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Howland Chamber Music Circle Presents a Concert by the Ensemble 'Continuum'
On March 4 the Howland Chamber Music Circle will present an extraordinary concert by Continuum, a contemporary music ensemble of Joel Sachs and Cheryl Setzer,on two pianos, Renee Jolles, violin and Benjamin Fingland, clarinet.
Winner of the prestigious Siemens International Prize for distinguished service to music and four ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming, New York-based Continuum - directed by Cheryl Setzer and Joel Sachs - is now in its 41st season.
Co-director Joel Sachs, pianist and conductor, is on the faculty of the Juilliard School, where he conducts the New Juilliard Ensemble and directs the annual "Focus!" festival of new music. He has also been Artistic Director of the Museum of Modern Art's "Summergarden" festival.
After a Continuum concert the New York Times wrote: "Simply put, there is no musical organization in New York that produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than Continuum...Year after year, its explorations prove to be not only unusual and unexpected but also important and enduring...This ensemble has a long history of acting in behalf of composers whom others discover years or decades later.
Continuum's name embodies the philosophy that new music and old form an unbroken tradition. Aiming to expand the audience for 20th and 21st century music, it has performed some 130 times in New York and has toured all over the United States, including appearances at the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress. Thirty-six international tours have taken it to Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
For their concert at the Howland Center they havee chosen to play works by Virgil Thomson, Pablo Ortiz, Ursula Mamlok, Paul Chihara, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Thea Musgrave, and Roberto Sierra. Some of these pieces were composed for Continuum.
The Howland Chamber Music Circle, founded in 1993 is noted for bringing high quality chamber musicians to the Hudson valley in the intimate setting this music was written for. The Howland Cultural Center's fine accustics are praised by audience and artists alike.
The concert will take place on Sunday, March 4, at 4pm at the Howland Center, 477 Main Street, Beacon, and will be followed by a reception to meet the artists.
Tickets at $25 ($12 for students) can be reserved by calling 297-9243.
Further information on this and other presentations by the Chamber Music Circle can be found at its website www.howlandmusic.org
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