Upcoming Concerts
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Fall 2011
September 10th, 1-3 PM, Third Street Music School Settlement, Concert
In Memoriam, Margaret Mills, piano. I played "Air" by Karl Goldmark.
September 23rd, Cumberland Hospital, music for the Substance Abuse
graduation program, open jam with Terry, a percussionist, and a guitar
player.
September 25, 8:00 PM, at The Hidden Room, 161 W. 22nd St, between
6th and 7th Avenues. Terry and I will share poetry and improvised music
at an open mic sponsored by Parle Magazine. $10 at the door,
complimentary food and beverage. Should be fun!
September 10th, 1-3 PM, Third Street Music School Settlement, Concert
In Memoriam, Margaret Mills, piano. I played "Air" by Karl Goldmark.
September 23rd, Cumberland Hospital, music for the Substance Abuse
graduation program, open jam with Terry, a percussionist, and a guitar
player.
September 25, 8:00 PM, at The Hidden Room, 161 W. 22nd St, between
6th and 7th Avenues. Terry and I will share poetry and improvised music
at an open mic sponsored by Parle Magazine. $10 at the door,
complimentary food and beverage. Should be fun!
Summer 2011
June 4th:
Spring String Stravaganza at the Third Street Music School Settlement! My beginning students will play
"Go Tell Aunt Rhody" and "Twinkle"
June 5th:
Dancing in my first public dance performance in 10 years! Choreography class at the Lucy Moses School,
Parsla Vintere, teacher/choreographer
June 7th:
First annual bass performance class at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. My students who have been
studying bass for 1, 2, and 3 years with me will play their very first bass solos! At least for most of them it
will be the first time.:)
June 8th:
Third Street Senior Night! My student Ruben Sonz-Barnes is graduating this year, and he wanted to play
the Kyrie from my Short Mass, so I'll be playing cello, he'll play bass, and Ina Litera will be on viola. A fun
musical celebration.:)
June 15th:
Studio Class at Third Street shared with Eddy Malave's violin students. Violist Eddy and I will trade off
having our students perform solo pieces.
June 16:
Playing for the Noel Pointer Foundation Gala and Fundraiser at Borough Hall in Brooklyn. These are
beautiful music educators in Brooklyn who teach violin, viola and cello to under-served communities.
June 20-August 1:
It's Walden time! I'll be teaching composition, orchestration and musicianship at the Walden School's
Young Musician Program in Dublin, New Hampshire. I'll also be premiering at least two dozen new works
on various instruments written by the students there, ages 9-18, as well as singing in the Choir and
Faculty Singers, going on hikes, and dancing my butt off!! I'm really excited!!:)
August 3rd:
Recording jazz, heavy metal, and arco bass parts for "Democracy" by composer Barry Seroff
August 9th:
Bassist for Julie Jordan Presents concert of Chinese piano soloists. Paul Hostetter, conductor.
August 12:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp, coaching and mingling
with amazing teachers (like Linda McKnight!) and students
August 15-19: Guest bassist for the Lucy Moses Summer String Fest, premiering Laura Kaminsky's "Night
Storm" for string quintet with Lucy Moses alumni Yurie Mitsuhashi and Alexandra Dadon, violins, Alyssa
Roggow, viola, and current Lucy Moses student Aliya Ultan, cello. Previous to this I coached my student
Martin Baranowski, their only bass player, and he did an awesome job in the concert!
Winter/Spring 2011
January 26, 2011: Lucy Moses Faculty in Concert: Short Mass for String Trio, Samuel Marchan, viola, Sujin
Park, cello, Rebekah Griffin Greene, bass
Merkin Concert Hall (this will be my debut performance in this hall!:), Kaufman Center
7:00 PM
February 2-18:
Lecture Professor for the Musica Da Camara Ensemble-in-Residence in East Harlem New York
Everyday a free string quintet concert at 3:30 PM for the students of Park East High School, who have no
music program at their school. Feb. 18th was a full string orchestra concert. Locations: park East High
School classroom, and the auditorium at the Cardinal Cooke Health Center
Program Director: Eva de la O
February 5th
String Stravaganza! Two of my youngest bass students perform "Boil 'Em Cabbage Down" along with over
100 other string students and Mark O'Connor at St. Marks Church, across the street from the Third Street
Music School Settlement, 10:00 AM
February 18-20
Bassist for fun Bluegrass musical "Robber Bridegroom,"put on by Seaton Hall University's
communication students in Clinton, New Jersey. Music director: Michael Sansonia
Shows at 8 PM Fri, 8 PM Sat, and 2 PM Sunday.
