Wednesday, August 11, 2021

FIRST CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Richard Brooks  — Preludes to Milton’s 'Paradise Lost'

• Book I
• Book II

Kevin McCarter — Two Preludes after Jean Langlais ‡

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Chiaroscuro †

Eugene Marlow — Three Pieces for Organ

• Clasico Bolero
• A La Russe †
• D'humeur Melancolique †

Catherine Neville — Prelude & Fugue in the Time of COVID †

Claudia Dumschat, organ

† World Premiere  ‡  New York Premiere



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Thursday, September 9, 2021

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS & ELECTRONICS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Jacob E. Goodman — String Quartet No. 1 †

• I. Allegro
• II. Adagio
• III. Rondo

• Klang String Quartet

Catherine Neville — Mukuntuweap †

• I. Sanctuary
• II. Grafton
• Mukuntuweap

• Klang String Quartet

Debra Kaye — Turning in Time

• Kinga Augustyn, violin

Timothy L. Miller — Three Miniatures for String Trio †

• I. Going Someplace
• II. Having Been There
• III. And Back Again

• Gregor Kitzis, violin; Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 9

• Molly Aronson, cello; Hubert Howe, electronics

Kevin McCarter — Sketches From Nature ††

• I. Walking, with Wind in the Leaves
• II. Along a Stream
• III. Among Birds
• IV. Flowers
• V. Recollection

• Klang String Quartet

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — The Sun ‡

• Hubert, Howe, electronics

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Immersion ‡

• Hubert, Howe, electronics

Eric Heilner — SQrt: Season 1, Episode 2

• Klang String Quartet

The Klang String Quartet

• Gregor Kitzis, violin; Katie Thomas, violin, Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello
• Special Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, violin

†  World Premiere  †† New York Premiere  ‡  US Premiere

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

SECOND CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Robert Cohen — Rabbi Schmuley Rides the Cyclone to Heaven †

Thomas Parente — Pandemia †

Dary John Mizelle — Passacaglia, Toccata & Fugue †

Hubert Howe — Prelude for Organ †

David See — Three Hymn Preludes for Organ

• Fugue on "St. Ann and Ellacombe” (not performed on this concert)
• Little Brown Church (In The Vale) ††
• There's A Song In The Air

Claudia Dumschat, organ

† World Premiere  †† New York Premiere



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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NEW MUSIC for INSTRUMENTS, ELECTRONICS & VIDEO

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir (to Craig Ketter) †

• Craig Ketter, piano

Craig Slon — The Siren †

• Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano

Peter Kelsh — Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano †

• Stefan Williams, horn; Eunmin Woo, violin; Craig Ketter, piano

Frederick Boyle — Palindrome Canon Nº 9 †

• for electronics & video, video by Craig Stockwell

Linda A. Marcel — Distant Waves, New Worlds ‡

• Michael Laderman, flute, electronics, and video by Linda Marcel

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 10 ‡

• Hubert Howe, electronics, Blair McMillen, piano, video by Gazinur Rakhmatullin

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Electroacoustic Improvisation Nº 2 ‡

• video by Martin Mukhametzyanov

Emiko Hayashi — Song Cycle †

1. Moon in the cold
2. Mirror
3. Moon so pure
4. Empty sky
5. Snowflakes fall
6. A lonely moon

• Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano

† World Premiere    ‡ U.S. Premiere



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Thursday, December 16, 2021

A CONCERT OF NEW CHAMBER MUSIC

Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II †

• Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Reconsidered †

• David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman †

1. Morning Hunt
2. A Lesson from Master Wolf
3. The Conquest

• David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano

David See — Caffeine Rag

• David See, piano

Roger Blanc — Duology †

• Melissa Slocum, double bass; Steve Sandberg, piano

Olivia D. Jones — It Is She Who Made Us †

1. Strength
2. Determination
3. Power

• David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Three Rhapsodies

1. Cool and sensuous
2. Passionately
3. Freely

• Criag Ketter, piano

† World Premiere



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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

A CONCERT of NEW CHAMBER MUSIC

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Sunsongs

• I. Dawn
• II. Sunshine
• III. Twilight

• Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Craig Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Under Sun Or Stars †

