Klarinet Archive - Posting 000392.txt from 2009/01

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy Featured in Japan-USA Musical
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:17:24 -0500

January 26, 2009
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy Featured in Japan-USA Musical
Perspectives Concerts in New York on January 31 and Boston on February 7

Clarinetist Michael Norsworthy will be featured in two concerts
presented by Japan-USA Musical Perspectives on Saturday, January 31 – 4
PM at Tenri Cultural Institute, 43a West 13th Street (between 5th and
6th Ave) in New York, New York and on Saturday, February 7 – 8 PM at
Fenway Center at Northeastern University, 77 St. Stephen Street in
Boston, Massachusetts.

The January 31 concert repertoire will include Christopher Bailey’s SL
III for clarinet, cello and piano, Lyudmila German’s 6 Miniatures for
clarinet and cello, Miyuki Ito’s Darwin’s Dream for clarinet and cello,
Hiroya Miura’s Shore for bass clarinet solo (World Premiere – written
for Michael Norsworthy) and Ronald Bruce Smith’s Something Suspicious
(Small) for bass clarinet and live electronics. Other performers will be
clarinetist Meighan Stoops, cellist Dave Eggar and pianist Augustus Arnone.

The February 7 concert repertoire will be Christopher Bailey’s The
Stuffed Ones, Lyudmila German’s Dialogues II for piano and keyboard
echo, Miyuki Ito’s Non-color Color for piano and electronics, Hiroya
Miura’s Shore for bass clarinet solo and Ronald Bruce Smith’s Something
Suspicious (Small) for bass clarinet and live electronics. Mr.
Norsworthy will be joined for this concert by pianist Shiau-uen Ding.

Tickets for the January 31 concert are $15 ($10 for students/seniors).
For tickets and more information, call Tenri Cultural Institute at
212-645-2800 or visit http://www.tenri.org/.

The February 7 concert is free and open to the public. For more
information, call 617-266-4457.

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 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 New York , Boston, Cambridge, Chicago and St. Louis.
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 the newly redesigned
http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com/. Downloadable photos are available at
http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com/html/downloads.php?dl=2. You can also
contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or
jamesarts@-----.

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45 Grant Avenue
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Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com

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