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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 "Democracy" by Barry Seroff
August TBA:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp
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 5th:
Dancing in my first public dance performance in 10 years! Choreography class at the Lucy Moses School,
Parsla Vintere, teacher/choreographer
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 underserved 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 "Democracy" by Barry Seroff
August TBA:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp
Fall 2010 performances
Musica de Camara String Orchestra, Roselín Pabón, Conductor
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 5:30 PM
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
$20.00
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 Montsaltvatge - Spain
http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets/calendar/view.asp?id=3317
Friday, October 1, 2010, 8:00 pm
Astoria Symphony: Magic of the Cinema
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Street (at 35th/36th Ave), Astoria, Queens
Come hear classical masterpieces used in film scores and new Hollywood favorites!
STROMMEN Salute to Cinema
VIVALDI "Spring" from the Four Seasons
OFFENBACH Barcarolle
PUCCINI "O Mio Babbino Caro"
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite
ENNIO MORRICONE Music from The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
ELMER BERNSTEIN Music from The Magnificent Seven
JOHN WILLIAMS Salute to John Williams
Silas Huff, Brent Chancellor, & Ken Lieberson, conductors
http://www.astoriamusic.org/concertspresent1.html
Third Street Music School Settlement Artist Series
Friday, October 29th, 7:30 PM, the Anna Maria Kellen Auditorium, 235 East 11th Street, NY, NY
Program:
Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante for viola and bass, Ina Litera, viola, moi on bass
Brahms: Sonata for cello in e-minor, Movement 1, Dana Pielet, piano, moi on bass
Rebekah Griffin Greene: Short Mass for String Trio: Ina Litera, viola, cellist, Shanda Wooley, moi on bass
http://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/index.htm
Walden Alumni Forum: Sunday, November 14, Baltimore, MD, 3:30 PM
Works by Russel Nadel, Noah Mlotek, D.J.Sparr, Lewis Krauthamer and Rebekah Griffin Greene
Rebekah played cello in Lewis Krauthamer's piece, "Carmencita", which was a premiere of that
arrangement. The piece was originally for string quartet.
Saturday, November 20th, 8:00 4th Annual Children's Benefit Orchestral Concert
Transforming the Lives of Children through Music
The International Orchestral Concert Series
http://www.wqxr.org/articles/q2-live-concerts/2010/jun/24/canadian-chamber-orchestra-nyc/
Location: The Church of St. James the Less 10 Church Lane (Corner of Crane Road and Church Lane)
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Program: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in d (1st mov't) Opera Aria TBD J. S. Bach Sanctus - Dona Nobis (B
Minor Mass) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Conductor/Pianist: Justin Bischof
Wednesday, November 24th, 7:30-9:00 PM, Bowery Mission
Terry and I will be playing some jazz for the men's holiday game night!
December 4th, 8:00 PM, Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, David Lawton and Eduardo Leandro, conductors
Program:
Bartok violin concerto
Prokofiev piano concerto
Prokofiev violin concerto #2
Tomasi trombone concerto
I'm sitting principal bass!:)
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/music.nsf/pages/season1
December 11-12, various times, Moscow Ballet Nutcracker, Baltimore, Maryland, Silas Huff, conductor
http://www.nutcracker.com/city/Maryland_Baltimore
December 19th, 5:00 PM, Church concert, Christmas music, Vanderveer Methodist Church, Brooklyn, NY
December 20th: playing bass with Terry in the Leon Lacey Orchestra for Bishop Hezekiah Walker's
banquet at the Capitale in NYC
December 24th, midnight mass at St.Fortunata's church in Brooklyn
Spring 2010 performances:
Rebekah's Penultimate DMA bass recital
Monday, May 3rd, 4:00 PM, at the Staller Center Recital Hall on the SUNY Stony Brook campus
Program: Yuri Levitin: Sonata for Double bass solo, Op. 58
Peter Askim: Edge, for solo double bass
Johannes Brahms: Cello sonata in e-minor
Karl Goldmark: Air (2nd movement) from Violin Concerto, op. 28
pianist: Viktor Valkov
Astoria Symphony, Terry plays trombone!
Saturday, May 8, 2010 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
Program:
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic")
Bizet Habanera from Carmen
Samantha Korbey, mezzo-soprano
Shostakovich Finale from Symphony No. 5
Stravinsky Berceuse & Finale from Firebird
Silas Huff , Grant Gilman, & Ken Lieberson,
conductors
Don Pasquale: The Bronx Opera Company, May 7th/8th (in the Bronx at Lehman College) and 14th/15th (in
Hempstead at Hofstra University)
I am the only bass player! Click here for more info: http://www.bronxopera.
org/Die_drei_Pintos_and_Don_Pasquale.html
New York Repertory Orchestra, David Liebowitz, conductor
Saturday, May 22nd, 8:00 PM, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square (145 West 46th Street –
between 6th & 7th Aves).
