Composers Concordance: Gene & The Brass
$10 at the door
- Franz Hackl, trumpet
- Peter Oswald, trumpet
- John Clark, French horn
- Steve Swell, trombone
- Ljiljana Winkler, soprano
- Gene Pritsker, conductor
John Clark — Puzzle Pieces
Franz Hackl — Selected works
Gene Pritsker — But How Will You Die When Your Time Comes (world premiere)
Gene Pritsker — World AIDS Day Haikus (world premiere)
Steve Swell — Instincts
On Friday, December 1st at 5:30pm, Composers Concordance presents a concert of brass music by composer Gene Pritsker and his friends. Joining Gene for this event are trumpeters Peter Oswald and Franz Hackl, John Clark on horn, and Steve Swell on trombone.
The event will feature the premiere of Gene's brass quartet But How Will You Die When Your Time Comes inspired by a line from Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse. With December 1st also being World AIDS Day, Gene will premiere his composition World AIDS Day Haikus featuring soprano Ljiljana Winkler and short form poetry by Roger Aplon, Robert C. Ford (The Wall Street Poet), Erik T. Johnson, Imelda O'Reilly, John Pietaro, Ruthie Adamson AKA Wonky Wordsmith.
Other featured compositions include Puzzle Pieces by John Clark, Instincts by Steve Swell also music by Franz Hackl and Dan Cooper.
The concert will be presented in person at The Delancey in NYC, as well as livestreamed on Composers Concordance's 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 John Clark, French horn
About Steve Swell, trombone
About Ljiljana Winkler, soprano
Ljiljana Winkler is an international vocal artist, music therapist and university lecturer for singing and vocal psychotherapy at the University Augsburg. She is founder and the artistic director of the festival "Klassik4Kids" in Germany. Ms. Winkler is founder and leader of the jazz and contemporary music Ensemble Solenne. She has received numerous prizes and music awards. Ms. Winkler's artistic range extends from early music to contemporary classical works and jazz. Her artistic focus is in the field of contemporary music, as well as projects that represent a synergy of psychodynamic theories and music. She is regularly engaged at the Opera, Concert, Church and Festival Stages in Germany. Saarländisches Staatstheater, Theatre National du Luxembourg, Theater Mechelen, Wiener Operettensommer Wienna, Opera Factory Freiburg, etc.
https://ljiljanawinkler.com/About Gene Pritsker, conductor
Composer/musical polymath Gene Pritsker has written over nine hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
He co-founded the Grammy-nominated Absolute Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi and has been a composer in residence and guitarist since its creation in 1993. He worked closely with jazz fusion legend Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, including Cloud Atlas, for which he wrote additional music and composed his Cloud Atlas Symphony. He is also the lead orchestrator for such TV series as Babylon Berlin, Jett, Netflix's Sense8, and Messiah. Gene is the lead orchestrator and has additional music in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections.
"My music is extremely eclectic, for me music has no bounds – I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is ending the segregation of sound vibration."
Gene is also a guitarist/rapper/Di.J./ and producer he incorporates each of these musical attributes to create music that is "not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity." (New York Newsday) "Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent. Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker." (Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine)
https://www.genepritsker.com/