{"id":3495,"date":"2014-10-13T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/h\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2014-10-13T21:35:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T02:35:48","slug":"composers-concordance-john-clark-70th-birthday-celebration-with-nine-live-and-pianist-kai-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/composers-concordance-john-clark-70th-birthday-celebration-with-nine-live-and-pianist-kai-schumacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Composers Concordance \u2013 John Clark 70th Birthday Celebration \u2013 with Nine Live and pianist Kai Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Composers Concordance<\/b><\/div>\n
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\u2013 John Clark 70th Birthday Celebration \u2013<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
with Nine Live and pianist Kai Schumacher<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Composers Concordance<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\u2013 John Clark 70th Birthday Celebration \u2013<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
with Nine Live and pianist Kai Schumacher<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
as part of the Eclectic Virtuosi series<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 at 8pm<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
$10<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Gallery MC<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
549 West 52nd St, 8th floor<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
(between 10th & 11th Aves.)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
New York, NY 10019<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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“For the past 30 years,\u00a0Composers Concordance<\/a>\u00a0has been a booster for local composers, through both its concerts across the city and a record label.” -The Wall Street Journal.\u00a0<\/span>“Enterprising new music organization” -The New York Times.\u00a0<\/span>On\u00a0November 12th at 8pm\u00a0at the innovative\u00a0Gallery MC<\/a>, Composers Concordance continues its\u00a030th anniversary season<\/a>\u00a0with a concert in celebration of the 70th birthday of the composer and iconic horn virtuoso\u00a0John Clark<\/a>. In the opening set, as part of Compcord’s new Eclectic Virtuosi series, pianist\u00a0Kai Schumacher<\/a>\u00a0will perform music of\u00a0Anton Rovner<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gene Pritsker<\/a>, as well as original arrangements inspired by Rage Against the Machine and Slayer, among others. This will be followed by the nonet ‘Nine Live,’ led by John Clark and\u00a0Dan Cooper<\/a>, performing Clark’s own compositions ‘Turbulence,’ ‘Sibilia,’ and ‘Freedom’s Delight,’ among others, plus Cooper’s ‘Bowery,’ ‘Platypus Blues,’ and ‘Gefilte Funk.’ Players will include\u00a0<\/span>Kinan Azmeh<\/a>\u00a0– clarinet,\u00a0Michael Rabinowitz<\/a>\u00a0– bassoon,\u00a0John Clark – horn,\u00a0Lynn Bechtold<\/a>\u00a0– violin,\u00a0Jennifer DeVore<\/a>\u00a0– cello,\u00a0Rob Stephens<\/a>\u00a0– piano,\u00a0Dan Cooper – bass guitar, and\u00a0Jon Di Fiore<\/a>\u00a0– drumset. This event will be co-sponsored by composer\u00a0Dave Soldier<\/a>‘s record label\u00a0Mulatta Records<\/a>, which will release a new album of John Clark’s compositions in 2015. The concert will be followed by a birthday reception.<\/div>\n
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Staying in rotation for thirty years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the\u00a0past, but also an ethic of keeping one’s ear to the\u00a0ground for emerging stylistic and technological\u00a0developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.\u00a0<\/span>Composers Concordance strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, and\u00a0Milica Paranosic<\/a>\u00a0co-curate the programs, and lead\u00a0CCE<\/a>, the ensemble-in-residence at William Paterson University. Venues in recent seasons have included Bohemian National Hall, Chelsea Art Museum, Cutting Room, Dimenna Center, Drom NYC, Gallery MC, LPR, Miller Theater, the Museum of Natural History, and Weill Recital Hall, among many others. Composers Concordance was founded in 1984 by\u00a0Joseph Pehrson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Patrick Hardish<\/a>, advised by\u00a0Otto Luening<\/a>. It has also created a new record label,\u00a0Composers Concordance Records<\/a>, with distribution by\u00a0Naxos<\/a>. Composers Concordance’s overriding vision is to see contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music, performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.<\/span><\/div>\n
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PRESS:<\/b>\u00a0for more information, please contact:
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Gallery MC\u00a0is located at 549\u00a0West 52nd Street,\u00a0New York, NY 10019 (between 10th and 11th Avenues.)<\/div>\n

By Subway: C\u00a0or E trains to 50th Street (8th Avenue) or the 1 train to 50th Street (Broadway.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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“For the past 30 years, Composers Concordance has been a booster for local composers, through both its concerts across the city and a record label.” -The Wall Street Journal. “Enterprising new music organization” -The New York Times. On November 12th at 8pm at the innovative Gallery MC, Composers Concordance continues its 30th anniversary season with a concert in celebration of the 70th birthday of the composer and iconic horn virtuoso John Clark. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3499,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495\/revisions\/3499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}