Concerts Calendar: 2011-2012 Season

2012/06/03 – Fortieth Anniversary Concert of Long Island Composers Alliance

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Concert: South Huntington Library Series
When: Sunday June 3, 2012, 2PM
Where: The South Huntington Public Library Concert Hall, Pidgeon Hill Road, South Huntington. Admission Free
Info: In 1972, The Long Island Composers Alliance, formed by Marga Richter and Herbert Deutsch, held it’s first of hundreds of concerts presenting close to 2,000 new compositions by composers from Long Island for Long Island audiences. That program was held at the South Huntington Library. Although our concerts have now been held in many states and internationally, we proudly return to the South Huntington Library for our 40th Anniversary Concert. As a special honor to The American Chamber Ensemble, which is now in its 42nd year, the brilliant artists of ACE will be our primary performers. All of the music on this concert will be selected works by our founders, Herb Deutsch and Marga Richter. But a special honor will be given to the three winning student composers whose music will have been chosen after a performance on our May 25, Music By and For Students Concert,

2012/05/25 – Music by and for Students

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Concert: Music by and for Students
When: Friday, May 25, 2012, 7:30PM
Where: Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Hall, Hofstra University
Info: The 39th Annual concert featuring original compositions by students of Long Island ranging in age from 10 to 19 years old. This concert, one of the most popular events of LICA, has become the model for student composition concerts both state-wide and nationally. Herbert Deutsch, Concert Manager.

2012/02/12 – Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres

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Concert: Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres – Jazz, Concert and Jazz-Influenced Concert Musics (Series Event #3) Musics by Nine LiCA members and guest composer Joao Luiz Rezende Lopes. (Works by Fourteen LICA member/composers are represented in this 4 event series.) This concert will feature performances by vocalists Tara Nova, Natalya Simone and TOMOKO, pianists Paul Hefner, Rob Schwimmer and Jay Anthony Gach, flutist Alice Jones, bassist Wilbur Bascomb, drummer Victor Jones, guitarist/vocalist Richard Boukas, The Brasil Guitar Duo (courtesy of Concert Artists Guild), and the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation African Drum Ensemble “The DrUUmatics.” Immediately following the concert there will be a themed exhibit featuring Living Black Artists, coinciding with a meet the musicians and artists reception. Tickets:$20, seniors and LICA members, $15. Tickets at the door on event day, cash only, please. For more information call 516-775-4307. For more information about this 4 event series and a link to youtube, please visit Park Avenue Presenters on facebook at “pap concerts”.
When: Sunday, Feb. 12th. Concert at 2PM, Reception and Art Exhibit from 4-5PM
Where: The Art Gallery in the Adam Clayton Powell State Building, 125th Street, Harlem, NY
Info: Composers: LICA members Paul Hefner (Co-Mgr.), Jay Anthony Gach (Co-Mgr.), Henry Martin, Rob Schwimmer, Cecilia Tenconi, Hale Smith, Herbert Rothgarber, Laurence Dresner, Tara Nova, Richard Boukas. Also, Negro Spirituals, an excerpt from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and works by guest composer/arranger Joao Luiz Rezende Lopes.

2012/02/10 – Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres

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Concert: Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres – A Vocal Recital featuring “The Three Divas: Tara Nova, Natalya Simone and Mellissa Abrahams.”(Series Event #2) Jazz, Concert and Jazz-Influenced Concert Musics by Eleven LiCA members to be performed. (Works by Fourteen LICA member/composers are represented in this 4 event series.) Immediately following the concert the Hecksher Museum of Art will open a themed exhibit featuring Living Black Artists, coinciding with a meet the musicians and artists reception. Tickets: $20, $15 for Seniors, Museum members and LICA members. Tickets at the door, cash only, please. For more information call 631-351-3250. For more information about this 4 event series and a link to youtube, please visit Park Avenue Presenters on facebook at “pap concerts”.
When: Friday, Feb.10th at 7:30PM
Where: Hecksher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington, NY 11743
Info: Composers: LICA members Laurence Dresner (Co-Mgr.), Paul Hefner(Co-Mgr.), Hale Smith, Herbert Rothgarber, Jane Leslie, Julie Mandel, Meg Stoop, Rob Schwimmer, Jay Anthony Gach, Tara Nova and Herbert A. Deutsch. Also, Negro Spirituals and an excerpt from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.”

2012/02/05 – Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres

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Concert: Multi-Cultural Salute to Black History Month: An Afternoon of World Premieres – Jazz, Concert and Jazz-Influenced Concert Musics (Series Event #1), Music by Eight LiCA members to be performed. (Works by Fourteen LICA member/composers are represented in this 4 event series). This concert will feature performances by vocalists Tara Nova, Natalya Simone and TOMOKO, pianists Paul Hefner, Rob Schwimmer and Jay Anthony Gach, saxophonist/flutist/vocalist Cecilia Tenconi, bassist Wilbur Bascomb, drummer Victor Jones, and the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation African Drum Ensemble “The DrUUmatics.” Immediately following the concert the SNUUC Art Committee will open a themed exhibit featuring Young Black Artists, coinciding with a meet the musicians and artists reception. Tickets: $15,seniors and LICA members, $10,and high school students $5. (Advance sale at SNUUC. Tickets at the door on event day cash only, please). For more information call 516-623-1204 or 516-775-4307. For more information about this 4 event series and a link to youtube, please visit Park Avenue Presenters on facebook at “pap concerts”.
When: Sunday, Feb. 5th. Concert at 1PM, Reception and Art Exhibit from 3-4PM
Where: South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation (SNUUC), 228 South Ocean Ave., Freeport, NY 11520
Info: Composers: LICA members Paul Hefner (Co-Mgr.), Jay Anthony Gach (Co-Mgr.), Rob Schwimmer, Cecilia Tenconi, Hale Smith, Herbert Rothgarber, Laurence Dresner, Tara Nova and Henry Martin. Also, Negro Spirituals and an excerpt from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.”

