April 26, 2009 Jan Hus Church 351 East 74th Street New York, New York 10021

The Composer’s Voice Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal “voice” created in their compositions. This concertr features music by composers: Roger Blanc Douglas DaSilva Eugene Friesen Avrohom Leichtling Mark McCarron David Wolfson and more. Featuring performances by: Gil DeJean, contrabassoon Alexandra Frederick, piano Mark McCarron, guitar Suzanne Mueller, cello Suzy Perelman, violin Thomas Piercy, clarinet Angela Scherrar, soprano Dennis Smylie, contrabass clarinet and The New York Miniaturist Ensemble

Title Composer Performer Nachtmusik Avrohom Leichtling Dennis Smylie - contrabass clarinet Gil DeJean - contrabassoon Feet First (world premiere) David Wolfson Suzy Perelman - violin Duopoly Roger Blanc Suzanne Mueller - cello Thomas Piercy -clarinet Stained Glass Morning Eugene Friesen Suzanne Mueller - cello Spring Mark McCarron Suzanne Mueller - cello Mark McCarron - guitar Miniatures Various Composers The New York Miniaturist Ensemble 3 Pieces for Soprano & Piano: I - Dark/Light II - October III - Song of the Slain (text by Robert Buchanan) Douglas DaSilva Angela Scherrar - soprano Alexandra Frederick - piano

Performers Gil DeJean, contrabassoon Alexandra Frederick, piano Mark McCarron, guitar Suzanne Mueller, cello Thomas Piercy, clarinet Suzy Perelman, violin Angela Scherrar, soprano Dennis Smylie, contrabass clarinet The New York Miniaturist Ensemble

Composers Roger Blanc completed a Masters degree in Composition with teacher David Diamond at the Juilliard School, where he was an assistant teacher in Ear Training and Theory for five years. He has had concert music performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, CAMI Hall, The Whitney Museum Sculpture Court, The New School, Brooklyn College, Pennsylvania University, the Juilliard School, Connecticut College, and various locations overseas. He has arranged, transcribed, composed, orchestrated, produced, contracted, or otherwise prepared/organized/supervised music for media including television (the Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Arsenio Hall), film (ca. eighty feature films including Frida, The Untouchables, Wag The Dog, Flirting With Disaster, Fargo, The Stepford Wives), the recording industry (many artists including Barbra Streisand, Yoko Ono, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Bette Midler, Luciano Pavarotti), and live performance (venues including Carnegie Hall, City Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Madison Square Garden, the United Nations; events including Comic Relief, the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and the 2006 Super Bowl). He lives with his wife and son in New York, his instrument is the guitar, and he performs frequently in clubs around the city. Douglas DaSilva is a composer, guitarist, educator and music curator in New York City. As Artistic Director of the Composer's Voice Concert Series and Premiere Salon Concerts he is dedicated to promoting new music and living composers. He has been curator for concerts in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Valencia. As a guitarist he has performed at places as diverse as Lincoln Center’s Rose Ballroom, the Jan Hus Church, The Bitter-End, and The Cutting Room. As a composer of chamber music with a background in jazz, rock and blues, Douglas composes in variety of styles from the hummable to highly experimental. Much of his music is influenced by Brazilian music and self-inflicted stress. His extensive and daily work with preschoolers (where he is known by his nom de guerre: Mr. Doug) manages to keep him sane while giving him the opportunity to share his love for music with future generations. His chamber music has been performed throughout the US, Europe and Brazil. Eugene Friesen Avrohom Leichtling Mark McCarron David Wolfson is an eclectic, versatile composer of songs, concert music and music for theatre, as well as other genres. The New York Times has called his work "musically inventive" and "theatrically forceful." He has written art songs, theatre songs, comedy songs, pop songs and songs for big-headed-costumed-character amusement parks shows; he has written music for bassoon quartet, percussion ensemble, SATB chorus and cello quartet; he has composed incidental music for plays and done sound design for Macy's display windows. The menus at the top of the site will take you to pages with audio clips, video clips and excerpts from the scores, as well as David's bio and blog. On certain pages you can purchase sheet music from my load.cd page or repertwa.com. Enjoy the music!

The Composer’s Voice Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal “voice” created in their compositions. Vox Novus collaborating with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus Church to produce a monthly concert series promoting the chamber works of contemporary composers. Vox Novus produces and promotes new music. They are dedicated to contemporary music, the musicians who perform, and the composers that write the music of today. Their mission is to cultivate a music community and make their work available to the greater public. Remarkable Theater Brigade founded by Christian McLeer, Dan Jeselsohn and Monica Harte, creates and produces new operas and musicals and takes children’s versions out to special-needs and at-risk children.

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