Monthly Archives: April 2007

Site redesign

Friday, April 27, 2007

Within the next month, I will be working on a site redesign, so expect a great new design, and lots of brand new content, including Press and a Music Samples page, very soon!

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New commission

Friday, April 27, 2007

I have been commissioned by pianist Bruce Levingston to write a 15-minute work for voice and piano.  More details to come.

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Tobenski-Algera Concert Series: June 19

Friday, April 27, 2007

Another upcoming performance, titled “Gay Life: Songs by Gay American Composers”, will be held Tuesday, June 19 at Elebash Hall, NYC.  This concert will feature the premiere of the piano accompaniment version of David Del Tredici’s song cycle Gay Life, sung by myself and Rob Frankenberry, with Mr. Del Tredici at the piano.

Also on the program, Rob Frankenberry will reprise my cycle And He’ll Be Mine, and I will perform songs by Darien Shulman, Roger Zahab and Chet Biscardi.

This concert will be, in addition to a regular Tobenski-Algera event, a New York Gay Pride event and part of the year-long celebration for David Del Tredici’s 70th birthday. The City University of New York Graduate Center is very generously sponsoring the concert.

Admission is free, though donations are greatly appreciated.

365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016

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Tobenski-Algera Concert Series: May 18

Friday, April 27, 2007

The next Tobenski-Algera Concert will take place on Friday, May 18 at a location to be decided.  Works on the program include new songs cycles by composers Slavko Krstic and Christopher Czubay, three new songs by myself, new piano works by Darien Shulman and Jeff Algera, and existing works by Tom Cipullo and Lowell Liebermann.

Performers will include:
Gilda Lyons, soprano
Rob Frankenberry, tenor
Marc Peloquin, piano

Check back for more details, or visit the Series’ MySpace page for regular information about upcoming perforamnces.

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till night is overgone

Friday, April 27, 2007

During my months’ residency at the VCCA, I composed til night is overgone, a set of 10 songs for tenor and piano on poetry by James Joyce.  The cycle will be premiered this Fall by tenor Denton Tobenski at Illinois State University.  Shortly after, it will receive its New York premiere with tenor Rob Frankenberry and pianist Marc Peloquin.

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