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On Saturday, May 25, Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27, 2013 (8pm, each night) the Brooklyn-based new music collective TRANSIT builds on its acclaimed DoubleBill Series by presenting the first-ever DoubleBill Festival, a three-day, three-concert exploration of music by composers from around the world alongside new music from New York City.

Each day of the festival highlights a different country and is presented at a different venue; May 25 features new works from Denmark and is presented at the Actors Fund Art Center in Brooklyn; May 26 features new works from Australia and is presented at The DiMenna Center in Manhattan; and May 27 is The Netherlands, in the form of a solo recital by special guest artist, pianist Vicky Chow, presented at The Church of the Advent Hope in Manhattan.

Saturday, May 25 NEW YORK and DENMARK:
Music from emerging New York and Danish composers
The Actors Fund Art Center, Brooklyn

NEW YORK:
Ryan Carter: Headless Monkey Attack (2011)
Sean Friar: Scale 9 (2009)
Ryan Brown: Under Sleep (2011)
DENMARK:
Carsten Bo Eriksen: Cognito *
Ejnar Kanding: Texture I *
Rasmus Zwicki: chiasm (2007)

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Sunday, May 26 NEW YORK and AUSTRALIA 
Music from emerging New York and Australian composers
The DiMenna Center, Manhattan

NEW YORK:
Pat Muchmore: |D@L!/\/\P$3S7 ζ_f(f(2))  (2011)
Matthew Welch: Ulrikke (2008)
Angelica Negron:  What I’m Trying to Say Is… (2009)
AUSTRALIA:
Tim Hansen:  Kokain, Champagner und Beruhigungsmittel* (2013)
William Gardiner: Onliving* (2009)
Julian Day: Beginning to Collapse* (2013)

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Monday, May 27  NEW YORK and THE NETHERLANDS
 Music from emerging New York and Dutch composers
with special guest, pianist VICKY CHOW
The Church of the Advent Hope, Manhattan

NEW YORK:
Christopher Cerrone: Hoyt-Schermerhorn (2010)
Jacob Cooper: Clifton Gates (2011)
Daniel Wohl: Aorta (2010)
THE NETHERLANDS:
Kate Moore: The Body Is An Ear (2012)
Mayke Nas - Digit #2 (2003)
Peter Adriaansz – Wave 3 (2007)

* world premieres

Judith Shatin’s Doxa, Penelope’s Song (in its viola version) and L’etude du Coeur  will be performed by violist Blake Allen, with pianist Christopher Koelzer on Friday, May 24 – 7:00 PM at the Recital Room of Strathmore Hall, 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, Maryland. This will be part of Allen’s Modern Feminism recital.

Ms. Shatin writes about the three works, “Doxa (was) commissioned by the late violist and my dear friend Rosemary Glyde. Blake is also performing Penelope’s Song, in the original version, for amplified viola and electronics made from weaving sounds. I was lucky to be able to record local weaver Jan Russell, and to use digital magic to transform those recordings. Blake will also play L’etude du Coeur, another of Rosemary’s commissions. The latter was inspired by a painting by Degas, called L’etude des Main at the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris many years ago.”

Mr. Allen (http://www.blakeallenmusic.net/) will also be performing music by Ruth Schonthal.

For more information, call 301-581-5100 or visit http://www.strathmore.org/.

Judith Shatin is currently William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia, where she founded the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Visit her online at http://www.judithshatin.com.

Celebrating David Rothenberg’s CD & book, Bug Music, in conjunction with the arrival of the 17-year cicadas to the New York area

Premiere of Richard Robinson’s 30-minute film, Song of the Cicada

Music performance by Pauline Oliveros, David Rothenberg, Timothy Hill, and Garth Stevenson

In the spring of 2013, the cicadas in the Northeastern U.S. will emerge from their seventeen-year cycle, the longest gestation period of any animal. On the occasion of the cicadas’ arrival and the release of David Rothenberg’s CD and book, Bug Music: How Insects Gave us Rhythm and Noise (St Martin Press, 2013), Ear to the Earth presents Insect Music – an evening of conversation, film and music on the sonic world of the cicadas.

