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October 2011
I have been invited again to have my music performed at the wonderful Masters & Pelavin Gallery in Tribeca. The concert will feature a world premiere: a two-clarinet sonata (Michael Cemprola/Boris Shpitalnik), as well as a piano piece and a song cycle performed by Amanda Hick and Walter Aparicio. Amanda and Walter will also present some Schumann songs and some Scarlatti sonatas. The event is free for all.
Concert info:
Thursday, October 13th, 6pm
Masters & Pelavin Gallery
13 Jay St
New York, NY 10013
Off of the 1,2,3 at Chamber St • Tickets: FREE
July 2011
Tuesday July 5th, 6PM: Opera Open Stage, hosted by Malesha Jessie
An open-mic stage for opera singers! Gian-Carla Tisera will sing an aria from my one-act opera "Saturnalia" to introduce my music to this wonderful group of opera enthusiasts. Gian-Carla will perform my music again in August at another event hosted by Malesha Jessie.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011 at 6PM
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY 10014
http://corneliastreetcafe.com
$10 cover + $10 drink(s) minimum
(Photo by Sue Frause - http://www.closetcanuck.com)
Thursday July 7th, 6PM: Opening "act" at Ensemble et al's album release party.
ensemble, et al. is a Brooklyn-based pseudo-classical percussion ensemble that combines elements of classicism and modernism while taking a garage approach to its material. The group's repertoire, containing mostly original works composed by Ron Tucker and collaborations between the ensemble's players, springs from an almost punk-rock desire to chart unknown territories from musicians who have tired of inhabiting all-too familiar states. Atypical for some percussion groups, ensemble, et al. prefers a simple, intimate, dynamic and delicately beautiful aesthetic.
I am incredibly happy and thankful to be "opening" for this great ensemble!
Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Pelavin Gallery,
13 Jay Street,
New York, NY
www.pelavingallery.com
FREE
Monday July 18th, 8PM: Cyclothymic (Love) Diaries will be performed in Manhattan as part of the Metropolis Opera Project (M.O.P.) Bucket Concert:
This year’s New Music Party will include opera electronica, an eclectic chamber ensemble, a rock opera, operetta, arias and more! Featuring works by Thomas Deneuville, kate kilbane, Trish Causey, Sara Cooper & Zach Redler, Christopher Sahar, Jeremiah Bornfield and Nathan Cooke & Matt Schlatter (Marigold Opera).
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 8PM
Medicine Show Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (at 11th Ave.)
New York, NY 10019
FREE
Tuesday July 26th, 8PM: As part of the Operation: Opera series, Gian-Carla Tisera (soprano) and Taylor Levine (from Dither Quartet, electric guitar) will perform one of my song cycles: Outer Boroughs Songs (poetry by D. Nurkse). I am really excited to hear the piece performed by two new great performers...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 8PM
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C
Reverend Pedro Pietri Way
New York, NY 10009
http://www.nuyorican.org
Admission $7
June 2011
Friday June 3rd, 8:00pm: Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue - 6 train to 68th Street .
Inspired by the writings of the American transcendentalist, this piece is a reflection on the hubris that technology can inspire, in an ever faster world. It is scored for woodwinds (flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet), harpsichord, viola da gamba, drum kit and two solo singers (soprano and baritone). Yes, drum kit.
The rest of the program will feature two song cycles and some chamber music. I will also join some friends to perform a set of short folk-inspired pieces that I wrote in the summer of '08 for oboe, bassoon, violin and a bunch of other instruments (bagpipes, recorder, banjo-mandolin, etc.). Don't miss the Radiohead cover :)
May 2011
Sunday, May 2nd, 4pm and 7pm: Second Annual CUNY New Music Festival at Baruch Performing Arts Center’s Engelman Hall, 55 Lexington Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $10, with free admission to CUNY students.
CUNY New Music ensembles perform contemporary and new original works. Ensembles include conTEMPO (Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College), Nota Bene (Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College), CME (CUNY Graduate Center), plus other CUNY performers and composers, faculty and students alike.
