Sequenza21 blogger Charles Griffin is having the World Premiere of his Concerto for Chamber Orchestra on May 3 by the Westchester Chamber Orchestra. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 pm at Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium in the Murphy Science Building, corner of Summit and North Avenues, on the campus of Iona College in New Rochelle. There is a short conversation between the composer and WCO Artistic Director Barry Hoffman here.
In another part of the forest, Aguavá New Music Studio, run by our amigos conductor Carmen-Helena Téllez, composer Cary Boyce and flutist/producer Alain Barker, are staging a concert called Of Love and Courage at 8 pm on May 8 at Williams College. The concert will be selected from works by Louis Andriessen, Cary Boyce, George Crumb, Geoffrey Gordon, Larry Polansky, Antonio Borges Cunha, Kaija Saariaho, and Carmen-Helena Téllez. The concert also features a new work especially composed for the group by faculty member Ileana Pérez-Velázquez.
Here’s a sample from Aguavá’s educational project with Indiana University’s young Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.
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