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Dedicated to the creation  and performance of new music S AINT  P ETER S  C HURCH C ITIGROUP  C ENTER N EW  Y ORK  C ITY F EBRUARY  16, 2016    7:30 PM A CONCERT OF NEW MUSIC
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Dedicated to the creation  and performance of new music

SAINT PETER’S CHURCHCITIGROUP CENTER

NEW YORK CITY

FEBRUARY  16, 2016    7:30 PM

A CONCERT OFNEW MUSIC

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THE NEW YORK COMPOSERS CIRCLE

FEBRUARY 16, 2016   7:30 PM

Yellow Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert S. Cohen

Daniel Pate, percussion

Masks and Miracles (2013)* . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yekaterina Merkulyeva

    1. Adagio molto; Vivacissimo molto    2. Allegro molto

Vassa Shevel, piano

Trumpet Sonata* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Dimitri Richardson

Jerry Bryant, trumpet     Craig Ketter, piano

INTERMISSION

Whirligig** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Slon

Craig Ketter, piano

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Polyrhythmic Suite in Six Movements** . . . . . . .  Dary John Mizelle

    1. Fasten Your Seatbelts:  Andante    2. Riding a Unicycle:  Allegretto    3. Solitude:  Slow Blues Tempo    4. Acrobatics:  Andante    5. Fireworks:  Allegretto    6. Tilt­A­Whirl:  Tempo Primo

Craig Ketter, piano

Quartet for Flute, Clarinet,Violin & Vibraphone**. . Frank Picarazzi

    1. Brisk, with Energy    2. The Fear of Failure:  Slow    3. Relentlessly

Michael Laderman, flute     Vasko Dukovski, clarinetGregor Kitzis, violin     Frank Picarazzi, vibraphone

*New York Premiere**World Premiere

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTIONAFTER THE CONCERT

The NYCC thanks the staff and personnel of Saint Peter's Church for their assistance with this concert. 

The New York Composers Circle gratefully acknowledges support by a grant from theAlice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.

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ROBERT S. COHEN  has written music for chorus, orchestra, chamberensemble,   dance   and   theatre   and   has   been   the   recipient   of   numerousawards and commissions,  including a New Jersey State  Council  on theArts Fellowship, an American Music Center Grant, a Meet the ComposerAward,  New York  Composer’s  Circle  Award,   the  2011  New EnglandString Quartet International Composition Competition and several grantsfrom   the   Geraldine   R.   Dodge   Foundation.     His   works   have   beenperformed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall,Symphony   Space,   Bargemusic   &   the   Sofia   Opera   House.  Alzheimer’sStories,  for soloists, chorus and large ensemble, with a libretto by 2012Grammy winner  Herschel  Garfein,  has  been  performed   in  major  citiesthroughout   the   U.S.   and   Europe.   Other   works   include:  Of   EternityConsidered as a Closed System, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; EdisonInvents,  a monodrama for baritone and orchestra;  String Quartet #2 (ADay   in   the   Life),  The   Mysterious   Transformation   of   Johann   B.,  FiveNights in Sofia,  for violin and piano,  Dream Journal,  for brass quintet,Homeland Security Suite,  for percussion,  and an extensive catalogue ofchoral works including:   Creation,  Sleep,  Little  Baby, Sleep,  The RoadBack,   The   Beauty   of   Life,   Night   Cadence,   Sprig   of   Lilac,  and  God’sWhisper. He is published by Peer Music Classical Gmbh, Edition Peters,Hal  Leonard,  Shawnee Press,  Dramatic  Publishing,  HoneyRock Music,and his own Leapfrog Productions. In addition, Bob co­authored the bookand composed the score for  the 2000 Richard Rodgers Award­winningOff­Broadway   musical  Suburb.   He   currently   lives   in   Montclair,   NewJersey with his wife Maryann and two cats, Fred & Ginger. His website iswww.robertscohen.com and can be contacted at [email protected].  He writes, “Yellow Alert is the third movement of my Homeland SecuritySuite  for  percussion,   inspired  by   the  now defunct  Homeland  Advisorycolor   system   (Green,   Blue,   Yellow,   Orange   and   Red   Alerts).   It   ispublished by HoneyRock Music.    Given  the security   issues facing  thiscountry at this time, it seems more relevant than ever.”

