Frederico Seve Gallery: Mini-concert and Art Auction
Orchestra of our time will be having a small mini-concert at the Frederico Seve Gallery to auction a painting by Fanny Sanin.
Event: Orchestra of Our Time Mini-concert and Art Auction
Place: Frederico Seve Gallery, 37 West 57th Street, 4th Floor, New York
Date: Feb. 15, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30 – 7:30
Performers: Gregor Kitzis, Martha Mooke
Art works: Fanny Sanin
Auctioned Piece:
INSIDE THE PERFECT CIRCLE – Screening Event
INSIDE THE PERFECT CIRCLE has been selected to screen at the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival – November 19th and 20th at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor and at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.
4th Annual
Hamptons Take 2 Documentary
Film Festival
Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor – Nov. 19, 2011 @ 12:00 p.m.
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center – Nov. 20, 2011 @ 12:00 p.m.
Visit Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival for ticket information!
A reception will take place after the premiering of the film at Bay Burger, Sag Harbor at 1742 County Road 79, Sag Harbor, NY 11963 after the Nov. 19 showing. For more information call (631) 899-3914.
INSIDE THE PERFECT CIRCLE: The Odyssey of Joel Thome
We are very pleased to announce that True Form Pictures documentary INSIDE THE PERFECT CIRCLE: The Odyssey Of Joel Thome was awarded the International Viewers’ Choice Award at the DocMiami International Film Festival on September 25th, 2011!
Inside the Perfect Circle is “An intriguing music documentary about world traveled composer and conductor Joel Thome… a close personal look at Thome’s career and philosophy.”
Please “Like” the documentary on Facebook.com/insidetheperfectcircle to stay tuned for upcoming showings!
Call For Scores Winners
Orchestra of Our Time received over one hundred outstanding submissions from composers throughout the world for consideration in its Call for Scores Project. The orchestra is pleased to announce the winners of the Call for Scores project. The winning compositions are:
| Dancing In Yellow | Travis Kane |
| Dance of the Luna Fauna | D.L. Morris |
| Colors of the Night | Daniel Lo Ting Cheung |
| Trio | Luzia Von Wyl |
| Manna Hatta | Gianluca Verrengia |
| Dirty Dialog | Alain Chiu |
| Moto Perpetuo | Liviu Marinescu |
| Valence III | Robert A. Baker |
| Night Before the Battle | Don Dinesh Subsaingag |
| On the Hidden side of a Leaf | Michael Gatonska |
| Sufi Dance | Alex Nante |
| Letter Number one | Paul Szpyrka |
| 3 Chants and 3 Interludes | Vera Ivanova |
| The Elements | Adrian Pertout |
| Quartet After | Wenhui Xie |
| Babalon | Liza White |
| Ruinas Circulaies | Jonas Tarm |
| Roadshow for Otto | Carl Schimmel |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano | Jason Thompson |
| No. One Rondo | Peng Rongxin |
| Bokor-Or | Adam Starr |
| Cool Runnings | Alexandro Silva |
| Pebbles One | Catarina Caldoroni |
| The House in the Sky | Samuel Silveman |
| Boded | Eyal Maoz |
| The Dark Entry | Justin Beame |
| Red Helm In the Silver Sea | Brian Buch |
| Preying Mantis | Kevin Fenner |
| In Motion | Murray Gross |
| Ever Changing Veins of Stone | Hung Ming Kin Christopher |
| Interjection | James McWilliam |
The compositions will be rehearsed and recorded in June and November of 2011 and the winning composers will receive professional studio quality CD’s of their compositions for use in future career development. Additionally, some of the compositions may be considered for performance in the Orchestra of Our Time’s future performance series. Thank you for all the submissions.
World Premiere: Dary John Mizelle’s Lemma
Contemporary Music For Violin, Percussion + Piano
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 8 PM
Roulette, 20 Greene Street, NYC
Tickets $10 general admission, available at the door
Dary John, composer in residence for Orchestra of Our Time, will have his new trio for Violin, Piano and Percussion performed on May 26th at 8 p.m. Roulette performance space – 20 Greene St. in New York City. The concert is sponsored by the League of Composers and International Society for Contemporary Music. Full details are found on the following link: www.leagueofcomposers.org/season.
Composers and works represented on the program include: Sebastian Armoza’s Triggers (NY Premiere), Lou Harrison’s Varied Trio, Dary John Mizelle’s Lemma (World Premiere), David Schober’s Empty Shells, John Zorn’s Music For Children, and a new work by John Arrigo-Nelson.
The concert will feature several brilliant performers including: Violinist Esther Noh, Percussionist Alex Lipowski, and Pianist Jacob Rhodebeck.
Please attend this performance as it promises to be an exciting evening.
Beyond Solitude – Gregory H. Aslani
Excerpt of “New Music V” concert by members of OOT with members of Noavaran Ensemble performing Greg H Aslani’s “Beyond Solitude” at Adelphi University, March 5, 2010.
Beyond Solitude is based on the juxtaposition of the traditional Persian and contemporary Western musical sounds. What begins as a dialogue of two traditions concludes as a fusion of musical ideas and performance styles. For more information on Noavaran Ensemble’s performance of Beyond Solitude, please visit noavaranensemble.com.
Noavaran Ensemble:
Homayoon Beigi, Tar
Katayoun Moosazadeh, Voice
Nicolas Chbat, Percussion
Paul Aljian, Tombak and Daf
Babak Taleghani, Poetry Recital
Contemporary Style Musicians:
Linda Wetherill, Flute
Susan Jolles, Harp
William Zito, Guitar
May 2010 News
Orchestra of Our Time is pleased to announce our Call for Scores!
Composers of any age or nationality are invited to submit their scores by December 31, 2010. Scores will be reviewed by a professional panel of composers, conductors, and performers, and selected scores will be recorded and performed in the spring of 2011.
March 2010 News
The OOT is now working hard on several projects: first is the creation of a digital archive of past OOT media for display on orchestraofourtime.org. Audio, video, and pictures of past concerts and performances will be on display.
Second, we are working with NYFA to secure funding for future concerts and projects.
Third, one of the first projects will be a call for scores, which will include a reading and recording of selected submissions, and a critical constructive commentary from the musicians, conductor, and fellow composers of the OOT.
