Ian David Rosenbaum

Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands, conductor Free At their final concert of the season, Downtown Voices and NOVUS NY perform two folklore-inspired works written in 1937: Orff’s epic Carmina Burana and Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Carmina Burana is based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same title, with themes that follow the fickleness of fortune and joy as spring returns. Inspired by Hungarian folksong rhythms, Bartok’s sonata has become a mainstay of piano and percussion repertoire.

Described as a meteoric talent by Musical America, percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum joins forces with flutist Linda Chesis for a spellbinding program drawing on sounds inspired by the Balinese gamelan, a Japanese shakuhachi, a barking dog, tangos and the celestial sphere. Featuring works by Andy Akiho, Gareth Farr, David Crowell, and Paola Prestini, interspersed with much-loved pieces by Piazzolla and Bach.

The Hildegard Competition Concert is the culmination of the second annual Hildegard Competition, our initiative highlighting outstanding trans, female, and nonbinary composers in the early stages of their careers. The concert features the world premieres of three commissions from winning composers inti figgis-vizueta, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble. In addition to Hildegard, Niloufar Nourbakhsh is the winner of a Discovery Grant from OPERA America and Random Access Music’s Call for Scores this year, and…

The Modern Snare Drum Competition is an annual event whose mission is to promote and advance the art of snare drumming. The Competition seeks to expand the existing snare drum repertoire through commissioning new works, as well as expose the percussion community to great works for snare drum that aren’t as well known. The 2019 competition jury will include the following members: Tom Sherwood, MSDC Director, Section Percussion, The Cleveland Orchestra) Marc Damoulakis – Principal Percussion, The Cleveland Orchestra, CIM…

Sandbox Percussion performs multiple concerts at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival May 19-21. See festival website for details.

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The Percussion Collective Robert Van Sice, Artistic Director Featuring the world premiere of Alejandro Vinao’s Stress and Flowand the NY premiere of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne With the NYU PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Jonathan Haas, Director/Conductor Featuring the world premiere of Theo Woodward’s Living Geometries of the Emergent Breath

Sandbox Percussion, a New York City based percussion quartet, joins the New Orchestra of Washington for the final 2018-2019 season production. The program features Viet Cuong’s percussion concerto, “Re(new)al,” and was commissioned by the Albany Symphony and General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy. Program MAX RICHTER On the Nature of Daylight DEBUSSY La Mer -intermission- JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Three Canticles of the Birds VIET CUONG, Re(new)al for percussion quartet, and sinfonietta