YEKATERINA MERKULYEVA was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.She  graduated  with  honors   from  the  piano  department   of   the  RimskyKorsakov   College   of   Music   under   Galina   Orlovskaia.   She   studiedcomposition with Yuri Falik in the Saint Petersburg conservatory where

COMPOSERS

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she   graduated   in   1983.   Ms.   Merkulyeva’s   Carnival   Overture   forSymphony Orchestra was performed at the 19th Leningrad Spring MusicFestival   in   1983.   Her   various   compositions   include   piano,   chamber,orchestral, vocal, and choral music. Ms. Merkulyeva’s composition stylecombines traditional Russian folk music with Russian music of the 20th

century. In 1999 Ms. Merkulyeva became a member of the Piano TeacherCongress of New York and joined the New York Composers Circle as acomposer   member   in   2006.   In   2007   her   composition  Mirage  wasperformed in the concert “New Music” at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia atSymphony Space by Vassa Shevel. Her works have been performed at theconcert   dedicated   to   “20th  Century   Russian   Music”   at   the   HarborConservatory   for   the   Performing   Arts,   at   the   Queensborough   PublicLibrary, and at Steinway Hall.  In 2012,  Mirage  was also performed byMaxim Anikushin in Carnegie Hall. In 2014 Ms. Merkulyeva became amember of the New York Women Composers, Inc. In 2015 Vassa Shevelperformed Ms. Merkulyeva’s works in the concert  “Russian Composersliving in America” at the Center for Jewish History. The world premiereof Masks and Miracles was performed at the Trinity Lutheran Church inBrewster,   New   York   on   September   20,   2015   by   Vassa   Shevel.   Ms.Merkulyeva is continuing to compose songs and music for piano and forother instruments as well.   She writes, “Masks and Miracles is a musical fantasy that describes thedifferent emotions I get from life in New York City. These emotions comefrom reality, fantasy, miracles, and my strong sense that dreams come truethrough hard work and with the help of God.”

DANA DIMITRI RICHARDSON was born in Long Beach, Californiain 1953. His music has been broadcast over more than 70 radio stations inthe United States and Greece, including WNYC and ERT, Athens, wherehe spent   three years   teaching music  theory.  During  that  period he wasinterviewed by Bobby Kanas on ERT and became a member of the GreekComposer’s Union. His record released on the Dionysian label in 1987features   The   American   Chamber   Ensemble.   After   earning   a   Ph.D.   inTheory and Composition from New York University in 2001, he taught atFredonia  College  and  New York University.  Since   then  he  has   taughtmusic theory and history at Cooper Union, Nassau Community College,and Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn.  In August 2007, hedelivered   a   lecture   at   the   Aspen   Composer’s   Conference   on   therelationship   between   syntonality,   his   original   system   for   musicalcomposition,   and   his   compositional   practice,   and   in   2009   his   article

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Syntonality: A new System of Harmony was published in the first issue ofthe SCI online theory journal.   In 2008, his  Ballade  for piano solo wasawarded   first   prize   in   the   New   York   Composers   Circle   Competition.More recently, and in parallel with his concert music composition, he hasbeen writing syntonal rock music. The CD Bonds of Life of his syntonalrock music was released in August 2014.   He is also a published poetwhose Aphrodite and Other Poems is available on Amazon.com.  The Trumpet Sonata is a one­movement work divided into three sections:lyrical, dramatic, and ecstatic.

CRAIG SLON studied rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, composition, andmusic ethnography at Sarah Lawrence College.  He won a Craft Award forOriginal  Score   from New  York  University   and   recieved   a   grant   fromArtlink (Scotland).  His music has been performed in Spain, Mexico, Peru,the  United  States,  England,  Scotland,  Germany,   and  Denmark.    He   ispresently employed as a recording engineer for various New York­basedensembles.   Whirlygig is a short one­movement piece for solo piano. The title refersto beetles that swim rapidly in circles on the surface of the water.

