Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2007/11

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Palisades Virtuosi Presents Shall We Dance? Concert on December 1,
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:35:21 -0500

November 27, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Palisades Virtuosi Presents Shall We Dance? Concert on December 1,
Featuring World Premiere of Three American Portraits by Randall Faust

Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi will present
Shall We Dance?, a concert of chamber music masterworks on Saturday,
December 1 - 8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113
Cottage Place in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Special guests will be the
Ridgewood-based dance company Art of Motion
(http://www.artofmotion.org/) who will join The Virtuosi in this
celebration of movement and music.

This second subscription concert of the 2007-08 Season will feature the
World Premiere of another Virtuosi commissioned work – Randall Faust’s
Three American Portraits for flute, clarinet & piano. The compositions
of Randall Faust have been performed at many international
venues—including the Symposia of The International Horn Society, The
International Trumpet Guild, The International Trombone, Association,
The National Gallery of Art, and the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie
Hall. His music has been recorded on Crystal Records, Summit Records,
and ACA Digital Recordings. Much more about him at
http://www.faustmusic.com/cgi-bin/faustmusic/.

The Virtuosi will also present the New Jersey premiere of Ondine Visions
by Paul M. Somers founder & director of the Classical New Jersey
Society, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Greensleeves, selections from The
Nutcracker and other seasonal favorites. 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 December 1 concert are $20 and $15 for students and
seniors. For reservations or other information, please call
201-488-1149. You can also email reservation requests to the Palisades
Virtuosi at virtuosi@-----.

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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