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A Big Weekend to Start the Fall Season

3 Performances this Weekend to Start Off the New Season: Composer's Voice features Monica Chew's second set of Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame; TC4 Quartet performs Fifteen-Minute-of-Fame at the Brand Library Recital Hall; and Robert Voisey has his work Persistence of Melancholy performed

Composer's Voice presents Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring featuring Monica Chew with Clavichord 2nd set

Saturday, September 14th 2:00 – 2:30pm EDT (UTC-4)

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Vox Novus is proud to present Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Monica Chew with Clavichord 2nd set

More information can be found here:
http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Monica_Chew/second_set/

Watch these 15 one-minute works for clavichord performed by Monica Chew. 15 composers will be performed by clavichordist Monica Chew featured in this Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame. The composers presented in the set of 15 are: Nantenaina Andriamorasata, Nancy Bachmann, Máté Balogh, David Bohn, John Brooks, Meadow Bridgham, Ross JamesCarey, Nicholas Fagnilli, Carlotta Ferrari, Robert Fruehwald, Michael Kosch, Alisa Rose, Jee Seo, José Jesus de Azevedo Souza, and Anna Vriend.

Monica Chew is an Oakland composer and pianist who celebrates presenting rarely performed music and new works from around the world. A "gifted player with an affinity for deeply sensitive expression" (Whole Note).

For more visit: www.monicachew.com

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. And more information can be found at the following: http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Monica_Chew/second_set/

Composer's Voice showcases full contemporary works by musicians who champion new music from living composers.

Episodes of Composer's Voice air its half-hour show every 2 weeks on Saturday at 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan Neighborhood's Network channel 2. 
 


View on the following TV cable channels in Manhattan:

Channel 83 on RCN

Channel 67 on Spectrum

Channel 34 on Verizon FIOS
 


Watch and listen online at the following:

https://www.mnn.org/watch/channels/lifestyle-channel

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring TC4 Quartet at Brand Library

Saturday, September 14th 2:00 PM U.S. West Coast Time

The Music Series features virtuosos from Southern California performing repertoire favorites and music by living composers. The concert will take place in the Brand Library Recital Hall. Admission is free and seating is limited.

Sponsored by the Brand Associates. Please note: Music Series concerts will be held on Saturday afternoons.

​ Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Brand Library Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION
​ Andrew Harrison, Frances Cisneros, Isaac Lopez, Robert Alexander - saxophones
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Celebrated for their unique approach and virtuosic performances, TC4 has delighted audiences in the greater Los Angeles area, introducing audiences the exciting music of the saxophone quartet. TC4 uses their unique style to create a fresh environment for classical music; to reflect our lived experience and mixed culture, blending the known with the unknown. To date, TC4 has presented hundreds of concerts throughout the US, and have recently begun performing with symphonic organizations, including the South Valley Symphony, premiering a new Saxophone Quartet Concerto by Robert Alexander, and upcoming performances with the Sonoma State Symphonic Winds, performing Second Nature by Viet Cuong. They have championed the music of living composers, including Andrew Sigler, Joel Love, Nina Shekhar, and Michael Markowski, and were recently featured on Vox Novus' Fifteen Minutes of Fame in New York City.

​ Program: Music by Michael Markowski, Avner Dorman, Gaia Flagello, Chris Evan Hass and miniatures from their Fifteen Minutes of Fame call for scores.

Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame is 15 one-minute works written by different composers specifically for a musician or ensemble. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. And more information can be found at the following: http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/TC4/

Persistence of Melancholy performed at Pensacola ComposerFest XIX

Get ready for a a truly eclectic music experience as Pensacola ComposerFest XIX unfolds in the Pensacola State College Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium on Sunday, September 15 at 2:30 p.m.

Each year, ComposerFest showcases original music of mostly local and regional composers. The event provides an opportunity to hear a variety of new music written by contemporary composers, most of whom will be attending the event. Many of the works on the concert will be world premieres!

ComposerFest is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 850-484-1847, or go to https://performingarts.pensacolastate.edu/upcoming-events/

​ Pensacola ComposerFest XIX
Sunday, September 15, 2023, 2:30 p.m. EDT
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Pensacola State College
FREE ADMISSION
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​ Program: Music by David Bohn, Robert Voisey, Benjamin Naman, Michael Coleman, Kadisha Onalbayeva, Kevin L. Fails, Glenda Jones, Joseph T. Spaniola, William Price, and Holland Hopson

Robert Voisey is a distinguished American composer and producer known for his innovative contributions to contemporary classical and electronic music. With a diverse portfolio that spans orchestral, chamber, and electronic works, Voisey is celebrated for his unique blending of traditional and modern elements. His career includes collaborations with a variety of artists and ensembles, and his compositions often explore themes of technology and human experience. Voisey's work has been featured in numerous festivals and performances, earning him recognition as a forward-thinking and versatile musician in the contemporary music scene.