PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mary Anne Ellifritz
ncecontact@aol.com (703) 685-7590
National Chamber Ensemble
Presents
Genre-Bending
World
Premiere
Multimedia Project
and
New
Ballet
The
Contemporaries
Saturday, May 4, 2019 | 7:30 PM Gunston Arts Center
(Theater One)
(Arlington, April 3, 2019) The
National Chamber Ensemble's "Musical
Adventures Through The Time
Machine" season comes to a
spectacular conclusion with
"The Contemporaries" on
Saturday, May 4, 2019 at
Arlington's Gunston Arts Center
(Theater One).
The season finale features
genres from classical to
contemporary to pop/rock,
including the world
premiere of Alexander
Goldstein's Introspective
Piano Trio for violin,
cello, piano and computer.
A true crossover work, the
Introspective Trio marries
the classical trio to
multi-track computer audio
playback and
high-definition video
effects, evoking both the
Disco Era and the mega-rock
sensibility of groups such
as Queen. The composer of
this brilliant genre-bender
will be NCE's special guest
for this premiere event.
"We are so excited to
present this original
program that travels across
musical genres and presents
new artistic and technical
challenges which will be
exciting to see, hear and
experience for both the
artists and audience." Leo
Sushansky, Artistic
Director
The premieres continue as
NCE and Bowen McCauley
Dance Company perform a new
work featuring NCE artistic
director/violinist Leo
Sushansky and pianist
Carlos Cesar Rodriguez and
the stunning choreography
of Lucy Bowen McCauley. Set
to the music of Igor
Stravinsky's Suite
Italienne and based on
the composer's charming
ballet Pulcinella -
which was in turn a
transformation of the works
of early eighteenth-century
Italian composer Giovanni
Battista Pergolesi - NCE
and Bowen McCauley Dance
will also take this new
ballet to the Kennedy
Center later in May of this
year.
Works by Samuel
Barber and Victor
Herbert complete
the season finale.
The Artists performing on
May 4 are:
Steven Honigberg(cello)
Carlos Cesar
Rodriquez (piano)
Leonid Sushansky (violin/artistic
director) Bowen
McCauley Dance (Choreography
by Lucy Bowen McCauley)
(From left to right: Leo
Sushansky, Steven
Honigberg, Carlos
Cesar Rodriguez, Bowen
McCauley Dance Co.)
Lucy Bowen
McCauley is
the artistic director,
choreographer and
creative energy behind Bowen
McCauley Dance Company.
Her enduring love for
dance moved her to form
the company in 1996.
Since founding BMDC,
she has created over 80
works ranging from
lyrical ballets to
highly physical
contemporary pieces set
to rock music. Her
repertoire offers an
unconventional array of
genres; her
choreography
demonstrates a fluent
outpouring of dance
blending balletic
lines, quirky gestures
and modern dance's
earthiness that
uniquely explores the
interplay between
music, dance and drama.
Washingtonian Magazine
named her among those
"who have helped
transform Washington
into one of the
nation's liveliest
centers in performing
arts."
Alexander
Goldstein is
an American music
composer, conductor,
songwriter, record
producer, film
producer, director,
editor and is the
founder of ABG World
and
SportMusic.com. He
has composed scores for
27 feature films, 300
documentaries, radio
and television shows,
animations,
commercials, sports
programs in the US and
abroad. He has written
music for various
ensembles and
orchestras. Throughout
his career as a sport
music editor and
arranger, Alexander
Goldstein has worked
with renowned athletes
and coaches. 40 Olympic
Medals and over 125
World Medals were won
using the music that
was either edited,
arranged or written by
Alexander Goldstein.
Four of those were
composed for Sochi
2014. Alexander
Goldstein's Rotissimo,
a Suite for Clarinet
and String Orchestra,
celebrating film music
of Nino Rota, was
recently performed at
the Glenn Gould
Auditorium in Toronto,
at Sibelius Academy of
Music in Helsinki, and
others. Trio on the
Roof, the latest from
AG, was performed at
The Chamber Music
Society of Fort Worth,
Eastman School of Music
and in Spain and the
National Chamber
Ensemble. His new
trio is
looking inward to the
beginning, hence the
use of musical elements
of the Disco era of the
1970’, i. e. the period
of composer’s early
music work and
experimentation. The
Trio denotes three
different layers in one
word: three live
instruments; three
multimedia components
used in the project -
live instruments, video
and audio; and three
parts of the music
composition also titled
Introspective Trio.
The performance will be
followed by a reception with
the artists and the composer.
Piano generously provided by
PianoCraft.
Phone for info only:(703)685-7590
Location:
Gunston Arts Center (Theater One)
2700 South Lang St.
Arlington, VA 22206
Free Parking:
For all evening and weekend
performances use free parking lot
at Gunston Arts Center. Multiple
great dining options nearby at
Shirlington or Crystal City.
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