American Chamber Ensemble Presents Music of the Americas: Part 2 – March 8 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY

The American Chamber Ensemble, celebrating its 54^th Anniversary, will present Music of the Americas: Part 2 on Sunday, March 8 at 3 PM at Hofstra University's Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue in Hempstead, NY, presented by the University’s Music Department.

Music of the Americas: Part 2 will present the second part of ACE's season-long exploration of the music of North and South America, as well as those who emigrated to this country. It will feature ACE commissioned works by contemporary composers Andres Maldonado (Hofstra faculty) and Edward Thomas, as well as the U.S.’s Dana Wilson, Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla, Mexico’s Manuel Ponce and Canada’s Srul Irving Glick.  The concert will be a multi-media presentation, making for an immersive experience, introducing the concertgoer to a different way to experience the performances.

Performers will include ACE members, pianist Marilyn Lehman, clarinetist and assistant ACE Director Mindy Dragovich, violinists Eriko Sato and Sunghae Anna Lim, violist Lois Martin and cellist Chris Finckel. Special guests will be soprano Karen Lehman DiMartino, The ACE Clarinet Ensemble, the East End Women's Choir, directed by Kamilla Ozman (http://www.eastendwomenschoir.com/) and Hofstra Student Award winner, soprano Miranda Wysocki.

Tickets at Hofstra University Box Office – $20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. For ticket information, call 516-463-6644 or visit Hofstra ticketing. This concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx.

Directed by Marilyn Lehman, ACE was founded by pianist Blanche Abram and clarinetist Naomi Drucker. The ensemble explores the great chamber music literature for clarinet and piano in combination with strings, woodwinds and voice and presents performances featuring world-class artists. ACE consists of the finest freelance musicians in the New York area and has been cited by critics for their superb presentations of chamber masterworks. Their latest CDs on Elysium are American Clarinet Treasures, featuring core members of ACE performing works by George Kleinsinger, Virgil Thomson, Daniel Gregory Mason, Elliott Carter, Douglas Moore and Gary Schocker, with guest artist Stanley Drucker and The American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele, which features five of this modern master’s most important chamber works.

ACE’s concert season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by private contributions.

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