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| 29 May 2004 8:30 PM |
First performance of Simples, settings for contralto and piano of three of James Joyce's Pomes Penyeach; as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Riverside opera Ensemble; Judith Skinner, contralto, Nathan Matthews, piano; Merkin Hall, New York City |
| 1 May 2004 8:00 PM |
First performance of Fool's Paradise, settings for soprano, flute, and 'cello, of forty-eight of William Blake's "Proverbs of Hell" from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; as part of a virtual reality installation/performance designed by Paul Hertz; Louis Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois |
| 5 February 2004 |
Delivery of revision of paper, "The Sounds of Babbitt's Voices, and the Reformation of Compositional Theory;" by invitation, League of Composers/ISCM; Elebash Hall, the Graduate Center, CUNY, as part of a program celebrating the publication of The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt |
| 5 December 2003 |
Delivery of paper, "The Sounds of Babbitt's Voices, and the Reformation of Compositional Theory;" by invitation, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, as part of the conference Re-reading Babbitt: The Composer as Author |
| 17 September 2003 |
European premiere of Contemplations; Gregory D'Agostino, organist; as part of the festival "Free Organ World," St. Ludmila Church, Prague (Czech Republic) |
| 28 June 2003 |
World premiere of For Five; Bologna, Italy (Stefano Malferrari, piano). |
| 3 June 2003 |
East coast premiere of Pied Beauty; as part of the annual meeting of the International Society of Bassists: Richmond, Virginia (Mimmi Fulmer, soprano, Bert Turetsky, bass) (2:00 PM!). |
| 26 March 2003 |
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, New York, NY: At Baia (extended version: Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Curtis Macomber, violin; and Stephen Gosling, piano). |
| 17 March 2003 |
Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "P. Mascagni," Livorno, Italy: conferenza -- "Le nuove frontiere;" delivered by invitation as part of Seminario/Concerto "La Percussine fra passato e futuro" (18,00, Aula 9). |
| 23 February 2003 |
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, New York, NY: First performance of two transcriptions -- one for piano, the other for string quartet -- of Arnold Schoenberg's recently-discovered Untitled fugue fragment: November 10, 1938 ("Kristallnacht Fugue"). See also the current issue of The Musical Quarterly (v. 86/1), for Severine Neff's discussion of this work. |
| 22 September 2002 |
Music Hall, Madison, WI: world premiere of Pied Beauty, a setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem by the same title, for soprano and string bass; Mimmi Fulmer, soprano, Bert Turetsky, bass. |
| 21 April 2002 | World premiere of Respite from the Roast for the Scott Fields Ensemble Quintet. Conducted by the composer; Grace Chosy Gallery, 1825 Monroe Street Madison, Wisconsin; (608)255-1211 |
| 15 April 2002 | World premiere of Only Yesterday, for percussionist Daniel Druckman; in a concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the New York New Music Ensemble. Merkin Hall, New York City |
| 7 April 2002 | World premiere of Contemplations; Gregory D'Agostino, organist, in a recital to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the organ at St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford, Connecticut. St. John' Episcopal Church, 628 Main Street, Stamford CT; (203) 348-2619 |
| 14 October 2001 | World premiere of Another Day, for percussionist Jonathan Faralli, with six supporting percussionists playing the sculture sonore ("sounding sculptures") of Pistoiese sculptor Andrea Dami. Conducted by the composer; Villa La Torraccia, Fiesole (vic. Firenze), Italy |
| And a special bonus: | Dembski quoted in Gastronomica -- The Journal of Food and Culture: In the category "Visionaries," at the beginning of the article by Adam Kowit entitled "Imagining the American Institute of Wine and Food -- The Legacy of John Ronsheim"; pp. 29-35, Volume 1, Number 4, Fall 2001 (the issue with Serrano's "Meat Weapon" on the cover). |