Announcements

Posted on September 28, 2010 by manlyrom_admin

September 30. Upcoming concert.

The world premeire of “Night Music” for violin and cello will take place Thursday, October 6, at 7:30pm. Random Access Music presents “Discreet Encounters” at the Gershwin hotel. Go to www.ram-nyc.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

June 5, 2011. Announcements.

Manly Romero is now the Artistic Director for Random Access Music composers’ collective (RAM). www.ram-nyc.org.

April 24, 2011. Concert Announcements.

Saturday, May 14, 4:30pm, at the Rose Studio, The Rose Building, 10th floor, West 65th Street at Amsterdam, New York. Lauren Blackerby, with Jason Smoller, premieres “El jardin del Eden,” a short double concerto for oboe, English horn and string quintet. Also on the program, Mozart’s oboe quartet.

Saturday, May 21, 8:30pm, Ann Goodman Recital Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th Street at Broadway. Ursula premieres “Attachment,” a setting of Matthew Yeager’s “A large ball of foil in my small New York apartment,” for vocal quartet, electric guitar and percussion. Also on the program, 5 world premieres by member composers of Random Access Music, and by Ursula guitarist David Nadal.

March 21, 2011. In the press! Reviews for world premiere of Doppelganger.

www.examiner.com/classical-music-in-san-francisco/a-competition-winning-world-premiere-from-blueprint-review

www.sfcv.org/reviews/blueprint-new-music-series/blueprint-offers-doppelgangers-drums-and-songs

February 1, 2011. Press release for March 4-5 performance.

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PRESS RELEASE
February 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Erin Rogers, Artistic Director
info@ram-nyc.org
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RAM Noir

MUSIC WITH HIGH CONTRAST AND SHARP EDGES

Six World Premiere Performances by

The Gotham Ensemble

WHEN/WHERE:
Friday, March 4, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The Tank, 354 West 45th Street, Manhattan


and


Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Ann Goodman Recital Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan

TICKETS: $20 for adults/$15 for students and seniors.

Purchase online at www.ram-nyc.org, or at the door. Email info@ram-nyc.org, or visit www.ram-nyc.org for more information.

New York-based composers’ group Random Access Music presents its first program of the season, entitled “RAM Noir.” The concert of world premiere works composed by RAM members to be performed by The Gotham Ensemble occurs twice. The lineup includes new works by B. Allen Schulz, Erin Rogers, David Fetherolf, Jonathan Pieslak, Manly Romero, and Gilbert Galindo.

RANDOM ACCESS MUSIC is a consortium of composers who pool their energy and resources to produce concerts of their own music. Founded in 2005, RAM’s programs are frequently designed in collaboration with specific chamber group and artist collaborators such as Lost Dog New Music Ensemble, Iktus Percussion Quartet, Anubis Saxophone Quartet, and violinist Jessica Mathaes. RAM’s eight members together have earned a long list of awards, commissions and critical acclaim from coast to coast, including kudos from periodicals such as the New York Times and Time Out New York: “remarkably inspired,” “personal, moody and skillfully wrought,” “quirky, sparkling…fresh sounds,” “powerful and intense;” and “causes you to prick up your ears.” RAM’s current roster: B. Allen Schulz, Erin Rogers, David Fetherolf, Stefan Weisman, Jonathan Pieslak, Manly Romero, Gilbert Galindo, and Andrew McKenna Lee.

THE GOTHAM ENSEMBLE is a New York-based chamber ensemble led by clarinetist Tom Piercy which premieres, performs and records a wide variety of repertoire from classical to avant-garde. The New York Times review of Gotham’s recent Merkin Hall performance raved “go out and purchase the recordings.” In response to Gotham’s performance of Ned Rorem’s Ariel at Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Rorem wrote that “Gotham is one of America’s important chamber music groups,” setting the stage for recording the CD Gotham Ensemble Plays Ned Rorem, recently released on Albany Records.

Random Access Music Composers’ Collective (RAM) is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation.
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To schedule an interview or for more information, please email Erin Rogers at info@ram-nyc.org.
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January 27, 2011. Recent and upcoming performances.

October 27, 2010. “El barrio,” for horn and piano, was performed twice at Indiana State University by Nathaniel Rainey and Logan Lundstrom. The first performance was part of ISU’s 44th annual Contemporary Music Festival.

December 7, 2010. “Miniaturizations,” for clarinet and large drum, was performed at Manhattan School of Music by members of Tactus (Felix Behringer and Yumi Ito) on a program featuring music music by composers of Latin American descent. Manly Romero participated in a pre-concert conversation with MSM President Robert Sirota, and composer Gabriella Frank.

February 25, 2011. The world premiere of “Hate Song,” a setting of a poem by Julie Sheehan, will be performed on thingNY’s  SPAM v.2.0: the second-annual avant-garde  variety marathon of new music and performance art. LaGuardia performing arts center, Queens. Tickets are available at www.thingNY.com or by calling LPAC at718-482-5151.  For more information go laguardiaperformingartscenter.org or visit us at the LPAC blog (www.laguardiaperformingartscenter.blogspot.com/).

March 12, 2011. World Premiere of Doppelganger, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Nicole Paiement, conductor (see below for more information).

late March, 2011 . World premiere of “El jardin del Eden (The Garden of Eden)” for oboe, English horn and string quintet by Lauren Blackerby (more information to come).

May 20 & 21, 2011. World premiere of “Attachment,” a setting of Matthew Yeager’s “A Large Ball of Aluminum Foil in my Small NY Apartment,” by Ursula ensemble, in collaboration with Random Access Music composers’ collective. (more information to come).

October 8, 2010. Residency and world premiere commission by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Doppelganger, Romero’s new work for 2 solo violins, 2 solo trumpets and double ensemble, will premiere March 12, 2011 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), Nicole Paiement, conducting. SFCM is hosting Mr Romero for a week-long residency during which he will give a composition masterclass, and following which Doppelganger will be recorded for future release. The commission and residency result from Mr Romero’s award of the Hoefer Prize, a newly endowed annual award for a SFCM alum.

The composing of Doppelganger was inspired by a recent performance of Bach’s St Matthew passion with it’s split orchestra and chorus, and famous solo violin movements, one for each orchestra. Doppelganger, a 25-minute concerto in two movements, is about pairs of things: pairs of instruments, ensembles, soloists, pitches, formal sections, etc. “What’s interesting,” says Romero, “is that one partner in the pair is always a shadow of the other in some way. They are never equal. The hierarchy seems obvious at first, but as time passes, one begins to question which partner really is the original, which is the copy.”

The work was almost entirely composed on the subway, with pencil on manuscript paper clipped to a bright orange board, over a period of six months in 2010.

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