Society for New Music

upcoming concerts

Pluck, Pound, Peel
Sunday, September 26, 4:30 PM
Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon Pluck, Pound, Peel (2nd perf.)
Robert Palmer Epigrams (in memoriam)
Israel-award-winner Michael Gilbertson Fold by Fold
Israel-award-winner Chris Rogerson String Quartet

James Tapia, conductor; Laura Enslin, soprano; Cristina Buciu and Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, violins; Wendy Richman, viola; David LeDoux, cello; Ed Castilano, double bass; Ursula Kwasnicka, harp; Jesse Jones, mandolin; Eric Pearson and Emmett Van Slyke, guitars; Rob Bridge and Jennifer Vacanti, percussion; Sar Shalom Strong, piano; Josephine Gaeffke, harpsichord; string quartet of Eastman students


The Lodger
Friday, October 15, 7:30 PM
Palace Theater, Eastwood, 2384 James St., Syracuse

Featuring Javon Jackson, guest composer/performer

Premiere of Javon Jackson's score for Hitchcock's classic 1927 silent film The Lodger, based on the story of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, presented in conjunction with the Syracuse International Film Festival.

Paul Merrill, trumpet; Claire Tuxill McKenney, French horn; Matt Wright, trombone; Bridget Moriarty, vocalist; with members of Javon Jackson's ensemble, led by saxophonist/composer Jackson, a former Art Blakey Jazz Messengers' sideman.

Iridium, NYC: "Jackson is something to marvel at, with his impressive ideas, strong technique and a warm tone that is consistent across the whole range of the instrument and through the entire spectrum of dynamics."


Music of Conflict and Reconciliation
Sunday, November 14, 4:30 PM
Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

Featuring Simon Shaheen, oud

Music by Reza Vali (Persian), Karim Al-Zand (Egyptian), and guest composer/performer Simon Shaheen, (Palestinian), in conjunction with S.U. Symposium & Dept. of Art and Music Histories Conference


Third & Fourth Stream Music
Sunday, January 23, 2:30 PM
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum, Syracuse

Premiere of 'Doctuh' Michael Woods commissioned work, plus music by past Israel Prize-winner Derek Bermel, and Gunther Schuller, in celebration of his 85th birthday.


Eleanor Roosevelt
Saturday, March 26, 4:00 PM
Carrier Theater, Civic Center, Syracuse

Premiere of fully staged opera Eleanor Roosevelt by Persis Parshall Vehar, with chamber orchestra.


Eleanor Roosevelt
Sunday, March 27, 4:00 PM
Carrier Theater, Civic Center, Syracuse

Premiere of fully staged opera Eleanor Roosevelt by Persis Parshall Vehar, with chamber orchestra.


Vision of Sound
Friday, April 29, 8:00 PM
TBD, Syracuse

New music with dance


Vision of Sound
Saturday, April 30, 7:30 PM
Hochstein School Auditorium, Rochester

New music with dance


past concerts

Family Arts Day: Selected Nebulae
Saturday, July 24, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

A surround sound/video installation inspired by images taken of nebulae in deep space by the Hubble and other orbiting telescopes. Samuel Pellman has created a series of electro-acoustic vignettes with deep space images that have been animated by video artist Miranda Raimondi. These compositions convey a sense of what has been discovered thus far in our exploration of the space above, and hint at some of the further wonders that remain to be discovered.

Members of the audience respond to an on-screen menu by pressing tabs on a nano-pad to select the order in which the brief compositions in the Selected Nebulae set are presented.

Wander in and out anytime between 10:00-3:00.


String Poetic: 20th Century Masters
Friday, July 23, 8:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 27 Albany St., Cazenovia
Tickets: $15 regular, $12 students/seniors, children 18 & under free (available at the door)

Violinist and Syracuse native Sarah Crocker, now with the Met Opera Orchestra, along with pianist Sar Shalom Strong, perform works by Bartok, Boatwright, Dallapiccola, Janacek, Lutoslawski, and Messaien


Rising Stars Concert
Wednesday, July 21, 12:30 PM
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

Alicia Friedrichs, violin, Mark Sieling, piano, and Daniel Fields, tenor, performing the classics alongside new work created for them by young composers Kevin Namitz, Nikolas Allen Jeleniauskas, and Elizabeth Luttinger.


Douglas Quin Austral Soundscapes
Saturday, July 17, 2:00 PM
Stone Quarry Art Park, Stone Quarry Rd., Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

A presentation of stories and listening focusing on Antarctica. Readings from journals and field notes are combined with extended listening and a short electro-acoustic performance of processed soundscapes. This program coincides with Taiga Records release of Fathom, a vinyl collection of Quin's underwater soundscapes from the polar regions of the earth.


The Ugly Duckling
Friday, July 16, 7:00 PM
St. James Catholic Church, 6 Green St., Cazenovia
Tickets: $5, family fee $20 (available at the door)

Staged world premiere of a children's musical, The Ugly Duckling, set in the Adirondacks a little west of Lake George, and based on Hans Christian Andersen's folk tale.

Music and libretto by Charles Lupia
Stage Director: Gerard Moses; Music Director: Neva Pilgrim
Set painting: Juan Cruz, assisted by Cazenovia High School students
Lighting: JT Lee; Sound Artist: Ed Ruchalski
Cast: Marissa Rae Roberts, Daniel and Nicholas Fields, Victoria King, Adina and Rebecca Martin, Dominic Fortunato, Aidan, Spencer, Frank and Suzie Procopio, Donnie Williams, Lucy DiGenova, Lauren Gruenberg, Gabrielle, Arianna and Talia Masse, Kate Sheehan, Jillian Carafa, Christof Deboni, with chamber ensemble.


