Klarinet Archive - Posting 000364.txt from 2006/10

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Judith Lang Zaimont From The Folk to be Performed by Ensemble a la
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:49:21 -0500

October 23, 2006
For Immediate Release
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Judith Lang Zaimont From The Folk to be Performed by Ensemble a la Carte
on October 29 in Leesburg, Virginia

New York, NY – Judith Lang Zaimont’s “From the Folk” for flute, oboe, Bb
clarinet and bassoon will be heard in performance by Ensemble à la Carte
on Sunday, October 29 – 3 PM at Congregation Sha’are Shalom, 19357
Evergreen Mills Road in Leesburg, Virginia.

The work will be performed by as part of a program that will also
include music by Paquito D’Rivera, Darius Milhaud and David Rubenstein
from Reston, Virginia. Special guest vocalist will be Laurie Mangold.

“From the Folk” is a 9-minute work in two movements – I Song and II.
Dance. It was commissioned by the Hoff-Barthelson School/Copland House
for their Contemporary Music Festival 2004 and premiered in May of that
year.

The composer has written this about the work, “Although the melodies and
harmonies of this piece are entirely original and refer to no distinct
source, in these two movements I aim to celebrate a kind of music I’ve
always loved -- folk music, and emphasize musical aspects generally
though of as ‘folk-like’. The two most distinct and clearest emphases
are on sweet melody, streaming ahead without undue pressure or
distortion; and zesty pulse, dancing past continuously in lively,
extrovert manner.”

Tickets for this concert are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For more
information, contact Congregation Sha’are Shalom at 703-737-6500 or
http://www.sha-areshalom.org/.

Ensemble à la Carte is composed of musicians from the greater
Washington, D.C. area. They we are very active in performing works by
local and living composers. In addition to David Rubinstein (whose Trio
they premiered last year and whose Song cycle is featured this season),
they also work with local composer Brian Grundstrom and have played his
Woodwind Quintet at many different area venues. They have also presented
works by living composers Jan Bach, Bruce Adolphe and Miguel del Aguila.

Composer Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her
distinctive style, characterized by its expressive strength and
dynamism. Recent accolades include a 2003 Aaron Copland Award, and a
2005-6 Artists Fellowship from the Bush Foundation, and the 2006-7
Kaplan Foundation wind ensemble commission; appointments as Commissioned
Composer of the California Music Teachers Association, Commissioned
Composer for the International San Antonio Piano Competition, and
Honored Composer at the 11th Van Cliburn International Competition
(2001). Two new CDs of her music are now available: “Pure Colors”, solo
music and other works for small ensembles (Albany Music – Troy 785) and
“Sacred Service for the Sabbath Evening” and other major
choral/orchestral works (Naxos 8.559444)

Among her many earlier honors are a Guggenheim Fellowship, artist’s
grants from both National Endowments (Arts and Humanities), and First
Prize in the international 1995 McCollin Competition for Composers (for
“Symphony No. 1”, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996). Her
music is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been
recorded for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken
Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay
labels. Her principal publishers are MMB Music, Inc., Galaxy/ECS,
Vivace, Jeanné, C. F. Peters, Lyra and Walton.

Her music has been widely documented (12 doctoral papers to date), and
her biography is found in most standard reference works (e.g., New
Grove’s). Zaimont works are cited on two “Best of the 20th Century
lists” (Chamber Music America; Piano & Keyboard Magazine), and she is
the subject both of individual chapters in specialist volumes and major
articles in professional journals. Judith Zaimont also brings
outstanding academic credentials to her musical activities, having
served for many years as a distinguished composition teacher at New
York’s Queens College and Adelphi University, Baltimore's Peabody
Conservatory, and Minneapolis’s University of Minnesota School of Music.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her
compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/.

She is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be
contacted at 516-586-3433 or 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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