Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2009/04

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Concert of Five World Premieres
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:46:10 -0400

April 30, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Concert of Five World Premieres
on May 3 at Park Avenue United Methodist Church in Manhattan

The American Chamber Ensemble’s Hear it Now! Hear it New! – Music by Our
Friends concert will be given on Sunday, May 3 - 2 p.m. at Park Avenue
United Methodist Church, 106 East 86th Street, corner of Park Avenue in
Manhattan. This concert is presented in cooperation with Long Island
Composers Alliance.

Works to be performed are five World Premieres written for ACE by
Herbert Deutsch, Jay Anthony Gatch, Paul Hefner, Katherine Hoover and
Marga Richter, members of LICA.

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, Chui-Chen Liu, viola, Chris
Finckel, cello, and Marilyn Sherman Lehman, piano. Special guest artists
will be Stanley Drucker, clarinet and Christopher Oldfather, piano.

Admission for the May 3 concert is by suggested donation of $10
adults/$5 seniors and students. All proceeds will benefit Park Avenue
UMC. For more information, call (516) 586-3433.

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 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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45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com

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