Outer Boroughs Songs, a song cycle commissioned by lyric coloratura soprano Lauren Alfano will be performed (Evan Flath on electric guitar).
April 2011
- Saturday April 2nd, 4pm: Something Not Too Complicated at the Estonian House (243 E. 34th street between 3rd and 2nd Ave) 6 train to 33rd Street • Tickets: $5 at the door
New York, NY — David Pearson (saxophonist) and Thomas Deneuville (composer) are both committed to the unconventional idea that modern classical music should appeal not just to the mind, but also to the ears and heart. Having seen one too many concerts sparsely attended by only musicians and music students, they would like to think that it doesn’t have to be so. Something Not Too Complicated illustrates this desire to communicate to an audience with music that is challenging, engaging, and has a genuine emotional impact.
For this concert, David Pearson has selected works that best display the saxophone’s expressive possibilities and ability to sing. Nikolai Roslavets’ Poème Romantique, originally for violin but for the first time being performed on alto saxophone, and Fernande Decruck’s Sonata both contain the kind of French lyricism and romantic sensibility perfectly suited for David’s highly emotional style of playing. Thomas Deneuville’s Delicate Structures, commissioned by David, and Richard Miller’s untitled work for soprano saxophone and guitar present a musical style that is contemporary and accessible at the same time.
Thomas Deneuville will present the premiere performance of two song cycles for soprano based on the works of New York poet D. Nurkse and of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American women poets. Although these two cycles both reflect on relationships, the first has a more personal echo while the second shows the relevance of earlier poetic sources to our present lives. Rivages and Phototactic, two of Deneuville’s solo piano compositions influenced by Asian folk music and American minimalism, will also be performed.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189461927760447
on Going NYC too:
http://newyork.going.com/event-949355;Something_Not_Too_Complicated
March 2011
Saturday, March 19th, 8pm: Walter Aparicio's solo piano recital at St. Matthew Trinity Church in Hoboken, NJ.
Walter will be playing works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Ravel and Rzewski as well as Schubert with special guest Christopher Wilson! Walter will also premiere Phototactic that night too.
Walter Aparicio, a native of La Paz, Bolivia, has played solo and chamber recitals in the New York area, as well as abroad. Walter performed solo recitals in La Paz, Bolivia under the sponsorship of the Vice Ministry of Culture and played a duo recital in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Municipal Government of Bolivia and the Vice Ministry of Culture. There, he received a special recognition from the International Young Men's Club Association and was featured on Channel 21- Gigavision. In 2003, Walter was chosen as First Place Winner in the Empire State Piano Competition- Collegiate Division. He is currently a piano adjudicator for the NYSSMA festival in New York State. He has played in recitals for the Behre Piano Associates and in anniversary concerts at Weill Hall for the Adamant Music School. He was also featured on Vermont Public Radio and played in recitals in St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Academy of Music and at the Beijing International Music Festival and Academy in Beijing, China. Furthermore, he has performed in master classes with such distinguished artists as John O' Conor, Jeffrey Swann, Dmitry Rachmanov, Zelma Bodzin, and composer Jake Heggie. Most recently, Walter made his New York Recital Debut at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall to a sold out audience as part of Artists International Special Presentation Winners Series and received First Prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, Duo Division. Walter holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from New York University where he studied with Dr. Deirdre O' Donohue. He completed a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music with Phillip Kawin. He is affiliated with the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, the Bronx Conservatory of Music and maintains a private studio in Manhattan and Fort Lee.
Walter Aparicio, piano
Saturday, March 19th, 8pm
St. Matthew Trinity Church
Hudson and 8th Streets
Hoboken, NJ
Free and open to the public
Sunday March 27th, 3pm: Music with a View Festival at the Flea Theatre (located in Tribeca at 41 White Street (between Broadway & Church Streets)
Music With A View is a free music festival devoted to the discovery of new, fresh sound created and performed by contemporary musicians.
http://newyork.going.com/event-948521;Music_With_A_View
Walter Aparicio will perform Phototactic, for solo piano.