DARY   JOHN   MIZELLE  studied   trombone   (B.A.   California   StateUniversity,   Sacramento)   as   well   as   composition   (M.A.   University   ofCalifornia, Davis, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego) and while atU.C. Davis participated in the New Music Ensemble (a pioneering freeimprovisation   group   that   dispensed   with   scores).   He   was   an   originalmember of the group that founded SOURCE – music of the avant­gardemagazine.    His  mentors   include:  Larry  Austin,  Richard  Swift,   JeromeRosen,   Karlheinz   Stockhausen,   David   Tudor,   Roger   Reynolds,   RobertErickson,  Pauline  Oliveros,   and Kenneth  Gaburo.    His  music   involvesmastery of  instrumental,  electronic,  and vocal   resources,  as well  as hisown performance on several different instruments and voice. He works inmany   different   genres   and   media.   His   SPANDA   project   consists   ofthirteen  days  of  music  with  a  coherent  macrostructure,  which   includesmusic   theater,  opera,  orchestral  works,  choral  works,  electronic  music,chamber   music,   solo   instrumental,   and   vocal   music,   as   well   ascombinations and integrations of all these.   He has composed over 500compositions  and  more   than  40   jazz   tunes.  He   refers   to  his  music   as"multidimensional"   in   scope   and   practices   his   musical   art   in   multipletuning   systems   ("macrotonality")   and   simultaneous   tonal,   modal,   andatonal   systems   ("polyatonality")   as   well   as   multiple   rhythmic   systems

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(systemic polyrhythm).   He has held academic positions at University ofSouth Florida, Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he was head of theTechnology In Music And Related Arts (TIMARA) program, and StateUniversity   of   New   York   at   Purchase   where   he   was   Chair   of   theComposition Program.  He makes his home in Westchester County, NewYork.    He   writes,   “I   composed  Polyrhythmic   Suite   in   Six   Movements  inDecember  2014 and January 2015 to explore rhythmic  modes inventedover the course of the last two decades, as well as some new ones.  I use amusical system which I call “polyatonality” which includes modal, tonal,and atonal pitch structures.  Some of the individual movements contain aquote from Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge (opus 133) for string quartet as a slyallusion to earlier music that I admire.”

FRANK PICARAZZI  is  a  composer  and percussionist.  His  publishedworks include Rondo for Two Keyboards, 3 Etudes for Vibraphone, and 3Songs for Soprano and Vibraphone on Poems of e.e. cummings. Frank wasthe recipient  of the 2000 American Music Center’s Margaret FairbanksJory Award for his chamber quintet A Struggle in Microcosm. He has beencommissioned by Morris Lang to compose the  Octet for Percussion  forthe Brooklyn College Percussion Ensemble (2006), as well as by Dr. JasonBaker   to  compose  a  work   for   solo  marimba,  which  was  completed   inJanuary of 2015, titled Single Source for Solo Marimba. Frank resides inBrooklyn with his wife and daughter, and maintains an active performingschedule as a percussionist across many genres. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Connecticut in Music Performance.  He writes, “This work was written to celebrate a reunion of sorts:  In thebeginning of 2013, three dear friends of mine had each returned to NewYork from their own individual journeys.   These friends joined forces tourge me to compose a work for the four of us, and thus was born the ideaof this Quartet.”

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JERRY BRYANT  is a member of the New York City Opera Orchestra,Radio   City   Music   Hall   Orchestra,   and   Hartford   Symphony   Orchestra,Principal  Trumpet  of   the Princeton Symphony Orchestra,  and PrincipalTrumpet/Orchestra   Personnel   Manager   of   the   Glimmerglass   OperaFestival in Cooperstown, New York.   Before joining the New York CityOpera in 2004, Jerry was a member of the United States Navy Band inWashington for seven years. During that time, he was a featured soloistand   performed   for   presidents,   dignitaries,   and   international   audiences.Jerry   is   a   regular   on   Broadway   and   has   also   performed   with   theMetropolitan Opera, National Symphony (Washington, D.C.), New Jersey,Jacksonville,   McLean,   Tallahassee,   Fairfax,   Annapolis,   Long   Island,Brooklyn,   Bronx   Arts   Ensemble,   Washington   Ballet,   and   WestfieldSymphony Orchestras.  He currently teaches applied trumpet at MontclairState, Seton Hall, New Jersey City, and Kean Universities. He is also theDirector of Athletic Bands for Kean University. Jerry holds a Master ofMusic degree from The Catholic University of America and a Bachelor ofMusic from Florida State University.

