Klarinet Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 2009/04
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Woodwind Treasures Concert on
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:19:24 -0400
April 1, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Woodwind Treasures Concert on
April 4 at Hofstra University
The American Chamber Ensemble’s Woodwind Treasures concert will be given
on Saturday, April 4 - 8 p.m. at Hofstra University's Monroe Lecture
Center Theater on California Avenue, South Campus in Hempstead, New
York. The concert will be presented by the University Music Department.
Works to be performed are Ten Minutes for Four Players by Elie
Siegmeister (celebrating the 100th Anniversary of his birth), Woodwind
Quintet by Elliott Carter (also celebrating his 100th birthday),
Poulenc’s Sextet, Mozart’s “Non piu di fiori” from La Clemenza di Tito,
K. 621 for soprano, clarinet and piano and the Quintet in D Major, opus
42 of Zdenek Fibich.
Performers for this concert will be the Directors of the American
Chamber Ensemble, pianist Blanche Abram and clarinetist Naomi Drucker,
who will be joined by Eriko Sato, violin, Chris Finckel, cello, Denise
Lozano Healey, flute, Lynne Cohen, oboe, Leonard Hindell, bassoon, Eva
Conti, French horn, Tammy Hensrud, soprano and Marilyn Sherman Lehman,
piano.
Tickets for the April 4 concert are available at the Hofstra University
Box Office for $15 ($12 senior citizens 65+ and non-Hofstra students).
One free ticket with current Hofstra Card. For ticket information, call
(516) 463-6644.
The American Chamber Ensemble explores the great chamber music
literature for clarinet and piano in combination with strings, woodwinds
and voice and presents performances featuring world-class artists. ACE
consists of the finest freelance musicians in the New York area and has
been cited by critics for their superb presentations of chamber
masterworks. Their latest CDs on Elysium are American Clarinet
Treasures, featuring core members of ACE performing works by George
Kleinsinger, Virgil Thomson, Daniel Gregory Mason, Elliott Carter,
Douglas Moore and Gary Schocker, with Guest Artist Stanley Drucker and
The American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele, which features five
of this modern master’s most important chamber works.
ACE concerts are supported by the Hofstra Music Department, and assisted
with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state
agency, and private contributions.
For the latest American Chamber Ensemble concert listings, updates and
information, log on to http://www.jamesarts.com/ace/home.html.
For press inquiries, photos or more information about the American
Chamber Ensemble, please call Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at
516-586-3433 or email them at 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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