Klarinet Archive - Posting 000158.txt from 2008/11

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Palisades Virtuosi Presents West Meets East Concert on November 15,
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:30 -0500

November 12, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Palisades Virtuosi Presents West Meets East Concert on November 15,
Featuring World Premiere by Sunbin Kim

Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi presents
West Meets East, the second concert of their 2008-2009 season on
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 8 PM at the Unitarian Society of
Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The evening will
begin with a pre-concert talk with the performers and commissioned
composer at 7:15.

This evening of Asian and Asia-related works will feature the World
Premiere of a new work commissioned by the Palisades Virtuosi from
Sunbin Kim (winner of the ASCAP Young Composer Award). Other works
presented will be Empress Of The Pagodas from Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite
(arr. for trio by the Virtuosi), Poems of a Bright Moon by Maria
Grenfell for trio, Memories of Anatolia for clarinet and piano by
Godfrey Schroth, Pagodes from Debussy’s Estampes for solo piano,
Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon by Jian-Zhong Wang for solo piano,
Sonata Cho-Cho San (based on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly) by Michael
Webster for flute, clarinet & piano and Theme & Variations from Sonata
for Flute & Piano by Ikuma Dan.

Tickets for this concert are $20 and $15 for students and seniors. This
also includes a post-concert meet the artists reception. For
reservations or other information, please call 201-488-1149, or email
reservation requests to the Palisades Virtuosi at virtuosi@-----.

Sunbin Kim composes contemporary works for orchestra, piano, percussion
and small chamber ensembles. At the age of five he composed short pieces
for piano. At age 8, in his first public recital, Sunbin premiered his
twenty-six piano pieces and string chamber pieces at Opus Hall in Korea.
He was recognized 5 times at the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers
Competition, was a finalist in 2000 and is currently studying with Joan
Tower at Bard College. More about him at
http://www.composersforum.org/member_profile.cfm?oid=6821.

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 (each of their
concerts includes a work commissioned by the ensemble), 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/sept08/PV_nws_093008.pdf. and visit
them at http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/.

Funding for these concerts is made possible in part by the Alice M.
Ditson Fund of Columbia University and the NJ State Council on the
Arts/Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Bergen
County Dept. 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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