This Sunday, January 22 at 5:00 PM North Shore Pro Musica will present a concert at the Long Island Museum featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, Vaughan Williams and Julie Mandel. Featuring Betsy Palmedo, Soprano; Paolo Bartolani, Piano; Terry Keevil, Oboe. The Mandel duet 'Solitude in the City' will be performed by Bartolani and Keevil.
The Borzova-Tonna Vocal Duo (Alla Borzova, soprano and composer, and Anna Tonna, mezzo soprano), accompanied by pianist Olga Gurevich, will present a concert “Music Like a Curve of Gold…” dedicated to the works of contemporary women composers in two locations: in Chappaqua, Westchester, and in New York City.
The first concert will take place on Friday, October 14, at 7:30 PM at historic St. Mary The Virgin Episcopal Church in Chappaqua, New York. The address is 191 S Greeley Ave, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Church phone: (914) 238-8751.
The second concert will take place on Friday, October 21st, at 7:30 PM at the Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center in New York City. The address is 330 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001. Tel: (212) 796-8630
Tickets are $20/15 (seniors and students) in advance and $25/20 at the door. Advance tickets can purchased at http://bpt.me/2592954
Post-concert talk with the artists and composers. Reception to follow at Chappaqua location.
The program will feature the arts songs and duets by Beth Anderson, Alla Borzova, Juliana Hall, Patricia Leonard, Binnette Lipper, Julia Mandel, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, Melanie Mitrano, Anne Phillips, Hilary Tann, Tawnie Olson, and Joelle Wallach. The scene from Alla Borzova’s chamber comic opera The Wedding Gift of Pirate Granny will be presented as well. (Please, see below for a complete program.)
The themes range from mysticism, immigration & resistance, communion with nature and domestic bliss to the bawdy world of carnivals and piracy!
Borzova-Tonna Vocal Duo, formed in 2014, is two-time recipient of the New York Women Composers Association award. The duo presented recitals featuring music by historical and contemporary women composers. In December of 2014 they presented a recital entitled “There Is a Magic Made by Melody” at historic St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal Church in White Plains. Now they bring the extended program to Chappaqua, Westchester County, and New York City.
The 24 Intervals pieces for piano will be recorded over the next several months and will be available shortly thereafter.
Concert: A program featuring the music of Long Island Composers
When: Sunday June 5, 2016, 2 PM
Where: The South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hll Road, South Huntington.
Info: Internationally renowned pianist Paolo Bartolani and master oboist Terry Keevil will perform the works of LICA composers. The concert will also feature the three gifted young composers who have been Awarded the Arline Diamond Memorial Award for their performances at the annual “Music By and For Students Concert” in May.
Composers: Julie Mandel, Marga Richter, Herbert Deutsch, Joel Mandelbaum, Leonard Lehrman and George Cork Maul
When: March 20 at 3 p.m. at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Ave, Great Neck, NY 11024, phone (516) 482-0355
Info: Co-sponsored by Murray Cohen and Julie Mandel
Composers: Margaret Stoop, Richard Brooks, Allen Brings, Julie Mandel, Jay Gach and
Herbert Feldman.
On November 15, 2015, pianist Paolo Bartolani performed a program of piano works by LICA and classical composers before a standing-room-only crowd at the Church of the Redeemer in Mattituck, NY.
Mr. Bartolani played selections by LICA composers Julie Mandel, Alla Pavlova and George Cork Maul.
Paolo Bartolani performing "Intervals" by Julie Mandel on November 15, 2015 at the Church of the Redeemer Episcopal Church in Mattituck, NY. This concert was sponsored by LICA (Long Island Composers Alliance) and the Douglas Moore Committee.
Concert: Americana Through the Eyes of Long Islanders
When: Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 10 AM
Where: The Greens, Melville, Long Island
Info: An independence Day Celebration Concert
Composers: Leo Kraft, Leonard Lehrman, Julie Mandel, Joel Mandelbaum,
Herbert Rothgarber, Elie Siegmeister.
Concert: A program featuring percussion, piano, flute and saxophone
When: Sunday June 8, 2014, 2 PM
Where: The South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hll Road, South Huntington.
Info: The concert will also feature the three gifted young composers who have been Awarded the Arline Diamond Memorial Award for their performances at the annual “Music By and For Students Concert” in May.
Composers: Richard Brooks, Herbert Deutsch, Jane Leslie, Julie Mandel, George Cork Maul, Marga Richter, Dana Richrdson, Herb Rothgarber.
On Sunday, November 20th, the Long Island Composers Alliance ( LICA ) put on their annual performance of original compositions for the Library. Please enjoy the show and thank you for supporting us! For more info on the Long Island Composers Alliance, got to http://www.licamusic.org