Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2009/05

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?Q?Palisades_Virtuosi_Presents_Back_to_t?=
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 12:12:37 -0400

May 27, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Palisades Virtuosi Presents Back to the Movies – Part II Concert on May
30, Featuring World Premiere by Film Composer Joseph Turrin

Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi presents
Back to the Movies – Part II - the fourth concert of their 2008-2009
season on Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 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 7:00, and will continue with a silent auction beginning at
7:30 and a post-concert meet-the-artists reception.

This program will feature the World Premiere of Statements, a new work
commissioned by the Palisades Virtuosi from renowned film composer
Joseph Turrin, creator of scores for feature films such as A New Life,
Weeds, Tough Guys Don't Dance and Little Darlings, as well as for a
number of recently re-scored silent films. He is also a composer of
concert works for orchestra, band and chamber ensemble. Visit him at
http://www.josephturrin.com/.

Also on the program are 5 Pezzi Facili for flute & piano by Nino Rota
("The Godfather" and all of Fellini's film scores), Desert Thoughts for
flute, clarinet & piano by Alex Shapiro ("Horses & Champions", "The Last
Job"), Seven Postcards to Old Friends for flute, clarinet [orig. viola]
& piano by Robert Russell Bennett ("The Story of Vernon and Irene
Castle", "Show Boat", "Shall We Dance"), Sonata for solo piano (2nd
movement) by Miklos Rozsa ("Ben-Hur", The Green Berets", Dead Men don't
wear Plaid"), Clarinet Sonata by Leonard Bernstein ("West Side Story",
"On the Waterfront", Trouble in Tahiti") and other short works by Paul
Chihara ("Shogun", "China Beach", "Crossing Delancy") and John Williams
("Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Hook").

Read a NorthJersey.com article about the concert at
http://www.northjersey.com/entertainment/music/Beckerman_Dead_end_inspired_a_new_path.html.

Tickets for this concert are $20 and $15 for students and seniors. This
also includes the 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@-----.

Funding for this concert 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.

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. Visit them at http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/. For photos of
the ensemble, visit
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/Downloadable%20photos.html.

For other press inquiries 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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