World Premiere Performances of Meira Warshauer Symphony No. 1 Living,
Breathing Earth by Dayton Philharmonic on April 26 and 28
The World Premiere performances of Meira Warshauer's Symphony No. 1 -
'Living, Breathing Earth' will be given by the Dayton Philharmonic, Neal
Gittleman, Music Director, on Thursday, April 26 and Saturday, April 28
-8 PM each evening as part of their Cosmic Voyage subscription concerts
at the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Performing Arts Center, Second and
Main Streets in Dayton, Ohio.
This new work, commissioned by the Dayton Philharmonic, South
Carolina Philharmonic, and Western Piedmont Symphony of North Carolina,
has been described by the composer: 'the title, Living, Breathing Earth,
came to me in contemplating the image of the rain forests as lungs of
the earth. I felt our planet, alive with all variety of creatures and
plants living in symbiosis with each other, breathing in and out, and
the planet as a whole, pulsing with breath.' You can read Carson Cooman's
Music & Vision Daily interview with the composer about the new work at
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2007/01/meira-warshauer.htm. You can
also read more about the new work and hear an interview with Meira
Warshauer at http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/content.jsp?articleId=3D961.
Other works on the Cosmic Voyage program include Joaquin Rodrigo's
Concierto de Aranjuez with guest guitarist Almer Imamovic and Holst's
The Planets, featuring the women of the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus, Hank
Dahlman chorus director.
For tickets and more concert information, please call the Schuster
Performing Arts Center Box Office at 937-228-3630, visit them online
at http://www.schustercenter.org/ or contact the Dayton Philharmonic
at 937-224-3521.
Founded in 1933, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra has a distinguished
place in the Gem City's history as one of the community's oldest and
longest standing cultural institutions. Today, rich in artistic tradition,
the Orchestra is proud to call the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing
Arts Center its home. The Dayton Philharmonic is a regional orchestra
with 83 musicians. Music Director Neal Gittleman inspires each listener's
imagination with his unique symphonic programming, in-depth comments,
his easy-going style and infectious enthusiasm for music. His focus
is to make symphonic music readily available, as well as appreciated,
by all musical tastes. Much more about the Dayton Philharmonic at
http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/.
Meira Warshauer's compositions have been performed and recorded to
critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe,
and Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music,
and the University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition
with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon
Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the
America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts
Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement
Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina.
Dr. Warshauer is a Visiting Lecturer at Columbia College, Columbia,
South Carolina. Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documentary
Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina and Spirals of Light, chamber
music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on the Kol
Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra, included on the MMC CD Robert
Black Conducts. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, MMB
Music, World Music Press and Kol Meira Publications. Her latest Bracha
Newsletter, containing full program notes for Symphony No. 1, is online
at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan07/MW_nws_010907.htm. You can
find much more about her at http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/.
For more information about Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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