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The Two Sides of Sax

November 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Montante Cultural Center
2021 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14208

A Musical Feast presents ‘The Two Sides of Sax’ at the Montante Center at Canisius University. The event features a collection of pieces from the ‘classical’ side of the saxophone repertoire, followed by free-wheeling improvisation on the ‘jazz’ side. Performers include Sander Beumer, Hans van Ham, Wildy Zumwalt, Elliot Scozzaro, Stephen Parisi, and George Caldwell.

Program

Romanze, op. 85 (1911) Max Bruch (1838-1920)
for alto saxophone and piano
(originally viola)
Sander Beumer, alto saxophone
Hans van Ham, piano

A set of six (2023)  Lowell Dykstra (b. 1952)
for two alto saxophones and piano
I.  Unsettled
II. Anyone’s lament
III. A hovering brute beauty
IV. Drummer Hodge
V. Sweet dancer
VI. Like a lusty flower in June’s caress
Wildy Zumwalt, alto saxophone
Sander Beumer, alto saxophone
Hans van Ham, piano

Rendering 50 (2023)  Gijs van Dijk (b. 1954)
for two alto saxophones and piano
Wildy Zumwalt, alto saxophone
Hans van Ham, piano

Danse du Satyr (1936)   Freda Swain (1902-1985)
for alto saxophone and piano
Wildy Zumwalt, alto saxophone
Hans van Ham, piano

Jephthah (1958) Carl Anton Wirth (1912-1986)
for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and piano
Wildy Zumwalt,  saxophone
Sander Beumer,  saxophone
Hans van Ham, piano

INTERMISSION

Dialogues for two alto saxophones (2024) Rob Deemer ( b.1970)
Wildy Zumwalt, alto saxophone
Elliot Scozzaro, alto saxophone

Bolivia, Cedar Walton (1934-2013)

Once Forgotten, Pamela Baskin-Watson (b.1953)

Mean to Me, Fred Ahlert (1892-1953); Roy Turk (1892-1934)

New York, Donald Brown (b.1954)
Elliot Scozzaro / alto saxophone
George Caldwell / piano
Stephen Parisi Jr / bass

Previously from A Musical Feast!

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS — Shared SOUNDS
September 7, 2024 @ 4 PM Montante Cultural Center

“This program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc.”

1st Suite for Solo Cello
1. Canto primo
2. Fuga (1964) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Jonathan Golove, cello

Introduction by Peter Hall, narrator

Ann C. Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Emerita
Down to the Seas Again
When I, Ann C. Colley, was living in Cambridge as a Visiting Scholar from September, 2019 to March, 2020, I periodically left behind my reading in the Cambridge University Library and took the train to various seaside towns along the East Anglia Coast.

Weather permitting during the autumn and winter, I packed up my rucksack and spent weekends walking by the sea. Alone along a deserted seaside, I would walk one way along the sands one day and in the opposite direction the other.

This presentation portrays parts of these solitary walks. The video presents these experiences through a narrative (spoken by me) and through images taken by me.

Accompanying the video are passages from Benjamin Britten’s orchestral “Sea Interludes” that were composed to be performed between acts of his opera Peter Grimes (1945). Britten’s music is an appropriate accompaniment, for Britten grew up along the East Anglia Coast (in Lowestoft). He lived close to and frequently listened to the music of the North Sea

Changing Light (2019) Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
Tiffany DuMochelle, soprano
Jonathan Golove, cello 

Rondeau brilliant, D 895 (1826) Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
1. Andante
2. Allegro
Charles Castleman, violin
Claudia Hoca, piano

Sarabande b Partita.. J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Charles Castleman, violin

Intermission

“Gay Guerilla (1979) Jullius Eastman (1940-1990)
Stephen Solook, Vibraphone

“Composed for four identical instruments and premiered on pianos in January 1980 along with Crazy Nigger and Evil Nigger, which constitute his “Nigger” series.

My arrangement is for solo vibraphone with loop pedal. “Now the reason I use Gay Guerrilla — G U E R R I L L A, that one — is because these names — let me put a little subsystem here — these names: either I glorify them or they glorify me.

And in the case of guerrilla: that glorifies gay — that is to say, there aren’t many gay guerrillas. I don’t feel that ‘gaydom’ has — does have — that strength, so therefore, I use that word in the hopes that they will. You see, I feel that — at this point, I don’t feel that gay guerrillas can really match with ‘Afghani’ guerrillas or ‘PLO’ guerrillas, but let us hope in the future that they might, you see. That’s why I use that word guerrilla: it means a guerrilla is someone who is, in any case, sacrificing his life for a point of view. And, you know, if there is a cause — and if it is a great cause — those who belong to that cause will sacrifice their blood, because, without blood, there is no cause. So, therefore, that is the reason that I use gay guerrilla, in hopes that I might be one, if called upon to be one.” – Julius Eastman This piece falls under Julius’s “organic music”. which is “a sort of large-scale additive process of accumulation of harmonic materials that proliferates and grows organically across considerable time spans”, Luciano Chessa. Starting on a single note, and as this piece grows and travels through different sections, we find ourselves in a forest or cloud of notes, but towards the end of the piece and climax we arrive at the Lutheran chorale, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” by Martin Luther. The text in the chorale can be interpreted as a call for strength and pride, which brings us to the end the same as the piece began, on a single note. I like to interpret this as the strength a single person has throughout their life, and the strength Julius tried to maintain throughout his life.

