Here is some information about an upcoming Concert and CD release. I would like to alert you to a very special concert that is coming up on September 26, 1999, at 7 PM in Seattle, Washington at the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall. Two excellent musicians trained at Juilliard and now residing in Seattle will be playing some commissioned works of contemporary American composers. They have recently completed a spectacular CD of the music of these composers, titled "American Interweave". The Seattle concert is the final concert in a tour of the East Coast and draws on some of the compositions featured on the CD. The CD features the American composers David Stock, William Bolcom, Reza Vali, Samuel Zyman, and Lowell Liebermann. David Stock was the resident composer for the SSO recently and lived in Madison Heights during his stay here in Seattle. William Bolcom was raised in Seattle and now lives and teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Reza Vali is at the Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh, Samuel Zyman is at the Juilliard in New York City, and Lowell Liebermann is an established composer living in New York City. The music is performed by the Krishnaswami-Salman Duo consisting of Rajan Krishnaswami on the violoncello and Mark Salman on the piano. These works are in a style that is tonal and contemporary, with the full range of emotional expression. I was privileged to be in the studio during the recording of the CD and I am very impressed with the quality of the music and the attention to detail made in recording the performance of it. I believe that this CD will make a big contribution to introducing these composers to the listening audience. They will be giving a concert tour of the East coast on September 14 at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall $20 (NYC), September 16 at Duquesne University PNC Bank Recital Hall $10 (Pittsburgh), and September 20 at Longy School of Music Pickman Hall $18 (Cambridge, MA). The concert includes pieces by Beethoven, Liszt, Bolcom, Janacek, Vali, and Stock. The Seattle concert is scheduled for September 26 th at 7 P.M. in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall ($18, $14 st/snr). The Seattle concert has pieces by Beethoven, Reza Vali, David Stock, Samuel Zyman, and Leos Janacek. Reza Vali. David Stock, and Samuel Zyman will all be attendance at the concert and will be participating in as post concert discussion made possible by a grant from the Meet the Composer Foundation. The CD is titled American Interweave and has pieces by David Stock, Refuge (1998): Reza Vali, FolkSong Set #12C (1997): William Bolcom, Capriccio (1985): Samuel Zyman, Sonata for Cello and piano (1992): and Lowell Liebermann, Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (1978). Concert Tickets contact Ticketmaster: 206-628-0888 CD Release date: Sept. 10 Albany distributor Ambassador label order directly form Ambassador Recording Corporation, Inc., P.O. Box 31112, Seattle, WA 98103 The address of the Artist is Rajan Krishnaswami 702 West Halladay St., Seattle, WA 98119 [log in to unmask] Sincerely yours, Bob Edgerton, Seattle, WA [log in to unmask]