Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 8:00 pm

People’s Commissioning Fund Concert
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Philip Glass, special guest
Premieres by Cynthia Hopkins, Carla Kihlstedt, J.G. Thirlwell
Glass:  Music in Similar Motion
Merkin Concert Hall
Tickets: $20


Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 9:00 pm

Celebrating MELA's 20th year & La Monte Young's 70th birthday
Concert by The Just Alap Raga Ensemble in the MELA Dream House
Tribute to Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan Sahib
La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Da'ud Constant, voice
Rose Okada, sarangi
Charles Curtis, cello
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, Between Franklin & White Streets in Tribeca
Tickets:  $24. MELA Members, Seniors, Student ID, $18.


Saturday, February 5th at 8:30 p.m.

Composers Concordance: IMPROVISIONARIES!
Dave Taylor, trombone
Margaret Lancaster, flute
Evan Hause, percussion
Gene Pritsker, guitar
Arthur Kampella, viola
 Paintings by Andrew Meshberg and visual scores of music will be shown as well
Featured composers: John Cage, Netty Simons and Toshi Ichiyanagi
Premieres by: Eve Beglarian, Arthur Kampela, Gene Pritsker and Evan Hause
Group improvisation to be conducted by Dan Barrett
The Cutting Room
Tickets $10

Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 3:00 PM

Gala Benefit For Washington Irving High School’s Performing Arts House
Greenwich Village Orchestra
Barbara Yahr, Music Director
Gerard Gordon, marimba soloist
Bob Kerrey, President, the New School, narrator
Copland:  Lincoln Portrait and other works
Bernstein:  “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story
Ney Rosauro: Marimba Concerto
Washington Irving High School
Tickets:  $50 each, $40 of which is tax-deductible
 All proceeds will benefit the Performing Arts House at Washington Irving High School



Thursday, February 10 at 8 p.m.

Brahms the Progressive series:  Piano Quintets
Christopher Taylor, piano
Ying Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Webern: Piano Quintet
Lieberson: Piano Quintet
Miller Theater
Tickets: Adults: $25 / Students: $15 with valid ID (Box Office sales only)

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.

The Mannes Orchestra
David Hayes, Conductor
 Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Bartók:  Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
Beethoven:  Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, "Eroica"
Alice Tully Hall
Tickets: Free (but contact Alice Tully Hall to reserve tickets)


Thursday, February 17 at 8 p.m.

Music from Copland House
Spring Chamber Music series:  Quintets and Sextets
Copland: Sextet
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
John Musto: Clarinet Sextet (2001 Miller Commission)
Sebastien Currier: Static (world premiere)
Miller Theater
Tickets: Adults: $25 / Students: $15 with valid ID (Box Office sales only)


Saturday, February 19 at 8 p.m.

Nancarrow Festival:  Nancarrow for Small Orchestra
 Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, conductor
Nancarrow: Three Movements (US premiere) / Piece for Small Orchestra No. 1
/ Player Piano Studies No. 1, 2, 3A, and 6
Ligeti: Piano Concerto / Study No. 1 "Desordre" for solo piano / Study
14A for Player Piano / Study 14A for solo piano
Ives: Ragtime Dance No. 4
J. Morton: Original Jelly Roll Blues
Ciconia: Le ray au soleyl
Miller Theater
Tickets: Adults: $20 / Students: $12 with valid ID (Box Office sales only)

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.

American Composers Orchestra
Steven Sloane, music director
Andy Summers, electric guitar
Benjamin Verdery, guitar
Manly Romero:  Blanco, Azul, Rojo (world premiere)
Danny Elfman:  Serenada Schizophrana (world premiere)
Ingram Marshall:  Dark Florescence (world premiere)
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $25/$42


Friday, February 25 at 8 p.m.

Composer Portraits series:  Nicolai Roslavets
Pacifica Quartet
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Margaret Kampmeier, piano
String Quartets Nos. 1, 3, and 5 (complete surviving quartets)
Piano Sonata No. 5
Prelude
Etude No. 3, "Burlando"
Selected Songs
Miller Theater
Tickets:


Saturday, February 26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 27 at 3 p.m.

The Hartford Commissions
Katie Lansdale, violin
Robert Black, double bass
John McDonald, piano
 
Saturday, February 26 at 8 p.m.
James Sellars:  Touch Music (for bass and piano)
Robert Carl:  Angel Skating (for violin and piano)
Peter Alexander: Headlock (for violin and piano)
John McDonald:  Eggert His Pavan, Ticket, and Epicede (for solo piano)
Ken Steen: Waft (for solo bass)

Sunday, February 27 at 3 p.m.
Ken Steen: Invisible Familiars (for solo piano)
Robert Carl: Surge (for bass and piano)
John McDonald: Second Solo Contrabass Album
Peter Alexander: New Work (for solo piano)
David Macdonald: Amen (for solo violin)
Dan Román: Passing Puntos (for violin, bass and piano)
Merkin Hall
Tickets: $20/ $15/ $10