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NEWS:

       - One act opera commissioned by London's Second Movement for Fall 2008
       - "Darkling" featured in March 2008 Scene4 Article by Karren Alenier
       - Guest composer at the University of Southern Maine, November 7-9, 2007
       - "Darkling" performed in Berlin, Germany and Gniezno, Poland
       -  Recipient of a Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency, January 2007

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EVENTS

Fall
2008 (Date TBA)
FADE, an opera in one scene
Second Movement
London, England


October 18, 2008
New Work
Iktus Percussion Quartet

Leonard Nemoy Thalia at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY


May 18, 2008, 3PM
David and Jonathan
Empire City Men's Chorus
Astoria Symphony
Silas Huff, conductor
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City
, Queens, NY


May 17, 2008, 8PM
David and Jonathan
Empire City Men's Chorus
Astoria Symphony
Silas Huff, conductor
Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew
263 West 86th Street (at West End Avenue)

New York, NY


May 14, 2008, 7:30pm
"I Would Prefer Not To" (choreographed)
Melody Fader, piano
; Laura Bohn, soprano
Laurie Benoit,
dancer/choreographer
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street
New York, NY


May 4, 2008, 2:00pm
CalabiYau Songs
Text by Susanna Speier
RAM (Random Access Music)
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street

Queens, NY


May 2, 2008, 8PM
CalabiYau Songs
Text by Susanna Speier
RAM (Random Access Music)
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street

New York, NY


May 1 - 3, 2008 at 8:00pm
May 4, 2008 at 3:00pm
Choreographed music by: David Lang, Stefan Weisman and Tchaikovsky
Dance New Amsterdam presents "SPLICE"
Deborah Lohse : ad hoc Ballet
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers)
New York, NY


March 1, 2008
"Skin Nails Hair"
CHASM Festival
The Florida State University College of Music
Tallahassee, FL



February 29 to Sunday March 2, 2008, 7:30 each night
ESSENTIALS OF FLOR, a dance suite that uses elements of my music
Kristi Spessard, Choreographer
MABOU MINES RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM

150 FIRST AVE at the corner 9th St., 2nd Floor
FREE ADMISSION (Limited Seating)
Reservations:  212-473-1991


November 3, 2007, 8PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
Newspeak
with Sarah Chalfy
Hiro Ballroom
at the Maritime Hotel
363 West 16th Street
New York, NY


November 3, 2007, 2PM
"Darkling" Video Screening
Op on Screen Festival
curated by Elodie Lauten
Lower East Side Performing Arts
Hamilton Fish Park New York Public Library Branch
East Houston Street (between Aves. C and D)
New York, NY


October 23, 2007, 8PM
SuperSoft
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Princeton, NJ


October 20, 2007, 8PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
Newspeak with Sarah Chalfy
Chamber Music Now
The Community Education Center
3500 Lancaster Ave.
Philadelphia, PA



Oct 18, 2007, 7PM
Three Nonfiction Songs: Beauty Tips (for Girls), Urban Trees, and Twinkie
Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano; Melody Fader, piano
RAM (Random Access Music)
VIM: TriBeCa Series
Gallery Icosahedron
27 North Moore Street
New York, NY


October 13, 2007, 8PM
SuperSoft
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
Brooklyn Conservatory's New Music Collective
58 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY


October 7, 2007, 9PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
Newspeak with Sarah Chalfy
The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street

New York, NY


September 30, 2007 
SuperSoft
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
The Apositsia Festival at the Music Hall
St. Petersburg, Russia



September 28, 2007 
SuperSoft
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
The Long Arms Festival
The DOM Cultural Center
Moscow, Russia



September 27, 2007.  7:30PM and 8:30PM (two sets)
"Everywhere Feathers"
Jody Redhage, voice and cello
Galapagos Art Space
70 N6th Street
Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY


September 26, 2007 
SuperSoft
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
Logos Tetrahedron Concert Hall
Ghent, Belgium



September 25, 2007 
SuperSoft (world premiere)
Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion)
De Link Series
Tilburg, Netherlands


June 11, 2007
"Darkling"
   Tonna Miller, soprano; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano
   Jon Garrison, tenor; Mark Uhlemann, bass-baritone

