Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 2011/01

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Electroacoustic Music of Judith Shatin Performed by David
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:15:12 -0500

January 19, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Electroacoustic Music of Judith Shatin Performed by David Smeyers on =

January 21 at Japanese Cultural Institute in Cologne, Germany

Judith Shatin=92s Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing, After Hokusai, for =

amplified clarinet and electronics will be performed by David Smeyers on =

Friday, January 21 - 7:90pm, at the Japanische Culturinstitut Koln, =

Universitatsstrase 98 in Cologne, Germany

The composer writes about the work, =93Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing: =

After Hokusai was inspired by a print of the same name made by the =

extraordinary Japanese printmaker known as Hokusai (1760 - 1849). I =

encountered it in a sumptuous collection of his prints in Tokyo and was =

immediately struck by the subtle mystery of both its subject matter and =

execution. The cherry blossom speaks of the beauty and brevity of life; =

the wrapped thing of its ineffability.=94 More about the piece at =

http://www.judithshatin.com/detail.php?compid=3D110.

For more information about this performance, call +49 (221) 94 05 58 0 =

or visit http://www.jki.de/.

More about David Smeyers at http://www.das-klarinettenduo.de/index.html.

Called =93highly inventive...hugely enjoyable and deeply involving=94 by th=
e =

Washington Post and "exuberant and captivating" by the San Francisco =

Chronicle, Judith Shatin's music is renowned for its dramatic shape and =

imaginative blending of acoustic and digital media, as well as her work =

in each. Orchestras that have performed her music include the Denver, =

Houston, Illinois, Knoxville, Minnesota, National and Richmond =

Symphonies. Her chamber and choral music is internationally performed =

and has been featured at festivals throughout North America and Europe. =

Her music can be heard on the Grammy-nominated Innova Records release, =

Tower of the Eight Winds (http://innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=3D407), and =

the Hexagon Ensemble=92s new Dutch Connection CD on Etcetera, with more on =

the Capstone, Centaur, Neuma, New World and Sonora labels. She has been =

commissioned by organizations and ensembles including the Barlow =

Foundation, Fromm Foundation, Kronos Quartet, Library of Congress, =

National Symphony, the Dutch Hexagon Ensemble, the Peninsula Women=92s =

Chorus and the San Francisco Girls=92 Chorus. Visit her online at =

http://www.judithshatin.com.

For more information about Judith Shatin, 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
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
JamesArts Radio - http://songza.com/listen/jj-radio

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