Klarinet Archive - Posting 000265.txt from 2008/01

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform at Special Boston Modern
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:58:23 -0500

January 22, 2008
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform at Special Boston Modern
Orchestra Project Concert on January 25 at New England Conservatory in
Boston

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will be guest artist at a special concert
celebrating Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s 10th season at New England
Conservatory. The concert will be given on Friday, January 25 – 8 PM at
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., at
Huntington Ave. in Boston, Massachusetts.

Works to be presented include the World Premieres of Osnat Netzer’s
Common Ground (2007) and Ezra Sims’ Concert Piece II (2005), William
Bolcom’s Violin Concerto in D (1983), Michael Gandolfi’s Concerto for
Bassoon and Orchestra (2007) and Leon Kirchner’s Toccata (1955). In
addition to Mr. Norsworthy, other guest artists will be Amy Advocat,
clarinet, Byron Hitchcock, violin and Richard Svoboda, bassoon.

To purchase tickets for the January 25 concert, call 617-363-0396 or
visit http://www.bmop.org/buy_tickets.aspx.

In 1996, Gil Rose set out to restore a widening disconnect between
contemporary audiences and contemporary music - a relatively recent
trend in the rich history of orchestras. The result was the Boston
Modern Orchestra Project and a new orchestral model. Eleven years later,
BMOP remains dedicated to its mission and is considered by many to be
the leading orchestra for commissioning, performing, and recording
modern orchestral music. Fro more about them, visit www.bmop.org

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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