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04-Sep-08
Moab Music Festival
Moab, Utah
Time: noon
Derek Bermel performs his Thracian Sketches at the Moab Music Festival.

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06-Sep-08
Moab Music Festival
Moab, Utah
Time: 6:00 pm
At the Festival Tent at Onion Creek there will be a Celebration of American Chamber Music, including Bermel's Soul Garden. For more info, click here.

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13-Nov-08
Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Orange County, CA
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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14-Nov-08 - 15-Nov-08
Phoenix Chamber Music Society
Phoenix, AZ
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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20-Nov-08
San Francisco Performances
San Francisco, CA
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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25-Mar-09
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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past events

11-May-08
Town Hall
Seattle, WA
Derek Bermel's piece Coming Together receives a performance by TownMusic.

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26-Apr-08
BAMCafé
Brooklyn, NY
Time: 10pm
Derek Bermel performs Twin Trio with flutist Ned McGowan

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26-Mar-08
Greenwich House Renee Weiler Concert Hall
New York, NY
46 Barrow Street
Phone: 212.242.4770
Pianist Amy Dissanayake performs Carnaval Noir at the Keys to the Future Festival.

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18-Mar-08
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Chicago, IL
"Omega: Earth and Fire"

Fulcrum Point performs Bermel's Continental Divide.

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07-Mar-08
Symphony Space
New York, NY
PROGRAM: Erotica

Fireworks Ensemble performs Coming Together at Symphony Space.

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26-Feb-08
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
The West Point Woodwind Quintet of the United States Military Academy Band performs at military social functions, school presentations and formal recitals. As special guests in the Virtuoso Series, they will perform quintet music of the 20th century, including John Harbison's Quintet for Winds, Derek Bermel's Wanderings, and Andre Jolivet's Serenade for Wind Quintet.

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15-Feb-08
Bank of America Celebrity Series
Boston, MA
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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12-Feb-08
Penn State University Center for the Perf. Arts
University Park, PA
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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09-Feb-08
University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
The Guarneri Quartet premieres a newly commissioned work from Derek Bermel.

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07-Feb-08
Krannert Center- University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
The Guarneri Quartet premieres the newly commissioned work Passing Through by Derek Bermel at the Krannert Center.

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16-Jan-08
The Cornerstone- Ensemble 10:10
Liverpool, UK
Ensemble 10:10 performs Derek Bermel's Natural Selection for baritone and ensemble. Julian Tovey will be the soloist with Clark Rundell conducting. For more info click here.

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13-Jan-08
UC Davis- Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
The Empyrean Ensemble's 20th anniversary season include the work Coming Together by Derek Bermel.

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03-Jan-08 - 17-Jan-08
Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio
New York, NY
Host Wynton Marsalis presents Derek Bermel's Migration Series on your local station. For exact times and dates, click here.

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09-Dec-07
Kollack Hall
Montreal, QC Canada
The Bach-Académie de Montréal includes Derek Bermel's Kontrapunktus in their Festival 2007. For more info click here.

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01-Dec-07 - 01-Jan-08
Instituto Sacatar
Salvador, Brazil
Derek Bermel has been awarded a fellowship from the Sacatar Foundation.

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30-Nov-07
Del Sol Sounds
San Francisco, CA
Old First Church
Phone: 415-374-0074
Time: 8:00pm
Cellist Hannah Addario-Berry and clarinetist Jeff Anderle perform Derek Bermel's Coming Together. For more info Click here.

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26-Nov-07
Rice University- Shepherd School of Music
Houston, TX
Rice University Shepard School of Music presents a concert by the 20/21 New Music Ensemble, including Bermel's piece Tied Shifts.

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20-Nov-07
Temple University- Rock Hall Auditorium
Philadelphia, PA
Temple University's Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Derek Bermel's piece Continental Divide. For more info click here.

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10-Nov-07
NY Philharmonic- Avery Fisher Hall
New York, NY
The New York Philharmonic performs Derek Bermel's Dust Dances at Avery Fisher Hall.

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10-Nov-07
Goethe-Institut
Boston, MA
The Chameleon Arts Ensemble performs Boston premiere of Derek Bermel's Wanderings at the Goethe-Institut. For more info click here.

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02-Nov-07
Gallerie Icosahedron
New York, NY
Redshift performs Derek Bermel's Coming Together at Gallerie Icosahedron.

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01-Nov-07 - 30-Nov-07
Bellagio Study and Conference Center
Lombardia, Italy
Derek Bermel has been awarded a Creative Arts Residency from the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center.

