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An Evening of Chamber Music by Joelle Wallach at Sweet Briar College in VA
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
An evening of the chamber music of Joelle Wallach, including two World Premieres, will be presented on Thursday, February 4 – 7:30 PM at Memorial Chapel of Sweet Briar College, 134 Chapel Road in Sweet Briar, Virginia. This, along with several recent lectures, is part of her current Residency at the College.
Concert repertoire includes World Premieres of Runes and Ritual for piano quartet, commissioned and performed by The James Piano Quartet and The Dream of Now, six reflective songs for baritone and piano. Other works include Ms. Wallach’s A Pussycat Love Song, Daughters of Silence, eight songs about the experiences of women and A Firefighter’s Prayer for baritone and strings.
Performers will be Anna Billias, piano, Melisa Barick, soprano, Edward Mikenas, double bass, Claudia Patacca, soprano, Nicholas Szucs, violin, Sinan Vural, baritone and The James Piano Quartet - Jana Ross, violin, Wesley Baldwin, cello, Joseph Nigro, viola and Nick Ross, piano.
Admission to the February 4 concert is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the school’s Lectures and Events Committee. For more information, please call 434-381-6121 or visit http://www.sbc.edu/.
Joelle Wallach composes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voices and choruses. Her String Quartet 1995 was the American Composers Alliance nominee for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The New York Philharmonic Ensembles premiered her octet, From the Forest of Chimneys, written to celebrate their 10th anniversary; and the New York Choral Society commissioned her secular oratorio, Toward a Time of Renewal, for 200 voices and orchestra to commemorate their 35th Anniversary Season in Carnegie Hall. Wallach’s early training in piano, voice, theory, bassoon and violin included study at the Juilliard Preparatory Division. In 1984 the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with John Corigliano, granted her its first doctorate in composition. Read The Dream of Now, Wallach’s newsletter at http://jamesarts.com/releases/dec09/JW_nws_1209.pdf. Much more about her at http://www.joellewallach.com/.
Ms. Wallach is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be contacted at 516-586-3433 or at jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
An evening of the chamber music of Joelle Wallach, including two World Premieres, will be presented on Thursday, February 4 – 7:30 PM at Memorial Chapel of Sweet Briar College, 134 Chapel Road in Sweet Briar, Virginia. This, along with several recent lectures, is part of her current Residency at the College.
Concert repertoire includes World Premieres of Runes and Ritual for piano quartet, commissioned and performed by The James Piano Quartet and The Dream of Now, six reflective songs for baritone and piano. Other works include Ms. Wallach’s A Pussycat Love Song, Daughters of Silence, eight songs about the experiences of women and A Firefighter’s Prayer for baritone and strings.
Performers will be Anna Billias, piano, Melisa Barick, soprano, Edward Mikenas, double bass, Claudia Patacca, soprano, Nicholas Szucs, violin, Sinan Vural, baritone and The James Piano Quartet - Jana Ross, violin, Wesley Baldwin, cello, Joseph Nigro, viola and Nick Ross, piano.
Admission to the February 4 concert is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the school’s Lectures and Events Committee. For more information, please call 434-381-6121 or visit http://www.sbc.edu/.
Joelle Wallach composes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voices and choruses. Her String Quartet 1995 was the American Composers Alliance nominee for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The New York Philharmonic Ensembles premiered her octet, From the Forest of Chimneys, written to celebrate their 10th anniversary; and the New York Choral Society commissioned her secular oratorio, Toward a Time of Renewal, for 200 voices and orchestra to commemorate their 35th Anniversary Season in Carnegie Hall. Wallach’s early training in piano, voice, theory, bassoon and violin included study at the Juilliard Preparatory Division. In 1984 the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with John Corigliano, granted her its first doctorate in composition. Read The Dream of Now, Wallach’s newsletter at http://jamesarts.com/releases/dec09/JW_nws_1209.pdf. Much more about her at http://www.joellewallach.com/.
Ms. Wallach is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be contacted at 516-586-3433 or at jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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