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2009 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
January 16—18, 2009
Westin New York at Times Square
Planning for the CMA's 2009 National Conference is underway. If you wish to submit a proposal for a workshop or conference session, please do so by July 15, 2008.
The proposal should include:
Proposed title and statement of session objectives
A complete outline of session activities
A list of speakers, panelists, or other participants, with biographical information
Submit by email to:
sdadian@chamber-music.org, or by mail to:
Conference Session Proposals
c/o Susan Dadian, Program Director
Chamber Music America
305 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
The conference committee will review all session proposals at the end of summer, and selections will be made in the fall.
NOTE: All session panelists, leaders, and moderators must register for the Conference.
Questions? Contact Susan Dadian at sdadian@chamber-music.org, or (212)242-2022, ext. 13.
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Conference Photo Essay (in PDF Format)
Remarks by Joseph W. Polisi
Remarks by Daniel R. Gustin

Showcase: The Poulenc Trio

Film Presentation: Founding Juilliard String Quartet violinist Robert Mann and his wife, Lucy Mann, at a showing of Allan Miller's Bowing Out.

Closing Concert: Trio Cavatina—Harumi Rhodes, Ieva Jokubaviciute, and Priscilla Lee

Closing Concert: The Shanghai Quartet—Wei-gang Li; Yi-wen Jiang, Nicholas Tzavaras and Honggang Li

Awards Banquet: (l to r) Joel Smirnoff, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes, Ronald Copes, CMA president Phillip Ying, Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick

Awards Banquet: Juilliard School president Joseph W. Polisi with Phillip Ying
Panel/Commissioning Consortia: Ruth Felt (president, San Francisco Performances) and Wu Han (co-artistic director, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)

Reflected view of exhibit hall at the New York Westin

Keynote Speaker: Neurologist/author Oliver Sacks with pianist Sarah Rothenberg, chair of the 30th Anniversary Conference

CMA Board chair Laura Sewell

Margaret M. Lioi (CEO of Chamber Music America); in background: Laura Sewell and Wayne Brown (NEA)

Showcase: Brasil Guitar Duo

Composer Alvin Singleton

30th Anniversary Concert: Conference chair Sarah Rothenberg introduced the event.

30th Anniversary Concert: Michael Jaffee, founding CMA president, introducing Chatham Baroque

30th Anniversary Concert: Claremont Trio—Julia Bruskin, Donna Kwong, Emily Bruskin

30th Anniversary Concert: Lucy Shelton and eighth blackbird in concert version of Pierrot lunaire

Commissioning Concert: The Marcus Roberts Trio —Roberts, Jason Marsalis, and Roland Guerin

30th Anniversary Concert: Jason Treuting with So Percussion, performing Steve Reich's Drumming

Commissioning Concert: Melody of China takes a bow

Adventurous Programming Awards: Composer/saxophonist Fred Ho with ASCAP vice president Frances Richard

Panel "From Founder to Future": Louise K. Smith, CMA treasurer and Chicago Chamber Musicians trustee, moderated the session.

Improvisation Session: Stefon Harris, vibraphonist-composer and CMA Board member

Showcase: Rie Schmidt, of Flute Force
Photography by Shelley Kusnetz
www.shelleykusnetzphotography.com
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