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26-Oct-07
British Composer Awards
London, UK
Derek Bermel's Soul Garden has been nominated in the final shortlist for the inaugural International Award at the 2007 British Composer Awards.

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18-Oct-07
Red House Centre for Culture & Debate
Sofia, Bulgaria
Bermel's piece Theme and Absurdities is performed at the Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria. For more info, click here.

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10-Oct-07 - 12-Oct-07
University of Michigan- Paul Boylan Award
Ann Arbor, MI
Derek Bermel receives the Paul Boylan Award from the University of Michigan School of Music, and conducts the University Symphony Orchestra in Dust Dances. For more info, click here.

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07-Oct-07
Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
Derek Bermel performs Paul Moravec's Time Gallery at the Kennedy Center with violinist Robert McDuffie, pianist Christopher Taylor, and others. For more info click here.

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30-Sep-07
Output Festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Premiere of Derek Bermel's Elektrokosmos at the Output Festival in the Grote Zaal of the Muziekgebouw.

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25-Sep-07
MATA Benefit- Paula Cooper Gallery
New York, NY
Derek Bermel performs Thracian Sketches as part of MATA's 10th anniversary benefit.

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22-Sep-07
Red House Centre for Culture & Debate
Sofia, Bulgaria
Violinist, Biliana Voutchkova, and company perform Bermel's Coming Together at the Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria. For more info, click here.

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20-Sep-07
Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
New York, NY United States
95th St. and Broadway
Phone: 212-864-5400
Time: 7:30pm
The New Millennium Enemble performs Language Instruction at Symphony Space. For more info, click here.

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20-Sep-07
Symphony Space
New York, NY
The New Millennium Enemble performs Language Instruction at Symphony Space. For more info, click here.

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05-Sep-07
University of Missouri- Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Time: 8:00 PM
Pianist Keith Kirchoff performs Bermel's solo piece Turning at the University of Missouri.

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08-Aug-07
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Bridgehampton, NY
Andy Russo performs Derek Bermel's Fetch for speaking pianist at the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.

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04-Aug-07 - 26-Aug-07
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst
Copenhagen, Denmark
Premiere of a new work Cabaret Songs by Derek Bermel for the Figura Ensemble at the Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst.

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04-Aug-07
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Mulatash Stomp and Oct Up are performed during Derek Bermel's week as Composer-in-Residence at the Chamber Music Conference at Bennington College.

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21-Jul-07
Spivey Hall
Atlanta, GA
Pianist, Christopher Taylor, performs Bermel's piece Turning at Spivey Hall. For more info, click here.

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14-Jul-07
Garth Newel Music Center
Warm Springs, VA
Eighth Blackbird performs Derek Bermel's Coming Together at the Garth Newel Music Center. For more info click here.

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05-Jul-07 - 07-Jul-07
International Clarinet Fest
Vancouver, BC Canada
All Bermel recital at the International Clarinetfest in Vancouver. For more info, Click here.

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26-Jun-07 - 27-Jun-07
St. Luke's Church
Brisbane/Toowoomba, Australia
Violist Kathryn Lockwood performs Soul Garden with the Camerata of St. John's.

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24-Jun-07
Lincoln Center- Avery Fisher Hall
New York, NY USA
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
Francisco Nuñez conducts Derek and Albert Bermel's Small Red Tree with the National Children's Choir at Lincoln Center. For more info click here

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15-Jun-07
Musiques Démesurées
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne France
Pianist Jay Gottlieb performs Three Funk Studies at the Musiques Démesurées festival in Clermont-Ferrand.

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02-Jun-07 - 03-Jun-07
Bang on a Can Marathon
New York, NY USA
World Financial Center
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27-May-07 - 31-May-07
Beijing Modern Music Festival
Beijing/Tianjin, China
Derek Bermel performs his clarinet concerto Voices with the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra at the Beijing Modern Music Festival.

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06-May-07
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
Merit School of Music
Phone: 312.819.5800
Time: 7:30PM
The Chicago Chamber Musicians perform two of Bermel's works on a concert featuring the music of John Corigliano.

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22-Mar-07
Steinert Hall
Boston, MA
Time: 8pm
Keith Kirchoff performs Turning, along with works by Vanessa Lann, Theo Loevendie, Becker, John Cage, and Steven Ricks. Click here.

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09-Mar-07
Lark Quartet at Westport Arts Center
Westport, CT USA
Time: 8pm
The Lark Quartet perform Soul Garden.

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17-Feb-07
eighth blackbird
Philadelphia, PA USA
Kimmel Center
Phone: 215-893-1999
Time: 7:30PM
eighth blackbird performs Coming Together. For more info Click here.

