Musique a la Mode presents “Once Upon a Time: Stories and Poetry told through Music”
Posted by sequenza21 in Concert AnnouncementMusique a la mode presents the second concert in its Music at the Bowery Series entitled “Once Upon a Time: Stories and Poetry told through Music”, featuring the New York premier of composer Adam Silverman’s Duo Vert in a program of Brahms, Schumann, Stravinsky, and Silverman at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 24th. This will be a free concert with a suggested donation of $10.00, and $5.00 for students and seniors.
Who: Musique a la Mode (Hannah Shields, piano; Jeffrey Worthy, flute; Jennifer Taira, clarinet; Ed Klorman, viola; Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano)
Special guests (Adam Silverman, composer; Peter Dugan, piano; Angelia Cho, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Amy Barston, cello)
When: 7:30pm Sunday, February 24th
Where: St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th Street, on the corner of 2nd Avenue. Subway: 6 to Astor Place or the N and R to 8th Street.
Program: Brahms– Two Songs for Alto and Viola Op.91; Schumann–Fairy Tales for clarinet, viola, and piano Op.132; Stravinsky–Three Songs from Shakespeare for flute, clarinet, viola, and mezzo soprano, and Suite from ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ for clarinet, violin, and piano; Silverman– Duo Vert for viola and cello, and The Complete Works of Shakespeare for flute, clarinet, and piano
Tickets: This is a free concert with a suggested donation of $10.00 and $5.00 for students and seniors.
Inquiries: Contact Laurie Rubin at (818) 424-3919 or musiquealamode@gmail.com
About the artists:
Musique a la Mode was formed by Hannah Shields, Jeffrey Worthey, Jennifer Taira, Ed Klorman, and Laurie Rubin in August 2007. The group shares the desire to bring music to a wide range of audiences, to keep music relevant to our current time, and to give the composers of our day a venue and musical palette for their new works. Their series, Music at the Bowery had its first concert on November 11th, 2007 where a large and enthusiastic audience heard works by Mozart and Schubert.
Composer Adam Silverman is one of America’s fastest-rising composers. Based in New York City, his works have been commissioned and performed by The New York City Opera, Eighth Blackbird, The Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, The Brooklyn Symphony, The Albany Symphony Chamber Orchestra, The Amelia Piano Trio, The Corigliano Quartet, The Flux Quartet, Prism Saxophone Quartet, Relâche, Opera Company of Brooklyn, Real Time Opera, The Yale Philharmonic, and others. His works have been performed at venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan
Museum, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, and The Spoleto Festival.
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