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06/12/2023

4Tay composer Joelle Wallach's Up Into the Silence was performed in Kortrijk, Belgium on November 16 by soprano Françoise Vanhecke. The Premiere of the complete video performance of this and other works by members of New York Women Composers will be on Thursday, December 7 @ 2:15 EST. Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1vhrjUGaoo. More about Up Into the Silence at https://joellewallach.com/composition/up-into-the-silence/.

Credits: Photo ©Françoise Vanhecke Live recording by Dr. Françoise Vanhecke solo recital SOLISSIMA with the New York Women Composers (NYWC) seed money grant...

30/11/2023

See Haskell Small A Great Musician Exemplifies the Power of Belief, Perseverance and Love of Music, a new video interview with the pianist by Ted Meyer from Our Heart Speaks, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLSDjmDLaYM&t=1s. Visit this 4Tay artist and learn about his Celebration of Healing tour at http://www.haskellsmall.com/.

Haskell Small an accomplished pianist and stroke survivor through his belief and perseverance, further reinforced by his family and physical therapist Jan Do...

29/11/2023

4Tay's Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble will present a concert of music for flute, strings and harp, today, December 1 @ 7 PM at Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Avenue in Huntington, NY - https://www.heckscher.org/. Featured music will include works by Turina, D’Indy, Quincy Porter, Piazzolla, Jean Francaix, Nino Rota, selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and a surprise new cover of a popular song. Performers will be Sally Shorrock, flute, Bradley Bosenbeck, violin, Veronica Salas, viola, Bernard Tamosaitis, cello and Karen Lindquist, harp.

The December 1 performance is free, and part of extended museum hours, beginning at 5 PM. Explore the current exhibitions from 5 to 8:30 PM and enjoy the concert in the galleries beginning at 7 PM. More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/718248586474316

Inspiring educational experiences through exhibitions, collections, and programming

27/11/2023

4Tay composer Judith Zaimont's From the Folk for woodwind quintet will be presented by Quintocracy as part of their Women Composers concert today, November 27 @ 6:15pm at the University of Albany Performing Arts Center in Albany, NY - https://www.albany.edu/pac/news/2023-quintocracy-nov-27. Visit the ensemble at https://www.quintocracy.com/ and the composer at https://www.judithzaimont.com/.

27/11/2023

Read The Most Profound Enrichment, a fascinating interview with 4Tay pianist Haskell Small about his recovery from a stroke and current Celebration of Healing tour at https://www.petermcdowell.com/haskellinterview/. Visit Haskell at https://www.haskellsmall.com/.

  We recently sat down with Composer and Pianist Haskell Small, who suffered a debilitating stroke that rendered his left hand and foot paralyzed. At the time, Small feared his accomplished pr…

26/11/2023

4Tay composer Joelle Wallach's Elegy for Rosalie for cello and piano will be given its World Premiere today, November 26 @ 2 PM by Guillaume Lagravière, violoncelle and Gauvain de Morant, piano at l'Espace T***s at 125, Rue E.Stuckens, 1140 in Evere (Brussels), Belgium. This will be presented as part of Festival Osmose 2023, on a concert titled Sur les Traces de Rachmaninov - https://www.facebook.com/lentrela.cce.

It was composed in 2019 in memoriam for Rosalie Calabrese, sorely missed close friend, esteemed colleague, inspiring poet, funny, intelligent and wise. This lyrical work, commissioned for her memorial service, is meant to bring consolation for those who have lost a dear and important lifelong friend. More about the piece at https://joellewallach.com/composition/elegie-for-rosalie/.

26/11/2023

Next Sunday, December 3 @ 3 PM, 4Tay's Palisades Virtuosi presents …100! A Celebration of Their 100 New Works at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, NJ - https://www.facebook.com/events/1361362517845485. This will celebrate the ensemble’s having had 100 works created for them in the last 20 years, through commissions, adaptations of existing works for their instrumentation or via gifts from composers.

They'll Premiere four new works, including composer Rain Worthington's Shadow Dance. See a brief video from the composer about the piece at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEhF1nNVfUA. Tickets are available at https://www.eventcreate.com/e/pv100in20.