February 26
Section bass in the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, at the Staller Center for the Arts
Program: Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture; Sibelius, Violin Concerto with Stani Dimitrova (winner of the
2010-11 concerto competition), Ilari Kaila, O Frabjous Day (premiere); Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 9.
Conducted by Alan R. Kay. Free pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM with Michael Hershkowitz. Tickets $20/$10
March 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, April 1
The String Machine! Bassist for the String Quintet of Long Island's Sound Symphony, presenting strings
in all of the Sachem school district's elementary schools. Wendy Fogel, violin, Betsy Jaklitsch, violin, Ira
Kocivar, viola, Stephanie Iovine, cello
April 1, 7-10 PM
Music With a View: BLOGARHYTHM, for chamber ensemble. PERI MAUER, Composer
The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, New York, NY
FREE and OPEN to the public!! Should be an interesting piece!!
April 7th, 7:30 PM, St. Patrick's Cathedral, 51st St and 5th Avenue, NYC
MUSICA DE CAMARA STRINGS SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, ROSELIN PABON, conductor (Associate
conductor from the Puerto RIco Symphony)
A program featuring works by Hispanic
composers, including:
Héctor Campos Parsi - Puerto Rico
Jack Delano - Puerto Rico
Guillermo Figueroa - Puerto Rico
Chico O'Farril - Cuba
Luis Casal - Panama
Francisco Zumaqué - Colombia
Blas Emilio Atehortúa - Colombia
Astor Piazzolla - Argentina
Juan Bautista Blas - Venezuela
Xavier Montsalvage - Spain
April 9th, 8 PM, NOVA benefit concert for Japan
April 10th: 3:30PM to 6:00PM, Ann Goodman auditorium, the Lucy Moses School, Kaufman Center
Bassist/presenter at the Walden NYC Alumni Forum
Music by composers Evie Grainger, Rebekah Griffin Greene and Terry Greene, Mike Johanson, Steve
Kaplan, Alex Ness will be performed and discussed.
Composers will discuss their process and receive feedback from performers and listeners alike. The
forum is moderated by Marguerite Ladd and Michael Johanson.
The setting is casual and supportive and is appropriate for attentive listeners of all ages.
FINAL DMA RECITAL!!!!! I'm graduating!!!! YES!!!!
Date: May 12, 2011, 12 PM, Stony Brook Staller Center Recital Hall, Stony Brook, NY
ALL WOMEN COMPOSERS
Repertoire:
Chant (2001/2005), by Sheila Silver (b.1946), Michael Smith, piano
Quintet #2, by Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Michael Smith, piano, Mohit Mansukhani, cello, Jonathan
Block, violin, Caren Abramoff, viola
Music for Contrabass Solo (1981), by Daria Semegen (b.1946)
The Ursula Antiphons, selected movements, by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) (voice and bass: moi)
Wormhole, for bass, voice and dancer, written by moi (b. 1974) in August of 2010
May 29th:
Vespers Concert at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, CA:
"Mamma's Big Birthday Party", 4:00 PM, free-will offering, followed by dinner-dance fund-raiser.
