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Schott New York Season Preview: 2014-2015

Sep. 09, 2014

Schott New York Season Preview: 2014-2015

The new concert season includes several major events for our Schott New York composers, including new productions of Tobias Picker's Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Thérèse Raquin, the world premieres of works for wind ensemble by Alvin Singleton and Robert Beaser, as well as the premiere of a new work for the Calder Quartet by Andrew Norman (pictured). Read on for a preview of the new concert season.



Robert Beaser

  • The world premiere of Robert Beaser’s The End of Knowing, for soprano, baritone, and wind ensemble, takes place on September 25, 2014 with Kevin Sedatole leading the Michigan State University Wind Symphony. music.msu.edu

Christopher Cerrone

  • LA Phil's Green Umbrella Series features the world premiere of a new work by Christopher Cerrone for soprano and ensemble on May 26, 2015, with soloist Hila Plitmann and John Adams conducting. www.laphil.com


Kamran Ince

  • Present Music offers a portrait concert, “Ince by Ince”, highlighting the long relationship between Kamran Ince and the ensemble, with the composer conducting, August 30, 2014. www.presentmusic.org


Vijay Iyer

  • The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrates the music of Vijay Iyer with a series of performances titled "Music of Transformation." The concerts feature performance's of Iyer's Mutations I-X as well as Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi, with a film by Prashant Bhargava and performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), directed by Steven Schick. Performances take place December 18 through 20 at the BAM Harvey Theater. www.bam.org


Pierre Jalbert

  • Clarinetist Charles Neidich joins the Pro Arte Quartet for the world premiere of Pierre Jalbert’s Howl on September 27, 2014 in the Union Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. eamdc.com/news
  • On November 5, the Morgenstern Trio delivers the premiere of Jalbert’s Piano Trio No. 2, commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. The concert takes place at the Leo Rich Theater in Tucson, AZ. www.arizonachambermusic.org
  • Later this season, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra gives the world premiere of a new work for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, featuring Sasha Cooke as soloist. The premiere takes place on April 23, 2015 in Houston, TX. rocohouston.org


Hannah Lash

  • On September 21, 2014 pianist David Kaplan premieres Hannah Lash’s Liebesbrief an Schumann as part of his “Interludes and Interruptions” project at Lyrica Chamber Music in Chatham, NJ. lyricachambermusic.org
  • The Flux Quartet delivers the world premiere of a new string quartet, Menuet Antique et Fragile, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on February 22, 2015.


Fred Lerdahl

  • On April 23, 2015 the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra premieres a new work by Fred Lerdahl at the Ordway Concert Hall in St. Paul, MN. thespco.org.


Lei Liang

  • The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble and pianist Yukiko Takagi premiere Liang’s Inkscape, for percussion quartet and piano, on October 2, 2014 at the Boston Conservatory Theater.
  • On March 29, 2015 Steven Schick leads the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in the premiere of Luminous, a new chamber concerto for double bass and ensemble, featuring Mark Dresser as soloist, at Cal Performances Hertz Hall in Berkeley, CA.


Andrew Norman

  • Andrew Norman composes a new work for the Calder Quartet, which premieres on March 11, 2015 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA, with a repeat performance in Los Angeles at Disney Hall on May 30, 2015.
  • Try receives performances with the New World Symphony in Miami, led by John Adams, on December 6, 2014 as well as with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson, on November 28, 2014.


Tobias Picker

  • Opera San Antonio debuts their production of Fantastic Mr. Fox on September 23, 2014 at the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. On December 7, Gil Rose leads the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in a concert performance of the family opera.
  • On June 13, 2015 the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opens a new production of Emmeline, directed by James Robinson and conducted by George Manahan. www.opera-stl.org
  • The Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater open a new production of Thérèse Raquin on January 24 and February 20, 2015 respectively. The new production is directed by Ken Cazan. Andreas Mitisek conducts.


Bernard Rands

  • Closing out a spectacular 80th birthday year, New York’s Miller Theatre presents a Bernard Rands portrait concert on November 13, 2014 featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the NY premiere of the composer's new song cycle, Folk Songs, among other works. www.millertheatre.com


Joseph Schwantner

  • Joseph Schwantner sees the world premiere of his new Concerto for Wind Orchestra in the spring of 2015, commissioned by the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) on behalf of a consortium of 32 university concert bands. 


Alvin Singleton

  • Michael Votta conducts the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra in the world premiere of Alvin Singleton’s Where the Good Sounds Live on November 7, 2014. Following the premiere, the work is heard again in a performance by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jack Stamp, on November 15. Singleton's new band piece then travels to 20 additional university wind esembles, all co-commissioners, over the course of the next two seasons.


Morton Subotnick

  • Wergo Records releases an album of landmark recordings from 1978-1982, including After the Butterfly, for trumpet, instrumental ensemble and electronic ghost score, as well as The Wild Beasts, for trombone, piano and electronic ghost score.
  • Morton Subotnick's Music Academy has just launched, with another two sections to be available in November. Subotnick's unique new ear training and music making method presents a child-friendly and experiential approach to learning, creating and performing music. www.musicfirst.com/msma


Rufus Wainwright

  • The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) features the US premiere of Robert Wilson's production of Shakespeare's Sonnets, featuring music by Rufus Wainwright. The production runs October 7 through 12 at the Howard Gilman Opera House in New York. www.bam.org

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