Composers Concordance concert Friday Nov. 9

Johnny Reinhard was kind enough to point out to me that music on the
Hungarian Tarogato is *always* microtonal, since it has a non-
tempered scale as its basis. Also on this concert is a work by
Frederic Rzewski which is *certainly* bound to be microtonal, since
it involves banging on flower pots! So I'm including the Press
Release below!:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Composers Concordance ushers in the new season in full Autumnal
spirit with our first concert of 2007-2008 featuring unusual winds,
song and flower pots. The concert will take place Friday November 9,
2007, 8PM at the Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, NYC.

Esther Lamneck will be performing two works for the national
instrument of Hungary, the tárogató - an untamed serpent-like
woodwind related to the clarinet. She will be performing Through a
Glass by Dary John Mizelle and a special tribute to our beloved
colleague Ron Mazurek, who died this last Spring. We are dedicating
our November 9th concert to the memory of Ron and will feature his
Shadows, a work for tárogató and electronic sound which shows his
uncanny mastery of the electronic medium.

New music flutists Erin Lesser and Roberta Michel will perform 3
Duets for 2 Flutes by our honored mentor Otto Luening, who shepherded
our group into existence during the final years of his 96-year life.

New music violist Beth Meyers will navigate a work by young composer,
Ed Rosenberg, "hot off the press" which showcases the extremes and
expressive possibilities of Rosenberg's unique post-minimal/maximal
musical aesthetic.

Joseph Pehrson's Windjammer for woodwind quintet will be performed,
and Joelle Wallach takes us on a journey of songs about love and
relationships: platonic, funny, funky and spiritual, with soprano
Janice Hall.

A flower pot conspiracy is in the works with our concluding piece by
famed piano virtuoso and instigator Frederic Rzewski, To the Earth.
This piece abandons traditional instruments for the more ecologically
correct sound-producting medium: the flower pot. Percussionist Peter
Jarvis will tap and rap and chant over several of these talismanic
objects, concluding the concert and leading us into what should be a
joyous and earthy reception.

Tickets are $12, $10 students/seniors. TDF accepted. Tickets can
now be purchased in advance online: www.composersconcordance.org.
Looking forward to seeing you there!