January 30, 2015
Sessions at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm

Composers Now Festival Kick Off Event

the cell
338 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
tickets / more info

The evening @ the cell is hosted by Tania León, founder and artistic director of Composers Now, and features the following composers, works and performers:

Harry Einhorn

Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche

C4: The Choral Composer-Conductor Collective


Reena Esmail

Anjuman Songs

Gul-e-dodi

Annie Rosen, mezzo soprano
Shunori Ramanathan, narrator
Fiona Last, English horn
Paul Kerekes, piano

Joseph N. Rubinstein

Four Bright Seasons (excerpts)

C4: The Choral Composer-Conductor Collective


Joshua Fineberg

Grisaille

Marilyn Nonken, piano



Kevin Norton

I Dig Facts Man

Ensemble 50: Mary Rowell, violin
Jim Pugliese, percussion
Kevin Norton, percussion
Eleonor Sandresky, piano

João Luiz

Todas as Manhas (All the Mornings)

João Luiz, Francisco Roldán, Ana Maria Rosado


Shirish Korde

Lalit

Jan Muller-Szeraws, cello
Jonathan Hess, vibraphone
Amit Kavthekar, tabla


Mari Kimura

Breuer Vivant (Breuer Living), world premiere

violin & interactive computer



Alex Mincek

Out of Thin Air

Queens College New Music Ensemble:

Patrick Kennedy, Richard Weismantel, Ching-Yu Huang, Percussion

Michael Lipsey, Director

Rahzel

Beatbox, world premiere



Eleonor Sandresky
A Summer Evening

Ensemble 50: Mary Rowell, violin
Jim Pugliese, percussion
Kevin Norton, percussion
Eleonor Sandresky, piano

Richard Pearson Thomas

Blood of Angels

(excerpts)

Composer-Librettist: Richard Pearson Thomas

Angela L. Owens, soprano

Richard Pearson Thomas, piano


David Virelles

Èfé: Doce Piezas Cubanas Para Piano (12 Cuban piano pieces)

Román Díaz, bonkó enchemiyá (Abakuá percussion)
David Virelles, piano

Erin Rogers

Urban Composites (two movements)

New Thread Saxophone Quartet:
Geoff Landman, soprano saxophone
Kristen McKeon, alto saxophone
Erin Rogers, tenor saxophone
Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone

Pat Muchmore

Hyperoperator 3

New Thread Quartet:
Geoffrey Landman, soprano saxophone
Kristen McKeon, alto saxophone
Erin Rogers, tenor saxophone
Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone