Concert I: Saturday, September 26, 2015, 7pm

PUBLIQuartet

The DiMenna CenterFor Classical Music450 West 37th StreetNew York, NY 10018

PUBLIQuartet and ChamberMusicNY present PUBLIQ Access

Artist BiosPUBLIQ Access is designed to promote new works for the string quartet and highlight the voices of today’s innovative emerging composers at the formative point of their careers. PQA is genre-independent and supports under-represented music in the string quartet repertoire regardless of style; including jazz, world, improvised, non-notated, and electronic music. Each PQA cycle culminates in a high profile showcase concert in New York City featuring the chosen compositions. Each concert features an open discussion between the audience and distinguished composers, performers, and academics. This year we are honored to have Marcos Balter and Tania Leon on the discussion panel!Click for FREE tickets via Will Call, pickup at the concert only.

Concert II: Saturday, October 3, 2015, 8pm

SHUFFLE ConcertMerkin Concert Hallat Kaufman Music Center129 West 67th St.New York, NY 10036

ChamberMusicNY presentsSHUFFLE ConcertArtist Bios

Unique to SHUFFLE Concert performances is the manner in which the program is selected. The audience is invited to actively participate in the selection of works to be performed by choosing from a menu of over 30 works derived from 15 different styles, with works ranging from solos and duos, to trios, quartets, quintets and sextets. Genres vary from classical, baroque, and romantic, to Jazz, pop and Broadway. The result is a highly engaged audience and a high energy performance. Click to order FREE tickets for SHUFFLE Concert.

Concert III: Saturday, November 14, 2015, 8pm

Curtis StewartThe Bruno Walter Auditorium at theNY Public Libraryfor the Performing Artsat Lincoln Center40 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, NY 10023

ChamberMusicNY presentsThe Curtis Stewart Ensemble:"Of Color, Time, and Love"Curtis Stewart, violinAlex Hills, keyboardTyler Gilmore, electronicsBlake Whyte, vocalsRichie Barshay, drumsArtist Bios

The Curtis Stewart Ensemble explores a space between era & style, creating dialogue between Western European, BeBop, Post Bop, Hip Hop & Contemporary Classical music. Curtis has been hailed by STRAD, Jazz Times & DownBeat magazines holding his audiences “spellbound” with his “warm clear sound...sparkling rhythmic energy”, “soulful improvisation” & “prodigious technique”. The aim of this project is to find the violin’s place not only in Classical music & Jazz, but as an instrumental “voice” in music from around the world & through time. This concert program will feature original compositions & songs exploring our conception of Time, Color, History & Love, as well as intricate arrangements of Jazz standards & music from the Classical cannon such as JS Bach, John Coltrane, Anton Webern & Outkast.

Concert IV: Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 7:30pm

Soyeon Kate LeeThe Greene Spaceat WNYC & WQXR44 Charlton Street, New York

ChamberMusicNY and Concert Artists Guild presentSoyeon Kate Lee, pianoArtist Bios

Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee performs selections from her new CD as well as a World Premiere by Miquel Roig-Francoli.Free tickets available now by request: info@ChamberMusicNY.org

  • Scriabin, Sonata-fantasie in G-sharp minor (1886)
  • Janacek, Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
  • Scriabin, Impromptu à la Mazur, From 3 Morceaux, Op.2
  • Scriabin, Feuillet d’album, From 3 Morceaux, Op. 45
  • Lera Auerbach, Nine preludes from Op. 41 for Piano, Op.41a (1999)
  • Miguel Roig-Francoli, Six Preludes after Chopin (world premiere)
  • Scriabin, Impromptu in B-flat Minor, Op. 12, No.2
  • Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in E flat Minor
  • Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue No.15 in D flat Major
  • Scriabin, Fantasy in B Minor, Op.28

Concert V: Thursday, April 21, 2016, 7:30pm

Harlem Chamber PlayersMerkin Concert Hallat Kaufman Music Center129 West 67th St.New York, NY 10036

ChamberMusicNYand The Harlem Chamber Players presentThe Harlem Chamber Players, featuring Ariel Rudiakov, Conductor; Terrance McKnight, Host and Orator; and Ashley Horne, Solo ViolinistArtist Bios
    • Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks
    • Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"
    • Jeffrey Scott: A Hug for Harlem (World Premiere)
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring

Free tickets available here: http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/chambermusicny-presents-harlem-chamber-players/

Concert VI: Thursday, May 26, 2016, 8pm

Marnie Breckenridge, soprano and Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-sopranoMerkin Concert Hallat Kaufman Music Center129 West 67th St.New York, NY 10036

ChamberMusicNY andAmerican Modern Ensemble presentThe Voice of Thunder:Vocal Music byPercussionist ComposersArtist Bios

Featuring:Marnie Breckenridge, sopranoBlythe Gaissert, mezzo-sopranoSato Moughalian, fluteBenjamin Fingland, clarinetBlair McMillen and Geoffrey Burelson, pianoMatt Ward and Andy Akiho, percussionEsther Noh, violinArash Amini, cello

    • Andy Akiho: NO one To KNOW one
    • Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs
    • Warren Benson: Three Solitary Songs
    • David T. Little: Two Mothers Arias from Dog Days
    • Robert Paterson: Summer Songs
    • Marta Ptaszynska: Liquid Light for Mezzo-soprano

Free tickets: http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/chambermusicny-presents-american-modern-ensemble1/

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