  
Brian DeMaris, conductor
Aleksander Fredro Theatre
Gniezno, Poland


June 9, 2007, 8PM
"Darkling"
   Tonna Miller, soprano; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano
   Jon Garrison, tenor; Mark Uhlemann, bass-baritone

  
Brian DeMaris, conductor
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Festival
Freie Universität Berlin
Max Kade Auditorium

Berlin, Germany
Tickets 10 euros



May 14, 2007.  8PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
arranged for Newspeak
 with Sarah Chalfy, soprano
The Icebox at the Crane Arts Center
1400 N American Street
Philadelphia, PA



May 12, 2007, 8PM
Scenes from "Darkling"
   Jody Sheinbaum, soprano; Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano
   Jon Garrison, tenor; Mark Uhlemann, bass-baritone

  
The Flux Quartet; Brian DeMaris, conductor
Part of the New York City Opera VOX Showcase
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU
566 LaGuardia Place (Washington Square South)

New York, NY


May 12, 2007, 7PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
arranged for Newspeak
with Sarah Chalfy, soprano
Galapagos
70 N6th Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY



May 5, 2007.  8PM
"Everywhere Feathers"
Ursula's End (David Nadal, electric guitar and Holly Nadal, soprano)
The Monkey
37 West 26th Street
New York, NY
Tickets $20 ($18 advance sales)


April 24, 2007.  8PM
"I Would Prefer Not To"
arranged for Newspeak
with Sarah Chalfy, soprano
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Princeton, NJ


April 15, 2007
"Fuse Action"
Da Capo Chamber Players
Wolfensohn Hall
Institute for Advanced Studies

Princeton, NJ


March 29, 2007
"Restless Legs"
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Also featuring new commissions by Lukas Ligeti and Joshua Penman
Broadcast on 
"New Sounds" WNYC 93.9FM/820AM hosted by John Schaefer


March 8, 2007, 12:30PM
"Trumpet" for string quartet
The Momenta Quartet
City College of New York
Shepard Hall, Room 95
138th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY


March 1, 2007
"Restless Legs"
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Also featuring new commissions by Lukas Ligeti and Joshua Penman
With a new arrangement by special guest Meredith Monk
Hosted by John Schaefer of WNYC

Merkin Hall, 129 West 67th Street
New York, NY
Tickets $20 (in advance), or $25 (day of concert)
Purchase tickets here: www.kaufman-center.org/tc/mch0607/zoom_030107.php


February 25, 2007
"Fuse Action"
Da Capo Chamber Players
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY


February 24, 2007
"Fuse Action"
RAM (Random Access Music)
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street

New York, NY
Tickets $18 ($12 for students/seniors, and FREE for kids)
$15 Advance tickets at www.astoriamusic.org


December 12, 2006.  8PM
"Galesburg, Illinois (Where are the Trees?)"
arranged for the NOW Ensemble
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Princeton, NJ


November 12, 2006.  4PM
Selected Music from "Darkling"
St. Joseph Singers, Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Black, conductor
St. Joseph's Yorkville Church
404 East 87th Street
New York, NY


November 7, 2006.  9PM
"Everywhere Feathers"
Jody Redhage, voice and cello
Also, world premieres performed by The Y Trio
Rose Live Music
345 Grand St.

Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
 

September 16, 2006.  6:30PM
"Ode to Fiberoptic Cables and Light"
Collaboration with Linda Ganjian, video artist;
Susanna Speier, writer; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano
Presented at third annual screening of short films by Bard Film Makers
378 Pacific Street (a block from Smith & Atlantic Ave)
Brooklyn, NY


July 13, 2006.  4PM
"Skin Nails Hair"
Patti Monson, flute; Jonathan Shapiro, percussion
Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, Faculty Recital
Also features music by Eric Moe, Patti Monson and Alvin Lucier
Mass MoCA
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, MA



June 6, 2006.  7PM
Scenes from "Darkling"
Anya Fidelia, soprano; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano;
David Ossenfort, tenor;
Mark Uhlemann, bass-baritone
The Flux Quartet; Brian DeMaris, conductor
Part of the Jewish Documentary Film, Theater and Speaker Series
Presented by Friends of Freie Universität Berlin and American Opera Projects 
Followed by a panel discussion with the creators
German Consulate General, Auditorium
871 United Nations Plaza (1st Ave. @ 49th St.)
New York, NY
Tickets $30
Purchase tickets here: www.ffub.us/events/Jewish_Series.html


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