The composer gives program notes on her new work for Palisades Virtuosi

22/11/2023

4Tay composer Judith Zaimont's From the Folk for woodwind quintet will be presented by Quintocracy as part of their Women Composers concert on November 27 @ 6:15pm at the University of Albany Performing Arts Center in Albany, NY - https://www.albany.edu/pac/news/2023-quintocracy-nov-27. Visit the ensemble at https://www.quintocracy.com/ and the composer at https://www.judithzaimont.com/.

The Capital Region’s wind quintet offers a program of chamber music repertoire by women composers, both living and deceased, including Chen Yi, Judith Zaimont & Beata Moon.

22/11/2023

4Tay composer Joelle Wallach's Elegy for Rosalie for cello and piano will be given its World Premiere this Sunday, November 26 @ 2 PM by Guillaume Lagravière, violoncelle and Gauvain de Morant, piano at l'Espace T***s at 125, Rue E.Stuckens, 1140 in Evere (Brussels), Belgium. This will be presented as part of Festival Osmose 2023, on a concert titled Sur les Traces de Rachmaninov - https://www.facebook.com/lentrela.cce.

It was composed in 2019 in memoriam for Rosalie Calabrese, sorely missed close friend, esteemed colleague, inspiring poet, funny, intelligent and wise. This lyrical work, commissioned for her memorial service, is meant to bring consolation for those who have lost a dear and important lifelong friend. More about the piece at https://joellewallach.com/composition/elegie-for-rosalie/.

for cello and piano (7)

22/11/2023

Sunday, December 3 # 3 PM, 4Tay's Palisades Virtuosi presents …100! A Celebration of Their 100 New Works at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, NJ - https://www.facebook.com/events/1361362517845485. This will celebrate the ensemble’s having had 100 works created for them in the last 20 years, through commissions, adaptations of existing works for their instrumentation or via gifts from composers.



They'll Premiere four new works, including composer Steven Burke's Because of You. See a brief video from the composer about the piece at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6nqGV_lb1g. Tickets are available at https://www.eventcreate.com/e/pv100in20.

by Steven Burke - commissioned by Palisades Virtuosi

20/11/2023

The latest stop on 4Tay pianist Haskell Small's Celebration of Healing Tour will be today, November 20 @ University of Wisconsin, Madison's Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, where he'll perform Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. More about the Celebration of Healing tour at https://www.haskellsmall.com/celebration.

19/11/2023

Today, November 19 @ 2:30 PM, 4Tay's Canta Libre flute, harp and string chamber ensemble will be in concert at Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Rd in Cold Spring Harbor, NY - https://www.facebook.com/events/630939809246968 - performing works by Joaquin Turina, Vincent D’Indy, Quincy Porter, Astor Piazzolla, Jean Francaix, Nino Rota, and a surprise new cover of a popular song. Performers will be Sally Shorrock, flute, Bradley Bosenbeck, violin, Veronica Salas, viola, Bernard Tamosaitis, cello and Karen Lindquist, harp. Today's concert is free, but reservations are required and can be made at https://coldspringharbor.librarycalendar.com/event/canta-libre-concert.

Registration is required and patrons with advance ticketing must arrive no later than 2:20 pm to the concert. A printed copy of your registration confirmation will serve as your ticket. After 2:20 pm, tickets will no longer be valid and those queued as ‘stand by’ will be offered seating.

18/11/2023

Coming on December 3, 4Tay's Palisades Virtuosi presents …100! A Celebration of Their 100 New Works at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, NJ - https://www.facebook.com/events/1361362517845485. This will celebrate the ensemble’s having had 100 works created for them in the last 20 years, through commissions, adaptations of existing works for their instrumentation or via gifts from composers.

They'll Premiere four new works, including composer Beth Anderson's December Swale. See a brief video from the composer about the piece at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZMMk3xVAc. Tickets are available at https://www.eventcreate.com/e/pv100in20.

Beth describes her new work for Palisades Virtuosi - premiere date 12/3/23 visit https://www.eventcreate.com/e/pv100in20 for tickets

18/11/2023

4Tay pianist Haskell Small's Celebration of Healing Tour continues today, November 18 @ 4:30 PM at Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. in Milwaukee, WI . He'll perform Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. Tickets and more event information at https://events.mketix.com/events/haskell-small-at-the-allis-celebration-of-healing-tour-11-18-2023. More about the Celebration of Healing tour at https://www.haskellsmall.com/celebration.

