Music Of New York Composer Steven R Gerber Receives New Performances
Around Eastern U. S.

NEW YORK, NY- (January 25th, 2001) - The music of New York composer Steven
R. Gerber will be heard in several upcoming performances by American
virtuosos and new music ensembles throughout the Eastern United States.

In the coming months Mr. Gerber will receive performances of his chamber,
solo instrumental and large chamber ensemble works, both newly commissioned
and from his existing catalogue of works. A brief list of selected upcoming
performances is below.

Elegy On The Name Dmitri Shostakovich
Performed by Michael Zaretsky (viola version) at Boston University on
February 6th, 2001

Spirituals For Clarinet And String Quartet
Performances by the Concertante Chamber Players
Special Guest, Clarinetist Jon Manasse
Harrisburg, PA January 27th, 2001
Merkin Concert Hall (New York City) January 31st, Merkin Concert Hall (NYC)
Library of Congress, March 23rd 2001 (Washington, D.C.)

Serenade Concertante For, 2 Solo Violins, Strings and Harp
Performances by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
February 11th and 12th, 2001

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, the Serenade for String
Orchestra and the Violin, Viola and Cello Concertos. Mr. Gerber has written
for a number of fine soloists including Yuri Bashmet, Kurt Nikkanen and
Carter Brey and has had his music performed by groups such as the Knoxville
Chamber Orchestra, the Fine Arts Quartet, the National Chamber Orchestra
and the Russian Philharmonic. For the Harrisburg, Merkin Hall and Library
of Congress concerts listed above, the Concertante Chamber Players
commissioned Mr. Gerber to create Spirituals, a multi-movement work for
clarinet and string quartet. Based on pre-existing material and drawing
from various aspects of Negro spirituals, Mr. Gerber has stated that:
"The intention is not in any way to deconstruct or even re-interpret
the original spirituals, but merely to use them as the basis for new
inspirations whose character is sometimes similar to, sometimes totally
different from the source materials"

Mr. Gerber's music is available on Chandos, KOCH International Classics,
and CRI.

For more information about Steven R. Gerber, visit his website at
http://www.composers.com/gerber or contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
at 516-797-9166.

Jeffrey James