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New York Composers Circle to Present Concert Of New Chamber Music At Manhattan's Church Of The Transfiguration

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 12:00 AM

Performers will be soprano Jacqueline Milena Thompson, mezzo-soprano Jessica Bowers, Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Will Short, and more.

Feb. 23, 2022 

New York Composers Circle will present A Concert of New Chamber Music on Tuesday, March 15 @ 7:00 PM at Manhattan's Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner"), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan.

Works by NYCC members to be performed are Dana Dimitri Richardson's Sunsongs for soprano & piano, Kevin McCarter's Under Sun or Stars for mezzo-soprano & piano, Robert S. Cohen's So You Think I'm Funny? for bassoon & piano, Timothy L. Miller's String Quartet No. 3, "l'Ode au Vermont" and Carl Kanter's String Quartet.

The McCarter, Cohen and Kanter pieces will be World Premieres and the Miller will be a New York Premiere. Information about the NYCC member composers can be found at https://newyorkcomposerscircle.org/composers/member-directory.html.

Performers will be soprano Jacqueline Milena Thompson, mezzo-soprano Jessica Bowers, Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Will Short, pianist Craig Ketter and the Klang String Quartet. Performer information at https://newyorkcomposerscircle.org/performers/index.html.

Tickets for the March 15 concert are $20, available beginning March 1 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nycc-presents-a-concert-of-new-music-tickets-224116377117, or at the door. Seniors are $15 and students are free.