Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2010/12
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Palisades Virtuosi and Friends Present Annual Holiday Gala
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:50:53 -0500
December 13, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Palisades Virtuosi and Friends Present Annual Holiday Gala Concert on =
December 17 at Lambert Castle Museum in Paterson, New Jersey
Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi and friends =
will present their annual Holiday Gala Fundraising Concert on Friday, =
December 17 =96 7:30 PM at Lambert Castle Museum, 3 Valley Road in =
Paterson, New Jersey.
Special guests will be Due Voci =96 soprano Vicki Fisk and mezzo soprano =
Beth Staples =96 along with the Valley Ringers Handbell Choir.
The program will feature the World Premiere of a work commissioned by =
the Virtuosi =96 Portraits of Van Gogh by Martin A. Sedek (b.1985), an =
award-winning composer educated at Boston's Berklee College of Music and =
The Cali School of Music. His chamber music has been premiered by many =
ensembles including the Kalistos String Ensemble in Boston. Martin lives =
in northern New Jersey. Visit him at =
http://www.martysedekmusic.com/Home.html.
Other works on the program include Nancy Bloomer Deussen=92s Trio =
(transcribed by the Virtuosi) and a selection of Holiday favorites.
Tickets for the December 17 concert are $30 general admission, $20 =
student/senior citizen and $5 standing passes. Admission includes a =
post-concert Meet the Artist reception. Seating is limited, so order =
tickets early. For more information, call 201-488-4983. Download a =
ticket order form at the Virtuosi=92s website: =
http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/performanceschedule.html. More about =
Lambert Castle at http://www.lambertcastle.org/.
Soprano Vicki Fisk and mezzo Beth Staples formed Due Voci to recapture =
the little known and rarely performed vocal duet repertoire and make it =
available to the general public through performances and recordings. =
Together, they bring a wide range and rich wealth of vocal and musical =
experience to the ensemble and have since concertized in the US and =
abroad. Their debut CD, The Way of Love, featured duets by Mendelssohn, =
Brahms, and Dvorak.
The Valley Ringers were formed in 1973 with Lucille Eggers as their =
first handbell director. There are currently 12 members, one of whom is =
an original member and a 3 generation family (grandmother, mother and =
her 2 sons) in this mulit-generational bell choir. They are from the =
First Congregational Church in Park Ridge and have performed in many =
handbell festivals throughout the years. They are currently under the =
direction of Joyce Aitken.
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, Two =
and Three 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
4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
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