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Orchestral and Chamber Music of Steven R. Gerber in Miami, Los Angeles
and New York

Three orchestral and works by New York-based composer Steven R. Gerber
will be heard in the coming days in three cities across the U.S. Two of
these performances will be Premieres.

Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich" for solo viola will be performed
by violist Michael Klotz on Wednesday, October 4 - 8 PM at Florida
International University's Wertheim Performing Arts Center, 10910 SW
17th Street in Miami, Florida. Music by Rochberg, Paganini, Hindemith,
and Bloch will also be presented in this program, with piano accompanist
Paul Schwartz. For program and ticket information, please call the FIU
School of Music at 305-348-1998 or visit them online at
http://www.fiu.edu/~music/musicframeset.htm.

The West Coast Premiere of Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A will
be performed by The Observatory Orchestra, Robert Lippre, Music Director
and Conductor, on Saturday, October 7 - 2 PM at the Wells Fargo Theater
of the Autry National Center in Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way
in Los Angeles, California. Music by Stravinsky, Strauss, Mozart and
Barber will also be performed. This concert is free and open to the
public, however, a $10 donation is requested.  For more information,
contact the Autry Center at 323-667-2000 or visit them at
http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/.

The World Premiere of a newly commissioned work Five Canonic Duos
for oboe and bassoon, will be given by George Reuter, English horn and
Martin Juuksmann, bassoon on Tuesday, October 10 - 8 PM at the Austrian
Cultural Forum, 11 East 52nd St.  in New York City. This concert, presented
by The Lark Ascending, will also feature music by Georg Schonberg and
Nancy Bogen. This concert is free and open to the public. For tickets,
email Nancy Bogen at [log in to unmask] For more information, contact
the Austrian Cultural Forum at 212- 319 5300 or visit them at
http://www.acfny.org.

Steven R. Gerber's music has gained international attention as a result
of two CD releases (on Chandos and KOCH) featuring several of his major
orchestral works, including the Symphony No. 1.  Gerber has also achieved
great success in the United States and in his ten tours of the former
Soviet Union, perhaps becoming the most often-played living American
composer in that area. Of the Symphony No. 1, Evening Moscow wrote,
'Gerber could serve as an example of American musical professionalism
...he stands out with the highest of temperaments and musical taste.'
Mr. Gerber 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 the Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Chamber Orchestra,
the Fine Arts Quartet, the National Chamber Orchestra and the Russian
Philharmonic.  Mr. Gerber is currently writing another new orchestral
work at the request of the conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will
conduct it in the 2007-08 season in his guest conducting tour of the
U.S.  Additionally a CD of Mr. Gerber's chamber music will be released
on KOCH International in Fall 2006, featuring the principal violinist
of New York City Ballet, Kurt Nikkanen.

Steven R. Gerber is the subject of an Electronic Dialogue
interview in Sequenza 21 web magazine, which can be read at
http://www.sequenza21.com/gerber.html. Visit his website at
http://www.stevengerber.com. He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts
Consulting. For a CD sampler of Steven R. Gerber's music or more
information, contact them at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask]

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com

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