Composers Concordance - 30th Anniversary Season Opener / Fundraiser -

Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 7pm
$25
Gallery MC
549 West 52nd St (between 10th & 11th Aves.) 8th floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 581-1966
http://www.gallerymc.org

"For the past 30 years, Composers Concordance has been a booster for local composers, through both its concerts across the city and a record label." -The Wall Street Journal. "Enterprising new music organization" -The New York Times.

Staying in rotation for thirty years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past, but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.

On September 27th at 7pm at Gallery MC, Composers Concordance presents its 30th Anniversary Season Opener and Fundraiser, with violinist Lara St. John, vocalist Loire Cotler, flutist Valerie Coleman, clarinetist Michiyo Suzuki, pianists Dimitri Dover and Eduard Laurel, and double bassist Troy Rinker, performing music of Gloria Coates, Valerie Coleman, Dan Cooper, Daniel Palkowski, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldier, and Randy Woolf, among others. The event will be augmented by games, speeches, food, drinks, and a performance by the prog-rock trio Erbium, with guest guitarist Peter Fabrizio. Directors and newly-appointed board members will outline the 'Anniversaires' season ahead, chock-full of commemorative concerts, established and emerging composers, aesthetic approaches, alternative venues, and related disciplines.

Composers Concordance strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, and Milica Paranosic co-curate the programs, and lead CCE, the ensemble-in-residence at William Paterson University. Venues in recent seasons have included Bohemian National Hall, Chelsea Art Museum, Cutting Room, Dimenna Center, Drom NYC, Gallery MC, LPR, Miller Theater, the Museum of Natural History, and Weill Recital Hall, among many others. Composers Concordance was founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening. It has also created a new record label, Composers Concordance Records, with distribution by Naxos. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to see contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music, performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
PRESS: for more information, please contact:
Composers Concordance
(646) 522-9442
info@composersconcordance.com
http://www.composersconcordance.com
http://composersconcordance.wix.com/2013-14season#!concerts/cjg9
http://composersconcordance.wix.com/ccensemble
http://www.composersconcordancerecords.com

DIRECTIONS:
Gallery MC is located at 549 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019 (between 10th and 11th Avenues.)

By Subway: C or E trains to 50th Street (8th Avenue) or the 1 train to 50th Street (Broadway.)
By Bus: M11 to 52nd Street.