Clarinetist  VASKO DUKOVSKI  is a New York­based multidisciplinaryartist and diverse stylistic performer of the highest caliber, one of the mostsought­after  instrumentalists  of his generation.    Even though classicallytrained,   Dukovski   sees  no  boundaries   in  music   or   musical   styles,   butembraces all of them. An avid performer and advocate of avant­garde free­style and contemporary classical music, Dukovski has collaborated withsome of New York’s most respected ensembles including Argento NewMusic Ensemble,  Bang on a Can All  Stars,  Either/Or  Ensemble,  TaleaEnsemble, Wet Ink, ECCE East Coast Contemporary Ensemble, EnsemblePamplemousse,   Lost   Dog   Ensemble,   LPR   Ensemble,   The   KnightsOrchestra, and others. In addition to being a frontman of his world­musicquartet   Tavche   Gravche,   he   is   a   member   and   co­founder   of   GrnetaEnsemble.     Dukovski’s   musical   sophistication   spans   the   continents,appearing   in   Macedonia,   Bulgaria,   Serbia,   Croatia,   Slovenia,   Bosnia,Austria,  Lebanon,  Morocco,  Brazil,  Tunisia,   extensively   in  China,   andthroughout the United States, and on a regular basis in New York City.Dukovski  has  recorded for  Naxos American  Classics,  Albany Records,Sono Luminus ­ Dorian, Tzadik, Chicken Madness, In a Circle Records,

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Evolver   Records,   Furious   Artisans,   INNOVA   Recordings,   and   ParmaRecordings.    Born   in  Ohrid,   in   the  Republic  of  Macedonia,  Dukovskibegan playing with sound at age five and started his musical education atthe age of eight. His dedication to music and the clarinet earned him aFine Arts Award from the Interlochen Arts Academy, which he attendedbefore earning Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from The Juilliard Schoolof Music as a student of Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima.   For moreinformation please visit: www.dukovski.com.

American pianist CRAIG KETTER is rapidly distinguishing himself as aleading   pianist   of   his   generation,   performing   as   soloist   and   chambermusician throughout the world.  Critically acclaimed for “transporting thelisteners  to  extraordinary heights” and   “into a world beyond time andspace,”   Mr.   Ketter   is   known   for   playing   with   powerhouse   sonoritycombined with long­lined dulcet lyricism.   He has performed as soloistwith the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony,the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the SouthOrange   Symphony,   the   Garden   State   Philharmonic,   the   RaleighSymphony,   the   Durham   Symphony,   the   Rocky   Ridge   Music   FestivalOrchestra,  and the American Festival  for  the Arts Orchestra.    His soloconcerts   have   taken   him   to   Mexico,   Argentina,   Barbados,   France,Germany, and Japan, and across the United States and Canada.  Mr. Ketterregularly   joins   forces   with   international   singers   and   chamber   groups.Venues include NPR’s Performance Today series, CBS Sunday Morning,Sirius Satellite Radio, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Teatro Colónin Buenos Aires, La Huaca, Atlapa in Panama City, the Savannah MusicFestival,   Bay   Chamber   Concerts   in   Rockport,   Maine,   Music   in   theMountains in Colorado, and The Marilyn Horne Foundation.   Musicianshe has  collaborated  with   include   flutist  Eugenia  Zukerman,  clarinetistsStephen Williamson, Ricardo Morales, and Jon Manasse,   cellists RobertdeMaine   and   Eric   Bartlett,   violinists   Kelly   Hall­Tompkins   and   RoyMalan,   and   singers   Deborah   Voigt,   Margaret   Jane   Wray,   CynthiaLawrence, Samuel Ramey, Paul Plishka, Ben Heppner, Cliff Forbis, andRobert White.  Mr. Ketter is currently on the piano faculty of New JerseyCity University.

