Death (1946)

— Sharon Harms, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Lycidas (2014) (excerpts)

— Sharon Harms, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Mass II (1997)

— Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano, Sharon Harms, soprano, Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Ng, tenor, Gregory Geehern, baritone, Philip Cheah, bass, David Keberle, clarinet, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion, Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics, Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor

John Eaton — El divino Narciso

— Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano (Echo), Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano (Naturaleza Natura), Steven Ng, tenor (El divino Narciso), Roberta Michel, flutes, Daniel Barrett, cello, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion, Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics, Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS and PIANO

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Roger Blanc — Duopoly II

— Dave Eggar, cello, David Picton, hand drum

Richard Brooks — String Quartet No. 5

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Susan J. Fischer — Notturno

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Emiko Hayashi — Trialogue

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Martha Locker, piano

John Eaton — Fantasy Romance

— Dan Barrett, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Carl Kanter — String Quartet

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Debra Kaye — Andante, quietly impassioned, from "String Quartet No. 1"

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Robert S. Cohen — Yellow Alert

— Daniel Pate, percussion

Yekaterina Merkulyeva — Mask and Miracles (2013)

— Avassa Shevel, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Trumpet Sonata

— Jerry Bryant, trumpet, Craig Ketter, piano

Craig Slon — Whirligig

— Craig Ketter, piano

Dary John Mizelle — Polyrhythmic Suite in Six Movements

— Craig Ketter, piano

Frank Picarazzi — Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin & Vibraphone

— Michael Laderman, flute, Vasko Dukovski, clarinet, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Frank Picarazzi, vibraphone

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Kevin McCarter — In Open Air

— Michael Laderman, flute, Craig Ketter, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Pantomimes (excerpts)

— Alexander Negrutsa, clarinet, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

David Picton — Redwood Prelude and Fugue

— David Shuler, organ

Frank Retzel — From Sapphire Cantos

— David Shuler, organ

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nudes

— Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Michael Laderman, flute, Allen Blustine, clarinet, Craig Ketter, piano

Jennifer Griffith — Audition

— Alexander Negrutsa, bass clarinet

Eugene Marlow — Agitation du Coeur

— Virginia Chang Chien, oboe, Allen Blustine, clarinet, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Daniel Panner, viola, Troy Rinker, double bass

Scott D. Miller — Dutch Angle

— Miranda Cuckson, violin, Kallie Ciechomski, viola, Chris Gross, cello, Liam Kinson, bass clarinet

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

A GALA CONCERT

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


Raoul Pleskow — Imaginary Landscape for Piano 4-Hands

— Christopher Oldfather and Fredrica Wyman, piano

Madelyn Byrne — Northern Flight

— Shiau-uen Ding, piano

Patricia Leonard — Three arias from "My Dearest Friend"

— Words by Abigail Adams, Wendy Bryn Harmer, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — Cut and Fold

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Peri Mauer — Thought's Torsion

— Michael Laderman, flute, Gregor Kitzis, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 4

— Hubert Howe, electronics, video by Sylvia Pengilly

Ross Griffey — Tied by a chance bond together

— Winner of the 2015 John Eaton Memorial Competition

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Brian Fennelly — Sacred Songs

— Ricardo Rivera, baritone, Joshua Groffman, piano

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2015-2016 Concert Season