Dear CM friends, Of special interest to music lovers in the greater New
York metropolitan region -- " AMERICAN ACCENT ...beyond the premiere "
opens its second season on November 12th at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Recital Hall in Manhattan, with an ear-grabbing program of (mostly)
recent music by (mostly) American composers titled "Cool and Sizzling".

And -- as is customary for the ensemble, co-directed by pianist Joanne
Polk and myself -- we offer a stimulating selection of music written by
both women and men, 50%-50%:  Shulamit Ran, George Antheil, Ned Rorem,
Jennifer Higdon.

Our red-hot performers (including the core ensemble:  the Lark Quartet and
Joanne) are excited by, and love to play, the music of their own time.

Please be sure to say 'hi!' in person on Monday night --

Details follow::

   American Accent Presents First Concert of Second Season "Cool and
   Sizzling" on Monday, November 12

   New York, NY - American Accent will present the first concert of its
   second season, Cool and Sizzling on Monday, November 12, 2001 - 7:30
   PM at The Kosciuszko Foundation Recital Hall, 15 E. 65th St. in
   Manhattan.

   Music to be performed will include Shulamit Ran's Private Game for
   clarinet and cello, her Hyperbolae for piano, George Antheil's Sonatina
   for violin and piano, Ned Rorem's Seconde Sonate for piano and Jennifer
   Higdon's Celestial Hymns for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano.

   Performers for this concert will be American Accent's core ensemble
   - pianist Joanne Polk, clarinetist Alan Kay and the Lark Quartet.

   This concert represents a wide range of musical styles. The program
   annotator has written of the "volatile, compact contours of (Shulamit)
   Ran's dramatic music" and referred to George Antheil's "original
   artistic premise". The annotator also writes of the "elegance and
   ... distinct sonority (of Ned Rorem's) early Seconde Sonate," and
   describes the piece as "cosmopolitan and Gallic" and writes that
   Jennifer Higdon's "Celestial Hymns presents itself as a spiritual
   descendant of Debussy's "Cathedrale engloutie" - at once magnificent,
   yet delicate and a bit blurred".

   American Accent is a New York City-based performance group dedicated
   to world-class performances that present the vitality and enormous
   breadth of American chamber music of the 20th Century and beyond.
   Their intent is to survey the richness and many personalities of
   America's composers, and to present their music in its rightful place,
   at center stage. Co-founded by composer Judith Lang Zaimont and
   pianist Joanne Polk, American Accent celebrates significant music of
   the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on repeat performances of major
   works by primarily American composers of the present moment and recent
   past. The core ensemble -- the Lark Quartet, Alan Kay and Joanne Polk
   - are visionary artists passionately connected to the music of their
   own time.

   Their May 23, 2002 concert, Romance - Text and Subtext, will feature
   music by Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Chen Yi, William Bolcom
   and Judith Lang Zaimont.

   Tickets for the November 12 concert are $20 each. Senior Citizen and
   Student discount tickets are $12 each. For advance reservations,
   please call Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or email
   them at [log in to unmask]

   For additional information about American Accent, call Jeffrey James
   Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166. Visit American Accent on the web at
   http://www.jamesarts.comAmericanAccent.htm.

Judith Zaimont <[log in to unmask]>