2021-2022 SEASON 19
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
Claudia Dumschat, organ
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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: Gregor Kitzis & Katie Thomas, violins, Arthur Dibble, viola, Molly Aronson, cello
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
Claudia Dumschat, organ
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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.
Tammy Scheffer, soprano, Michael Laderman, flute, Stefan Williams, French horn, Eunmin Woo, violin, Craig Ketter & Blair McMillen, piano
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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
David Valbuena, clarinet, Peter Sachon, cello, Melissa Slocum, double bass, Craig Ketter, Steve Sandler, & David See, piano
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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
Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Todd Palmer, clarinet, Will Short, bassoon, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig Ketter & David See, piano
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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
Jacqueline Milena Thompson & Simona Smirnova, soprano, Vivienne Aerts, alto, Takuma Matsui, tenor, Erik Schark, bass, Kyle Miller, electric guitar, Matthew Kowalski, vibraphone, Marina Kifferstein & David Steinberg, violin, Daniel Barret, cello, Simon Mulligan, piano
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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
Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Linda Wetherill, flute, Esther Lamneck, clarinet, Rolf Schulte, violin, Lois Martin, viola, Oren Fader, guitar, Christopher Oldfather, piano
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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
Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Anthony Izzo, alto saxophone, Olivia Moaddel, violin, Mark Serkin, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
The Klang Quartet: Gregor Kitzis & Katie Thomas, violins, Arttie Dibble, viola, Molly Aronson, cello
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