Wednesday, August 11, 2021

FIRST CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN (#76)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

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

Kevin McCarter — Two Preludes after Jean Langlais ‡

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Chiaroscuro †

Eugene Marlow — Three Pieces for Organ

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

Premieres: † World  ‡  New York

organ, Claudia Dumschat

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS & ELECTRONICS (#77)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Jacob E. Goodman — String Quartet No. 1 †

Catherine Neville — Mukuntuweap †

Debra Kaye — Turning in Time

Timothy L. Miller — Three Miniatures for String Trio †

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 9

Kevin McCarter — Sketches From Nature ††

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — The Sun ‡

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Immersion ‡

Eric Heilner — SQrt: Season 1, Episode 2

Premieres: † World †† New York ‡ US

The Klang String Quartet: violins, Gregor Kitzis & Katie Thomas, viola, Arthur Dibble, cello, Molly Aronson

Special Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, violin



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Thursday, October 14, 2021

SECOND CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN (#78)

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

Premieres: † World  †† New York

organ, Claudia Dumschat

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NEW MUSIC for INSTRUMENTS, ELECTRONICS & VIDEO (#79)

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir (to Craig Ketter) †

Craig Slon — The Siren †

Peter Kelsh — Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano †

Frederick Boyle — Palindrome Canon Nº 9 †

Linda A. Marcel — Distant Waves, New Worlds ‡

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 10 ‡

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Electroacoustic Improvisation Nº 2 ‡

Emiko Hayashi — Song Cycle †

Premieres: † World ‡ U.S.

soprano. Tammy Scheffer, flute, Michael Laderman, French horn, Stefan Williams, violin, Eunmin Woo, piano, Craig Ketter & Blair McMillen



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Thursday, December 16, 2021

A CONCERT OF NEW CHAMBER MUSIC (#80)

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II †

Kevin McCarter — Reconsidered †

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman †

David See — Caffeine Rag

Roger Blanc — Duology †

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

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Three Rhapsodies

Premieres: † World

clarinet, David Valbuena, cello, Peter Sachon, double bass, Melissa Slocum, piano, Craig Ketter, Steve Sandler, & David See



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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

A CONCERT of NEW CHAMBER MUSIC (#81)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Sunsongs

Kevin McCarter — Under Sun Or Stars †

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

David See — Caffeine Rag

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman

Premieres: † World

soprano, Jacqueline Milena Thompson, mezzo-soprano, Jessica Bowers, clarinet, Todd Palmer, bassoon, Will Short, cello, Peter Sachon, piano, Craig Ketter & David See

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

NEW MUSIC for VOICE & INSTRUMENTS (#82)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Catherine Neville — Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky

Paul Aljian — By Night, By Day †

Simona Smirnova — Jauna Meilė †

Madelyn Byrne — Hallie Quinn Brown

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

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

Christopher Sahar — Shortcuts for Solo Piano †

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

Premieres: † World

soprano, Jacqueline Milena Thompson & Simona Smirnova, alto, Vivienne Aerts, tenor, Takuma Matsui, bass, Erik Schark, electric guitar, Kyle Miller, vibraphone, Matthew Kowalski, violin, Marina Kifferstein & David Steinberg, cello, Daniel Barret, piano, Simon Mulligan

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC MASTERS (#83)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

David Mecionis — Elegy for Joey ‡

Roger Blanc — Pendulum †

Tamara Cashour — ’Baldi Buddy Ol’ Pal — a short fantasia on themes from Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Cento Partite supra Passacaglia †

Stefan Wolpe — Second Piece for Violin Alone

Raoul Pleskow — Contrasts †

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — les pierres éclatent †

John Eaton — Tocotín ‡

Dary John Mizelle — A World of Differences †

Donald Martino — Fantasy-Variations

Premieres: ‡ New York  † World

mezzo-soprano, Jessica Bowers, flute, Linda Wetherill, clarinet, Esther Lamneck, violin, Rolf Schulte, viola, Lois Martin, guitar, Oren Fader, piano, Christopher Oldfather

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A CONCERT OF NEW MUSIC (#84)

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Cheng Jin Koh — Ecstasy

• Winner of the 2019 John Eaton Memorial Competition

Christopher Kaufman — Nocturnal Phantasy ‡

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir for solo piano

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

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — Askew, But Not Amiss ‡

• Winner of the 2020 John Eaton Memorial Competition

Carl Kanter — String Quartet 2021 †

Premieres: ‡ New York  † World

clarinet, Daniel Ketter, alto saxophone, Anthony Izzo, violin, Olivia Moaddel, cello, Mark Serkin, piano, Craig Ketter

The Klang Quartet: violins, Gregor Kitzis & Katie Thomas, viola, Arttie Dibble, cello, Molly Aronson



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