World Premiere of Steven R. Gerber's Chaconne and Fugue for Viola and
C ello on April 20 - Concert at Baltimore's Maryland College Institute
of Art

The World Premiere of Steven R. Gerber's Chaconne and Fugue for Viola
and Cello will be featured in a concert on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 8
PM at the Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 Mount Royal Avenue in
Baltimore.

Violist Karin Brown, member of the Baltimore Symphony and Peabody faculty=
 member cellist Daniel Levitov will present the World Premiere performanc=
e of Chaconne and Fugue and will be joined by Baltimore Symphony Orchestr=
a musicians violinist Ellen Orner, principal flutist Emily Skala and prin=
cipal oboist Katherine Needleman for an evening of new classical music as=
 the capstone to this year's Concert Lab residency at MICA, in which th=
ey worked with students in experimental animation, painting, and drawing
to explore the connections between music and visual arts.

Tickets for this concert are $15, $8 students & seniors - free for MICA S=
tudents, Faculty and Staff. For more information please call MICA at (410=
) 669-9200 or visit them online at http://www.mica.edu/.

Steven R. Gerber's music has gained international attention as a result=
 of two recent CD releases (on Chandos and KOCH) featuring several of his=
 major orchestral works, including the Symphony No. 1. Gerber has achieve=
d also great success in the United States and in his ten tours of the for=
mer Soviet Union, perhaps becoming the most often-played living American
composer in that area. Of the Symphony No. 1, Evening Moscow wrote, 'Ge=
rber could serve as an example of American musical professionalism ...he
stands out with the highest of temperaments and musical taste.' Mr. Ger=
ber has written for a number of fine soloists including Yuri Bashmet for
the viola concerto, Kurt Nikkanen for the violin concerto and Carter Brey=
 for the cello concerto. His work has been performed by groups such as th=
e Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Chamber Orchestra, the Fine Arts Quarte=
t, the National Chamber Orchestra and the Russian Philharmonic. He was re=
cently commissioned by the Voice of America for a new Fanfare for the Voi=
ce of A-M-E-R-I-C-A. Steven R. Gerber is the subject of an Electronic Dia=
logue interview in Sequenza 21 web magazine. Read the interview at http:/=
/www.sequenza21.com/gerber.html. Visit his website at http://www.stevenge=
rber.com.

Steven R. Gerber is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting. For a C=
D sampler of Steven R. Gerber's music or further information, contact t=
hem at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask]

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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
316 Pacific St.
Massapequa Park, NY 11762 USA
Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166
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Website: http://www.jamesarts.com