J.T. Hall Jazz Consort
Thursday, July 15, 6:00 PM
Lakeland Park Pavilion, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

Part of the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce Concerts in the Park series.


Tom Bronzetti Trio
Thursday, July 15, 7:00 PM
Lakeland Park Pavilion, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

Guitarist Tom Bronzetti's newest combo has a CD out, First Contact. Bronzetti is the ultra-talented 24-year-old guitarist who recently earned a music degree from Ithaca College. Tom Bronzetti, guitar; Joseph Arcuri, double bass; Rick Montalbano, drums.


Rising Stars Concert
Wednesday, July 14, 12:30 PM
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

Katie Weber, voice, Joanna Wu, flute, and Gina Fortunato, piano, will perform the classics alongside new works created for them by young composers Chris Cresswell, Alex Graham and Diego Davidenko, accompanied by Sar Shalom Strong.


Invitational Art Exhibit
Thursday, July 1,
Various venues, Cazenovia
Tickets: Free

The exhibit includes painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, collage, stained glass, and sculpture by Maria Aridgides, Anne Baldwin, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Sue Canizares, Stephen Carpenter, Juan Cruz, Barbara Decker, Bob Gates, Gene Gissin, Elisabeth Groat, Judith Hand, Fumiyo Hirano, Tom Huff, Barbara Kellogg, Katherine Kernan, Bob Niedzwiecki, Toloa Perry, Scott Samson, Alison Sinnott, Stephen Specht, Rosalie Spitzer, Christina Tisa, Carolynne Whitefeather, Diana Whiting, Jeanann Wieners, Phil Young.

Exhibit venues include St. Peter's Episcopal Hall, Cazenovia Public Library, Circa, Isabella's, Cazenovia Jewelry, Cazenovia Artisans, The CNY Gallery, Common Ground.


Vision of Sound
Sunday, April 18, 4:00 PM
Carrier Theater, Civic Center, Syracuse
Tickets: $15 regular, $12 students/seniors (available at the door)

Live new music with dance, presented in collaboration with the SUNY Brockport Dance Department

Premieres of new works by
Mark Olivieri Concertino, 2010 (commissioned)
Elizabeth Luttinger Pot Luck, 2010
Edward Ruchalski Other Days, 2009
Nicholas Jeleniauskas Allen Confluence, 2010
plus
Marc Mellits Mara's Lullaby, 2009
Spencer Topel Three Preludes, 2007

Choreographers: Mariah Mahoney, Cadence Whittier, Elizabeth Luttinger, Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell, Heather Roffe, and Chris Morrison

Musicians: Kelly Covert, Ron Caravan, Cristina Buciu, David LeDoux, Rob Auler, Rob Bridge


Vision of Sound
Saturday, April 17, 7:30 PM
Hochstein School Auditorium, Rochester

Live new music with dance, presented in collaboration with the SUNY Brockport Dance Department

Premieres of new works by
Mark Olivieri Concertino, 2010 (commissioned)
Elizabeth Luttinger Pot Luck, 2010
Edward Ruchalski Other Days, 2009
Nicholas Jeleniauskas Allen Confluence, 2010
plus
Marc Mellits Mara's Lullaby, 2009
Spencer Topel Three Preludes, 2007

Choreographers: Mariah Mahoney, Cadence Whittier, Elizabeth Luttinger, Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell, Heather Roffe, and Chris Morrison

Musicians: Kelly Covert, Ron Caravan, Cristina Buciu, David LeDoux, Rob Auler, Rob Bridge


The Young and Restless
Sunday, March 28, 2:30 PM
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum, Syracuse
Tickets: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors (available at the door)

Philippe Bodin Plains from Inner Banners, 2004, for solo piano
Diego Davidenko String Quartet, 2008 (premiere)
Jocelyn Hagen love, song (e.e. cummings), 2010 (2nd performance)
David Crowell Valley of Fire, 2010, for piano quartet (3rd performance)
Marc Mellits, Octet, 2010 for double string quartet (2nd performance)

Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano; Adrienne Kim, piano; Cristina Buciu, violin; Petia Manolova, violin; Li Li, viola; Lindsay Groves, cello; plus the Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestra Quartet: Alicia Friedrichs, violin; Rachel Parks, violin; Dan Brown, viola; and Xander Edwards, cello.


Trendsetters
Thursday, March 11, 8:00 PM
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse
Tickets: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors; free with SU ID (available at the door)

James Welsch Till the sun grows cold..., 2010, premiere, for flute, oboe, French horn, and harp
Armando Bayolo Orfei Mors (Death of Orpheus), 2010, premiere, for cello and chamber orchestra
Carter Pann Summer Songs, 2009, 2nd performance (presented in conjunction with the Skaneateles Festival), for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and narrator
Samson Young Fractured Atlas, 2009, for clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola, and cello (Brian Israel-award winner)
Virgil Thomson The Plow That Broke the Plains

Featuring Philip von Maltzahn, cello; and Armando Bayolo, conductor, with SNM core members and the SU Contemporary Directions Ensemble
(SNM Musicians: Ann McIntyre, Amy Diefes, George Macero, John Friedrichs, Gabriel Bergeron-Langlois, Julie Bridge, Ed Diefes, Sar Shalom Strong, Ursula Kwasnicka, and narrator Neva Pilgrim
Contemporary Directions Ensemble: Joanne Wheeler, Jordan Dusek, Juan Velasquez, Elizabeth Luttinger, Gabriel DiMartino, Carl Burdick, Tim Laughlin, John Sellmeyer, Stephen Salem, Erica Smithson, Mike Monacelli)

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