PROGRAM

The Joy of Music and Song
September 9, 2023 @ 4 pm
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College

Jazz with George Caldwell
Storytelling with Stephen McKinley Henderson and moderator Tony Chase

Intermission

“O quante volte” from I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Holly Bewlay, soprano
Michael Serio, piano

From Recitations, Georges Aperghis (b. 1945)
“Recitation No 11”
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano

“The Letter Duet” from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Mrs. Ford: Holly Bewlay
Mrs. Page: Tiffany Du Mouchelle
Michael Serio, piano

“Ah, Je veux vivre” from Romeo and Juliette, Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Holly Bewlay, soprano
Michael Serio, piano

“Youkali” Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano
Michael Serio, piano

MEET STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

“This program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc.”

Program

DANCE OF THE SPIRIT
October 29, 2022 @ 7:00pm
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College

In a sentimental mood Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
George Caldwell piano
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Clair de Lune
Beau Soir Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Jonathan Golove, cello
George Caldwell, piano
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prevert
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
George Caldwell, piano
Alex McArthur, vocalist
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Footprints Wayne Shorter
George Caldwell, piano
Alex McArthur, vocalist
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Taking a Chance on Love Vernon Duke
Lyrics by John Touche and Ted Fetter
George Caldwell, piano
Alex McArthur, vocalist
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Orbit Philip Glass (1937)
Jonathan Golove, cello

Melodies for saxophone (1995) Philip Glass (1937)
Wildy Zumwalt, saxophone

The Moon is an Address (2022) Daniel Haskin, poet

INTERMISSION

New York Donald Ray Brown (1954)
George Caldwell, piano

Isfahan Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
George Caldwell, piano
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Nature Boy Eden Ahbez (1908-1995) written for Nat King Cole
George Caldwell, piano
Alex McArthur, voice
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

A Train Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
George Caldwell, piano
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

Sophisticated Lady (1932) Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Satin Doll (1953) Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
George Caldwell, piano
Jonathan Golove, cello
http://www.georgecaldwelljazz.com/

A Musical Feast

Tango Nocturna

World renown Guillermina Quiroga will team up with international pianist Fabrizio Mocata, tango singer Romina Bianco and Buffalo Tango Orkestra, led by Moshe Shulman, for a one special night of Tango Nocturna show.

Saturday October 15th, 2022 at 7pm
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College

ArtsCanisius and A Musical Feast are thrilled to host an international concert and dance performance this semester called “Tango Nocturna.” The event will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.

Organized by Moshe Shulman, a founder of Buffalo Tango Orkestra and publisher of “Three to Tango – Basic Music Theory for Tango Dancers,” this event is sure to be sensational. Shulman is a Russian-born Israeli composer, and violin, viola and bandoneon player. Shulman will be accompanied by Miranda Shulman, violin; Fabrizio Mocata from Italy on piano; double-bassist James Marone; and Romina Bianco, an Argentinian vocalist. The two tango performers – also from Argentina – are Guillermina Quiroga and Mariano Loguidice. They are world-renowned for their stunning performances.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $7 for faculty and staff, and $5 for students. They can be purchased online at canisius.edu/artscanisius or at the door.

A Musical Feast: Music and Poetry

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 7 PM MONTANTE CENTER

Program

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 7 PM MONTANTE CENTER

“American Stonehenge”
George Grace, poet

“Men of Steel”
Donna Grace, poet

“Akhmatova Songs” by John Tavener
IV. Couplet
V. The Muse
VI. Death
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano and Natasha Farny, cello

“Restoration”
“Reincarnation”
Ryki Zuckermann, poet

“FEELS LIKE -17 DEGREES F”
Maureen O’Connor, poet with Moshe Shulman, violin

“Four Elements” by Chinary Ung
III. Earth
Steve Solook, marimba

INTERMISSION

“Voices”
David Landrey, poet

“Medusa”
Daniel Haskin, poet
Sitara: Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Voice; Daniel Haskin, Electronics

“DI + AL + Y + SIS”
Scott W. Williams, poet

“Sonata for Cello and Piano” by George Walker
I. Allegro passionato
The Ekstasis Duo
Natasha Farny, cello and Eliran Avni, pia

“Transcendence“
Carol Townsend, poet

“Tarantella” by Alexander Zemlinsky
The Ekstasis Duo
Natasha Farny, cello and Eliran Avni, piano

Musical Feast
presents

Aurora Borealis Duo
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Soprano
and Stephen Solook, Percussion

in

Reflections
Saturday, August 21, 2021 :: 8pm
at
Premier Cabaret

MusicalFare Theater
4380 Main St.  Amherst NY 14226
Located at: Daemen College
tickets: $ 15.00 Call: 716 839-8540 or website: www.musicalfare.com
Proof of vaccination will be required for . Proof of vaccination can include the New York State Excelsior Pass/Vaccination card along with a photo ID.

Program:
Reflections is a musical commentary of a year in silence. Throughout the pandemic, musical voices have been filtered through masks, electronic channels, and the radically shifted world. Here, we reflect on the isolation and celebrate the return of live music. Featuring new works by Stephen Solook and Tiffany Du Mouchelle created in response to the events of the past year, the program is a reflection of their musical growth during this time.

Elegy (Jules Massenet)

Invocaciones (Roberto Sierra)
Mvt. II      Al Hacedor de Nubes

La musique (Elliot Carter)

At the whim of the Current    (Jeff Heriott)
Davids Nimm    (Karin Rehnqvist)

Cançiones de la Otra América (Lewis Nielson)
Mvt. I  Alta Hora de la Hoche, Roque Dalton
Mvt. III Fábula de la Sirena y los Borrachos, Pablo Neruda

Vibraphone Etudes for Extending Technique (Stephen Solook)

The space between the stars  
(Tiffany Du Mouchelle with text from poetry by Daniel Haskin)

A Waltzer in the House (Milton Babbitt)

Yogah Samadhih (Joe Garrison)