Member News
The Golden "Reade" Flute by Eugene Dieter was dedicated to Elmer Reade who, along with his gold Haynes flute, inspired the title. The piece is a lovely barcarole & offers interesting writing for both parts - flutist & pianist will be equally pleased.
AME is honored to become the new CUNY Graduate Center Ensemble-In-Residence. Working closely with faculty members Tania Leon and David Olan and the talented graduate students of CUNY's graduate center, AME will present readings, performances and master classes throughout the year.
I am excited to announce that I have been awarded an ASCAP/Herb Albert Young Jazz Composers Award for my tune "Monsoon Blues." You can listen to it here:
https://soundcloud.com/aakashmittalmusic/monsoon-blues/s-wAhnn/
I'm very excited to be composing new music every month of 2013 based on conversations I am having with various NYC communities. The project is simply called "City of New York, 2013". More information can be found at www.mattdavisguitar.com
My group "Fractal Attraction" will be playing at the Kettle Music Collective mini-fest on Feb 22 @ 8:30PM. I-beam, Brooklyn.
With Gene Ess, Thana Alexa, Thomson Kneeland, Colin Stranahan, piano - tba.
A delightful fusion of Celtic, jazz & classical idiom for flute, piano, violin and cello. cdbaby.com/cd/susanconant2
Heading to one of our favorite locales: New Bern, NC for the Tenth Anniversary Season of the Carolina Chamber Music Festival. February 17-23, 2013!
Chris will be performing with Bryan and the Aardvarks at Joe's Pub on Friday, February 22nd, at 9:30pm. Info and Tickets at http://www.joespub.com
Society for Chamber Music in Rochester (SCMR), N.Y., announces Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr as new co-artistic directors. Read the Democrat and Chronicle article on the husband and wife team of Athayde (concertmaster) and Behr (principal oboist), both with the RPO.
Gramercy premiered Schuller Trio #3. The Boston Globe review begins: “A quick stab of a chord, then a dark, slowly spreading pool of dissonance.... Schuller has written a piece that feels retro and youthful at the same time, working venerable veins of modernism with often bristling energy."