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13-Feb-07 - 16-Feb-07
Adorno Ensemble, San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area, CA USA
Derek Bermel performs in a weeklong residency with the Adorno Ensemble.

February 13
Student Workshop, 3:30- 5:30pm, Jazzschool Berkeley.
February 14
Gallery Sessions, Lunchtime 12:15pm-1pm, Gallery One SF Embarcadero.
February 15
Gallery Sessions Radio Show, 7pm, Varnish Fine Art and Wine Bar.
February 16
Gardens and Bands at SCU, 8pm.
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08-Feb-07 - 10-Feb-07
The Flea Theatre, New York City
Manhattan, NY USA
41 White St.
Phone: 212.366.5260 x22
Time: 7pm
Derek Bermel and Wendy S. Walters' Golden Motors in open readings at the Flea Theatre in Tribeca, produced by Music Theatre Group.

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29-Jan-07
Windscape, Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY United States
John C. Borden Auditorium
Time: 7:30pm
Windscape plays "Wanderings" at the Manhattan School of Music.

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23-Jan-07
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
Green Umbrella
Phone: 323.850.2000
Time: 8pm
Derek Bermel plays John Adams' clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the composer conducting. For more info Click here.

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11-Dec-06 - 12-Dec-06
Birdland
New York, NY
315 W. 44th St.
Time: 7:00pm
Derek Bermel performs clarinet alongside Melissa Errico. For more info Click Here.

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17-Nov-06
An die Musik
Baltimore, MD USA
409 North Charles Street, Second Floor
Phone: (410) 385-2638
Time: 8pm
Evolution Contemporary Music Series: Pianist Lura Johnson-Lee performs Turning, along with works by Martin Bresnick, Chen Yi, Ryan Francis, Gabriela Frank, and Michael Hersch. Hosted by Judah Adashi.

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16-Nov-06 - 18-Nov-06
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and ACO
New York , NY
Rose Hall (Columbus Circle)
Time: 8pm
LCJO with Wynton Marsalis combine with the American Composers Orchestra to perform a newly commissioned work by Derek Bermel, The Migration Series, based on paintings by Jacob Lawrence. Also on the program: Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Marcus Roberts, piano), Charles Mingus - Revelations, John Lewis - Milano.

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03-Nov-06 - 31-Dec-06
BMOP at New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
Jordan Hall
Time: 8pm
Boston Modern Orchestra Project performs Thracian Echoes. Also featuring works by Lisa Bielawa and John Zorn.

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29-Oct-06 - 31-Dec-06
Context
Houston, TX Rice University
Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Phone: 713.665.2620
Time: 7pm
Old Songs for a New Man (lyrics by Wendy S. Walters) performed by Context, featuring Timothy Jones, baritone soloist. Also featuring works by Bernstein, Burleigh, Chadwick, and Dvorak. For more info Click here.

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27-Oct-06 - 31-Dec-06
Peace by Piece at BAMcafe
Brooklyn, NY USA
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Phone: 718 636 4182
Time: 9pm (doors open at 5pm)
Peace by Piece perform live at BAMcafe.

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20-Oct-06 - 31-Dec-06
Alarm Will Sound at The Kitchen
New York, NY USA
512 West 19th St.
Phone: 212-255-5793
Time: 8:30pm
Alarm Will Sound plays Bermel's arrangement of Nancarrow's Study 3a for Player Piano, along with works by Birtwistle, DeSantis, and Mason. For more info, Click here.

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13-Oct-06 - 31-Dec-06
ADORNO ensemble
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara University
Phone: 415.682.9946
Time: 8pm
ADORNO ensemble performs Bermel's String Quartet and Mulatash Stomp, along with works by Wuorinen, Becker, and Tramontozzi. For more info Click here.

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17-Sep-06 - 31-Dec-06
Music from Copland House / Restaurant Daniel
New York, NY USA
60 East 65th Street
Phone: (914) 788-4659
Time: 6pm
Derek Bermel performs with Music from Copland House at Restaurant Daniel. Featuring dinner by celebrity chef Daniel Boulud with a world premiere, Troubadour's Feast, by composer Richard Danielpour.

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11-Aug-06
Musto Clarinet Sextet at Caramoor
Katonah, NY
Music From Copland House
Phone: (914) 232-1252
Time: 7.30pm
"MustoMusic" works by Bach and Musto.

