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4-17-1995

Concert: Continuum Concert: Continuum

Continuum

Cheryl Seltzer

Joel Sachs

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ITHACA COLLEGE CONCERTS 1994-95

CONTINUUM® Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors

Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano David Gresham, clarinet

Renee Jolles, violin Cheryl Seltzer, piano

Joel Sachs, piano, conductor

Dancer on a Tightrope (1993)

Three Songs, op. 25 (1934)

Wie bin ichfroh! Des Herzens Purpurvogel Sterne, /hr silbernen Bienen

Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1949, rev. 1975)

Espressivo Dolce Energico

Aria (1958) With violin and clarinet solos from Concert (1952)

Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)

Anton Webern (1883-1945)

texts by Hildegard Jone

Galina Ustvolskaya (b. 1919)

John Cage {1912-1992)

Sonata for Clarinet Solo (1976) In one movement

Vestige (1993)*

Canon A (1989)

IN1ERMISSION

Rhythmic Study No. 15 (1950's)

Elena Firsova (b.1950)

Oleg Felzer (b. 1939)

Conlon Nancarrow (b. 1912)

arranged for piano four-hands by Yvar Mikhashoff

Daimon II (1986)*

Walter B. Ford Hall Auditorium Monday, April 17, 1995

8:15 p.m.

* Composed for CONTINUUM

Francis Schwartz (b. 1940)

CONTINUUM is a service mark of the Performers' Committee, Inc., Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors.

This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

THE ARTISTS

Winner of the prestigious Siemens international prize for distinguished service to music and three ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming, New York-based CONTINUUM has been performing for nearly three decades. Its name embodies the philosophy that new music and old form an unbroken tradition. Aiming to expand the audience for this century's music, CONTINUUM has performed throughout the United States, including appearances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress, at colleges and community series throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, in 16 tours to Europe and one to Brazil. CBS-TV, educational television, National Public Radio, the Voice of America, and European networks have broadcast CONTINUUM events. Its recordings appear on Nonesuch (Milton Babbitt, Mel Powell, and Stefan Wolpe), Advance (Lawrence Moss), CRI (John Anthony Lennon, Tania Leon) and Musical Heritage Society (Leon Kirchner, Henry Cowell [2 recordings], Robert Erickson, Charles Ives, Conlon Nancarrow, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Roberto Sierra, Virgil Thomson.) Forthcoming: Kirchner re-release with new works (Musical Heritage).

CONTINUUM is well known for the tremendous range of its repertoire, spanning the many trends of this century's music. It has premiered works by such diverse composers as John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Conlon Nancarrow, Stefan Wolpe, Arvo Prut, Robert Erickson, Mario Davidovsky, and dozens of others. CONTINUUM is acclaimed for its annual series of retrospective concerts at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts-evenings devoted to ~ individual masters whose stylistic development and creative breadth are represented by works from the composer's entire career. The retrospectives received international recognition with Newsweek's article on CONTINUUM's landmark concert, "USSR-Unveiling the Avant-Garde."

NANCY ALLEN LUNDY has sung contemporary works with the New York Chamber Ensemble, in the Museum of Modern Art's "Summergarden" series, and, while at The Juilliard School, with the New Juilliard Ensemble, in the Focus! Festival and with the Juilliard Symphony (at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center). She made her debut with the New York City Opera as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and has appeared with the Bronx, Syracuse, and Rochester operas, the Long Island Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, and Rochester Philharmonic. She will appear at the 1995 Spoleto-Festival USA as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, and at the Washington Opera in 1996. A Minnesotan, she attended Concordia College and Eastman, and was a member of the Juilliard Opera Center. ~

DA YID GRESHAM, clarinetist, was born in Georgia and educated at the University of South Carolina before moving to New York to study at The Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. He has been clarinetist with numerous orchestras including the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and the National Orchestral Association, and has

performed with many contemporary music ensembles. Other recent appearances include the Spoleto Festival (Charleston, South Carolina), recitals in the New York area, and appearances at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. In January, 1992, Mr. Gresham was featured on the "Around New York" program of New York's radio station WNYC, playing Joan Tower's Wings. He also was a featured performer in the Museum of Modem Art's "Summergarden" concerts.

RENEE JOLLES can be heard regularly with ensembles in the greater New York area and was the featured artists in the first Festival for Young Artists in Sollingen, Germany. Among her orchestral engagements was the American premiere of Soviet composer Alfred Schnittke's second violin concerto at Lincoln Center. She performs nationally with the Jolles Duo and the Access Chamber Ensemble, and during the summers has been heard at the music festivals in Marlboro, Taos, Norfolk, Bowdoin, and Craftsbury (Vermont). Renee Jolles holds the B.M. and M.M. degrees from The Juilliard School, from which she received the school's highest award, the William Schuman Prize. She is on the faculty of Juilliard's Pre-College Division.

JOEL SACHS, co-director of CONTINUUM, has conducted at major American and European festivals, has been music director for experimental opera projects, and performs extensively as a solo and Lieder pianist. At The Juilliard School he teaches contemporary music, directs the "Focus!" Festival of 20th-century music, is chairman of music history, and conductor of The New Juilliard Ensemble, a contemporary chamber orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the Museum of Modem Art's "Summergarden" festival, and a faculty member at the Darlington International Summer School (England). He can be heard on Nonesuch, CRI, Advance, and Musical Heritage Society recordings. A Harvard graduate, Dr. Sachs received the Ph.D. from Columbia, and has held Guggenheim and NEH grants. He is currently writing a biography of American composer Henry Cowell.

CHERYL SEL1ZER, pianist, has been co-director of CONTINUUM since she co-founded it in 1966. Active in contemporary music since studying at Mills College with composers Darius Milhaud, Leon Kirchner, and Lawrence Moss, she also holds graduate degrees in musicology from Columbia University. Mrs. Seltzer made her professional debut with the San Francisco Symphony, and appears as a soloist and ensemble performer. She has participated in the Marlboro and Tanglewood Festivals, and has recorded for Vox, Desto, Advance, Nonesuch, CRI, and Musical Heritage Society. She is Director of the Young People's Division at the Lucy Moses School of Music and Dance (New York), and is an officer of the Stefan Wolpe Society, which oversees the restoration and

) publication of the composer's works.

APRIL

19 20 23 25

26 27 28 29 30

MAY

2 3 4

19

8:15 8:15 3:00 8:15

8:15 8:15 8:15 2:00 3:00

8:15 8:15 8:15 8:30

CONCERT CALENDAR

Piano Ensemble; Mary Ann Covert, director Percussion Ensemble; James Walker, conductor Wind Ensemble; Rodney Winther, conductor Opera Workshop; Earl McCarroll, stage director and Beverly Patton, music director

Symphony Orchestra; Grant Cooper, conductor Chamber Orchestra; Grant Cooper, conductor Chorus and Vocal Jazz Ensemble; Michael Krueger, conductor Tuba Ensemble; David Unland, conductor Choir and Madrigal Singers; Lawrence Doebler, conductor

Women's Chorale; Janet Galvan, conductor Concert Band; Mark Fonder, conductor Symphonic Band; Henry Neubert, conductor 28th Gala Commencement Eve Concert

(Ben Light Gymnasium)

In addition to the concerts listed above, music students give solo and chamber recitals, which are free and open to the public. We appreciate your continued interest in, and support for, our programming.

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