Violinist  GREGOR KITZIS  plays regularly with The Orchestra of St.Luke's at Carnegie Hall and is a founding member of The Ouluska PassChamber Music Festival in Saranac Lake, New York.  He has performedearly music on period instruments with The American Classical Orchestra,

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premiered and recorded countless new works with ensembles includingOrchestra  of Our Time and Collide­O­Scope,  arranged,  performed,  andrecorded with David Bowie, been the string contractor for TV appearanceswith Enya, and performed with artists ranging from Anthony Braxton toJohn Cage, playing everything from solo and chamber music recitals torock and tango in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and the late CBGB'sto   Saturday   Night   Live,   David   Letterman,   and   new   music   and   jazzfestivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.  He plays anold   Italian   violin   made   in   the   1690s   by   Giovanni   Grancino.     Of   hisperformance   of   Vigeland's  Ives   Music,  The   New   York   Times  wrote"scratchier   and   more   mistuned   than   even   Ives   would   have   foundamusing."     And   in   a   later   review:   "The   important   violin   solos   wereexcellently projected by Gregor Kitzis, sometimes with whistling purity,always with vivid presence" (Paul Griffiths,  The New York Times). Morerecently, newmusicbox.org reviewed a solo performance with the AlbanySymphony at Carnegie Hall in May of 2010 as “authentic, jaw­droppingfiddling,” and  American Record Guide  reviewed the same performance,saying “Kitzis stole the show in his procession from one end of CarnegieHall to another, his violin resonating brilliantly and vanishing with ghostlyshivers in Carnegie’s remarkable acoustic.”

MICHAEL   LADERMAN  (www.fluteperformer.com),   a   recitalist,freelancer,     jazz musician,  and recording artist,  has performed at WeillRecital Hall as an Artists International competition winner; three National Flute Association conventions; the 1995 New York Flute Club Flute Fair;the Settimana Musicale Senese at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy;Merkin Concert  Hall;   jazz festivals   in  New York with ZSound Collectband; and three New York Flute Club concerts, including one as a YoungArtists competition winner. David Sherman wrote in a review of MMCRecords CD #2087 (music by Matthew Fields) for soundstage.com/musicthat: "Michael Laderman flawlessly negotiates the lengthy programmaticwork Rooster's Court Ball in a studio recording that is a pleasure to listento.”   Dr.   Laderman’s   flute   teachers   included   Samuel   Baron,   KeithUnderwood, Sandra Miller,  Julius Baker,  Thomas Nyfenger,  and TrudyKane, plus master classes with Alain Marion, Philippe Pierlot, and Peter­Lukas Graf, under a Javits Fellowship that also funded his last four yearsof graduate school at SUNY­Stony Brook, through a Doctor of MusicalArts   degree.  His   article   “The  Power  of  Omnipotens,”   (The  BeethovenJournal,   Vol.   13/2   [Winter   1998]),   addresses   the   structural,   text­interpretive, and spiritual significance of the “Pater Omnipotens” section

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of the  Gloria  in  the  Missa Solemnis.  Dr.  Laderman also teaches  musiccourses at Polytechnic Institute/NYU.

Percussionist  DANIEL PATE  (b. 1984) is an active performer in NewYork City and the surrounding areas.   He has presented performances onthe   Green   Umbrella   Concert   Series   held   at   Walt   Disney   Hall   in   LosAngeles, The Ojai Music Festival, the Mondavi Center, Symphony Spacein New York, and The Abrons Center in New York.  He has also presentedconcerts   and   masterclasses   at   Southeastern   Louisiana   University,   NewYork University, Gettysburg University, Denver Metropolitan Universityand Mesa College.  As an advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Pate haspresented premieres by Paula Matthusen and Adam Beard, and has been aguest performer with the contemporary ensemble “Red Fish, Blue Fish.”Currently,   he   serves   as   percussionist   and   a   member   of   the   steeringcommittee for the New York Electro­acoustic Music Festival as well as amember of the faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp where he performsfrequently  as  a soloist  and chamber  musician,  and with  the Blue  LakeFestival   Orchestra   and   Band.     Mr.   Pate   is   pursuing   a   doctorate   inContemporary Music Performance at Stony Brook University, where he isa   student   of   Eduardo   Leandro   and   a   member   of   the   ContemporaryChamber Players.   Mr. Pate received his Master’s Degree in PercussionPerformance from The University of Massachusetts in Amherst under theinstruction   of   Eduardo   Leandro   and   Thom   Hannum,   as   well   as   aBachelor’s   Degree   in   Percussion   Performance   from   San   Diego   StateUniversity.  During his studies, Mr. Pate worked with such performers asmarimbists  Robert Van Sice,  Gordon Stout,  Christopher Norton, NancyZeltsman,   and  Michael  Burritt,   and  percussionists  Steven  Schick,   JackVan Geem, and Raynor Carroll.