Program:
Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra
Strauss: Four Last Songs, Jennifer Grimaldi, soprano
Debussy: La Mer
Sitting principal bass!
http://www.nyro.org/
NYMVAE (New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble): May 23rd at 2 PM at Baruch College (23rd St and
Lexington)
Bach: Coffee Cantata (BWV 211)
Jeffrey Lependorf: Art of Eating (chamber opera)
http://www.nymvae.org/
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Guerguan Tsenov, conductor
Thursday, June 3rd, 8:00 PM, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th st
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Georgy Valtchev, soloist
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite #2
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Sitting principal bass!
http://www.nasorch.org/about/about.php
Orchestra of the Bronx: Spring Concert on June 6th, FREE ADMISSION, Lovinger Theater at Lehman
College
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2, Maxim Pakhomov, piano
Sitting assistant principal bass!
http://www.bronxopera.org/orchestra_of_the_bronx.html
Winter Performances 2010
Saturday, January 9, 8:30 PM at Roulette, 20 Greene Street, NYC, Terry plays trombone with the Oliver
Lake Big Band. Tickets: $15 general/$10 students/seniors
Sunday, January 17, 2010, at 7:30 PM, at the Marriott Marquis, 44th Street and Broadway in NYC: Rebekah
plays bass with the Metro Chamber Orchestra, Philip Nuzzo, conductor
Friday, March 12th, 7:30 PM, The Third Street Artist Performance Series: New Music, 20th and 21st Century
Peter Askim: Edge, for solo double bass
235 E. 11th Street
Saturday, March 13th, 8:00 PM, Astoria Symphony at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts:
Program: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Arielle Levioff, piano soloist
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1
Fall/Winter 2009
"Rooted" debut, Rebekah and Terry's duo, produced by Loft Arts Productions
www.LoftArtsProductions.com
November 7th, 2009, 8:00 PM, Black Box Theater, above the Morning Star Pentecostal Church, Harlem, NYC
308 west 133rd street, between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Avenues
Tickets: $10, order from www.Smarttix.com, Click on Music and then New Music to find our event.
Astoria Symphony, Silas Huff, conductor, http://www.astoriamusic.org/concert1.html
October 17th, 2009, 8:00 PM, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra High School for the Performing Arts,
35-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
Program:
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Excerpts
Schnittke: Quasi Una Sonata, Miranda Cuckson, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
With the FS Symphony (high school students playing with us!):
Haydn Symphony #104, Khatchaturian: "Sabre Dance"
December 13, 2009, 5:00 PM, Daniel Radtke, conductor, "Holiday Jubilee",
http://www.astoriamusic.org/concert4.html
Most Precious Blood Church
32-23 36th Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Program:
Britten: Selections from A Ceremony of Carols
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Scott Munson: world premiere, Elaine Olschesky, flute
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Coronation Mass
Carol Sing-Along and "Hallelujah Chorus"
Spring, 2009, Astoria Symphony:
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 6-8 PM, OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL with dancers – Good Shepherd Faith Church (152
West 66th behind Juilliard School)
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 8:00 p.m. CONCERT – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LIC, Queens)
Umm, yeah, I kind of forgot to put in all of my 2008 concerts...d'oh! Too busy to even talk about it!! HA HA!!!
Memorable moments: Playing principal bass in the One World Symphony for Peter Grimes in January,
playing my first concert with the Astoria Symphony in March.
Sunday, November 11th, 2007: Cellist for the Christian Cultural Center Worship Band. Terry plays
trombone in this band also and arranges for them. Services are at 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, and 1:00 PM. 12020
Flatlands Boulevard, Brooklyn. Rev. A.R. Bernard, senior pastor, special music by Melvin Smith, tenor sax
FREE!!!:):):):)
Tuesday, November 13th: bassist for Third Street Music School's Guitar Department Celebration, 7:30 PM,
235 E. 11th Street, New York, NY performances by Michael Lydon, Jeff Peretz, and lots of great music,
FREE!!!
Friday, November 16th: Stony Brook DMA recital, 12 PM, Staller Center, Stony Brook, NY Dante DiIanni,
piano, Andrew Nolen, bass-baritone, works by J.S. Bach, Rossini, Gliere, and Mozart FREE!!!
Friday, November 16th: Bassist for Steve Rochen's faculty recital at the Third Street Music School
Settlement, 7:30 PM, 235 E. 11th Street, Baroque violin works and bluegrass FREE!!!