WHERE: Judson Church, located at 55 Washington Square South (NYC)

WHEN: Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.

Suggested donation: $15 at the door.

For more information, visit eartotheearth.org or email eartotheearth@emf.org

The evening will kick off with a presentation by Dan Mozgai, one of the foremost experts on cicada sounds and behavior. It will be followed by the world premiere of Richard Robinson’s Song of the Cicada, a 30-minute experimental documentary inspired by Rothenberg’s Bug Music and drawing parallels between the cicada’s life underground and the ordeal of former political prisoner Tim Blunk. Robert Krulwich, the founder of RadioLab, will then lead a panel discussion featuring Richard Robinson, Tim Blunk, David Rothenberg, and Umru Rothenberg to discuss the movie and ask questions such as: Is the cicada cacophony be understood from the perspective of John Cage or it is just noise? What can the cicadas teach us about our relationships with the environment? The evening will culminate with a music performance, Bug Music, featuring Pauline Oliveros (accordion), David Rothenberg (clarinets and laptop) Timothy Hill (overtone singing) and Garth Stevenson (double bass), playing off the sounds of cicadas and other insects.

Internationally renowned conductor Harold Rosenbaum will be part of an Elliott Carter Memorial concert on Wednesday, May 22 – 5:00 PM at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater of The Juilliard School, 155 West 65th Street in Manhattan.

Mr. Rosenbaum will lead a performance of Carter’s Mad Regales (2007) by Kiera Duffy, soprano, Mary Mackensie, mezzo-soprano, Suzanne Schwing, alto, Lawrence Jones, tenor, Chad Sloane, baritone and Evan Hughes, bass-baritone. Other works on the program are Epigrams (2012), performed by Rolf Schulte, violin, Fred Sherry, cello and Ursula Oppens, piano, and the New York Premiere of What Are Years (2009), with David Fulmer, conductor and Lucy Shelton, soprano.

Attendance at the memorial is by invitation only, although the public may attend on a standby basis. The standby line forms one hour prior to the event outside the main entrance to The Juilliard School at 155 West 65th St. Seating is limited. For more information, please call the Juilliard box office at 212-769-7406.

Harold Rosenbaum is  a tireless proponent and advocate for contemporary composers and American composers in particular, he has created an annual choral composition competition, has commissioned nearly 75 works, and has conducted over 475 World Premieres. Visit him at http://www.haroldrosenbaum.com/.

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at Make Music New York on Friday, June 21, 6:30 pm. The program includes works by Adams, Didorenko, Bernard Roumain & Joe Jordan (student).

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/12PINt4

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at St. Ann’s Church on Wednesday, June 19, 8 pm. The program includes works by Reich, Adams, Joe Jordan (student) & Jake Belissimo (student).

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/13G2tBT

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at The Firehouse Space on Friday, June 14, 7:30 pm.

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/10Ih3Ug

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at Merkin Concert Hall on Sunday, June 9, 6:30 pm.

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/12pnw8O

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at Washington Square Park  on Thursday, June 6, 6 pm. The program includes works by Gordon, Wolfe, Mackey, Cohn & Jack Guglielmetti (stuent).

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/14oFYRi

Kaufman Music Center’s “alt-classical” youth ensemble Face the Music will perform at Museum of Jewish Heritage on Sunday, June 2, 2:30 pm. The program includes works by Gordon, Becker, Reich & Crowell.

The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Face the Music has been praised by the New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers and hailed by critics as “polished, exuberant” (New York Times) and one of “New York’s favorite contemporary-classical ensembles” (Time Out New York). Since its founding in 2005, the ensemble has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary classical scene, rapidly becoming what Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has called “a force in the New York new-music world.”

Details at http://bit.ly/13FZCc3