Born and  raised   in  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  VASSA SHEVEL  won  theCappella Competition at age 11, performing the Bach  Double Concerto,and   later   began   her   undergraduate   education   at   the   Rimsky­KorsakovConservatory, where she studied with Galina Orlovskaya.  Immigrating tothe United States with her family in 1978, she continued her studies at theNew England Conservatory and SUNY Purchase, and earned her master'sdegree at the Juilliard School, where she was a teaching assistant to OxanaYablonskaya.  She has studied piano with Jacob Maxin, Russell Sherman,Jerome Lowenthal, Gregory Haimovsky, and Karl Ulrich Schnabel, andchamber music with Yehudi Wyner, Jennifer Langham, Lawrence Lesser,

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Nancy Cirullo, Paul Doktor, and Robert Levin.   A finalist in the MurrayDranoff   International  Competition,  Ms.  Shevel  has  performed  at  AliceTully Hall, Symphony Space, and Symphony Hall (Boston), as well as atmajor venues and festivals in Europe.  In addition to being artistic directorof the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble, she is a member of the PhiladelphiaPiano Duo with Claire Belkovsky, and also maintains an active privateteaching practice.

Staff for this concert:Dana Dimitri Richardson, producer and stage manager

Dary John Mizelle, stagehandEmiko Hayashi and David Picton, reception

Joseph Pehrson, page turnerEugene Marlow and Josy Fox Goodman, at the door

 Paul Geluso, recording engineerTamara Cashour, publicity

Jacob E. Goodman, programs

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The  NEW YORK COMPOSERS CIRCLE,  now in its fourteenth year,  is amultifaceted artistic and educational organization of composers and performers,whose mission is to promote public awareness and appreciation of contemporarymusic through concerts, salons, and other events in the New York metropolitanarea.   For its members, the NYCC offers a variety of opportunities for testingworks in progress at monthly salons open to the public, performing completedworks in concert, and fostering collaboration and development, both artistic andprofessional.   For   composers   who   are   not   members,   the   NYCC   offers   theopportunity   of   a   public   performance   to   winners   of   its   annual   composers’competition. For the sophisticated concertgoing public, the NYCC offers at leastfour concerts a year of works by members and others, curated by a jury headedby distinguised composer Tania León.  And for members of the public who havenot  yet   been  exposed   to  much  contemporary  music,   the  NYCC sponsors   anoutreach program, in which we send performers to various institutions includinghigh schools and community centers, at no charge to the institution, to performmusical works of the 20th and 21st centuries.   Inspired by a workshop at the American Music Center,  Jacob E. Goodmanfounded the New York Composers Circle in the spring of 2002 as an associationof  composers  meeting   regularly   to  play   their  music   for  one  another.   It   soonbecame apparent that we had the artistry and commitment to present our music,along with the music of other composers, to a larger audience.  In May, 2003, theNYCC   produced   its   first   public   concert   at   Saint   Peter’s   Church,   featuringPulitzer  Prize­winning  composer  David Del  Tredici  along with  eleven of   theNYCC's original members. This well­attended concert was favorably reviewedin the New Music Connoisseur.   Under the continued leadership of Debra Kaye, John de Clef Piñeiro, RichardBrooks,  and currently Hubert  Howe,   the NYCC's  membership has quintupledsince  its   inception,  and the number of  its  concerts  has grown from one eachseason to its current calendar of five concert presentations during the 2015­16season. At the same time, our roster of performers has grown to include many ofthe world’s leading instrumental and vocal artists specializing in new music.   The group continues to expand its programs.  Informal readings of new piecesallow   composers   to   "test   fly"   their   works   with   some   of   New   York's   finestprofessional   and   advanced   student   musicians.     Such   events,   along   with   ourmonthly   music   salons   and   collaborations   with   other   groups   and   institutions,support the creation and presentation of new music through the various stages ofits   development.   In   the   2004­05   season,   award­winning   composer   EzraLaderman joined members of the NYCC in its spring concert.   In addition to itsown two concerts, in March 2006 the NYCC  presented a joint concert with theperforming   ensemble   ModernWorks;   during   the   following   season   wecollaborated with New York University in our first concert at NYU's FrederickLoewe Theatre; in March 2010 we collaborated with the Italian “No Borders”

