Bravi to…
Tania León, Gloria Coates, Harold Rosenbaum, Jennifer Griffith, and Victoria Bond
Tania León, director of music composition at Brooklyn College and the Claire and Leonard Tow Distinguished Professor, for her invitation to be a U.S. Artistic Ambassador for the US Embassy in Madrid. Embassy officials have asked Leon to serve as the keynote speaker for their Black History Month program in March. In her role with the embassy, León will participate in a program at the Museum of the Americas and will speak at venues throughout the city. As an Ambassador of American Culture, she will provide Spanish audiences, particularly Spanish youth, with the opportunity to learn more about the culture of the United States through her music and personal experiences … Her composition, Horizons, has been chosen for the 2008 Beijing International Congress on Women in Music.
Gloria Coates, the most prolific woman symphonist in history, for her newest CD on Naxos, which has reached #1 on the eMusic chart, the most downloaded CD of 15,780 classical albums. EMusic is the world’s largest digital music retailer. On the chart of tracks, “Dream Sequence” from Transitions was #2 after a track from Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. On the ‘Editor’s Pick’ CD are Symphony #15 performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony under Michael Boder, Cantata da Requiem performed by the Talisker Players of Toronto with soprano Teri Dunn, and Transitions played by the Ars Nova Ensemble Nuremberg under Werner Heider. The compositions, all performed live, are a cross-section of the composer’s work written between 1972 and 2006. She has 5 CDs on the Naxos, American Classics label: 2 CDs are symphonic, 2 are of string quartets, and another a quartet on the album “Explore America.” In January, Raymond Bisha interviewed Coates for a Naxos website Podcast. (See Recordings)
Harold Rosenbaum, Choral conductor, for his appointment as Artistic Director of the SOUND OF THE BALTICS” CHORAL CRUISE 2008, a unique concept. Passengers can visit many northern European capitals without unpacking and repacking or having to check into hotels. The luxury cruise ship will serve in both capacities. There will be plenty of music to go along with the beautiful sights and the relaxed atmosphere … Rosenbaum has also been appointed Artistic Director of The Foundation for Universal Sacred Music, as well as Choral Consultant to G. Schirmer and Hal Leonard Music Publishers. He continues to win awards and kudos from the press. For further details visit his website: www.haroldrosenbaum.com
Jennifer Griffith, for her invitation to take up residency (one of about 250) at the MacDowell Colony to work on an electronic piece (Miranda), part of a collaboration called The Tempest Project, a CD and performances venture, which will include works by Pauline Oliveros, John Eaton and others.
Victoria Bond, for being invited to give a pre-concert talk before the New York Philharmonic concert of January 17th. Riccardo Muti, was to conduct.
Victoria was to discuss Brahms’ Piano Concerto #2, Liszt’s From the Cradle to the Grave; Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy.
