Music of Meyer Kupferman at Three Upcoming New York City Concerts



May 20, 2005 -- The music of Meyer Kupferman will be heard in three upcoming concerts in New York City:

Composers Concordance presents two of the composer's works at the New York University Loewe Theatre, 35 W. 4th Street (between Washington Square East and Greene Street). This concert will feature Moonsticks for solo marimba, performed by Peter Jarvis, and Five Flicks, performed by Esther Lamneck, clarinet, and Paul Hoffmann, piano. The latter is a piece of five contrasting sections, almost movie vignettes, which show the full range of Kupferman's eclectic style, even including a hint of klezmer. Tickets are $12, $8 students, seniors, TDF accepted. More information online at http://www.composersconcordance.org or by phone 212-564-4899.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 8 PM - The Ethos Percussion Ensemble will present Kupferman's Poetics 1 for percussion and guitar, performed by percussionist Eric Phinney and guest guitarist at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway. More about the Ethos Percussion ensemble at http://www.ethospercussiongroup.org/. Tickets are $15, $10 students, seniors and are available online at http://www.symphonyspace.org/genres/eventPage.phpgenreId=1&eventId=1266 or by phone at 212-864-5400.

Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 8 PM - Chamber Players of the League/ISCM will perform Kupferman's Infinities 27 for guitar and flute at Elebash Recital Hall of The Graduate Center/CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th St. Flutists Sue Ann Kahn and Jayn Rosenfeld, guitarist William Anderson and pianist Christopher Oldfather will present the Kupferman work along with works by Charles Wuorinen, Vivian Fine, Stephen Jaffe, Tania Leon and others. Tickets are $15, $10 for students/seniors. For more information, call (212) 870-7396 or email e-mail protected from spam bots. More about this concert at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Music/announcements/.

New York composer Meyer Kupferman is widely renowned as a creator of virtuosic experimental & theatrical orchestral and chamber works for unusual instrumental ensembles. Several recent 2-CD releases on the Soundspells label have celebrated this composer's singular creative voice. These feature a wide range of Kupferman's masterworks, written from 1955 through 2002 and ranging from symphonic works to a brass quintet, in performances by a fabulous array of international star soloists and ensembles, including guitarist Roberto Limn, violinist Gregory Fulkerson, Maestro Paul Freeman and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, clarinetists Stanley and Naomi Drucker, the American Brass Quintet, flutist Samuel Baron, pianists Gilbert Kalish, and Christopher Vassiliades and others. You can learn more about these disks at http://www.jamesarts.com.

A marvelous interview with the composer from September 2003 can be read online at http://www.jamesarts.com/internationalcomposer/kupferman.html. Read his new biogrpahical sketch at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/may05/MKbio_051705.htm.

For more information about the music of Meyer Kupferman, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or e-mail protected from spam bots.

Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
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Music of Meyer Kupferman at Three Upcoming New York City Concerts