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Quartet in presenting a program of works by American and Italian composersthat was performed both here and in Italy; in September 2012 we presented aconcert under the auspices of the celebrated Bargemusic series “Here and Now”;and in 2014 we inaugurated a series of NYCC jazz concerts.   In   the   summer  of  2007   the  NYCC held   the   first  of   its   annual  composers'competitions,   open   only   to   non­members.   The   winning   work   in   the   2015competition, our eighth, Ross G. Griffey's Tied by a Chance Bond Together, forviolin and piano, will receive its premiere performance at our final concert of thisseason, on June 4, 2016 at Symphony Space.   Seven seasons ago the NYCC launched a new outreach initiative—the NewYork Composers Circle's Community Encores program. We send professionalperformers   to   institutions   throughout   New   York   City   such   as   schools   andcommunity centers,  at  no cost   to   the  institution,  with  the aim of acquaintingpreviously untapped audiences with concert music of the 20th and 21st centuries;each   concert   is   emceed   by   a   member   of   the   NYCC,   who   introduces   theperformers and the music they play. The first concert in this series, featuringpianist/composer Nataliya Medvedovskaya  with commentary by John de ClefPiñeiro,   took   place   to   great   audience   acclaim   on   February   24,   2009,   at   theHebrew Home   in  Riverdale.    To  date,  we  have  presented  23   such  outreachconcerts, at public high schools (Bronx H.S. of Science, Stuyvesant, and HunterCollege H.S.) and at additional community centers (Lenox Hill NeighborhoodHouse at Saint Peter's Church and JASA, as well as two outreach concerts, byEugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble, at Lighthouse International); several moreare planned for this season.  A recent Community Encores concert at StuyvesantHigh  School   featuring   soprano  Sofia  Dimitrova   and pianist  Catherine  Millergarnered a rapt audience of 350 students, whose probing questions were fieldedby the performers and by composer Richard Russell, who acted as emcee.   These free outreach concerts are presented under the sponsorship of NYCCcontributors, and the list of schools and community centers is expanding.   Seethe next page for how you can become a sponsor of this important project, whichis bringing new music to new audiences.

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Friends of the New York Composers CircleJudith AndersonNaoko AokiOliver BaerWilliam and Marilyn BakerRoger BermasNancy R. Bogen-GreissleHervé BrönnimannRichard Brooks and Clifford HallArline BrownBarry CohenRobert CohenGloria ColicchioMary CronsonDavid Del Tredici and Ray WarmanGary DeWaal and Myrna ChaoMargaret DeWittRobert and Karen DewarMr. and Mrs. John EatonJeanne EllisMichael and Marjorie EngberWilliam and Harriet EnglanderMargaret Fairlie-KennedyAnne FarberAllen C. Fischer and Renate BelvilleAmy Roberts FrawleyElizabeth FriouVictor FrostMark and Louise GatanasPeter and Nancy GellerLucy GertnerJacob E. and Josy Fox GoodmanDorine GordonPerry GouldStanley S. GrosselMartin HalpernLinda HongHubert HoweCarl and Gail KanterDavid KatzLou KatzDavid KaufmanBarbara Kaye

