Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2008/04

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform Music of Helmut Lachenmann
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:50:52 -0400

April 5, 2008
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy to Perform Music of Helmut Lachenmann on
April 9 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will perform the music of Helmut
Lachenmann as part of the Fromm Visiting Professor Concert on Wednesday,
April 9 – 8 PM at John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on the campus of
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The will feature Mr. Norsworthy’s performance of the composer’s Allegro
Sostenuto, with Stephen Olsen, piano and David Russell, cello.
Lachenmann’s String Quartet No. 3 "Grido" will also be performed by the
Parker String Quartet.

The April 9 concert is free and open to the public. For more
information, visit http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html 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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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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