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Opening Reception
Friday, January 4, 5:30 PM

Sponsored by BMI
Awards Ceremony and General Session with Award Recipients,
Followed by Dessert Reception
Saturday, January 5, beginning at 1:30PM

Sponsored by ASCAP
Celebrate the achievements of this year's winners of the CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming, and mingle with colleagues at the reception, sponsored by ASCAP.
The 30th Anniversary National Conference will celebrate with more music than ever, including three exciting concert events.

FRIDAY EVENING: A Celebratory Anniversary Concertto be held in the acoustically superb "Meeting Hall" performance space at The New York Society for Ethical Culture on West 64th Street, near Lincoln Centerwill feature composers, performers, and presenters whose successful collaborations over the past thirty years were made possible by CMA.
Chamber Music America
Thirtieth-Anniversary Concert
Friday, January 4, 2008 8:00 pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Two West 64th Street at Central Park West
| The Path Among the Trees |
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Billy Childs (b. 1957) |
THE BILLY CHILDS JAZZ-CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Billy Childs, piano
Larry Koonse, guitar
Steve Wilson, alto sax, flute
Carol Robbins, harp
Scott Colley, bass
Clarence Penn, drums
THE YING QUARTET
Timothy and Janet Ying, violins
Phillip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello
Introduced by Phillip Ying and Billy Childs
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Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) |
| "Espanoleta" |
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Gaspar Sanz |
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Santiago de Murcia (d. circa 1752) |
CHATHAM BAROQUE
Andrew Fouts, violin
Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba
Scott Pauley, baroque guitar
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Daniel Mallon, percussion
Introduced by Michael Jaffee, Waverly Consort, and founding president, CMA
String Quartet in E Minor (1876) ("From My Life") |
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Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) |
I. Allegro vivo appassionato
III. Largo sostenuto
THE PARKER STRING QUARTET
Daniel Chong and Karen Kim, violins
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Introduced by Seth Knopp, Yellow Barn Music School and Festival
| Piano Trio No. 2 (1993) |
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Leon Kirchner (b. 1919) |
THE CLAREMONT TRIO
Emily Bruskin, violin
Julia Bruskin, cello
Donna Kwong, piano
Introduced by Joseph Kalichstein, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Pierrot lunaire (1912) (Part 1, Concert version) |
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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) |
Mondestrunken (Drunk with Moonlight)
Colombine (Columbine)
Der Dandy (The Dandy)
Eine Blasse Wäscherin (A Pallid Washerwoman)
Valse de Chopin
Madonna
Der Kranke Mond (The Sick Moon)
Sprechstimme: Lucy Shelton, soprano
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD
Tim Munro, flutes
Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets
Matt Albert, violin & viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Matthew Duvall, percussion
Lisa Kaplan, piano
Introduced by Sarah Rothenberg, Da Camera of Houston
| Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) |
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Steve Reich (b. 1936) |
| Amid the Noise (2006) |
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Jason Treuting (b. 1977) |
SO PERCUSSION
Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, Lawson White
Introduced by Ed Noonan, Myrna Loy Center for the Performing and Media Arts
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Presented in the beautiful and historic Teatro Heckscher at El Museo del Barrio on Fifth Avenue, Saturday's musical offering will showcase CMA-sponsored commissions, performed by CMA member ensembles. Enjoy these new compositions—as well as introductory discussions that place them in context.

Chamber Music America National Conference
COMMISSIONING CONCERT
Saturday, January 5, 2008
4:30pm
Teatro Heckscher
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th St.)
| Peace Pipe (2002) |
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Ben Allison (b. 1966) |
BEN ALLISON AND MEDICINE WHEEL
Ben Allison, bass
Michael Blake, saxophones
Ron Horton, trumpet
Steve Cardenas, guitar
Michael Sarin, drums
| Rags to Rhythm (2001) |
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Marcus Roberts (b. 1963) |
MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO
Marcus Roberts, piano
Roland Guerin, bass
Jason Marsalis, drums
| Wondering in the Journey (2007) |
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Yuanlin Chen (b. 1957) |
MELODY OF CHINA
Yangqin Zhao, yangqin
Hong Wang, erhu
Xian Lu, dizi
Wanpeng Guo, sheng
Wei Wang, percussion
Shenshen Zhang, pipa
Peter Josheff, clarinet
Hannah Adario-Berry, cello
Eric Myers, keyboard
Peace Pipe and Rags to Rhythm were created with support from Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation Program, funded though the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Wondering in the Journey was made possible by the Chamber Music America Commissioning Program, with funding generously provided by the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.
SUNDAY EVENING: The Closing Concert, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, is dedicated to past and present members of the Juilliard String Quartet. Founded in 1946, the quartet is the recipient of the 2008 Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award. Celebrated and emerging quartets—some mentored by the Juilliard—will perform.
Chamber Music America National Conference
Closing Concert:
Honoring the Juilliard String Quartet
Sunday, January 6, 2008
4:00pm
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
308 West 46th Street
| Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major (1793) |
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
Allegro
Adagio cantabile
Scherzo. Allegro assai
Finale. Presto
TRIO CAVATINA
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Priscilla Lee, cello
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
| String Quartet Op. 12 "Arcadiana" (1994) |
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Thomas Adès (b. 1971) |
THE CALDER QUARTET
Benjamin Jacobson and Andrew Bulbrook, violins
Jonathan Moerschel, viola
Eric Byers, cello
| String Quartet, Op. 95 "Serioso" (1810) |
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
THE SHANGHAI STRING QUARTET
Weigang Li, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Honggang Li, viola
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
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