Dialogues
LISTEN. COMMUNICATE. RELATE.
In 2015, Composers Now launched Dialogues, an innovative initiative hosted by the organization's Founder/Artistic Director, Tania León. Events in the series open with inspiring performances, followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations and a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas between composers, performers, and audiences.
Dialogues No. 12
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 6 pm
Bargemusic
1 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Hosted by Tania León
Part of Bargemusic Admission FREE Concerts, the "Music in Motion" Series
Featuring guest composers Wang Lu, Fernando Otero, and Laurie Spiegel.
With performances by Fernando, pianist Vicky Chow, and guitarist/banjo player James Moore.
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Dialogues No. 11
Saturday, July 22, 2023, 2 pm
Van Cortlandt House Museum Lawn, 6036 Broadway, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY 10471
Rain Location: Vladeck Hall at Amalgamated Houses, 74 Van Cortlandt Park South, Bronx, NY 10463
- FREE ADMISSION -
a co-presentation of Bronx Arts Ensemble, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, and Composers Now
Hosted by Composers Now founder and artistic director Tania León, Dialogues No. 11 celebrates Bronx composers Oliver Caplan, Mimi Jones, Huang Ruo, and Hilliard Greene who is joined by The Jazz Expressions (TK Blue, saxophone and flute; Dwayne (Cook) Broadnax, drums; and Sharp Radway, keyboard). Followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations, a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas, between composers, performers, and audiences, the event is co-presented with Bronx Arts Ensemble and Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.
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PROGRAM
00:00 - Introduction by Tania León, founder, artistic director
01:45 - Tyson Gholston Davis
03:15 - Tableau III (2019) Emi Ferguson, flute
07:57 - Cantos I (2020) Emi Ferguson, flute; Jordan Dodson, guitar
11:19 - Jason Eckardt
14:42 - Paths of Resistance (1997) Jordan Dodson, guitar
22:11 - Leaha Maria Villarreal
23:36 - Crossing the Rubicon, Mvt.1 (2020)
26:47 - Ultrafizz (2020)
30:43 - Resound (2020)
36:28 - Dialogue between host, composers, performers, and audience
Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León welcomed three dynamic and virtuosic artists, João Luiz, Polina Nazaykinskaya and Bora Yoon, to join her in Marc Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center.
PROGRAM
00:00 - Introduction by Tania León - founder, artistic director
João Luiz
2:32 Sereno
-João Luiz, guitar
6:38 Preludio N.4
-Octávio Deluchi, guitar
10:20 7 Meeting - 1. Free and Morbid
-Bridget Kibbey, harp & João Luiz, guitar
Polina Nazaykinskaya
18:40 Dialogues... (with myself)
-Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
27:33 Symphony N.1 (excerpt)
29:49 Vstrecha (excerpt)
Bora Yoon
32:32 Gaia's Lament (video)
-Brock Labrenz, director
38:42 Gaia's Lament (performance)
43:52 DIALOGUE - composers, performers and audience
Composers Now presents its sixth Dialogues, hosted by Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León. This series opens with inspiring performances followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations, a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas between composers, performers and audiences.
PROGRAM
00:35 Introduction by Tania Leon
5:15 John King(b. 1953) - Centripetal Light (2020)
String Noise, violin duo
19:38 Nicole Mitchell (b. 1967) - Interdimensional Interplay (2016)
Cory Smythe, piano
Nicole Mitchell, pre-recorded flute
30:49 Andreia Pinto Correia (b. 1971) - Cadernos (2009)
George Nickson, vibraphone
41:21 Dialogue - composers, performers and audience