tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:52:24 +0000. . . featuring posts about the New York Composers Circle, including In the Loop.http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)Blogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-7515855768800137868Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:02:00 +00002012-01-22T17:05:37.516-05:00Hello -- and thank you for being a loyal subscriber to the New York Composers Circle In the Loop blog. I have been implementing many changes to our newsletter over the last year, and this includes moving In the Loop to a new service as part of an NYCC website overhaul. I have always maintained a no-spam policy, and will continue to do so. As such, I do not wish to simply move your subscription http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-blog-has-moved-please-join-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-6082202918569683509Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:25:00 +00002011-06-19T08:27:33.986-04:00The New York Composers Circle has just announced the winner of its Fifth Annual Composers Competition. He is MAX GITECK DUYKERS, and the name of his winning entry is "Glass Blue Cleft," a string quartet in three movements. Mr. Duykers is a doctoral student at Stony Brook University.  His winning piece has been recorded by the Escher Quartet and issued last year on the Bridge Records label. http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/06/fifth-annual-composers-competition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-4842535037346749936Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:25:00 +00002011-06-19T08:25:42.964-04:00Our final SUNDAY SALON of the 2010-2011 season is June 26 at 2pm at RICHARD BROOKS's house in Brooklyn, 252 DeKalb Avenue. Assuming nice weather, this will be a year-end picnic with food and drink available. Please RSVP to 718-398-3579 or capstonerecords@earthlink.net As for directions, Richard writes, "252 DeKalb Avenue is between Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill. The http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-loop-june-19-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-7065658268135228489Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:24:00 +00002011-06-19T08:25:15.034-04:00The next SUNDAY SALON is this Sunday, May 22 at 2pm. We will be meeting in JACOB GOODMAN's apartment, 310 West 72 Street (#16A). There will be a special presentation by LEONARD HINDELL, a bassoonist with the New York Philharmonic for 33 years, a frequent performer with new music groups, and a performer member of the NYCC, will give a talk/demonstration entitled "The Versatile http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-loop-nycc-may-17-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-6430665345430052400Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:24:00 +00002011-06-19T08:24:23.587-04:00Our NEXT NYCC CONCERT is this Tuesday, April 5, at 8pm. The venue is Saint Peters Church at Citigroup Center, Lexington & 54th Street. A $20 suggested donation is payable at the door, but as always, students are admitted free. The concert lineup is as follows:Brian Fennelly's Sock Monkeys, for two clarinetsDebra Kaye's Finding Accord, for piano trioEugene Marlow's Three Pieces for Woodwind http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-loop-apr-3-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-5138785163142442352Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:57:00 +00002011-03-15T16:57:33.915-04:00Our next SUNDAY SALON is this Sunday, December 19, at 2 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center, Room 3491. The Graduate Center is on Fifth Ave., and occupies the entire block between 34th and 35th streets. The entrance is on the east side of Fifth Ave. A list of NYCC members will be provided to the guards and you will need a photo ID to be admitted. To make sure you are on the list, please RSVPhttp://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/nycc-in-loop-dec-13-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-8080956137698186954Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:54:00 +00002011-03-15T16:54:40.999-04:00Our Second Concert of the Season is just around the corner: Tuesday, February 15 @ 8pm. We will again be at Saint Peters Church at Citigroup Center, Lexington & 54th Street. There is a $20 suggested donation, payable at the door. Our NYCC composers on the evening include JACOB E. GOODMAN, CARL KANTER, DANA DIMIITRI RICHARDSON, and two of our honorary composer members, JOHN EATON and PAUL http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/nycc-in-loop-feb-3-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-1272523422886880820Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:52:00 +00002011-03-15T16:52:11.460-04:00Our February SUNDAY SALON is tomorrow, February 27 and GENE McBRIDE is once again graciously hosting the event. (Thanks, Gene!) We get started at 2pm at Manhattan Plaza, 484 W. 43 Street, Apartment 14M. This Salon promises to be a special event as we'll be discussing the life and times of the recently passed Milton Babbitt. We'll share personal insights, listen to a few pieces, and discuss his