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Friday Evening, January 30 @ the cell, the 21st Century artist salon on West 23rd Street in Manhattan
The evening @ the cell is hosted by Tania León, founder and artistic director of Composers Now, and features the following composers, works and performers:
The 2015 Festival Kick-Off Event @ the cell, a 21st Century artist salon on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, is hosted by Tania León, founder and artistic director of Composers Now, and features the following composers, works and performers:
Session I: 7:00 - 8:15 pm
1) Alex Mincek Out of Thin Air
Queens College New Music Ensemble
Michael Lipsey, director
Ching-Yu Huang, Patrick Kennedy, Richard Weismantel, percussion
2) Pat Muchmore Hyperoperator 3
Erin Rogers Urban Composites (excerpts)
New Thread Saxophone Quartet
Geoff Landman, soprano saxophone; Kristen McKeon, alto saxophone;
Erin Rogers, tenor saxophone; Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone
3) Joshua Fineberg Grisaille
Marilyn Nonken, piano
4) João Luiz Todas as Manhas (All the Mornings)
João Luiz, Francisco Roldán, Ana Maria Rosado, guitars
5) Harry Einhorn Seven Line Supplications to Guru Rinpoche
Joshua Rubinstein Four Bright Seasons (excerpts)
C4: The Choral Composer-Conductor Collective
6) Shirish Korde Lalit
Jan Muller-Szeraws, cello; Jonathan Hess, vibraphone; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
Session II: 8:30 - 10 pm
1) Richard Pearson Thomas Blood of Angels (excerpts)
Angela L. Owens, soprano; Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
2) Kevin Norton I Dig the Facts Man
Eleonor Sandresky A Summer Evening
Ensemble 50
Mary Rowell, violin; Eleonor Sandresky, piano;
Kevin Norton, Jim Pugliese, percussion
3) Reena Esmail Gul-e-dodi from Anjuman Songs
Reena Esmail, Hindustani voice; Shunori Ramanathan, narrator;
Fiona Last, English horn; Paul Kerekes, piano
4) David Virelles Èfé: Doce Piezas Cubanas Para Piano (12 Cuban piano pieces)
Román Díaz, bonkó enchemiyá (Abakuá percussion); David Virelles, piano
5) Mari Kimura Breuer Vivant (Breuer Living)
violin
World Premiere (developed during Composers Now Creative Residency in collaboration with the Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
6) Rahzel
beatbox
World Premiere