2012/04/01 – Songs by Long Island Jewish Composers

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Concert: Songs by Long Island Jewish Composers in conjunction with the American Library Association traveling exhibit, based around David Lehman’s book “A Fine Romance”
When: Sun. Apr. 1, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Hillwood Lecture Hall, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY, Tel. 516-299-2895
Info: Composers:
Ralph Alan Dale, Herbert A. Deutsch, Tom Lehrer, Leonard Lehrman,
Jane Leslie, Julie Mandel, Joel Mandelbaum, Steven L. Rosenhaus,
Herbert Rothgarber, Elie Siegmeister, Mira J. Spektor, Avaraham
Sternklar, and Albert Tepper.
Performers:
Soprano Helene Williams, contralto Nicole Mitchell, Cantor Albert
Barouch: composer/pianist/cabarettist Leonard Lehrman; Metropolitan Opera baritone Roger Andrews; violinist Marilyn Reynolds; and composer/pianists Joel Mandelbaum and Herbert Rothgarber. The concert will open with Herbert A. Deutsch performing on
synthesizer, in his Electronic Collage on Jewish themes, specially composed for this occasion.
The concert is made possible in by part with public funds from the NY
State Council on the Arts and in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in
partnership with the Huntington Arts Council, and is co-sponsored by
the Maldeb Foundation, the Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation, Long Island University, and RACH-C.

2011/09/02 – Jazz & Jazz Influenced Concert Music – Sozopol, Bulgaria

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Concert: Paul Hefner/Tara Nova Jazz Ensemble, w/ special guest artist – Bulgarian concert pianist Elitza Harbova
When: September 2nd, 2011, Friday Evening
Where: Apollina Festival of Arts (www.apollonia.bg) – Sozopol, Bulgaria AKA: “The Black Sea International Music Festival”
Info: Jazz & Jazz Influenced Concert Music Featuring compositions by members of The Long Island Composers Alliance, NY, USA
Composers: Jay Anthony Gach, Paul Hefner(mgr.), Henry Martin, Tara Nova and Hale Smith (Much of the music composed specifically for Tara, Paul, and Elitza)
Additional Info: Concert to be recorded and broadcast by the Bulgarian TV Station, including LICA mention and website address in multiple languages

2011/11/09 – Music for String Quartet in Commemoration of Kristallnacht (Nov. 9, 1938)

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Concert: Music for String Quartet in Commemoration of Kristallnacht (Nov. 9, 1938)
When: Wednesday, November 9, 2011; Time: TBA
Where: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1 West 4th St., Manhattan. Contact Info: 212-674-5300 Jeanie Rosensaft, Allison Glazer, Admission Free
Info: Composers: Herbert Rothgarber, Leonard Lehrman (Mgr.)(world premiere), Laurence Dresner, Hans Gal (1890-1987), George Cork Maul, Joel Mandelbaum (world premiere), Julie Mandel

Performed by the Motyl String Quartet: Julie Artzt Becker, vln 1; Aleeza Wadler, vln 2; Anoush Simonian, vla; Ellen Rose Silver, vc

Co-Sponsors: Puffin Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Maldeb Foundation, Professor Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation for Ethics, Religion, Science & the Arts

2011/10/16 – Bryant Library Series – Roslyn, NY

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Concert: Bryant Library Series
When: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 2PM
Where: Bryant Library, 2 Papermill Road, Roslyn, NY 11576, Tel-516-621-2542
Info: Composers: Murray Cohen(mgr.), Herb Deutsch, Herbert Feldman, George Cork Maul, and Marga Richter. Newly composed music for oboe, cello , and piano will be featured. Herbert Deutsch has written a work for his new grandson, Everett, Marga Richter an oboe work entitled ‘Paean to the Grand Canyon’, and George cork Maul a work entitled ‘Long Ago’. Herbert Feldman and Murray Cohen also feature trios for oboe, cello, and piano.
The performers are musicians who are presently associated with the music department at SUNY Stonybrook. Terry Keevil is a well known oboist who has been principal oboe with The Bach Aria Group and has long been associated with LICA concerts. Agnes Kallay ,cellist, Is completing her doctoral studies with Colin Carr. She has bee associated with noted musicians at Tanglewood such as Emanuel Ax, Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams. Andrea Lodge was winner of the Newfland Symphony Young Artists Competition. She is presently working with Gilb ert Kalish at Stonybrook.