Member News
I have been commissioned to write a new work for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music New Music Ensemble, to be premiered on April 17, 2014. The new work will be for the full ensemble, with an instrumentation of 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-1, 2 perc., harp, piano, 2-1-1-1.
Considering two new projects:
Focusing on enlightened bluegrass project, replicating banjo with piano/keyboard. Seeking dedicated mandolin & acoustic guitarist to form blue grass trio, preferaby in the Phoenix, AZ, area.
Will be attending the Sedona Bluegrass Festival 2013 from June 3rd though June 9th.
"Premiere Works XXII: Music of Young Composers"
Music From China performs world premieres of commissioned works by Huang Ruo, Li Xinyan, and other young composers writing for Chinese and Western instrumentation.
Oct. 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space
Chinese Music Past to Present
Music dating from ancient dynasties to the music of today is presented in an eclectic collection of songs in classical and folk traditions, and in contemporary setting.
Flushing Library
June 8, 2013 at 2 pm
EL ECO
Featuring Special Guest Osmany Paredes
An Evening of Brazilian Argentinean Jazz
Saturday, June 15, 9:00 PM
Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA
EL ECO, featuring Osmany Paredes and Kim Nazarian, will present an evening of Brazilian Argentinean Jazz.
Hear a radio interview (WUNC-Chapel HIll, NC) with bassoonists Rachael Elliott and Michael Burns about the April 21, 2013 How Low Can You Go? concert, music for multiple bassoons. Listen to excerpts by members of the bassoon band.
Todd Sickafoose was awarded a 2011 New Jazz Work commissioning grant from Chamber Music America. He plans to premiere the brand new music with his band Tiny Resistors in late 2013.
We invite you to Vermont for the 5th Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. Throughout the week we will explore the concept of virtuosity in music. We will be joined by the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, composer Steven Stucky, violinist Philip Setzer, guitarist Jason Vieaux and more.
The Mason Arts roster includes:
The Mana Saxophone Quartet
enhake
Post Haste Reed Duo
Jeff Brooks aka ClarinetMonsterR
Michael Hernandez, soprano saxophone
Audrey Miller, clarinet
