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Earth Day Suite by Vivian Adelberg Rudow Premiered by Orch. of St. John's
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Vivian Adelberg Rudow’s Earth Day Suite: Dark Waters of the Chesapeake and Go Green!, Variation 1 – The Ocean Sings will be given their World Premiere by Orchestra of St. John’s, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, on Sunday, April 18 – 4 PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road in Ellicott City, Maryland as part of their Concert for Earth Day.
The composer writes about Dark Waters of the Chesapeake, “For Sidney M. Friedberg. I composed Journey of Waters, for 14 instruments in 1984, with a vocal solo in the melody section, Grace Cavalieri lyrics, and percussion including numerous bowed antique cymbals...I recomposed the music for small orchestra, trumpet solo, and renamed the music Dark Waters in 1994. In 2005 I was asked to revise the music again and to use percussion to match the Eroica Symphony for a performance in Italy. This new version, Dark Waters of Elba, had extensive revisions…In 2006, I created Journey of Waters II giving the chorus the melody... The above performances were successful, but this composer missed the earlier more exotic percussion, so I recomposed the music once more calling it Dark Waters of the Chesapeake. I expect (this) to be the best version and hope never to change (it) again!”
She also writes about Go Green!, Variation 1 The Ocean Sings, “(This is) a flute concerto. This version was inspired by the spirit of the people, young and old, who enthusiastically help to clean up streams, other waterways, parks, roadsides, etc., to make our environment a better place.”
Featured performers in the Suite will be Luis Engleke, trumpet and Sara Nichals, flute. Other works on the program are Handel’s Water Music and Elgar’s Sea Pictures.
Tickets for the April 18 concert are $15, under 18 admitted free accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 410-461-7793 or visit http://www.orchestraofstjohns.org/.
Vivian Adelberg Rudow is a Baltimore-based composer, conductor, concert producer, and performance artist who was the first Maryland composer to receive an orchestral performance in Baltimore's Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore Symphony, 1982). Her awards include First Prize in the 1986 14th International Electroacoustic Music Competition, program division (Bourges, France), two Baltimore CityArts Awards; the Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship; and ASCAP awards each year since 1987. Vickie’s music has been performed across Western and Eastern Europe, and in Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, Israel, Puerto Rico, South Africa and the U.S. Writing in genres ranging from electronic, solo instrument, and chamber, to full orchestra, she is a "Sound Portrait Painter," creating sound canvases that express lives and feelings of people using musical language they can understand. Vivian received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University.
Her new CD, Love, Loss and Law, a series of musical documentaries, is available for listening and purchase at http://www.geareduppublications.com/musichollinspark.html. Her website is at http://www.vivianadelbergrudow.com.
On March 17, 2010, the radio version of Love, Loss and Law, was aired on the satellite radio program series The Poet and The Poem, hosted by Grace Cavalieri from the Library of Congress. The program will be uploaded onto NPR’s content depot for automatic download by stations until September. Visit the site at http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html.
For more information about Vivian Adelberg Rudow, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Vivian Adelberg Rudow’s Earth Day Suite: Dark Waters of the Chesapeake and Go Green!, Variation 1 – The Ocean Sings will be given their World Premiere by Orchestra of St. John’s, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, on Sunday, April 18 – 4 PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road in Ellicott City, Maryland as part of their Concert for Earth Day.
The composer writes about Dark Waters of the Chesapeake, “For Sidney M. Friedberg. I composed Journey of Waters, for 14 instruments in 1984, with a vocal solo in the melody section, Grace Cavalieri lyrics, and percussion including numerous bowed antique cymbals...I recomposed the music for small orchestra, trumpet solo, and renamed the music Dark Waters in 1994. In 2005 I was asked to revise the music again and to use percussion to match the Eroica Symphony for a performance in Italy. This new version, Dark Waters of Elba, had extensive revisions…In 2006, I created Journey of Waters II giving the chorus the melody... The above performances were successful, but this composer missed the earlier more exotic percussion, so I recomposed the music once more calling it Dark Waters of the Chesapeake. I expect (this) to be the best version and hope never to change (it) again!”
She also writes about Go Green!, Variation 1 The Ocean Sings, “(This is) a flute concerto. This version was inspired by the spirit of the people, young and old, who enthusiastically help to clean up streams, other waterways, parks, roadsides, etc., to make our environment a better place.”
Featured performers in the Suite will be Luis Engleke, trumpet and Sara Nichals, flute. Other works on the program are Handel’s Water Music and Elgar’s Sea Pictures.
Tickets for the April 18 concert are $15, under 18 admitted free accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 410-461-7793 or visit http://www.orchestraofstjohns.org/.
Vivian Adelberg Rudow is a Baltimore-based composer, conductor, concert producer, and performance artist who was the first Maryland composer to receive an orchestral performance in Baltimore's Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore Symphony, 1982). Her awards include First Prize in the 1986 14th International Electroacoustic Music Competition, program division (Bourges, France), two Baltimore CityArts Awards; the Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship; and ASCAP awards each year since 1987. Vickie’s music has been performed across Western and Eastern Europe, and in Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, Israel, Puerto Rico, South Africa and the U.S. Writing in genres ranging from electronic, solo instrument, and chamber, to full orchestra, she is a "Sound Portrait Painter," creating sound canvases that express lives and feelings of people using musical language they can understand. Vivian received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University.
Her new CD, Love, Loss and Law, a series of musical documentaries, is available for listening and purchase at http://www.geareduppublications.com/musichollinspark.html. Her website is at http://www.vivianadelbergrudow.com.
On March 17, 2010, the radio version of Love, Loss and Law, was aired on the satellite radio program series The Poet and The Poem, hosted by Grace Cavalieri from the Library of Congress. The program will be uploaded onto NPR’s content depot for automatic download by stations until September. Visit the site at http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html.
For more information about Vivian Adelberg Rudow, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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