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24-Jul-06
River to River Festival
New York, NY USA
Time: 7.30pm
Baritone Thomas Meglioranza and pianist Reiko Uchida perform Nature Calls

Free; tickets required - available after 4:00PM day of show or reserved in advance via an email to culture@pace.edu. For more info Click here.

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21-Jul-06 - 22-Jul-06
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Pittsburgh, PA USA
City Theater Main Stage
Phone: 412-431-CITY.
Time: 8pm
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble perform Tied Shifts.

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15-Jun-06 - 18-Jun-06
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Derek Bermel as guest composer at Music06 festival. For more info Click here.

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06-May-06
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
Seattle Chamber Players perform Coming Together. For further information, visit www.seattlesymphony.org

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06-May-06
Houston: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
2450 River Oaks Blvd., Houston, TX
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
Phone: 713-665-2700
Time: 5pm
Natural Selection performed by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Timothy Jones, baritone soloist, Christopher Zimmerman , Conductor. For more info Click here.

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03-May-06
New York : Carnegie Hall
57th St. and 7th Ave., NY
Phone: 212-977-8495
Time: 8:00pm
American Composers Orchestra premieres Elixir, Steven Sloane, conductor.

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29-Apr-06
New York : Society for Ethical Culture
2 W. 64th Street at Central Park West, NY
Time: 8:00pm
Premiere of A Child's War, commissioned by the Young Peoples' Chorus, Francisco Nuñez, conductor. For more info Click here.

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27-Apr-06 - 30-Apr-06
San Francisco : New Century Chamber Orchestra
Berkeley, Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Rafael, CA
Time: 8pm (San Rafael 5pm)
Soul Garden performed by New Century Chamber Orchestra, Kurt Rohde, viola soloist. For more info Click here.

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23-Apr-06
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis, IN
American PIanists Association
Time: 8:00pm
Christopher Taylor premieres Turning Variations, a new piano concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony at the American Pianists Association National Conference.

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06-Apr-06
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Staples Family Concert Hall
Phone: 989-774-3000
Time: 8:00pm
New Music Symposium with Derek Bermel, composer and clarinetist

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04-Apr-06
London : Queen Elizabeth Hall
South Bank, U.K.
Phone: 870-405-6666
Time: 6:00pm
Presented as part of the Philharmonia's Music of Today series, hosted by Julian Anderson. For more info Click here.

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19-Feb-06
Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall)
New York, NY United States
57th St. and 7th Ave.
Phone: 212-247-7800
Time: 3:00pm
IN YOUR EAR TOO, a weekend festival curated by John Adams. with Nicolas Hodges, piano, Geoff Nuttall, violin. and Derek Bermel, clarinet.

BIBER Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin, HARMAN, Preludio a rovescio, STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for solo clarinet. BERMEL Thracian Sketches, BIRTWISTLE Ostinato with Melody, BEETHOVEN Fantasia in G Minor for piano, BIRTWISTLE "Clock III", BARTÓK Contrasts.

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18-Feb-06
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York, NY United States
43A West 13th Street (5th-6th Av.)
Phone: 212-645-2800
Time: 8:00pm
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE presents "Love and Sensuality" Program: BERMEL Coming Together, SHAPIRO Shiny Kiss, BERNSTEIN Love Songs, AL-ZAND Secret of Your Heart, DRUCKMAN Valentine, DOUGHERTY Love in the Dictionary, HAGEN Holy Thursday, NEVIN Nocturne, CHADWICK Euthanasia, DEL TREDICI What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, BERG Poem, BOLCOM Nevermore Will the Wind, LEHRER I Hold Your Hand in Mine, FOSTER No One to Love, CHANLER I Rise when You Enter,

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16-Feb-06
Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall)
New York, NY United States
57th St. and 7th Ave.
Phone: 212-247-7800
Time: 7:30pm
ALARM WILL SOUND, Alan Pierson, Conductor, performs FRANK ZAPPA Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat, JOHN CAGE 0' 00"/Variations III, BERNARD WOMA Gyil Mambo (arr. Rogers), WOLFGANG RIHM Will Sound, DEREK BERMEL Three Rivers, EDGARD VARÈSE Intégrales, JOHN CALE Kiss, and JOHN ADAMS "Coast" (arr. Burhans)

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09-Feb-06
Shepherd School of Music
Houston, TX United States
Rice University
Phone: 713-348-2567
Time: 8:00pm
BRIAN CONNELLY plays Turning for solo piano, and works by SCI region V composers

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07-Feb-06
Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
New York, NY
Phone: 212-864-5400
Time: 7:30pm
Baritone Thomas Meglioranza performs Derek Bermel's 'Nature Calls'.

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