December 18, Ring in the New Chamber Music Festival, Elmira, NY (Da Capo's own festival!)
- Stravinsky, trio version of L'histoire du soldat
- David Lang, Sweet Air
- *John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing
- Reza Vali, Folk Song Set Nr. 9
- *JoanTower, Petroushskates
- *Dmitri Riabtsev, Enchanted Lake II
January 17, University of Virginia at Charlottesville
Pieces by graduate student composers:
- Scott Barton
- Yuri Spitzer
- Jonathan Zorn
- Joe Adkins
- Steven Kemper
- Aurie Hsu
- Lanier Sammons
January 26, Ring in the New Chamber Music Festival, Syracuse, NY (Da Capo's own festival!) 4 PM at May Memorial, 3800 East Genesee Street
- Elliott Carter, Canon for 4
- *JoanTower, Petroushskates
- Daniel Godfrey, Luna Rugasa
- Stravinsky, trio version of L'histoire du soldat
- *John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing
- *Igor Golubev, Sparkling Thirds
Also played at the festival, works by Syracuse composers:
- Diane R. Jones, Language of the Cosmos
- Xavier Lafont, Cerulean Sky
- Elizabeth Luttinger, A Brief Winter
- Nilo Alcala II, (untitled and unfinished sketch)
February 9, Lehigh University's Zoellner Center
- *Louis Karchin, The Gods of Winter (texts by Dana Gioia) (world premiere)
- Paul Salerni, Sad Stories (texts by Dana Gioia, William Matthews, Dick Allen)
- Paul Salerni, Speaking of Love (texts by Dana Gioia)
February 16, Middlebury College, VT
- Elliott Carter, Canon for 4
- *JoanTower, Petroushskates
- Daniel Godfrey, Luna Rugasa
- Stravinsky, trio version of L'histoire du soldat
- *John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing
- *Igor Golubev, Sparkling Thirds
April 22, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Program tba
*works written for Da Capo
Ring in the New Chamber Music 2-day festival – and YOU participate!
You might play in a gamelan ensemble, or play a chamber music piece (perhaps with members of the Da Capo Chamber Players), or do some guided improvisation, or sing along with John Harbison's setting of Amazing Grace or Ain't Goin' to Study War No Mo'.
(For some events, no special advance knowledge of music is needed to participate -- but attendees who play instruments or sing will find ample opportunities to do so!)
Every Balinese village has a gamelan ensemble that meets regularly – with players from ages 5 to 95. Bethany Collier, gamelan professor at Cornell University, will give participants some very simple basics – and then they'll play a Balinese folk-tune setting by composer Shirish Korde, in a special workshop with the Da Capo members. (And this is only one of the fun events in the 2-day festival!)
Lots of terrific new music CDs, T-shirts (and even some new music refreshments)
Members of the da capo chamber players:
Patricia Spencer, flute Meighan Stoops, clarinet Curtis Macomber, violin André Emelianoff, cello Blair McMillen, piano
RING IN THE NEW CHAMBER MUSIC is funded with a grant from The New York State Music Fund
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