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Pianist Joshua Pierce in Concert with American Festival of Microtonal Music
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Internationally renowned American pianist Joshua Pierce will be in concert as part of the American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) MicroNYC 2010 concert on Saturday, May 15 – 8 PM at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, at 487 Hudson Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
Mr. Pierce will be featured in Rami Seo’s Nexus, performing on the Terpstra synthesizer along with bassoonist Johnny Reinhard, cellist Madeleine Shapiro, and the composer on the 25-string Gayageum, a traditional Korean zither-like instrument. The Terpstra synthesizer, a honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves, is heard publicly in its debut on this concert. Mr. Pierce will also present a 53-tone equal temperament rendition of Arnold Schoenberg’s Drei Klavierstucke, as imagined by the composer.
Other works on the program are cellist Madeleine Shapiro presenting Ge Gan-Ru‘s Yi-Feng (Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura, 10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon presenting the traditional Korean standard Sanjo on their 12-string instruments in its ancient microtonal tuning and Sasha Bogdanowitsch premiering Silk for instrumental ensemble, joined by the Yoons. There will also be a rare performance of Renaissance microtonalist Nicola Vicentino’s Musica Prisca Caput for SATB vocal quartet (Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols, Maya Galt, Brendan Glynn, and Johnny Reinhard) and Reinhard concluding the evening with the Premiere of Cambia for bassoon and 3 Gayageums.
General admission to the May 15 concert is $12, $10 for seniors and students (with ID) at the door. For more information, call AFMM at 212-517-3550 or visit http://www.afmm.org/.
The American Festival of Microtonal Music, Inc. (AFMM) was founded by Johnny Reinhard to showcase past and contemporary microtonal music and to introduce microtonality to the listening public. Through his direction of the AFMM and his other individual efforts, Reinhard has almost singlehandedly revived public awareness of microtonality in the 1990's. AFMM has become a leader in new music activity today.
Grammy nominated pianist Joshua Pierce has performed in prestigious music centers throughout the world as a soloist and with an extraordinary array of orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Moscow State Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded nearly 200 works including numerous world premieres as a soloist and with orchestra for EMI Classics, Carlton Classics, Helicon, Koch International Classics, MMC, MSR Classics, Pro Arts, Sony Classics, Vox and other labels. His landmark series of recordings of John Cage's music on the Wergo label has earned him tremendous acclaim worldwide. His 25-year collaboration with the pianist Dorothy Jonas, as part of the two-piano team, Pierce & Jonas, has resulted in numerous acclaimed recordings and performances, including a command performance with the Royal Philharmonic for England's Royal Family. For more information, visit http://www.jamesarts.com/pierce/index2.html.
Mr. Pierce is a member of the AFMM Ensemble (http://www.afmm.org/) and serves on its Board of Directors, working extensively with its director Johnny Reinhard. Together they have toured Italy, England, Norway, Switzerland, and Russia.
For press inquiries about Joshua Pierce, please 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
Internationally renowned American pianist Joshua Pierce will be in concert as part of the American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) MicroNYC 2010 concert on Saturday, May 15 – 8 PM at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, at 487 Hudson Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
Mr. Pierce will be featured in Rami Seo’s Nexus, performing on the Terpstra synthesizer along with bassoonist Johnny Reinhard, cellist Madeleine Shapiro, and the composer on the 25-string Gayageum, a traditional Korean zither-like instrument. The Terpstra synthesizer, a honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves, is heard publicly in its debut on this concert. Mr. Pierce will also present a 53-tone equal temperament rendition of Arnold Schoenberg’s Drei Klavierstucke, as imagined by the composer.
Other works on the program are cellist Madeleine Shapiro presenting Ge Gan-Ru‘s Yi-Feng (Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura, 10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon presenting the traditional Korean standard Sanjo on their 12-string instruments in its ancient microtonal tuning and Sasha Bogdanowitsch premiering Silk for instrumental ensemble, joined by the Yoons. There will also be a rare performance of Renaissance microtonalist Nicola Vicentino’s Musica Prisca Caput for SATB vocal quartet (Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols, Maya Galt, Brendan Glynn, and Johnny Reinhard) and Reinhard concluding the evening with the Premiere of Cambia for bassoon and 3 Gayageums.
General admission to the May 15 concert is $12, $10 for seniors and students (with ID) at the door. For more information, call AFMM at 212-517-3550 or visit http://www.afmm.org/.
The American Festival of Microtonal Music, Inc. (AFMM) was founded by Johnny Reinhard to showcase past and contemporary microtonal music and to introduce microtonality to the listening public. Through his direction of the AFMM and his other individual efforts, Reinhard has almost singlehandedly revived public awareness of microtonality in the 1990's. AFMM has become a leader in new music activity today.
Grammy nominated pianist Joshua Pierce has performed in prestigious music centers throughout the world as a soloist and with an extraordinary array of orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Moscow State Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded nearly 200 works including numerous world premieres as a soloist and with orchestra for EMI Classics, Carlton Classics, Helicon, Koch International Classics, MMC, MSR Classics, Pro Arts, Sony Classics, Vox and other labels. His landmark series of recordings of John Cage's music on the Wergo label has earned him tremendous acclaim worldwide. His 25-year collaboration with the pianist Dorothy Jonas, as part of the two-piano team, Pierce & Jonas, has resulted in numerous acclaimed recordings and performances, including a command performance with the Royal Philharmonic for England's Royal Family. For more information, visit http://www.jamesarts.com/pierce/index2.html.
Mr. Pierce is a member of the AFMM Ensemble (http://www.afmm.org/) and serves on its Board of Directors, working extensively with its director Johnny Reinhard. Together they have toured Italy, England, Norway, Switzerland, and Russia.
For press inquiries about Joshua Pierce, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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