Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2008/09

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Palisades Virtuosi Presents PV Goes Green Concert on September 27,
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:10:45 -0400

September 23, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Palisades Virtuosi Presents PV Goes Green Concert on September 27,
Featuring World Premiere by Amanda Harberg

Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi presents PV
Goes Green, their season opening concert on Saturday, September 27, 2008
- 8 PM at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Featured nature-related works will include the World Premiere of Amanda
Harberg’s Birding in the Palisades (commissioned by the Palisades
Virtuosi) along with Trois Avians by Messiaen, Mark Phillips’ Rain Dance
for flute and tape, Alex Shapiro’s Desert Thoughts for flute, clarinet &
piano, Robert Manno’s Three Scenes from the Mountains (2004:
commissioned by Palisades Virtuosi) and Kristopher Spike’s Papillons for
flute, clarinet & piano.

Every concert by the Palisades Virtuosi includes a work commissioned by
the ensemble.

Tickets for this 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@-----.

A native of Philadelphia, Amanda Harberg has performed and had her music
performed in Lincoln Center, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Juilliard
School, the Eastman School’s Women in Music Festival, the National Flute
Convention, the New York State Piano Teachers Convention at Ithaca
College, the National Theory Convention at Skidmore College, the MLA
Convention, the Chautauqua Music Festival, Interlochen Center for the
Arts, the Woodmere Art Museum, and many other universities and recitals
throughout the country. Visit her at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=305689889.

The Palisades Virtuosi, consisting of flutist Margaret Swinchoski,
clarinetist Donald Mokrynski and pianist Ron Levy, is a 501 (c)(3)
organization 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. Volumes One and
Two of their New American Masters CD series are available from Albany
Records. Read their latest From the Palisades newsletter at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/may08/PV_nws_072608.htm and an article
in Chamber Music magazine at
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/pvnews.html. Visit them online at
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/.

Funding for these concerts is 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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