 Free Recital in New
York City Features Festival Artistic
Director Linda Chesis
November 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Festival favorites Amy Burton and Sara Cutler to perform, as
a taste of the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival comes to
New York City
As part of the festivities celebrating the 90th anniversary
of the Manhattan School of Music, Linda Chesis will offer a
faculty recital of works by New York City-based composers.
The
free concert,
New York Accents, will be held on Sunday,
November 11 at 3 pm in the Manhattan School of Music's
Miller Hall. (122nd Street and Broadway).
Ms. Chesis, a member of the flute faculty and chair of the
woodwind department at the Manhattan School of Music, will
perform with Sara Cutler, harp, and Amy Burton, soprano.
This trio performed at the Cooperstown Chamber Music
Festival this summer, and will reprise several pieces from
that well-received concert. The recital also features
Colette
Valentine, piano; Sylvia Rosenberg, violin; Karen Dreyfus,
viola; Alan Stepansky,cello; and seven Manhattan School of
Music flute alumni, who were students of Ms. Chesis.
The artists will perform:
-
Aaron Copland
Duo for flute and piano
-
John
Corigliano Three
Irish Folksongs for flute and voice
-
Vincent
Persichetti
Serenade for flute and harp
-
Peter Schickele
Monochrome I and V ( for eight flutes)
-
Aaron Kernis
Air for flute and piano
-
Eric
Ewazen
Bridgehampton Suite for flute and strings
New York
Accents
Faculty Recital by Linda Chesis
Sunday, Nov 11 at 3 pm
Miller Hall
Manhattan School
of Music
122nd Street
and Broadway
Free Admission, no ticket required
For more information on this recital or other Manhattan
School of Music 90th anniversary events, go to the Manhattan
School of Music's
web site, or call the School's concert office,
917/493-4428.
We hope this concert will whet your appetite for the Tenth
Anniversary season of the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival
this summer. Now
is the ideal time to donate to the
Festival,
as we are determining the size and scope of next year's
Festival. Send your check, made out to the "Cooperstown
Chamber Music Festival," to PO Box 230,
Cooperstown,
NY 13326,
or call 877/666-7421 for more information.
Thank you for your support!
|
