The Composers Concordance begins its 23rd season, 2006-2007, on Friday November 10, 2006 with a varied program of contemporary fare in the congenial atmosphere of the Greenwich House Music School Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., NYC The time is 8PM, and tickets are $12, $10 students, seniors, TDF accepted. A reception will follow the concert.

Composer Harvey Sollberger is known as one of the founding directors of the Group for Contemporary Music, an important organization which gave many concerts in Manhattan from 1962-1992. We will present his Double Triptych, a three movement piece for flute and percussion/vibraphone which uses extended techniques such as pitch bends on the flute with conversational counterpoint between the flute and a pair of bongos. The variety and cohesion of this piece is extraordinary. Performers are Margaret Lancaster, flute and Peter Jarvis, percussion.

Distinguished American composer Francis Thorne, who co-founded the acclaimed American Composers Orchestra, was a favorite student of David Diamond. Thorne has a distinctive, contemporary melodic style and his Quiet Night Song for cello and piano, played by Hoffmann and Soren Beech, is a meditative, lyrical song of many moods.

Margaret Lancaster, one of New York's most visible and enthusiastic proponents of new music will play a piece especially written for her by JoyEllen Snellgrove entitled In the Dark, to continue the evening mystique. This piece builds on the inherent darkness of the alto flute, but also gives it fast challenges.

The super keyboard wizard Paul Hoffmann will explode and explore the piano in Japanese composer Ushio Torikai's Gathered/Scatter. As the name implies, this piece builds momentum from a simple rhythmic pattern to an explosive scattering of notes.

Ron Mazurek has worked with electronic sound for many years and a wide variety of sound is present in many of his works. We will present his Masked Dances for electronics and vibraphone as performed by Peter Jarvis. In this fast-paced piece, the vibes and electronics play off each other in a fast and virtuosic romp.

Eleanor Cory's Chasing Time for clarinet and piano begins as a soft jazzy nocturne but increasingly transforms into a primordial howl. Clarinetist Esther Lamneck and pianist Judith Olson will navigate its daunting challenges as piano and clarinet race to beat the clock.