Debra KayeRichard KayeDaniel KleinVladislav KlenikovAlvin and Susan KnottAndrea KnutsonSusan KornLeo KraftHerbert and Claire KranzerMichael LadermanRaphael LadermanDorothy LanderArnold and Michelle LebowMr. and Mrs. Robert LeibholzStephen and Ann LeibholzNancy and Norman LoevErwin LutwakJoseph and Nina MalkevitchDavid MartinMartin MayerWilliam MayerEugene W. McBrideChristopher MontgomeryWilliam and Beryl MoserGayther and Carole MyersBill NerenbergLinda Past and Joseph PehrsonJeanette and Stuart PertzMurray S. PeytonRichard Pollack and Lori SmithBruce S. PyensonRochelle and Douglas SauberMarjorie SenechalJohn H. SolumAbby Jacobs StuthersAl and Alice TeirsteinMr. and Mrs. Douglas TownsendRaymond TownsendGary and Katrine WatkinsSally WoodringThomas Zaslavsky and Seyna BruskinMartin Zuckerman and Susan Green

The   NYCC   gratefully   welcomes   donations   large   and   small,   which   help   make   ourconcerts possible.  Contributions to the New York Composers Circle are tax­deductibleunder Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Your donations may be sent tothe address on the last page of this program, or you may click on the "Donate Now"button on our website, www.NYComposersCircle.org

If you would like to help us in our efforts to build new audiences for new music, pleasebecome a Friend of the New York Composers Circle and send us your contribution.

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New York Composers CircleBoard of Directors

Richard Brooks John de Clef Piñeiro, Chair Jacob E. Goodman David Katz

AdministrationHubert Howe, Executive Director

Max Giteck Duykers, Deputy Executive Director and Membership CoordinatorDavid Katz, Treasurer

Susan J. Fischer, SecretaryTania León, Program Committee Chair

Jacob E. Goodman, Concert Director and Outreach CoordinatorTamara Cashour, Publicity Coordinator

Robert S. Cohen, ASCAP and BMI LiaisonDary John Mizelle, Salon Coordinator

Emiko Hayashi, Coordinator of ReadingsRichard Russell, Webmaster and Editor of In the Loop

Honorary MembersElliott Carter (dec.) John Eaton (dec.) Ezra Laderman (dec.)

Tania León Paul Moravec

Composer MembersJosé Beviá Jennifer Griffith Kevin McCarter David PictonRoger Blanc Martin Halpern David Meciones Raoul PleskowRichard Brooks Emiko Hayashi Nataliya Medvedovskaya Frank RetzelMadelyn Byrne Hubert Howe Yekaterina Merkulyeva Dana RichardsonTamara Cashour Carl Kanter Scott Miller Richard RussellRobert S. Cohen Debra Kaye Dary John Mizelle David SeeMax Giteck Duykers Patricia Leonard Gayther Myers Inessa SegalSusan J. Fischer Eugene Marlow Nailah Nombeko Craig SlonJoe Gianono Peri Mauer Joseph PehrsonJacob E. Goodman Richard McCandless Frank Picarazzi

Performer MembersDemetra Adams, soprano Oren Fader, guitar Daniel Panner, violaHaim Avitsur, trombone Leonard Hindell. bassoon Lisa Pike, hornMary Barto, flute Craig Ketter, piano Anthony Pulgram, tenorAllen Blustine, clarinet Michael Laderman, flute Ricardo Rivera, baritoneVirginia Chang Chien, oboe Jacqueline Milena, soprano Stephen Solook, percussionSofia Dimitrova, soprano Daniel Neer, baritone Patricia Sonego, sopranoStanichka Dimitrova, violin Maxine Neuman, cello Anna Tonna, mezzo-sopranoTiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano Margaret O'Connell, mezzo Arlene Travis, sopranoMarcia Eckert, piano Javier Oviedo, saxophone

ContactNew York Composers Circle

20 Scott Drive EastWesthampton, NY 11977-1015

www.NYComposersCircle.org

Our next concert will take place at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, April 26, 2016,at Saint Peter's Church, 54th St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan.

For more information, please see the NYCC website.


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