Composers Concordance: Centuries Trio & Friends
$20 advance, $30 at the door
- Arthur "Artie" Dibble, cello da spalla
- Jai Jeffryes, piano
- Gene Pritsker, electric guitar
- Steve Sandberg, piano
- Mark Kostabi, piano
- Sonya Hensley, voice
- Sishel Claverie, mezzo-soprano
Claude Debussy — Selected works
Maurice Ravel — Selected works
Frédéric Chopin — Selected works
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works
Mark Kostabi — Selected works
José Marín — Sepan todos que muero de un desdén
George Frideric Handel — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Selected works
Gene Pritsker — Portrait In My Locket (world premiere)
Mark Kostabi — Dark Dance (world premiere of new arrangement)
On December 22nd at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents "Centuries Trio & Friends" at Kostabi World in Chelsea. Instead of the common instrumentation of violin, cello, and piano, the Centuries Trio takes a 21st-century approach to the piano trio that consists of electric guitar, cello da spalla, and piano. The group performs music from every century, from the Renaissance to Baroque, from Classical to Romantic, from early 20th-century composers to late 20th-century music, mid-century jazz and modern 21st-century sounds. The musicians in the trio are Artie Dibble on cello da spalla, Jai Jeffryes on piano and Gene Pritsker on electric guitar.
The trio will be joined by their friends, including pianist/composer Steve Sandberg, performing his compostions inspired by music from past centuries by Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, and Bach. As well as pianist/composer Mark Kostabi who will perform his solo piano compositions that quote melodies from past masterpieces.
For the December 22nd event the trio will perform the music of José Marin (1619-1699), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). W.A. Mozart (1756-1791), Gene Pritsker (1971) and Mark Kostabi (1960).
Premieres include Pritsker's Portrait In My Locket with poetry by Erik T. Johnson, a song based on a melody from the Second movement of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2. The song will feature the soulful jazz voice of Sonya Hensley. Also on the program is mezzo-soprano Sishel Claverie, who will be featured on Sepan todos que muero de un desdén by Baroque composer José Marin. The program will conclude with the premiere of an new arrangement of Mark Kostabi's Dark Dance.
The concert will be 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 Arthur "Artie" Dibble, cello da spalla
Arthur Dibble, Juilliard-trained violist and violinist is enjoying a wonderful free-lance musician's life in New York City. Diverse styles of music have taken him all over the world, from touring with Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, various string quartets and the St. Louis Symphony to right here at home on the major stages of New York with orchestras, chamber groups, and Broadway stars. Arthur enjoys teaching and performing for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Midori Foundation. You can often find him in recording studios during the day and Broadway show pits in the evenings or feeding his espresso obsession in a café.
https://www.newyorkcomposerscircle.org/performers/artie-dibble.htmlAbout Jai Jeffryes, piano
About Gene Pritsker, electric guitar
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/