http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/nycc-in-loop-feb-26-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-3656044191575876240Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:24:00 +00002011-01-05T10:24:19.336-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR from all of us at the NYCC. It's time to prepare for our busy winter and spring half of the season, and we start with our next SUNDAY SALON, to be held Sunday, January 23, at 2:00 pm, at Eugene McBride's apartment, 484 West 43rd St., Apt. 14M. ___________________ PERI MAUER's AFTERWORDS, for clarinet, cello, and piano, will be performed by CROSS ISLAND on January 23rd at 2:00 http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-loop-jan-5-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-6632077645200097302Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:05:00 +00002010-11-20T20:05:00.840-05:00Reminder: Our next SUNDAY SALON is tomorrow Sunday, November 21, at 2:00 pm, at Eugene McBride's apartment, 484 West 43rd St., Apt. 14M. We will be hearing pieces by HUBERT HOWE, CESAR VUKSIC, and guest composer MATTHEW WEBER. ___________________ TAMARA CASHOUR writes in about the inaugural concert of Operavant, her new opera company, which will launch this Sunday, http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/11/nycc-in-loop-nov-20-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-7998596193971180120Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:27:00 +00002010-11-10T17:27:55.265-05:00Our next SUNDAY SALON is Sunday, November 21, at 2:00 pm, at Eugene McBride's apartment, 484 West 43rd St., Apt. 14M. If you would like to schedule a work for the members to hear, please send Richard McCandless (richard.mccandless@verizon.net) that information. (We will also have time for people to bring works on a non-scheduled basis, so feel free to bring something along without http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/11/nycc-in-loop-nov-7-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-8023542335966156477Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:55:00 +00002010-10-19T11:55:40.971-04:00This season's first NYCC concert is tomorrow, Tuesday Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 8pm Saint Peters Church at Citigroup CenterLexington & 54th Street$20 suggested donation, payable at the door Please join us as we enjoy these compositions! Richard Brooks Impressions, Two Songs on poems of Oscar Wilde, for high voice and pianoDon Hagar Four Songs Old and New, for tenor and pianoMartin http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/10/nycc-in-loop-oct-18-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-5307980181096298641Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:06:00 +00002010-09-18T09:06:57.197-04:00A reminder that this year's first SUNDAY SALON will be held Sunday, September 19, at 1:00pm. We'll be meeting in Jacob Goodman's apartment, 310 West 72 Street (#16A) at 1pm. We will precede the event with a Steering Committee meeting at noon for those who are interested. As our main event on Sunday JOHN EATON will present the DVD of his opera "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — a http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/09/nycc-in-loop-sep-18-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-1931975054942140084Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:14:00 +00002010-09-18T09:07:21.301-04:00From all of us at the New York Composers Circle, hope you had a great and productive summer! It's time for us to begin gearing up for the next season of the NYCC. As many of you know, we welcome RICHARD BROOKS as our new Executive Director, joined by DON HAGAR in a new role of Associate Executive Director. And of course we thank JOHN DE CLEF PIÑEIRO for his untiring years of service heading our http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/09/nycc-in-loop-sep-1-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-2110340371594268032Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:45:00 +00002010-06-21T17:45:32.546-04:00Just one more event to wrap up the 2009-2010 season, and that is next weekend’s JUNE SALON, to be held Sunday, June 27, at 3:30pm. We’ll be meeting in the Symphony Space Rehearsal Room, Broadway and 95th Street (entrance on 95th Street). Many thanks to RICHARD McCANDLESS for organizing the program: Program 1. Discussion of Organizational Matters and Reports John de Clef Piñeiro, NYCC http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/06/nycc-in-loop-june-21-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-155002771133566013Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:40:00 +00002010-06-05T07:40:38.855-04:00Dear NYCC Community, This is to announce the Program Committee's approved works for performance during the NYCC's 2010-2011 season, it's ninth consecutive season of public concerts. After examining all of the works submitted for next season, the Program Committee determined that all were acceptable and suitable for performance and programming at the NYCC's record fourth season of four public http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/06/announcing-2010-2011-nycc-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-2848494112744383671Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:41:00 +00002010-06-04T07:41:58.736-04:00Hold the date: Our JUNE SALON is