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Palisades Virtuosi Part of Ars Vitalis Concert on April 24 at Kean University in Hillside, New Jersey

April 21, 2014
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net

Bogota, NJ - The Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will perform as part of Ars Vitalis, The New Jersey New Music Forum on Thursday, April 24  7:30 PM at Eugene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall on the East Campus of Kean University, 215 North Avenue in Hillside, New Jersey.

The Virtuosi will perform Melinda Wagner's Thumbnail Moon [2009] and Frank Ezra Levy's Trio #2 [2006], both commissioned by the Ensemble.

Other composers on the program are Max Lifchitz and Matthew Halper. Other performers are Jorge Caballero, guitar, Max Lifchitz, piano, Lisa Hansen, flute and Molly Morkoski, piano.

For concert information, please call the schools Conservatory of Music at 908-737-4330 or visit http://www.kean.edu/~arsvital.

Ars Vitalis is an arts initiative at Kean University that showcases the works of prominent New Jersey area composers. In addition to providing a concert forum for the presentation of vital new works of music, Ars Vitalis features a post-concert meet-and-greet reception with the invited composers offering the audience an opportunity to meet the people behind the music. Under the artistic direction of Dr. Matthew Halper, Ars Vitalis introduces audiences to the living art of contemporary music composition.

Ars Vitalis is made possible with the support of Kean University Conservatory of Music; The College of Visual and Performing Arts; The Kean University Concert Artist Program; and the Kean Federation of Teachers (KFT).

The Palisades Virtuosi, consisting of flutist Margaret Swinchoski, clarinetist Donald Mokrynski and pianist Ron Levy, is a 501 (c)(3) organization established to promote and enrich the repertoire for flute, clarinet and piano and present concerts that include existing and newly-commissioned repertoire for this configuration (each of their concerts includes a work commissioned by the ensemble), supplemented by solos, duos and larger works featuring guest artists. Volumes One, Two, Three, Four and Five of their New American Masters CD series are available from Albany Records. Visit them at http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/. For photos of the ensemble, visit http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/Downloadable photos.html.

For other press inquiries about the Palisades Virtuosi, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.

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