Join us at the Charles Allis for a performance by Composer and Pianist Haskell Small on his "Celebration of Healing Tour" which celebrates his full recovery from a stroke in 2021. Small will perform Beethovens's immensely difficult "The Diabelli Variations" along with a few of his favorite compositi...

10/11/2023

4Tay composer Joelle Wallach's "will you teach a & may my heart always be open to little“ from Up into the Silence will be performed on November 16 @ 8:15 PM by soprano Françoise Vanhecke as part of her Solissima program at Muziekcentrum Track Kortrijk, Conservatoriumplein 1, 8500 in Kortrijk, Belgium - https://newyorkwomencomposers.org/events/solissima-francoise-vanheckes-seed-money-grant-fall-concert-series-in-belgium-2/. Up Into the Silence is an unaccompanied cycle of seven songs with texts by e.e.cummings. Playful and poignant, the songs explore a wide range of moods and vocal colors. More about it at https://joellewallach.com/?event=up-into-the-silence-3 The program is made possible in part through funding from New York Women Composers.

Remarkable soprano, Françoise Vanhecke will perform unaccompanied songs from “Up into the Silence,” twice this spring in Amsterdam. Up Into the Silence is an unaccompanied cycle of seven songs with texts by e.e.cummings. Playful and poignant, the songs explore a wide range of moods and vocal co...

10/11/2023

Coming tomorrow, November 11 @ 2 PM to St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 181 E 10th St. in Manhattan, Polly Ferman's Glamour Tango, all-women's tango music and dance ensemble, with special guests the Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance company – African-Latin and African-American female dancers who will perform choreography by Enrique Cruz de Jesus, set to four pieces by Argentinean composer and bandoneon virtuoso Daniel Binelli. This will be the opening event of Latin American Cultural Week 2023 - https://lacw.net/. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/polly-fermans-glamour-tango-a-celebration-of-women-in-tango-tickets-688808162757. See a video about the performance at https://www.facebook.com/reel/1137839650724260.

06/11/2023

Sunday, November 19, @ 2:30 PM 4Tay's Canta Libre flute, harp and string chamber ensemble will be in concert at Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Rd in Cold Spring Harbor, NY - https://www.facebook.com/events/630939809246968 - performing works by Joaquin Turina, Vincent D’Indy, Quincy Porter, Astor Piazzolla, Jean Francaix, Nino Rota, and a surprise new cover of a popular song.

Performers will be Sally Shorrock, flute, Bradley Bosenbeck, violin, Veronica Salas, viola, Bernard Tamosaitis, cello and Karen Lindquist, harp. See them performing music by Francaix at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXyoqHvpkXs&list=OLAK5uy_le82blBd23pk4dDK4m8zLUJR3CeHkG1uY&index=4.

The November 19 concert is free, but reservations are required and can be made at https://coldspringharbor.librarycalendar.com/event/canta-libre-concert.

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04/11/2023

Coming next Saturday, November 11 @ 2 PM to St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 181 E 10th St. in Manhattan, 4Tay artists Polly Ferman's Glamour Tango, all-women's tango music and dance ensemble - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/polly-fermans-glamour-tango-a-celebration-of-women-in-tango-tickets-688808162757. This will be the opening event of Latin American Cultural Week 2023 - https://lacw.net/. See a video about the performance at https://www.facebook.com/reel/1137839650724260

03/11/2023

4Tay pianist Haskell Small's Celebration of Healing Tour officially kicks off November 4 @ 7 PM at the American Philosophical Society's Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut St in Philadelphia, PA. He'll perform Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. Tickets and more event information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pianist-haskell-small-celebration-of-healing-tickets-719244388327. More about the Celebration of Healing tour at https://www.haskellsmall.com/celebration.

Join us for an evening with pianist Haskell Small, performing Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations.

01/11/2023

Coming on November 11 @ 2 PM to St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 181 E 10th St. in Manhattan - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/polly-fermans-glamour-tango-a-celebration-of-women-in-tango-tickets-688808162757. This will be the opening event of Latin American Cultural Week 2023 - https://lacw.net/

GlamourTango a unique all female international multimedia music and dance show. For more information: https://glamourtango.com

31/10/2023

4Tay's American Chamber Ensemble will perform Bach to Rach this Sunday, November 5 @ 3 PM at Hofstra University’s Helene Fortunoff Theater in Monroe Lecture Center on California Av. in Hempstead, NY, presented by the University Music Department.

