COMING SOON - Information about the following spring concert events:
ANNUAL MEAT THE COMPOSER CONCERT and
FIREBIRD ENSEMBLE AT THE HARVARD MUSEUM FOR NATURAL HISTORY
2009-2010 Season Events:
AUGUST 10th, 2009: 7pm Louise Shonk Kelley Barn, Apple Hill Festival for Chamber Music, Keene, NH. Open rehearsal and workshop with composer Donald Crockett
AUGUST 11th, 2009: 5pm Louise Shonk Kelley Barn, Apple Hill Festival for Chamber Music, Keene, NH. Pre-concert discussion with composer - Donald Crockett and Artistic Director - Kate Vincent
AUGUST 11th, 2009: 7pm Louise Shonk Kelley Barn, Apple Hill Festival for Chamber Music, Keene, NH. Performance by Firebird Ensemble of works by Eric Moe and Donald Crockett
OCTOBER 8th, 2009: 5pm Cambell Recital Hall, Stanford University, CA. Open rehearsal of "The Origin Cycle" featuring Jane Sheldon - soprano and Firebird Ensemble.
OCTOBER 8th, 2009: 8pm Performance of "The Origin Cycle" - seven newly commissioned works by Eliot Gyger, Elena Kats-Chernin, Daniel Walker, Paul Stanhope, Nicholas Vines, Kate Neal and Rosalind Page.
OCTOBER 13th, 2009: 4.30pm Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, MA. Composition seminar on the topic "Fostering relationships between composers and performing ensembles". Presented by David Russell - Firebird Ensemble core cellist and Kate Vincent - Artistic Director and violist of Firebird Ensemble.
OCTOBER 16th, 2009: 4.30pm Wolfinson Room, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA. Student composition readings by Firebird Ensemble
OCTOBER 19th, 2009: 5.30pm Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. Performance workshop and demonstration.
OCTOBER 26th, 2009: 7pm Edward Pickman Auditorium, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA. Pre-concert discussion with composers Eric Moe and Donald Crockett.
OCTOBER 26th, 2009: 8pm Edward M. Pickman Auditiorium, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA. Performance by Firebird Ensemble of works by Eric Moe and Donald Crockett including the World Premiere’s of the following: to airy thinness beat for solo viola and six instruments by Donald Crockett (co-commissioned by Harvard Musical Society) and Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously Into The Past for cello and ensemble by Eric Moe (commissioned by JFNMC).
NOVEMBER 30th, 2009: 4.30pm Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, MA. Open rehearsal and performance workshop by Firebird Ensemble featuring Eric Moe’s Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously Into The Past.
DECEMBER 1st, 2009: 5.30pm Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. Performances by Firebird Ensemble of new works by Wellesley composers.
DECEMBER 2nd, 2009: 7.30pm The Players Theatre, Greenwich Village, NYC. Pre-concert lecture by composers Eric Moe and Donald Crockett.
DECEMBER 2nd, 2009: 8pm The Players Theatre, Greenwich Village, NYC. A program of works by Moe and Crockett including the New York Premieres of to airy thinness beat for solo viola and six instruments by Donald Crockett (co-commissioned by Harvard Musical Society) and Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously Into The Past for cello and ensemble by Eric Moe (commissioned by JFNMC).
DECEMBER 5th, 2009: 7pm Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Pre-concert lecture by Eric Moe and Donald Crockett.
DECEMBER 5th, 2009: 8pm Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. Firebird Ensemble performance of works by Moe and Crockett.
DECEMBER 7th, 2009: 4.30pm Distler Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Open dress rehearsal featuring new works by Tufts composers Justin Tierney and Roberto Toscano.
DECEMBER 7th, 2009: 7.30pm Distler Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Pre-concert lecture by Eric Moe and Donald Crockett.
DECEMBER 7th, 2009: 8pm Distler Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA. A performance of works by Eric Moe, Donald Crockett and World Premieres by Tufts composers Justin Tierney and Roberto Toscano.
DECEMBER 22nd and 23rd, 2009: Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover. Recordings by Firebird Ensemble four works by Donald Crockett for future release.
MARCH 11th, 2010: 9.30am Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA. Seminar for Longy students by Kate Vincent – Artistic Director and violist of Firebird Ensemble on the topic “Preparing for your career”.
MARCH 11th, 2010: 2pm Edward M. Pickman Auditorium, Cambridge, MA. Open dress rehearsal by Firebird Ensemble for the Longy community.
MARCH 11th, 2010: 4.30pm Edward M. Pickman Auditorium, Cambridge, MA. Performances by Firebird Ensemble of new works by Longy composers.
MARCH 16th, 2010: 8pm Edward M. Pickman Auditorium, Cambridge, MA. Performance by Firebird Ensemble of works by Stephen Hartke, Steven Stucky and the Boston Premiere of Rhapsody for cello, piano and vibraphone by Donald Martino. Special Guest : Steven Stucky.
MAY, 2010: FIREBIRD ENSEMBLE Performances and workshops to be announced soon!
