Klarinet Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 2007/03

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?Q?Clarinetist_Michael_Norsworthy_to_Premi?=
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:18:55 -0500

March 5, 2007
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Premiere Noel Zahler Concerto for
Clarinet, Chamber Orchestra and Interactive Computer with Columbia
Sinfonietta – March 10 at Miller Theatre, Columbia University

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will join the Columbia Sinfonietta,
Jeffrey Millarsky, Director, to present the World Premiere of Noel
Zahler’s Concerto for Clarinet, Chamber Orchestra and Interactive
Computer on Saturday, March 10 – 8 PM at Miller Theatre on the campus of
Columbia University, Broadway at 116th Street in Manhattan.

The concert, American Electronica, will also include Ronald Bruce
Smith’s Flux for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion,
violin, cello and electronics and Roger Reynolds’ The Angel of Death for
chamber orchestra, solo piano and 6-channel computer sound, with piano
soloist Stephen Gosling. A special state-of-the-art sound system will be
set up in Miller Theatre for the concert, at which all three composers
will be present.

Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and seniors), available in advance or
on the day of the concert from the Miller Theatre Box Office –
212-854-7799. More concert information at
http://www.music.columbia.edu/cmc/cs/. More about the Columbia
Sinfonietta and Jeffrey Millarsky at
http://www.music.columbia.edu/cmc/cs/group_bio.html.

Noel Zahler’s compositions include a wide range of vocal and
instrumental works, as well as electroacoustic, interactive and
multi-media works. His compositions have been performed by the American
Composers Orchestra, The Arden Trio, The Charleston String Quartet, the
Meridian String Quartet, the League of Composers/ISCM, Center for New
Music at the University of Iowa and other ensembles throughout this
country, in Europe and Asia. CDs of his music are available on the Opus
One and Centaur labels. In addition, Dr. Zahler is the co-author of
three computer software programs including the Artificially Intelligent
Computer Performer, Score Follow and Music Matrix. More about him online
at http://www.music.umn.edu/directory/facProfiles/ZahlerNoel.php.

A dedicated and persuasive champion of the music of our own time,
Michael Norsworthy has given premieres of over 80 works in collaboration
with composers Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Chris Dench, Pozzi
Escot, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Lukas Foss, Hans Werner
Henze, Magnus Lindberg, Ralph Shapey and Marc Anthony Turnage, among
many others.

As soloist, Michael Norsworthy has performed an extensive repertoire of
concerti, ranging from Mozart to Ferneyhough, with the Aspen
Contemporary Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, NEC Contemporary Ensemble,
Pottstown Symphony, Soria Chamber Players, Southern Illinois Symphony
and Symphony Pro Musica, while audiences have heard his numerous
recitals in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago and St. Louis. He has also
collaborated with Tony Arnold, Patrick Demenga, Stephen Drury, Aleck
Karis, John Zorn, the Borromeo String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductors he has worked with
include Boulez, DePriest, Knussen, Levine, Muti, Robertson, Ozawa,
Tilson Thomas and many others. Michael Norsworthy plays on Buffet
Clarinets and mouthpieces by Kalmen Opperman.

For more information about clarinetist Michael Norsworthy, including a
bio, reviews and much more, please visit
http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com/. You can also contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or 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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