Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2008/03

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform at Fromm Players Concerts on
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:15:55 -0500

March 4, 2008
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform at Fromm Players Concerts on
March 7 and 8 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will perform the music of David Felder
and Pierre Boulez as part of the Fromm Players at Harvard: 60 years of
Electronic Music Concerts on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 – 8
PM each evening at John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on the campus of
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The March 7 program, which will feature Mr. Norsworthy’s performance of
David Felder’s Coleccion Nocturna, will also include music by Bresnick,
Reich, Feldman, Ferneyhough and Lachenmann. Two of the composers, Brian
Ferneyhough and Helmut Lachenmann, are currently on the composition
faculty at Harvard.

The March 8 program, which will feature Mr. Norsworthy’s performance of
Pierre Boulez’ Dialogue de l’ombre double, will also present music of
Harvey, Davidovsky, Ussachevsky, Czernowin and Sims.

Other performers on these concerts will be Patti Monson, flute, Evan
Ziporyn, clarinet, Stephen Olsen, piano, Gabriela Diaz, violin, David
Russell, cello, and Dinosaur Annex. Curated by German composer Hans
Tutschku, this year’s Fromm Festival will also employ the sound
diffusion of HYDRA, a system of multiple speakers arranged throughout
the concert hall.

The March 7 and 8 concerts are free and open to the public. For more
information, visit http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html#fromm
or call 617-496-6013.

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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Tel: 516-586-3433
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