Klarinet Archive - Posting 000028.txt from 2011/05

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Chamber Music of Steven R. Gerber Performed by Third
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 13:23:21 -0400

May 6, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
(516) 586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Chamber Music of Steven R. Gerber Performed by Third Millennium Ensemble =

on May 8 in Adelphi, Maryland

Steven R. Gerber=92s Spirituals for clarinet and string quartet will be =

presented by the Third Millennium Ensemble on Sunday, May 8 =96 5:00 PM at =

Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road in =

Adelphi, Maryland, as part of the Ensembles=92 The Sound and the Fury progr=
am.

Spirituals was commissioned by Concertante Chamber Players for =

performances in 2000 at the Library of Congress, Merkin Hall (NYC) and =

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A performance by clarinetist Jon Manasse and =

the Chamber Players can be heard at =

http://www.stevengerber.com/disc_spirituals.htm.

Other works on the concert are Furioso by Piotr Szewczyk (winner of the =

Ensemble=92s 2010 Composers=92 Competition), Ravel=92s String Quartet and =

Gumboots by David Bruce.

For more about the May 8 concert, call 202-316-1646 or visit =

http://thirdmillenniumensemble.org/.

New York-based composer Steven R. Gerber=92s music has gained =

international attention as a result of Chandos, Koch and Arabesque CD =

releases featuring several of his major orchestral works, including =

Symphony No. 1, Kurt Nikkanen=92s performance of the Violin Concerto and =

Jon Manasse=92s performance of the Clarinet Concerto. His orchestral work =

Music in Dark Times was commissioned by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the four =

World Premiere performances took place in March, 2009, with Maestro =

Ashkenazy conducting the San Francisco Symphony. His chamber music is =

represented on his latest CD - Steven R. Gerber =96 Chamber Music, (Naxos =

8.559618), featuring nine of his finest works in the genre,recorded by =

violinists Kurt Nikkanen, Cho-Liang Lin and Cyrus Beroukhim, cellist =

Brinton Smith and pianist Sara Davis Buechner. More about it at =

http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=3D8.559618. Visit his =

website at http://www.stevengerber.com.

He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting. Contact them at =

516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.

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Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
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