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Chamber Music of Charles Griffin to Be Premiered in Vasteras, Sweden
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
American composer Charles Griffin’s This is just to say for narrator, vocalist, flute, cello and bass will be given its World Premiere on Sunday, January 17 - 5:00 PM at Vasteras Concert Hall in Vasteras, Sweden. 18 composers and musicians from 5 countries will come together for this performance.
The composer has written about the new work, “My contribution will be This is just to say, a comic, structured improvisation, with texts taken from William Carlos Williams’ poem of the same name and a handful of parodies of it by other authors. The idea for this piece came from an episode of the radio program “This American Life”, which described the poem as a non-apology apology, and the parodies attempt to take this form to new heights.’ You can read his complete comment about the piece at http://charlesgriffin.net/, and more about its creation at http://charlesgriffin.net/archives/476.
Charles Griffin is an American composer currently living in Latvia. A native New Yorker, his works have been regularly commissioned, performed and recorded by soloists and ensembles throughout the U.S. as well as Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe and Asia. Read his From the Faraway Nearby blog at http://www.sequenza21.com/latvia/ and hear a Noizepunk & Das Krooner interview with him at http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html. Much more about him at http://www.charlesgriffin.net/.
For more information about Charles Griffin, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
American composer Charles Griffin’s This is just to say for narrator, vocalist, flute, cello and bass will be given its World Premiere on Sunday, January 17 - 5:00 PM at Vasteras Concert Hall in Vasteras, Sweden. 18 composers and musicians from 5 countries will come together for this performance.
The composer has written about the new work, “My contribution will be This is just to say, a comic, structured improvisation, with texts taken from William Carlos Williams’ poem of the same name and a handful of parodies of it by other authors. The idea for this piece came from an episode of the radio program “This American Life”, which described the poem as a non-apology apology, and the parodies attempt to take this form to new heights.’ You can read his complete comment about the piece at http://charlesgriffin.net/, and more about its creation at http://charlesgriffin.net/archives/476.
Charles Griffin is an American composer currently living in Latvia. A native New Yorker, his works have been regularly commissioned, performed and recorded by soloists and ensembles throughout the U.S. as well as Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe and Asia. Read his From the Faraway Nearby blog at http://www.sequenza21.com/latvia/ and hear a Noizepunk & Das Krooner interview with him at http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html. Much more about him at http://www.charlesgriffin.net/.
For more information about Charles Griffin, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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