New Music Marathon

The Graduate Center Composers Alliance is excited to be part of the Composers Now Festival once more, and to present brand new pieces by its composers. Join us for a full evening of new, creative, exciting music! Two concerts, with a wine and cheese party in between, to let the audience mingle and meet our talented composers and performers. Composers with world premieres on the 23rd include: Adams, Bridges, George, Giannattasio, Lee, Menillo, Nazaykinskaya, Stafylakis, Shadduck, and Thiebaut.

The GC Composers' Alliance is an organization dedicated to supporting the work of doctoral candidates in Music Composition at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Founded and maintained by composers in the program, the Composers' Alliance presents regular concerts of new works and invites collaborations with performers and ensembles both from within CUNY and from New York's various, vibrant new music communities. The goal of the organization is thus to build bridges between composers, performers and audiences, while highlighting the musical activities of Graduate Center composers.

Program:

Hyperion by Harry Stafylakis

Patrick Kearney, guitar

Improvisation by Patricia Giannattasio

Patricia Giannattasio, piano

Eight Again by Austin Shadduck

Austin Shadduck, shakuhachi

Pulse Timbre Weather Agents by Elizabeth Adams

Vita Wallace & Aaron Packard, violins

Kristen McKeon, alto sax

Jen Baker, trombone

A Glimpse of Hope by Polina Nazaykinskaya

Christopher Janwong McKiggan, piano

Three Caprices by David Bridges

 I. Playful

 II. Fickle

 III. Jazzy

Lisa Tipton, violin

Miho Zaitsu, cello

Dear Mr. Bokhossi by Hyun-Kyung Lee

Carl Patrick Bolleia, piano

Night, like Velvet: in Twelve Letters by Whitney George (selections)

"Burning a Name with Black Edges"

"A Compass as My Planchette"

"Rope at the Throat"

Martha Cargo, flute

Charlotte Munn-wood, violin

Pat Muchmore, cello

Melinda Faylor, piano

Joe Tucker, percussion

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