This happens to be my mom's 70th year, and the crazy diva that she is, she wanted a family concert as her
present, so we all obliged! I played and sang "The Ursula Antiphons" by Hildegard von Bingen, as well as
"Air" by Karl Goldmark, and also performed my first piece combining bass, voice and dance, called
"Wormhole." Terry premiered an electronic piece that also included live trombone and bass and RAP and
used samples of one of my mom's voicemail messages! That was a huge hit.:) My sister Monica (she sings
for movies) sang original country songs while playing the piano, and her daughter Karissa (who sings for
Disney) also sang two songs, while Monica's husband Jim played guitar. My mom and Monica sang
Webber's "Pie Jesu", and my brother-in-law Steve Rushingwind played some beautiful Native American
flute music. He has recently won "Best Song" in the New Mexico music awards! Wow...it was an amazing
concert! Quite varied and fun! Kudos to Terry for being the stage manager!! He was running around like
crazy!!
June 4th:
Spring String Stravaganza at the Third Street Music School Settlement! My beginning students will play
"Go Tell Aunt Rhody" and "Twinkle"
June 5th:
Dancing in my first public dance performance in 10 years! Choreography class at the Lucy Moses School,
Parsla Vintere, teacher/choreographer
June 7th:
First annual bass performance class at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. My students who have been
studying bass for 1, 2, and 3 years with me will play their very first bass solos! At least for most of them it
will be the first time.:)
June 8th:
Third Street Senior Night! My student Ruben Sonz-Barnes is graduating this year, and he wanted to play
the Kyrie from my Short Mass, so I'll be playing cello, he'll play bass, and Ina Litera will be on viola. A fun
musical celebration.:)
June 15th:
Studio Class at Third Street shared with Eddy Malave's violin students. Violist Eddy and I will trade off
having our students perform solo pieces.
June 16:
Playing for the Noel Pointer Foundation Gala and Fundraiser at Borough Hall in Brooklyn. These are
beautiful music educators in Brooklyn who teach violin, viola and cello to under-served communities.
June 20-August 1:
It's Walden time! I'll be teaching composition, orchestration and musicianship at the Walden School's
Young Musician Program in Dublin, New Hampshire. I'll also be premiering at least two dozen new works
on various instruments written by the students there, ages 9-18, as well as singing in the Choir and
Faculty Singers, going on hikes, and dancing my butt off!! I'm really excited!!:)
August 3rd:
Recording jazz, heavy metal, and arco bass parts for "Democracy" by composer Barry Seroff
August 9th:
Bassist for Julie Jordan Presents concert of Chinese piano soloists. Paul Hostetter, conductor.
August 12:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp, coaching and mingling
with amazing teachers (like Linda McKnight!) and students
August 15-19: Guest bassist for the Lucy Moses Summer String Fest, premiering Laura Kaminsky's "Night
Storm" for string quintet with Lucy Moses alumni Yurie Mitsuhashi and Alexandra Dadon, violins, Alyssa
Roggow, viola, and current Lucy Moses student Aliya Ultan, cello. Previous to this I coached my student
Martin Baranowski, their only bass player, and he did an awesome job in the concert!
Winter/Spring 2011
January 26, 2011: Lucy Moses Faculty in Concert: Short Mass for String Trio, Samuel Marchan, viola, Sujin
Park, cello, Rebekah Griffin Greene, bass
Merkin Concert Hall (this will be my debut performance in this hall!:), Kaufman Center
7:00 PM
February 2-18:
Lecture Professor for the Musica Da Camara Ensemble-in-Residence in East Harlem New York
Everyday a free string quintet concert at 3:30 PM for the students of Park East High School, who have no
music program at their school. Feb. 18th was a full string orchestra concert. Locations: park East High
School classroom, and the auditorium at the Cardinal Cooke Health Center
Program Director: Eva de la O
February 5th
String Stravaganza! Two of my youngest bass students perform "Boil 'Em Cabbage Down" along with over
100 other string students and Mark O'Connor at St. Marks Church, across the street from the Third Street
Music School Settlement, 10:00 AM
February 18-20
Bassist for fun Bluegrass musical "Robber Bridegroom,"put on by Seaton Hall University's
communication students in Clinton, New Jersey. Music director: Michael Sansonia
Shows at 8 PM Fri, 8 PM Sat, and 2 PM Sunday.