1. Sunset Near Home
2. Afternoon on a Hill
3. Stars

• Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano; Craig Ketter, piano

Robert S. Cohen — So You Think I'm Funny? †

1. So What!
2. So Low
3. So’s Your Old...

• Will Short, bassoon; Craig Ketter, piano

David See — Caffeine Rag

• David See, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II

• Peter Sachon, cello; Craig Ketter, piano

David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman

1. Morning Hunt
2. A Lesson from Master Wolf
3. The Conquest

• Todd Palmer, clarinet, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig, Ketter, piano

† World Premiere



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Thursday, April 21, 2022

NEW MUSIC for VOICE & INSTRUMENTS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Catherine Neville — Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky

• I. Red Accent
• II. Blue
• III. Green

• Kyle Miller, electric guitar; Matthew Kowalski, vibraphone

Paul Aljian — By Night, By Day †

• David Steinberg, violin; Daniel Barret, cello

Simona Smirnova — Jauna Meilė †

• Simona Smirnova, soprano; Vivienne Aerts, alto; Takuma Matsui, tenor; Erik Schark, bass

Madelyn Byrne — Hallie Quinn Brown

• Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Simon Mulligan, piano

Eric Heilner — Short Story for Violin & Piano Nº 1 †

• Marina Kifferstein, violin; Simon Mulligan, piano

Patricia Leonard — Remember Me, from “Written in the Stars”

• Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano

Christopher Sahar — Shortcuts for Solo Piano †

• I. Slow
• II. Allegro — Grave
• III. quarter note = ca. 50-60
• IV. Nostalgic and passionate

• Simon Mulligan, piano

Anton Rovner — Mysterious Star, song cycle on poems by Edgar Allan Poe †

• I. A Dream
• II. Hymn
• III. Imitation
• IV. Alone
• V. Mysterious Star

• Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano

† World premiere



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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC MASTERS

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

David Mecionis — Elegy for Joey ‡

• Linda Wetherill, flute, Lois Martin, viola

Roger Blanc — Pendulum †

• Oren Fader, guitar

Tamara Cashour — ’Baldi Buddy Ol’ Pal — a short fantasia on themes from Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Cento Partite supra Passacaglia †

• Christopher Oldfather, piano

Stefan Wolpe — Second Piece for Violin Alone

• Rolf Schulte, violin

Raoul Pleskow — Contrasts †

• Rolf Schulte, violin, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — les pierres éclatent †

• I. Presentation de pierres
• II. Chaque pierre eclate en poussière
• III. Brusqement et un peu vertigineux — des pieres qui s'effondrent

• Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Tocotín ‡

• Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar

Dary John Mizelle — A World of Differences †

• Esther Lamneck, clarinet

Donald Martino — Fantasy-Variations

• I. Liberamente
• II. Il più presto possibile

• Rolf Schulte, violin

‡ New York Premiere  † World Premiere



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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A CONCERT OF NEW MUSIC

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration

Cheng Jin Koh — Ecstasy

• First Wave: Disorientation
• Second Wave: Ecstasy
• Third Wave: Paranoia
• Fourth Wave: Sick Affections

• Winner of the 2019 John Eaton Memorial Competition
• Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Olivia Moaddel, violin, Mark Serkin, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

Christopher Kaufman — Nocturnal Phantasy ‡

• I. Prismatic Vision
• II. Clouds-Forms, Storm and Water, Cloudburst
• III. Dance

• Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Craig Ketter, piano

Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir for solo piano

• Craig Ketter, piano

Timothy L. Miller — String Quartet No.3: “l'Ode au Vermont” †

• I. Intro
• II. Allegro
• III. Larghetto
• IV. Presto

• Klang String Quartet

Jeffrey Niederhoffer — Askew, But Not Amiss ‡

• Winner of the 2020 John Eaton Memorial Competition
• Anthony Izzo, alto saxophone

Carl Kanter — String Quartet 2021 †

• I. Allegro
• II. Andante—Moderato—Andante
• III. Allegro vivace
• IV. Intermezzo (Andante)
• V. Allegro
• VI. Largo
• VII. Allegro

• Klang String Quartet

The Klang String Quartet:

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Katie Thomas, violin, Arttie Dibble, viola, Molly Aronson, cello

‡ New York Premiere  † World Premiere



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