Composers Concordance 2008-2009 schedule
25th Concert Season

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OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED COMPOSERS CONCORANCE SPRING CONCERT!

Composers Concordance Spring Concert 2009!

Wednesday evening June 10, 7PM [NOTE TIME]
at the CHELSEA ART MUSEUM
556 West 22nd Street at 11th Avenue
Tickets are $15 / $10 students and seniors / Free for CAM Members and are only available at the door.
CHELSEA ART MUSEUM


For the second concert of the 2008-2009 season, the Composers Concordance will present a program in which On the Moon and Beyond, the theme of a multi-media summer exhibition at the museum celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first human walk on the moon, will be reflected in new pieces written for flute, clarinet and piano by the directors of the organization and Otto Luening, a composer long-associated with it. There will also be large-scale projections of the visuals and video by Astrid Steiner behind the performers: Margaret Lancaster, flute, Esther Lamneck, clarinet, Michiyo Suzuki, bass clarinet, Peter Jarvis, vibraphone and Paul Hoffmann, piano.

Otto Luening Moonflight for tape-recorded flute (1968) transcribed for flute & live electronics by Dan Cooper (2009)
Dan Cooper Trio for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, & piano (2003)
Patrick Hardish Sonorities VI for vibraphone (1998)
Joseph Pehrson Lunar Tunes for flute, clarinet, & piano (2009) (premiere)
Gene Pritsker Galileo Starry Messenger for flute, clarinet, & piano (2009) (premiere)
Otto Luening Chords at Night for solo piano (1988)

(Moon sketches by Galileo
for Gene Pritsker's
piece) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Composers Concordance November Concert

2008-09 season concert was held on

Friday evening November 7, 2008, 8PM at the

GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL
Renee Weiler Auditorium
46 Barrow Street in Greenwich Village
(between Seventh Ave. S and Bedford Street, NYC)


New Music Connoisseur magazine and the Composers Concordance combined forces to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Composers Concordance concert series and pay tribute to composer Leo Kraft, Queens College Professor Emeritus, who has been an advisor and mentor to both organizations since their inceptions.

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In addition to a special award presentation by NMC to Leo Kraft, the Composers Concordance featured the following works:

Elliott Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (flute and clarinet, in celebration of Carter's 100th birthday year)
Leo Kraft Five Sonnets of William Shakespeare (tenor and piano)
Otto Luening Second Suite for Solo Flute
Joseph Pehrson Transpian (piano and electronics)
Patrick Hardish Solo for Pete (drum set)
Performers: Erin Lesser, flute, Carol McGonnell, clarinet, Mark Bleekey, tenor, Peter Jarvis, percussion, Christopher Oldfather, Cesar Vuksic, piano. Tickets $20 (special fundraiser price), $10 student discount.

A reception with food followed in the friendly and appealing Greenwich House Music School facility.