February 26
Section bass in the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, at the Staller Center for the Arts
Program: Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture; Sibelius, Violin Concerto with Stani Dimitrova (winner of the
2010-11 concerto competition), Ilari Kaila, O Frabjous Day (premiere); Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 9.
Conducted by Alan R. Kay. Free pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM with Michael Hershkowitz. Tickets $20/$10
March 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, April 1
The String Machine! Bassist for the String Quintet of Long Island's Sound Symphony, presenting strings
in all of the Sachem school district's elementary schools. Wendy Fogel, violin, Betsy Jaklitsch, violin, Ira
Kocivar, viola, Stephanie Iovine, cello
April 1, 7-10 PM
Music With a View: BLOGARHYTHM, for chamber ensemble. PERI MAUER, Composer
The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, New York, NY
FREE and OPEN to the public!! Should be an interesting piece!!
April 7th, 7:30 PM, St. Patrick's Cathedral, 51st St and 5th Avenue, NYC
MUSICA DE CAMARA STRINGS SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA, ROSELIN PABON, conductor (Associate
conductor from the Puerto RIco Symphony)
A program featuring works by Hispanic
composers, including:
Héctor Campos Parsi - Puerto Rico
Jack Delano - Puerto Rico
Guillermo Figueroa - Puerto Rico
Chico O'Farril - Cuba
Luis Casal - Panama
Francisco Zumaqué - Colombia
Blas Emilio Atehortúa - Colombia
Astor Piazzolla - Argentina
Juan Bautista Blas - Venezuela
Xavier Montsalvage - Spain
April 9th, 8 PM, NOVA benefit concert for Japan
April 10th: 3:30PM to 6:00PM, Ann Goodman auditorium, the Lucy Moses School, Kaufman Center
Bassist/presenter at the Walden NYC Alumni Forum
Music by composers Evie Grainger, Rebekah Griffin Greene and Terry Greene, Mike Johanson, Steve
Kaplan, Alex Ness will be performed and discussed.
Composers will discuss their process and receive feedback from performers and listeners alike. The
forum is moderated by Marguerite Ladd and Michael Johanson.
The setting is casual and supportive and is appropriate for attentive listeners of all ages.
FINAL DMA RECITAL!!!!! I'm graduating!!!! YES!!!!
Date: May 12, 2011, 12 PM, Stony Brook Staller Center Recital Hall, Stony Brook, NY
ALL WOMEN COMPOSERS
Repertoire:
Chant (2001/2005), by Sheila Silver (b.1946), Michael Smith, piano
Quintet #2, by Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Michael Smith, piano, Mohit Mansukhani, cello, Jonathan
Block, violin, Caren Abramoff, viola
Music for Contrabass Solo (1981), by Daria Semegen (b.1946)
The Ursula Antiphons, selected movements, by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) (voice and bass: moi)
Wormhole, for bass, voice and dancer, written by moi (b. 1974) in August of 2010
May 29th:
Vespers Concert at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, CA:
"Mamma's Big Birthday Party", 4:00 PM, free-will offering, followed by dinner-dance fund-raiser.
This happens to be my mom's 70th year, and the crazy diva that she is, she wanted a family concert as her
present, so we all obliged! I played and sang "The Ursula Antiphons" by Hildegard von Bingen, as well as
"Air" by Karl Goldmark, and also performed my first piece combining bass, voice and dance, called
"Wormhole." Terry premiered an electronic piece that also included live trombone and bass and RAP and
used samples of one of my mom's voicemail messages! That was a huge hit.:) My sister Monica (she sings
for movies) sang original country songs while playing the piano, and her daughter Karissa (who sings for
Disney) also sang two songs, while Monica's husband Jim played guitar. My mom and Monica sang
Webber's "Pie Jesu", and my brother-in-law Steve Rushingwind played some beautiful Native American
flute music. He has recently won "Best Song" in the New Mexico music awards! Wow...it was an amazing
concert! Quite varied and fun! Kudos to Terry for being the stage manager!! He was running around like
crazy!!