Besides Bach and Rachmaninoff, they'll feature Glazunov's Elegie. for viola and piano. Hear a performance (and follow the score) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecc00sFv0w and hear it live this Sunday.

Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID, and will be available at the door. For event information or reservations, call 631-242-5684 or 516-586-3433.

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period....

30/10/2023

4Tay's Haskell Small's Celebration of Healing Tour officially kicks off this Saturday, November 4 @ 7 PM at the American Philosophical Society's Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut St in Philadelphia, PA. He'll perform Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. Tickets and more event information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pianist-haskell-small-celebration-of-healing-tickets-719244388327. More about the Celebration of Healing tour at https://www.haskellsmall.com/celebration.

Join us for an evening with pianist Haskell Small, performing Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations.

29/10/2023

4Tay's American Chamber Ensemble will perform Bach to Rach next Sunday, November 5 @ 3 PM at Hofstra University’s Helene Fortunoff Theater in Monroe Lecture Center on California Av. in Hempstead, NY, presented by the University Music Department.

Besides Bach and Rachmaninoff, they'll feature Alexandre Giulmant’s Morceaux Symphonique for trombone and piano. Hear it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwyo17YcnRU&list=RDEMy1iTY-CwZ8LsVdT14eSrIg&index=2 and hear it live next Sunday.

Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID, and will be available at the door. For event information or reservations, call 631-242-5684 or 516-586-3433.

Kris Garfitt and Seri Dan playing Morceau Symphonique by Alexandre Guilmant

28/10/2023

4Tay pianist Haskell Small will be in performance today, October 28 @ 1:30 PM with the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at The Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC for the Premiere of The Mallorca Suite, a new work inspired by Joan Miró (1893-1983), with music by Federico Mompou, (1893-1987), performed by Haskell. The Suite is a 30-minute modern work for 10 dancers inspired by the Kreeger Museum's collection of Miró's work. More about the event at https://dtsbdc.org/. Visit Haskell at https://www.haskellsmall.com/

HASKELL SMALL PIANIST/COMPOSER What Critics Are Saying “From the first chords onwards he succeeds in creating that state...of just sitting there and 'only' listening to music.”— Die Welt, Berlin “Technical prowess became poetry. Small wove a spell...sheer musicality...each note a liquid jewe...

26/10/2023

4Tay composer Joelle Wallach's The Tiger's Tail for orchestra was broadcast October 25 on WPBB radio's Classical Discoveries, hosted by Marvin Rosen, as part of Scratch Time - All About Cats. See the playlist and hear the broadcast at https://www.mixcloud.com/MarvinRosen/classical-discoveries-10252023-scratch-time-all-about-cats/. More about the piece and the composer at https://joellewallach.com/composition/the-tigers-tail/.

for orchestra (2-2-2-2, 4-2-3-1, 2 perc, harp and strings) (11')

25/10/2023

4Tay pianist Haskell Small will be in performance on October 28 @ 1:30 PM with the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at The Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC for the Premiere of The Mallorca Suite, a new work inspired by Joan Miró (1893-1983), with music by Federico Mompou, (1893-1987), performed by Haskell. The Suite is a 30-minute modern work for 10 dancers inspired by the Kreeger Museum's collection of Miró's work. More about the event at https://dtsbdc.org/. Visit Haskell at https://www.haskellsmall.com/

21/10/2023

4Tay composer Eleni Lomvardou is a winner in The Amadeus Composition Award September 2023 edition. More about the Competition at https://www.amadeusca.com/about/. More about Eleni at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3329260/.

19/10/2023

This coming Sunday @ 3 PM, Maestro Harold Rosenbaum and 4Tay's New York Virtuoso Singers's 100th Birthday Tribute to Ned Rorem at Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 W. 69th St. in Manhattan - https://mailchi.mp/0d9d5d9ada2e/announcing-the-canticorum-virtuosi-2018-gala-benefit-on-may-6-in-chappaqua-ny-1097320. The program will include Rorem’s We Are the Music Makers, Mercy and Truth Are Met Together, Virelai, Psalm 110, Seven Motets for the Church Year, Give All to Love, O God, My Heart is Ready and Three Poems of Baudelaire. Pianist will be Will Healy. Tickets at https://cvi.yapsody.com/event/index/774067/all-ned-rorem-100th-birthday-tribute.