Opening Concert of the Season
Saturday, September 25th, 2010, 7:30 PM
First Church Boston
66 Marlborough St.
Boston, MA
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns for flute and cello
Arnold Schoenberg Pierre Lunaire (selections)
David Biedenbender Stomp
General Admisson $12, Students $10
Other featured composers include Randall Bauer, Chester Biscardi, Tucker Fuller, James Holt, Vera Ivanova, and Bruce Reiprich. More information here.
SICPP performs new music at the Gardner Museum
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, 1:00 PM
Giacinto Scelsi Pwyll for solo flute (1954)
The rest of the concert includes music by Berio, Takemistu, Messiaen, and Kurtag performed by fellows at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice Festival.
Music at the Lily Pad
Saturday, August 7th, 2010, 7:30 PM
The Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA
Elliott Carter Enchanted Preludes
Kaija Saariaho Mirrors
Jim Scully Duplicitious Encounter
Charles Turner 11 Love Songs on poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler
with Rachel Arnold, cello
The program also features music performed Melanie Chirignan (flute), Keith Calmes (guitar), Aaron Larget-Caplan (guitar), and Samantha Benson (french horn).
Simon Sinfonietta performs at Highfield Hall in Falmouth, MA
Sunday, July 11th, 7:30 PM
Felix Mendelssohn Music from a Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aaron Copland Quiet City
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony
Vincent Persichetti The Hollow Men
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
More information here.
Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice
June 19th, 2010, 4:00 PM
New England Conservatory, Brown Hall
Stephen Drury, Artistic Director
Louis Andreissen Hoketus
Chaya Czernowin Afatsim
Anne Goldberg Legno Metallico
Kaija Saaraiho Cendres
The SICPP Iditarod is a six hour marathon concert featuring work by SICPP Composition Fellows and composer-in-residence Chaya Czernowin, and music of Donatoni, Stockhausen, Hyla, Crumb, Liang, Ives, Sciarrino, Harvey, Hosokawa, Takemitsu, Berio, Foss, Feldman and Cage, with electronic sound installations throughout the Conservatory building.
Nashua Community Music School Flute Festival
June 28th – July 2nd, 2010, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
The Flute Festival is open to all middle school and high school students interested in improving tone, technique, sight reading skills, ensemble experience, and musicianship! Participants will have the opportunity to perform with a pianist in a master class and on the final participant recital.
We had a terrific time last summer and I’m looking forward to another great week this summer!
To sign up, please visit www.nashuacms.org.
An Evening of Flute and Cello Music with Rachel Arnold
June 6th, 2010, 7:00 PM
Danvers United Methodist Church
16 Sylvan Street
Danvers, MA
Jay Batzner Oblique Extensions*
Volker Blumenthaler Elegie
Elliott Carter Enchanted Preludes
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns
Donald Martino Variations on a Medieval Melodies for solo cello
Kaija Saariaho Mirrors
Giacinto Scelsi Pwyll for solo flute
Charles Turner 11 Love Songs on Poems by Else Lasker-Schüler*
*Premiere of commissioned pieces
Suggested Donation $10
MetroWest Opera presents Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Weston Town Hall
11 Town House Road
Weston, MA
Saturday, April 25th, 2010, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 26th, 2010, 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010, 3:00 PM
Adam Boyles, Music Director
More information and tickets here.
A Musical and Poetic Journey from Freedomville to Breakdowns
February 19th, 2010, 9:00 PM
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns for flute and cello
Jim Scully Duality in Time
Scott Ruescher, poet
Ashley Addington, flute
Rachel Arnold, cello
Dennis Shafer, Soundpainter, saxophone
Diana Norma, poet
Sarah Kinne, visual artist
Take a journey with Ruescher’s new chapbook Sidewalk Tectonics (2009 Pudding House Press). Musically enhanced by this ruthless duo, Jim Scully’s Duplicitous Encounter will start the trip from Lincoln’s birthplace to the site Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, highlighted by Christopher Gainey’s Breakdowns. No kidding, there’s blues in this one–and Soundpainting, too! Bring your own contribution in the form of poetry, sound, spirits, and be ready for a surprise from the exhibited visual artist, Sarah Kinne!
Suggested Donation $10
Music of Bach, Charpentier, Rutter, and more holiday favorites
December 13th, 2009, 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Chatham
650 Main Street
Chatham, MA