Wednesday, August 11, 2021

FIRST CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Richard Brooks  — Preludes to Milton’s 'Paradise Lost'

— Book I

— Book II

Kevin McCarter — Two Preludes after Jean Langlais ‡

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Chiaroscuro †

Eugene Marlow — Three Pieces for Organ

— Clasico Bolero

— A La Russe †

— D'humeur Melancolique †

Catherine Neville — Prelude & Fugue in the Time of COVID †

Claudia Dumschat, organ

† World Premiere  ‡  New York Premiere

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS & ELECTRONICS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Jacob E. Goodman — String Quartet No. 1 †

Catherine Neville — Mukuntuweap †

Debra Kaye — Turning in Time

— Special Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, violin

Timothy L. Miller — Three Miniatures for String Trio †

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 9

— for cello and electronics

Kevin McCarter — Sketches From Nature ††

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — The Sun and Immersion ‡

— for electronics

Eric Heilner — SQrt: Season 1, Episode 2

Featuring the Klang String Quartet

— Gregor Kitzis, violin; Katie Thomas, violin, Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello

Special Guest Soloist, Kinga Augustyn, violin

†  World Premiere  †† New York Premiere  ‡  US Premiere

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

SECOND CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Robert Cohen — Rabbi Schmuley Rides the Cyclone to Heaven †

Thomas Parente — Pandemia †

Dary John Mizelle — Passacaglia, Toccata & Fugue †

Hubert Howe — Prelude for Organ †

David See — Three Hymn Preludes for Organ

— Fugue on "St. Ann and Ellacombe"

— Little Brown Church (In The Vale) ††

— There's A Song In The Air

Claudia Dumschat, organ

† World Premiere  †† New York Premiere

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NEW MUSIC for INSTRUMENTS, ELECTRONICS & VIDEO

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir (to Craig Ketter) †

— Craig Ketter, piano

Craig Slon — The Siren †

— Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano

Peter Kelsh — Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano †

— Stefan Williams, horn; Eunmin Woo, violin; Craig Ketter, piano

Frederick Boyle — Palindrome Canon Nº 9 †

— for electronics & video, video by Craig Stockwell

Linda A. Marcel — Distant Waves, New Worlds ‡

— Michael Laderman, flute, electronics and video by Linda Marcel

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 10 ‡

— Hubert Howe, electronics, Blair McMillen, piano, video by Gazinur Rakhmatullin

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Electroacoustic Improvisation Nº 2 ‡

— video by Martin Mukhametzyanov

Emiko Hayashi — Song Cycle †

— Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano

† World Premiere    ‡ U.S. Premiere

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

A CONCERT OF NEW CHAMBER MUSIC

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II †

— Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Reconsidered †

— David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman †

— David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano

David See — Caffeine Rag

— David See, piano

Roger Blanc — Duology †

— Melissa Slocum, double bass; Steve Sandberg, piano

Olivia D. Jones — It Is She Who Made Us †

— David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Three Rhapsodies

— Criag Ketter, piano

† World Premiere

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

A CONCERT of NEW CHAMBER MUSIC

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Sunsongs

— Performed by Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Under Sun Or Stars †

— Performed by Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Robert S. Cohen — So You Think I'm Funny? †

— Performed by Will Short, bassoon, Craig Ketter, piano

David See — Caffeine Rag

— David See, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II

— Peter Sachon, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman

— Todd Palmer, clarinet, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig, Ketter, piano

† World Premiere

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

NEW MUSIC for VOICE & INSTRUMENTS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Catherine Neville — Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky

— Kyle Miller, electric guitar; Matthew Kowalski, vibraphone

Paul Aljian — By Night, By Day †

— David Steinberg, violin; Daniel Barret, cello

Simona Smirnova — Jauna Meilė †

— Simona Smirnova, soprano; Vivienne Aerts, alto; Takuma Matsui, tenor; Erik Schark, bass

Madelyn Byrne — Hallie Quinn Brown

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Simon Mulligan, piano

Eric Heilner — Short Story for Violin & Piano Nº 1 †

— Marina Kifferstein, violin; Simon Mulligan, piano

Patricia Leonard — Remember Me, from “Written in the Stars”

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano

Christopher Sahar — Shortcuts for Solo Piano †

— Simon Mulligan, piano

Anton Rovner — Mysterious Star, song cycle on poems by Edgar Allan Poe †

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano

† World premiere

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC MASTERS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

David Mecionis — Elegy for Joey ‡

— Linda Wetherill, flute, Lois Martin, viola

Roger Blanc — Pendulum †

— Oren Fader, guitar

Tamara Cashour — ’Baldi Buddy Ol’ Pal †

— Christopher Oldfather, piano

Stefan Wolpe — Second Piece for Violin Alone

— Rolf Schulte, violin

Raoul Pleskow — Contrasts †

— Rolf Schulte, violin, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — les pierres éclatent †

— Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Tocotín ‡

— Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar

Dary John Mizelle — A World of Differences †

— Esther Lamneck, clarinet

Donald Martino — Fantasy-Variations

— Rolf Schulte, violin

‡ New York Premiere  † World Premiere  

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A CONCERT OF NEW MUSIC

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Cheng Jin Koh — Ecstasy

— Winner of the 2019 John Eaton Memorial Competition

— Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Olivia Moaddel, violin, Mark Serkin, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

Christopher Kaufman — Nocturnal Phantasy ‡

— Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Craig Ketter, piano

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir for solo piano

— Craig Ketter, piano

Timothy L. Miller — String Quartet No.3: “l'Ode au Vermont” †

— Klang String Quartet

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — Askew, But Not Amiss ‡

— Anthony Izzo, alto saxophone

Carl Kanter — String Quartet 2021 †

— Klang String Quartet

The Klang String Quartet:

— Gregor Kitzis, violin, Katie Thomas, violin, Arttie Dibble, viola, Molly Aronson, cello

‡ New York Premiere  † World Premiere  

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