Past Events:
Wednesday, March 1, 12 noon
First Congregational Church of Westfield
Mid-Day Musicales
Music of Ricardo Romaneiro, J. S. Bach, Ravi Shankar, traditional Armenian, arr. Hess-Reit
Westfield, NJ
Thursday, March 16
Trinity Church Concerts at One (click here for webcast of performance)
Music of Ricardo Romaneiro (premiere), Tan Dun, J.S. Bach, Ravi Shankar, Simon Shaheen, Kalman Balogh, traditional Armenian, arr. Hess-Reit
New York, NY
Sonata in G minor J. S. Bach
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Sunburst Ricardo Romaneiro (world premiere)
In Distance Tan Dun
American Dervish John Hadfield
L'Aube Enchantée Ravi Shankar
(the preceding two pieces are performed without pause)
Bolgár Gypsy Horo Kalman Balogh
(arr.Gregg August)
Composer's note for In Distance: I titled this piece In Distance because it was a kind of questioning of myself. On the simplest level, there is a wide distance between each of the instruments in terms of register, timbre and dynamics. Although I used Western instruments, the music is often quite different from standarad instrumental writing: the piccolo is treated like the Chinese bamboo flute' the harp is treated like the loto; and the bass drum is made to sound like an Indian drum, played with the hands. Another type of distance can be heard in the texture of the music, which is very open and has a great deal of spacek and which developed as I began to use silence as a kind of musical language. Finally, I explored the distance--even the conflict--between atonal writing and the use of folk materials. Written shortly after I arrived in New York, I began to see myself with the clarity of distance. --Tan Dun
Ricardo Romaneiro was born 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Composition studies (B.M.) at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of the American composer Richard Danielpour. In 2001, Mr. Romaneiro won the Claremont Prize for his chamber orchestra piece Alma Brasileira, conducted by Roger Nierenberg. Scry III for percussion trio was premiered in Alice Tully Hall as part of the Composers and Choreographers, also performed by Sacramento Ballet Company as part of Modern Masters’ Series in 2005. Broken Rituals for percussion quintet premiered in December 2005 in the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (choreographed by Shamel Pitts). In 2006, The Alvin Ailey School of Dance premiered First Exposure for large percussion ensemble (choreography by Darrel Mulrtie). Mr. Romaneiro is now studying composition (M.M.) at The Juilliard School (Rudy Perez Scholarship ASCAP, Richard Rogers Scholarship, Milton and Sylvia Babbitt Scholarship and Irene Diamond Fellowship) under the tutelage of Pulitzer Prize winner Christopher Rouse.
June 12 Cornelia St. Cafe
August 11 Cornelia St. Cafe New Music Festival (CCi - Upcoming Events ) Music of Ricardo Romaneiro, Neil Rolnick (premiere), John Hadfield, Kalman Balogh/arr. August
October 8 Locktown (NJ) Stone Church concert series
November 5, 4 pm GraceMusic Music of Erik Friedlander (premiere)
December 16, 11 a.m. Fort George Presbyterian Church,
1525 St. Nicholas Avenue, corner of 186th St.
Family Holiday Concert Free Admission
December 17 8 p.m. Church of St. Martin de Tours
1288 Hancock Street (at Knickerbocker) in Bushwick, Brooklyn
One hour Christmas Concert Free Admission
Sunday, October 13, 2007, 3 pm
MAYA
Neil Rolnick's 60th Birthday Bash
MOSA
Thursday, November 29, 2007 1 pm
MAYA
Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St.
Music at One
MAYA In The Spirit
Thursday, December 19, 2007, 8 pm
MAYA
Judson Memorial Church
Michael Conley, Music Director
55 Washington Square South
Saturday, December 22, 2007 11 am
Free Family Holiday concert
Project Exodus
21 Wadsworth Avenue (at 173rd St.)
New York City
December 22, 2007, 7p.m.
MAYA at the 92nd St. Y
Special Featured Guests with Young People's Chorus of N.Y.
Annual Holiday Concert
Kaufman Auditorium
1395 Lexington Ave.
New York City |
