Author: danliptak

PRESS PLAY V. 2 – III. from far, Erberk Eryilmaz

For volume 2 of PRESS PLAY, here is a quick recording I made of Erberk Eryilmaz‘s “III. from far.” This short solo piece is in the middle of his second miniature set for piano/clarinet, and orchestra/clarinet. I had the pleasure of playing this several times with him. It was inspired by the majestic mountains of Turkey, which really hit home to me in Vermont. Enjoy!

PRESS PLAY – Nocturne, Erik Nielsen

Enjoy the first edition of PRESS PLAY!

This piece was premiered o 12/19/09 at the Elley Long Music Center, in a concert sponsored and performed by the Northeast New Music Collective. This concert was dedicated to the music of Erik Nielsen, and featured two new premieres.

I made a pretty quick recording of this last week, in about an hour and half. The performance in 2009 had a recording made of it by Erik. I’ll post it at some point. The main differences between the two are, that my 2015 recording was about 2.5 minutes longer than the 2009 one. There are other differences of course between the two, and neither is a perfect recording, and I like them both for different reasons. My bass clarinet has a crack in the lower joint, right through a tone hole, hence the slight squeak on a few notes. I really enjoyed working up this piece again, it came right back to me.

Enjoy!

PRESS PLAY

PRESS PLAY! This monthly challenge will feature 1-3 new clarinet works, along with a new recording and a comentary about my experiences with working on the piece. My goal is two fold – 1)to bring awareness to new music for the clarinet, featuring well known and up and coming composers. 2)to constantly challenge myself to keep pushing myself to learn new music, and to challenge myself as a performer. My first feature is a solo bass clarinet piece by VT composer Erik Nielsen, and I’ll be posting a recording of a piece he wrote for me in 2009. Check back within the next few days to hear his solo bass clarinet piece, Nocturne.

Final night of APEX month long residency

APEX radio bean

Tonight we conclude our month long residency at Burlington’s Radio Bean. Its been an incredible month of music making! We’ve been fortunate enough to feature a great cast of musical guests:

Kevin Avery

Matt Avery

Jake Whitesell

Tom Morse

Tom Cate

Lloyd Dugger

Brent Thomas

Nic Cannizzaro

Roger Grow

Matt Harpster

Keep an eye out for future gigs…We hit at 8 PM tonight….

Final Capital Orchestra concert as music director

Capital OrchestraThis coming Monday marks my final time conducting the Capital Orchestra, a position I’ve held since 2010. What an honor and a pleasure to work with such an incredibly talented group of individuals. They have come so far in the past 4 years. I will certainly miss working working with them each Monday evening.

I am moving onward to spend more time with my family, and to seek out more in-depth performances in the new music world, all while taking part in a masters of education program and teaching full time.

Consider joining us on Monday 12.8 at Montpelier’s Unitarian Church on Main St. for a 7:30 PM performance. We will perform works by Vaugh Williams, Corelli, Tchaikovsky, Gossec, Berlin and Leroy Anderson.

TURN returns to Waterbury and Burlington!

10_10_TURN_MUSIC 10_11_TURN_MUSICTurn music returns to continue our series:

10.10 – Green Mtn Club, Waterbury VT

10.11 – Arts Riot, Burlington VT

Turnmusic.org for tickets

Program features works by William Brittelle, Paola Prestini, Adam Silverman, Milton Mermikides, Randall Woolf and Andy Akiho.