Bravi to… for Spring/Summer 2008
Elliott Carter, American Composers Orchestra, American Music Center, American Composers Forum, Beth Anderson, Harold Rosenbaum, Rosalie Calabrese, F. Gerard Errante
Elliott Carter, for the profusion of coverage he is getting as he approaches his 100th birthday celebration (in December). The number of musical retrospectives he is being honored with is enormous. In January, Ursula Oppens devoted her recital at Symphony Space to his complete solo piano music, with one exception: the four-minute Matribute (2007), which has been performed in Europe and had a private reading at Harvard, was scheduled for performance by James Levine in its public American premiere at Tanglewood in July …
The American Composers Orchestra, the American Music Center and the American Composers Forum, for their participation in a major new partnership with two other important new music organizations, Meet the Composer and the League of American Orchestras. The upshot of this collaboration is called EarShot and is touted as “the first ever national partnership created to strengthen and support orchestras in their commitment to up-and-coming American composers and their music.” In a release prepared by Linda S. Golding, the particular roles of each of the partners are spelled out. The full text of that press release is available online. …
Beth Anderson, an American composer who is certainly getting around. On April 20th, her Kentucky Swale for string orchestra was performed at the 2008 Beijing International Congress of Women in Music, held on the China Conservatory of Music Campus in Beijing. The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and the CCM were the producers. More information on the event is available at this website …
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor of the New York Virtuoso Singers, for his earning the 2008 ACA Laurel Leaf Award in recognition of his dedication and achievements towards fostering the performance of new works by American composers. The presentation was made at the opening night concert of the ACA Festival, Wednesday, June 4th…
Rosalie Calabrese, for two commissions received by her client, composer Joel Feigin, one from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University to write a piano concerto for Israeli pianist Yael Weiss, and another from Margaret Mills for a piano solo work to be premiered by her at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on December 2, 2008 …
F. Gerard Errante, for his forthcoming three-month European engagement in 2009 where he will perform in England, Belgium, the Netherlands and France… On July 3rd of this year he was to play a program in Kansas City with his Clarion Synthesis duo, including a work by Judith Shatin.
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