Composers Concordance: The Art of the Art Song
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 in advance, $30 at the door)
- Adriana Valdés, soprano
- Maria Tegzes, soprano
- Tamara Hardesty, soprano
- Elena Mindlina, soprano
- Charles Coleman (AKA Das Krooner), baritone
- Sabina Torosjan, violin
- Geoffrey Burleson, piano
- Jai Jeffryes, piano
- Maila Gutierrez Springfield, piano
Debra Kaye — This—is the land—the Sunset Washes
Dan Cooper — New Phase and Ginger Beer
William Anderson — Selected works
Laura Elise Schwendinger — Selected works
Luis Andrei Cobo — Selected works
Mark Kostabi — Selected works
Alon Nechushtan — Selected works
David L. Post — Three Poems of Beth Levin
On Sunday, March 20th, at the historic St. Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery, Composers Concordance presents a concert program that propels an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century.
The Art of the Art Song showcases an array of acclaimed vocalists and pianists as they interpret songs from twelve of today’s most dynamic composers, writing under the influence of numerous contemporary styles and texts.
Gene Pritsker's Light, Night and the Replaceables, based on poems by Heather Green; Debra Kaye's This—is the land—the Sunset Washes, based on the Emily Dickinson poem; Dan Cooper’s New Phase and Ginger Beer, based on poems by Edward Simpson; and David L. Post's Three Poems of Beth Levin, are among the featured compositions.
The concert will also be live-streamed on the Composers Concordance Facebook Page.
About Composers Concordance
Staying in rotation for 40 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.
Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, and Seth Boustead.
Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records, co-directed by Peter Jarvis. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
http://www.composersconcordance.comAbout Adriana Valdés, soprano
Cuban born Adriana Valdés Santibáñez, studied violin at Manuel Saumell in Cuba, and majored in Voice at the Escuela Superior de Música (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, INBA) in Mexico City. Adriana has been a Soloist Soprano in Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Honduras.
She is the Winner of four National Competition Prizes in Mexico: First Place and The Roberta Peters Prize by Opera de San Miguel, and Second Prize and First Zarzuela Prize by Contest Carlo Morelli in Mexico.
https://www.adrianavaldessoprano.com/About Maria Tegzes, soprano
About Tamara Hardesty, soprano
About Charles Coleman (AKA Das Krooner), baritone
https://www.facebook.com/people/Noizepunk-and-Das-Krooner/100080143212768/
About Sabina Torosjan, violin
About Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Geoffrey Burleson has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America, and is equally active as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and jazz performer. The New York Times has hailed his solo performances as “vibrant” and “compelling,” and has praised his “command, projection of rhapsodic qualities without loss of rhythmic vigor, and appropriate sense of spontaneity and fetching colors.” The Boston Globe refers to Mr. Burleson as a “remarkable pianist” and “a first-class instrumental presence” whose performances are “outright thrilling.”
https://geoffreyburleson.com/