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and Composers' Forum of the East

Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
July 18 to August 15, 2010


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Concerts and Seminars

NOTE: Concerts and seminars for our 2010 season will announced in Spring 2010. Following is information about the concerts and seminars for the 2009 Chamber Music Conference.

2009 Concert Series
2009 Seminar Series
Past Concerts and Seminars

2009 Summer Concert Series

Faculty quartet in concertThe Conference Concert Series is noted for the quality and diversity of its programming. The series has twice received Adventurous Programming Awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

All concerts are at Greenwall Auditorium, Bennington College, Bennington, VT and begin at 8:00 PM.

Concerts are free and open to the public.


2009 ARTIST-FACULTY CONCERT SERIES

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Quartet in C Major, Op. 73, No. 1
Francois Devienne
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
Judith Eissenberg, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Kermit Moore, cello

Piano Quintet in C minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Judith Eissenberg, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
James Wilson, cello
Salvatore Macchia, bass
Pedja Muzijevic, piano

Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon
Francis Poulenc

Jo Ann Sternberg, clarinet
Peter Kolkay, bassoon

New CMC-Commissioned Work (World Premiere)
Daniel Godfrey

Jo Ann Sternberg, clarinet
Calvin Wiersma, violin
Marka Gustavsson, viola
James Wilson, cello
Phillip Bush, piano

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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hurry
Lisa Bielawa

Lisa Bielawa, soprano
Sue Ann Kahn, alto flute and piccolo
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Maxine Neuman, cello
Phillip Bush, piano

Quintet for Violin, Oboe, Viola, Cello and Piano
Theodore Dubois
Sheila Reinhold, violin
Lisa Kozenko, oboe
Kate Vincent, viola
Lutz Rath, cello
James Goldsworthy, piano

Trio in C Major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms
Calvin Wiersma, violin
Maxine Neuman, cello
Stephen Manes, piano

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 19
Robert Kahn

Shem Guibbory, violin
Lutz Rath, cello
Cynthia Adler, piano

Trio for Piano, Violin, Cello
Rebecca Clarke
Eriko Sato, violin
Maxine Neuman, cello
Elizabeth Wright, piano

Sextet for Piano and Winds
Ludwig Thuille
Sue Ann Kahn, flute
Matt Sullivan, oboe
Michael Dumouchel, clarinet
Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon
Joseph Anderer, horn
Phillip Bush, piano

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Trio in C Major, Hob. IV:1
Franz Joseph Haydn
Sue Ann Kahn, flute
Diana Cohen, violin
Kermit Moore, cello

New CMC-Commissioned Work (2nd Premiere Performance)
Daniel Godfrey
Michael Dumouchel, clarinet
Eriko Sato, violin
Lisa Whitfield, viola
Maxine Neuman, cello
Phillip Bush, piano

Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass (after poems of Pablo Neruda)
Andrea Clearfield
Matt Sullivan, oboe
Lewis Paer, bass

Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18
Felix Mendelssohn
Diana Cohen, violin
Philip Coonce, violin
Steve Larson, viola
Brenton Caldwell, viola
Michael Finckel, cello

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, Op. 188
Carl Reinecke
Jacqueline Leclair, oboe
Daniel Grabois, horn
Abba Bogin, piano

Grand Quatuor Concertante, Op. 104
Anton Reicha
David Fedele, flute
Stephen Walt, bassoon
Matthew Herren, cello
Phillip Bush, piano

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

 Suite from "Ma Mere l'Oye"
Maurice Ravel (piano quintet version by Roland Kato)
Shem Guibbory, violin
Desiree Elsevier, viola
Matthew Herren, cello
Lewis Paer, double bass
Frank Daykin, piano

Memoria Domi
John Fitz Rogers
Armand Ambrosini, clarinet
Andrea Schultz, violin
Michael Finckel, cello
David Oei, piano

Madrigal Sonata
Bohuslav Martinu
David Fedele, flute
Eriko Sato, violin
Frank Daykin, piano

Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Felix Mendelssohn
Renee Jolles, violin
Joana Genova, violin
Desiree Elsevier, viola
Lisa Whitfield, viola
Maxine Neuman, cello

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2009 Seminar Series

The Carriage Barn, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Free and open to the public
All at 7:30 PM
 

Wednesday, July 29
"Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert: Where Influence Meets Inspiration"
Lecture-Performance led by Joel Berman

Joel Berman, violin
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Alice Berman, viola
Steve Reid, cello

Thursday, July 30
Styra Avins, musicologist/cellist
"Changing Clothes: How Composers Dress Their Music"

Thursday, August 6
Dr. Nancy Newman, Assistant Professor, University at Albany (SUNY)
"Good Music for a Free People: Concert Life in 19th–-Century America"
This lecturer is made possible by the generous support
of the Hulka family.


Thursday, August 13
Fan Tao, Director of Research and Development, D'Addario Co., Inc.
"Do You Hear what I Hear?: Psychoacoustic Auditory Demonstrations"

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Past Concerts and Seminars

2009 Concert Series
2009 Seminar Series

2008 Concert Series
2008 Seminar Series

2007 Concert Series
2007 Seminar Series

2006 Concert Series
2006 Seminar Series

2005 Concert Series
2005 Seminar Series

2004 Concert Series
2004 Seminar Series
 

Accessibility

International Symbol of AccessibilityThe Conference wishes to make its concerts and seminars accessible to all. For information regarding accommodations and services, please contact our Administrative Director. See the Contact Us page.


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Phillip Bush, Music Director
Donald Crockett, Senior Composer-in-Residence

July 18 - August 15, 2010
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