October 24, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask] Choral Music of Charles Griffin to be Performed at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin on October 27 American composer Charles Griffin's The Moon of the Floating World for a cappella women's voices will be performed on Saturday, October 27 - 8 PM in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel on the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. This concert will be part of the University's Fall Festival. This 'Dusk to Dawn' choir concert, conducted by Richard Bjella and Phillip A. Swan, will feature the Lawrence University Choirs performing repertoire from the Renaissance to the contemporary, with performances by the Concert Choir, Viking Chorale, and Cantala (women's choir) - http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/ensembles/choir_schedule.shtml. The Moon of the Floating World, for women's voices divisi into 8 parts, a cappella, was composed in 2004 and is based on a text by Ihara Saikaku. The work was premiered by the Latvian vocal ensemble Putni, Antra Drege, Director, in Riga, Latvia, and taken on their American tour in Fall 2006. More about the piece at http://charlesgriffin.net/archives/149. The October 27 concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Lawrence University at 920-832-7000 or visit them online at http://www.lawrence.edu/. Charles Griffin is an American composer currently living in Latvia. A native New Yorker, his works have been regularly commissioned, performed and recorded by soloists and ensembles throughout the U.S. as well as Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe and Asia. His 'Agnus Dei' was recently included on the program with which the Peninsula Women's Chorus of Palo Alto, California captured Third Prize in the Bela Bartok International Choir Competition in Debrecen, Hungary. Read his latest From the Faraway Nearby newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/june07/CG_nws_062507.htm and his lively blog of the same name at http://www.sequenza21.com/latvia/. You can also hear a Noizepunk & Das Krooner interview with him at http://www.kalvos.org/nkshows.html. Much more about him at http://www.charlesgriffin.net/. For more information about Charles Griffin, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel: 516-586-3433 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html