Saturday, November 17th: Bassist for Michael Lydon from 8-9 PM at STONECREEK bar and lounge, 140
East 27th St., cover? I don't know...here's their phone number: 212-532-1037
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 "Democracy" by Barry Seroff
August TBA:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp
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 5th:
Dancing in my first public dance performance in 10 years! Choreography class at the Lucy Moses School,
Parsla Vintere, teacher/choreographer
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 underserved 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 "Democracy" by Barry Seroff
August TBA:
Guest appearance as a composer-bassist at the New Jersey ASTA strings camp
Fall 2010 performances
Musica de Camara String Orchestra, Roselín Pabón, Conductor
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 5:30 PM
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
$20.00
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 Montsaltvatge - Spain
http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets/calendar/view.asp?id=3317
Friday, October 1, 2010, 8:00 pm
Astoria Symphony: Magic of the Cinema
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Street (at 35th/36th Ave), Astoria, Queens
Come hear classical masterpieces used in film scores and new Hollywood favorites!
STROMMEN Salute to Cinema
VIVALDI "Spring" from the Four Seasons
OFFENBACH Barcarolle
PUCCINI "O Mio Babbino Caro"
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite
ENNIO MORRICONE Music from The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
ELMER BERNSTEIN Music from The Magnificent Seven
JOHN WILLIAMS Salute to John Williams
Silas Huff, Brent Chancellor, & Ken Lieberson, conductors
http://www.astoriamusic.org/concertspresent1.html
Third Street Music School Settlement Artist Series
Friday, October 29th, 7:30 PM, the Anna Maria Kellen Auditorium, 235 East 11th Street, NY, NY
Program:
Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante for viola and bass, Ina Litera, viola, moi on bass
Brahms: Sonata for cello in e-minor, Movement 1, Dana Pielet, piano, moi on bass
Rebekah Griffin Greene: Short Mass for String Trio: Ina Litera, viola, cellist, Shanda Wooley, moi on bass
http://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/index.htm
Walden Alumni Forum: Sunday, November 14, Baltimore, MD, 3:30 PM
Works by Russel Nadel, Noah Mlotek, D.J.Sparr, Lewis Krauthamer and Rebekah Griffin Greene
Rebekah played cello in Lewis Krauthamer's piece, "Carmencita", which was a premiere of that
arrangement. The piece was originally for string quartet.
Saturday, November 20th, 8:00 4th Annual Children's Benefit Orchestral Concert
Transforming the Lives of Children through Music
The International Orchestral Concert Series
http://www.wqxr.org/articles/q2-live-concerts/2010/jun/24/canadian-chamber-orchestra-nyc/
Location: The Church of St. James the Less 10 Church Lane (Corner of Crane Road and Church Lane)
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Program: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in d (1st mov't) Opera Aria TBD J. S. Bach Sanctus - Dona Nobis (B
Minor Mass) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Conductor/Pianist: Justin Bischof
Wednesday, November 24th, 7:30-9:00 PM, Bowery Mission
Terry and I will be playing some jazz for the men's holiday game night!
December 4th, 8:00 PM, Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, David Lawton and Eduardo Leandro, conductors
Program:
Bartok violin concerto
Prokofiev piano concerto
Prokofiev violin concerto #2
Tomasi trombone concerto
I'm sitting principal bass!:)
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/music.nsf/pages/season1
December 11-12, various times, Moscow Ballet Nutcracker, Baltimore, Maryland, Silas Huff, conductor
http://www.nutcracker.com/city/Maryland_Baltimore
December 19th, 5:00 PM, Church concert, Christmas music, Vanderveer Methodist Church, Brooklyn, NY
December 20th: playing bass with Terry in the Leon Lacey Orchestra for Bishop Hezekiah Walker's
banquet at the Capitale in NYC
December 24th, midnight mass at St.Fortunata's church in Brooklyn
Spring 2010 performances:
Rebekah's Penultimate DMA bass recital
Monday, May 3rd, 4:00 PM, at the Staller Center Recital Hall on the SUNY Stony Brook campus
Program: Yuri Levitin: Sonata for Double bass solo, Op. 58
Peter Askim: Edge, for solo double bass
Johannes Brahms: Cello sonata in e-minor
Karl Goldmark: Air (2nd movement) from Violin Concerto, op. 28
pianist: Viktor Valkov
Astoria Symphony, Terry plays trombone!
Saturday, May 8, 2010 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
Program:
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic")
Bizet Habanera from Carmen
Samantha Korbey, mezzo-soprano
Shostakovich Finale from Symphony No. 5
Stravinsky Berceuse & Finale from Firebird
Silas Huff , Grant Gilman, & Ken Lieberson,
conductors
Don Pasquale: The Bronx Opera Company, May 7th/8th (in the Bronx at Lehman College) and 14th/15th (in
Hempstead at Hofstra University)
I am the only bass player! Click here for more info: http://www.bronxopera.
org/Die_drei_Pintos_and_Don_Pasquale.html
New York Repertory Orchestra, David Liebowitz, conductor
Saturday, May 22nd, 8:00 PM, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square (145 West 46th Street –
between 6th & 7th Aves).
