Music of Judith Lang Zaimont Across The U.S. - March 2 "Stillness -
Poem for Orchestra" in Wyoming and March 1 & 2 "Zones" - Piano Trio No.
2 in Texas
New York, NY - The music of Judith Lang Zaimont will be heard in several
performances across the U.S. in the next week.
Her new "Stillness - Poem for Orchestra" will be performed by the
University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Michael Griffith, Music Director,
on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - 7:30 PM at the Fine Arts Concert Hall on
the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Her "Zones" - Piano Trio No. 2 will be performed at 2 PM on March 1
at the Hobart Taylor Recital Hall of Prairie View A & M University
(http://www.pvamu.edu/index.htm), University Drive in Prairie View,
Texas and also on March 2 at Cypress-Fairbanks Community College
(http://www.cy-faircollege.com/index.cfm), 14955 NW Freeway, in Houston,
Texas by a trio led by pianist Vicki Seldon.
Tickets for the March 2 Stillness performance are $7, with discounts for
students and seniors. For more ticket information, directions or other
information, contact the Fine Arts Center box office at (307) 766-6666
or visit them online at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/.
The February 1 and 2 performances of Zones are free and open to the public.
Judith Lang Zaimont's "Stillness - Poem for Orchestra", a single 16-minute
movement in three panels, slow-fast, slow, was conceived and completed
in sketch-score during a Spring 2004 residency at Copland House. It was
jointly commissioned by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra with Maestro
Steven Larsen, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Crafton
Beck and the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Michael
Griffith. The Rockford Register-Star wrote this of the Premiere
performance, "The music included opportunities to explore the many
different sounds available to many different instruments and included
dissonance, rhythmic palpitations, ethereal harmonics and a principal
pitch of G sharp that weaved in and out of the work. From a purely
compositional and musical perspective, the work was an excellent piece,
well-crafted and well-presented...."
Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive
style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. Most
recently she has been Featured Composer for the National Federation of
Music Clubs, Commissioned Composer of the California Music Teachers
Association, Commissioned Composer for the International San Antonio
Piano Competition, and recipient of an Aaron Copland Award. Her music
is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded
for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family
Foundation, Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels.
Ms. Zaimont was awarded First Prize in the international 1995
mCcollin Competition for Composers (for "Symphony No. 1", performed
by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996). Her biography is found in most
standard reference works (e.g., New Grove's), and she is the subject
both of individual chapters in specialist volumes and major articles
in professional journals, including Clavier and Chamber Music magazine,
the latter of which can be read at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/dec03/JLZ_121903.htm. Her latest
reSOUNDings Newsletter can be read at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/JLZ_nws_021405.htm. Her music
appears on two Best of the 20th Century lists (Chamber Music America;
Piano & Keyboard Magazine). More information about Ms. Zaimont, including
sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website
http://www.jzaimont.com/.
She is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be
contacted at 516-797-9166 or at [log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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