Klarinet Archive - Posting 000347.txt from 2006/02
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clarinetist Naomi Drucker and The American Chamber Ensemble In Concert
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:10:42 -0500
February 27, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Clarinetist Naomi Drucker and The American Chamber Ensemble In Concert
At Weill Recital Hall On March 4
On Saturday, March 4, at 2:00 p.m., clarinetist Naomi Drucker and the
American Chamber Ensemble will perform a diverse program of contemporary
and standard repertoire at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, 154 West
57th Street in Manhattan.
The concert, presented by MidAmerica Productions, features Irwin Swack’s
Profiles for clarinet, violin and cello, the World Premiere of Joelle
Wallach’s After Alcyon’s Dream for clarinet, viola and piano, Brahms’
Sonata in e minor for cello and piano, David Diamond’s Quintet for
flute, violin, viola, cello and piano and the New York Premiere of
Benjamin Lees’ Tapestry for flute, clarinet, cello and piano. The Lees
work was written as a special 40th anniversary commission for the
American Chamber Ensemble.
Performers for this concert will be ACE directors Blanche Abram (piano)
and Naomi Drucker (clarinet), with ACE core members pianist Marilyn
Sherman Lehman, violinists Eriko Sato and Deborah Wong, violist Lois
Martin and cellist Chris Finckel. Guest performers will include Michael
Finckel, cello and Patricia Spencer, flute.
General admission tickets to the March 4 concert are $35. Tickets may be
purchased by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, online at
http://www.carnegiehall.org or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office.
For more information, call MidAmerica Productions at (212) 239-4699 or
visit them at http://www.midamerica-music.com.
ACE explores the great chamber music literature for clarinet and piano
in combination with strings, woodwinds and voice and presents
performances featuring world-class artists. ACE consists of the finest
freelance musicians in the New York area and has been cited by critics
for their superb presentations of chamber masterworks. Their most recent
CDs are The American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele
(http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/ACE_nws_021705.htm) and
American Clarinet Treasures – works by George Kleinsinger, Virgil
Thomson, Daniel Gregory Mason, Elliott Carter, Douglas Moore and Gary
Schocker, both on the Elysium label, featuring core members of ACE with
Guest Artist Stanley Drucker
ACE concerts are assisted with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency, and private contributions. For the
latest American Chamber Ensemble concert listings, updates and
information, log on to http://www.jamesarts.com/ace/home.html.
For more information about the American Chamber Ensemble, please call
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or email them at
jamesarts@-----.
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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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