Program:
Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra
Strauss: Four Last Songs, Jennifer Grimaldi, soprano
Debussy: La Mer
Sitting principal bass!
http://www.nyro.org/
NYMVAE (New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble): May 23rd at 2 PM at Baruch College (23rd St and
Lexington)
Bach: Coffee Cantata (BWV 211)
Jeffrey Lependorf: Art of Eating (chamber opera)
http://www.nymvae.org/
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Guerguan Tsenov, conductor
Thursday, June 3rd, 8:00 PM, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th st
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Georgy Valtchev, soloist
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite #2
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Sitting principal bass!
http://www.nasorch.org/about/about.php
Orchestra of the Bronx: Spring Concert on June 6th, FREE ADMISSION, Lovinger Theater at Lehman
College
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2, Maxim Pakhomov, piano
Sitting assistant principal bass!
http://www.bronxopera.org/orchestra_of_the_bronx.html
Winter Performances 2010
Saturday, January 9, 8:30 PM at Roulette, 20 Greene Street, NYC, Terry plays trombone with the Oliver
Lake Big Band. Tickets: $15 general/$10 students/seniors
Sunday, January 17, 2010, at 7:30 PM, at the Marriott Marquis, 44th Street and Broadway in NYC: Rebekah
plays bass with the Metro Chamber Orchestra, Philip Nuzzo, conductor
Friday, March 12th, 7:30 PM, The Third Street Artist Performance Series: New Music, 20th and 21st Century
Peter Askim: Edge, for solo double bass
235 E. 11th Street
Saturday, March 13th, 8:00 PM, Astoria Symphony at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts:
Program: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Arielle Levioff, piano soloist
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1
Fall/Winter 2009
"Rooted" debut, Rebekah and Terry's duo, produced by Loft Arts Productions
www.LoftArtsProductions.com
November 7th, 2009, 8:00 PM, Black Box Theater, above the Morning Star Pentecostal Church, Harlem, NYC
308 west 133rd street, between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Avenues
Tickets: $10, order from www.Smarttix.com, Click on Music and then New Music to find our event.
Astoria Symphony, Silas Huff, conductor, http://www.astoriamusic.org/concert1.html
October 17th, 2009, 8:00 PM, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra High School for the Performing Arts,
35-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
Program:
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Excerpts
Schnittke: Quasi Una Sonata, Miranda Cuckson, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
With the FS Symphony (high school students playing with us!):
Haydn Symphony #104, Khatchaturian: "Sabre Dance"
December 13, 2009, 5:00 PM, Daniel Radtke, conductor, "Holiday Jubilee",
http://www.astoriamusic.org/concert4.html
Most Precious Blood Church
32-23 36th Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Program:
Britten: Selections from A Ceremony of Carols
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Scott Munson: world premiere, Elaine Olschesky, flute
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Coronation Mass
Carol Sing-Along and "Hallelujah Chorus"
Spring, 2009, Astoria Symphony:
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 6-8 PM, OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL with dancers – Good Shepherd Faith Church (152
West 66th behind Juilliard School)
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 8:00 p.m. CONCERT – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LIC, Queens)
Umm, yeah, I kind of forgot to put in all of my 2008 concerts...d'oh! Too busy to even talk about it!! HA HA!!!
Memorable moments: Playing principal bass in the One World Symphony for Peter Grimes in January,
playing my first concert with the Astoria Symphony in March.
Sunday, November 11th, 2007: Cellist for the Christian Cultural Center Worship Band. Terry plays
trombone in this band also and arranges for them. Services are at 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, and 1:00 PM. 12020
Flatlands Boulevard, Brooklyn. Rev. A.R. Bernard, senior pastor, special music by Melvin Smith, tenor sax
FREE!!!:):):):)
Tuesday, November 13th: bassist for Third Street Music School's Guitar Department Celebration, 7:30 PM,
235 E. 11th Street, New York, NY performances by Michael Lydon, Jeff Peretz, and lots of great music,
FREE!!!
Friday, November 16th: Stony Brook DMA recital, 12 PM, Staller Center, Stony Brook, NY Dante DiIanni,
piano, Andrew Nolen, bass-baritone, works by J.S. Bach, Rossini, Gliere, and Mozart FREE!!!
Friday, November 16th: Bassist for Steve Rochen's faculty recital at the Third Street Music School
Settlement, 7:30 PM, 235 E. 11th Street, Baroque violin works and bluegrass FREE!!!
Saturday, November 17th: Bassist for Michael Lydon from 8-9 PM at STONECREEK bar and lounge, 140
East 27th St., cover? I don't know...here's their phone number: 212-532-1037
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