Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2007/10

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Palisades Virtuosi Presents Anniversaries - Season Opening Concert on
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:06:41 -0400

October 1, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Palisades Virtuosi Presents Anniversaries - Season Opening Concert on
October 6, Featuring World Premiere of New Work by Brian Schober

Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi will present
“Anniversaries”, a concert of chamber music masterworks on Saturday,
October 6 - 8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage
Place in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

This opening concert of the 2007-08 season will feature the World
Premiere of another Virtuosi commissioned work – Brian Schober’s
Wind-space (9-11 Commemorative).

The Virtuosi will also present Lalo Shifrin’s Central Park Variations
for clarinet and piano (celebrating his 75th birthday), Joseph
Schwantner’s Black Anemones for flute and piano (in honor of his 65th
birthday, Richard Faith’s Fantasy Trio No. 1 (to honor his 80th
birthday, Stravinsky’s Piano-Rag-Music and Pastorale (Trio), both in
honor of the composer’s 125th birthday, Debussy’s Children’s Corner
Suite for piano solo (in honor of the centenary of the work), Elgar’s
Chanson de Nuit for clarinet and piano and Percy Grainger’s Molly on the
Shore for flute & piano. For program notes and composer information,
please visit http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/programnotes.html. Every
concert by the Palisades Virtuosi includes a work commissioned by the
ensemble.

Tickets for the October 6 concert are $20 and $15 for students and
seniors. For reservations or other information, please call 201-488-1149
or 516-586-3433. You can also email reservation requests to Jeffrey
James Arts Consulting - jamesarts@-----.

The Palisades Virtuosi, consisting of flutist Margaret Swinchoski,
clarinetist Donald Mokrynski and pianist Ron Levy, is a 501 (c)(3)
organization that was established to promote and enrich the repertoire
for flute, clarinet and piano and present concerts that include existing
and newly-commissioned repertoire for this configuration, supplemented
by solos, duos and larger works featuring guest artists. Volume One of
their New American Masters CD series has been released by Albany
Records. They are currently recording Volume Two. Read their latest From
the Palisades newsletter at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/june07/PV_nws_062207.htm and their
recent article in Chamber Music magazine at
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/pvnews.html. Visit them online at
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/.

Funding for this concert has been made possible in part by the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant
funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of
Cultural and Historic Affairs.

For more information about the Palisades Virtuosi, 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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