Sunday, June 27 at 3:30pm. We’ll meet in the rehearsal studio of Symphony Space, 95th street and Broadway; all are invited! ___________________ JOHN DE CLEF PIÑEIRO’s piece "Minute Square" was one of the works performed in the 10-hour music and dance extravaganza that took place May 30 at the FOFA Gallery, at Concordia University, in Montreal. John’s piece was http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/06/nycc-in-loop-june-4-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-255845708500948483Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:10:00 +00002010-05-31T20:11:54.200-04:00New York Composers Circle--4th Annual Composition Competition: Revised Call for Submissions and Extended Competition Deadline The New York Composers Circle is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Composition Competition, open to composers of all ages who live in the New York metropolitan area, other than NYCC members and prior NYCC contest winners. The winning composition will be performedhttp://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-competition-deadline-for-receipt-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-7276221003213365257Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:00 +00002010-04-19T11:52:05.263-04:00Our APRIL SALON is this Saturday, April 24 at 2:30pm, with special guest Neil Baldwin, author, teacher, and former head of the National Book Awards Botanical Garden. He'll be speaking to us about a number of topics, including creativity. His full bio and information can be read at http://www.neilbaldwinbooks.com/ A program for the Salon is included below; note especially an earlier start time if http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/04/nycc-in-loop-apr-19-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-7548943998954261935Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:05:00 +00002010-04-13T10:06:19.760-04:00___________________A reminder: Our APRIL SALON is again on a Saturday: April 24 at 2:30pm, with special guest Neil Baldwin, author, teacher, and former head of the National Book Awards Botanical Garden, served on the program committee for the 2008 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, and is a member of the Writers Guild of America (East), the National Arts Club http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/04/nycc-in-loop-april-11-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-1695271681431208788Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:41:00 +00002010-04-11T10:41:56.246-04:00 Click to enlarge!http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/04/sneak-peek-at-nyccs-april-27-concert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-8014865700560216478Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:55:00 +00002010-04-07T06:55:34.984-04:00Roger Blanc and friends - Live at Gizzi's 9:00 - 10:00 PM, Thursday, April 8featuring Billy Eric and David Picton (also, check out "Misery Loves Company" from 8:00 to 9:00) Gizzi's Coffee Bar16 West 8th Street (west of 5th Ave., east of Macdougal)New York, NY 10011http://www.gizzisnyc.com/About_Gizzis.html  http://www.gizzisnyc.com/Music_Nights.html   $3 per person table http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/04/roger-blanc-live-music-thursday-48.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-427213744559315891Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:35:00 +00002010-03-27T08:35:54.380-04:00Tomorrow is our MARCH SALON: Sunday: March 28, at 3:30 pm in the rehearsal studio of Symphony Space, 95th street and Broadway. We will have a special guest on hand: Alexa Babakhanian (composer, pianist and singer) will talk briefly about her current work, setting very short Japanese tanka verses with music, art, dance, and video. She will also present to us a live reduced version of some of the http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/03/nycc-in-loop-mar-27-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-8739900237776265269Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:28:00 +00002010-03-19T10:29:55.307-04:00NYCC Composer Member Hubert S. Howe, a professor at Queens College, extends an invitation to the Second New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, which takes place March 25-27, mostly at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center.  Nineteen concerts will present works by over 125 composers from five continents.  The web site for the festival is http://www.nycemf.org/, and the complete http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-york-city-electroacoustic-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249781069035163134.post-6512757568431757139Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +00002010-03-19T10:30:14.115-04:00 There are several performances of NYCC Composer Member Joseph Pehrson's music coming up in the next few months: SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 7:30PM at the "Parkside Lounge": Matingfor electric guitar and cello.Greg Baker plays electric guitar, and Dan Barrett, cello. The Parkside Lounge is at 317 East Houston between Ave. B and C. Take the F train to Second Ave. and walk east 2 blocks. http://nycomposerscircle.blogspot.com/2010/03/music-from-joseph-pehrson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Russell)0