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| Composers Concordance: '1984' featuring CompCord Ensemble, as part of the 12th Annual CompCord Festival –CompCord @ 40–, Four Concerts Celebrating Composers Concordance's 40th Anniversary Seas On April 27th at 7 PM at LOFT393, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival continues with a concert featuring new music compositions which reflect upon the year 1984, when the Composers Concordance series was founded in New York City by composers Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish. The program will showcase the tour-de-force musicianship of the CompCord Ensemble: Melanie Mitrano - soprano, Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet, Daniel Schnyder - saxophone, David Taylor - bass trombone, Gene Pritsker and Jane Getter - guitars, Max Pollak - cajon-tap dancer-body percussion, and Robert C. Ford - recitation, conducted by Peter Jarvis. Featured compositions include '1984 - A Year In Music' by Gene Pritsker; 'Everyone Else' by Melanie Mitrano; 'Reminiscing' by Peter Jarvis, 'Detour' by Jane Getter, 'Swathe Cozen' by David Taylor, and 'Mole's Eye Recall' by Max Pollak, plus music by Marina Vesic, Ginka Mizuki, Dan Cooper, David Saperstein, and Daniel Schnyder. All four festival concerts will also be live-streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook Page. Celebrating the Big Apple's most eclectic new music series with a myriad of brazen new compositions, The 'CompCord @ 40' festival is not to be missed! _____________________________________________________ Staying in rotation for 40 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, such longevity requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene. Composers Concordance, founded in 1984, celebrates its 40th season with a four-concert festival all about reaching this amazing milestone. The series, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, and Seth Boustead. Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records, co-directed by Gene Pritsker and Shanan Estreicher. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition. "Composers Concordance..a veritable New York new music institution of concerts, album production and multiple ensembles under a sweeping, tenacious brand, thriving on the emulsion of contemporary classical, free improv, jazz and rock, overt humor and fearless political statements, all very much in evidence..The ensemble..was masterful throughout."- John Pietaro, The New York City Jazz Record "An unwavering force in giving composers exposure through concert bookings and its own record label, the intrepid new-music organization Composers Concordance" - The Brooklyn Rail "The Composers Concordance folks are unpredictable and at times refreshingly irreverent in a reverent sort of way....ingenious fun" - Classical-Modern Music Review "Enterprising new music organization" - The New York Times write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |