Composers Concordance Concert Wed. Feb. 26!

Dear Tunaei:

Please "check out" in particular the early Ben Johnston work (one of
his first microtonal pieces!) and the Frank Oteri woodwind quintet in
quartertones!!!

COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE

NEW WORKS AND COMPOSER INTERVIEWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Composers Concordance is continuing a winter wonderland of new
works in its second seasonal concert, Wednesday, February 26, 2003,
8PM at Washington Square United Methodist Church, 135 West 4th
Street, NYC. Three composers, Martin Bresnick, Frank Oteri and Dan
Cooper will be present and will be interviewed by actress Linda Past.

We present Martin Bresnick's Songs of the Mouse People, based
upon a surreal short story of a tiny mouse diva by Franz Kafka with
Jennifer DeVore, cello and Ingrid Gordon, vibraphone.

Virgil Thomson's String Quartet No. 2 is a peaceful and "laid
back" work that is considered by some a precursor of minimalism.
It will be performed by Curtis Macomber, Lynn Bechtold, violins,
Edmundo Ramirez, viola, Jennifer DeVore, cello.

The ethereal Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who combines the
science of sound with the otherworldly will be performed with her
Nocturne for solo violin rendered by Lynn Bechtold.

We will be premiering Frank Oteri's microtonal woodwind quintet,
circles mostly in wood in quartertones. This is a work which spans a
wild stylistic range, from pop to minimalist. This work will be
played by the Pentasonic Winds.

We will premiere the very urban String Quartet by Dan Cooper, a NYC-
native composer whose fixations range from Calamari to Herald Square
(performers same as the Virgil Thomson quartet).

Troy Rinker, doublebass and Thea Reynolds, flute will perform two
works which were originally scheduled for our fall concert. Duo by
Ben Johnston and Lumiere Noir by Hayg Boyadjian. The Johnston work
is an important early microtonal piece, a precursor to his
explorations of just intonation. Hayg Boyadjian's piece is a
romp of contrasts between the large doublebass and the darting flute.

Warm to the glow of sonic airwave explorations as the Composers
Concordance takes you on a trip to the unheard in the historic and
acoustically superior Washington Square United Methodist Church.

Tickets are $12, $7 students and seniors. TDF accepted. For further
information phone 212-564-4899. Composers Concordance P.O. Box 20548
PABT, New York, NY 10129, info@composersconcordance.org.