Join TURNmusic this weekend, we’ve got two INCREDIBLE concerts planned!
TODAY! Green Mountain Club RT 100 Waterbury. Tickets here.
Tomorrow, Saturday the 17th. ARTS RIOT, Pine St Burlington. Tickets here.
New music in unusual spaces by Colin McCaffrey, JUDD GREENSTEIN, Svante Henryson and others.
I know I’m a day late…opening night was last night. This incredible production is one of the not to miss performances of the year! Opening night was incredible, and intense. What a powerful story told and set so perfectly to the music composed by Eric Nielsen.
You’ll have a few more opportunities to join us:
Saturday, September 12: Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester 7:30 p.m. (TONIGHT!!)
Sunday, September 13: Hardwick Town House 4 p.m.
Friday, September 18: Woodstock Town Hall Theater 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 19: Vergennes Opera House 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 20: Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph 4 p.m.
Consider joining TURNmusic, Erik Nielsen, David Budbill and the incredible cast/chorus. More info at https://www.eriknielsenmusic.com/opera/fleeting-animal-updates/ and at https://www.facebook.com/AFleetingAnimal.
Join APEX tomorrow for a free community performance in Waterbury 6-9 PM.
We play in the Alley way, transformed into a concert venue between AXEL’s and Cork on Stowe Street. Presented by TURNmusic, Anne Decker and Whitney Aldrich.
Join the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band this Saturday at 8 PM at the Haybarn Theater at Goddard College. This special summer show is NOT TO MISS! More info and tickets here!
Discover Jazz 2015:
Friday June 5 – APEX @ Radio Bean 8 PM
Featuring Barb Smith (alto/flute), Tom Cate (bari/bass clarinet), Kevin Avery (trumpet), Matt Avery (trombone), Roger Grow (keys), Pat Markley (bass), Nic Cannizzaro (percussion), Matt Harpster (guitar). More info here.
Sunday June 7 – Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band @ Top Block Stage 6 PM More info here.
Monday June 8 – CBMS jazz band @ Jazz on the Market Place. Middle Block Stage 1:45 PM
Thursday June 11 – Dan Liptak Trio @ American Flat Bread 8 PM
Featuring ADAM CLARKE (bass) and Nic Cannizzaro (percussion). More info here.
Friday June 12 – Dan Liptak Traditions QUINTET @ Leunigs 8 PM
Featuring ADAM CLARKE (bass), Andy Gagnon (percussion), Peter Krag (Keys) and Kevin Avery (trumpet). More info here.
Saturday June 13 – Rob Morse’s Sound of Mind. City Hall Stage. More info here.
Sunday June 14 – Dan Liptak Traditions QUINTET @ Leunigs 7 PM
Featuring ADAM CLARKE (bass), Andy Gagnon (percussion), Peter Krag (Keys) and Kevin Avery (trumpet). More info here.
Join TURNmusic for the season finale!
Friday May 15 – Arts Riot, Pine St Burlington VT 8 PM Tickets here
Saturday May 16 – Green Mtn Club, RT100 Waterbury Center VT 8 PM Tickets here
Anne Decker – conductor, keyboard
Stefanie Weigand – soprano
Hilary Goldblatt – flutes
Dan Liptak – clarinet, alto saxophone
Mary Rowell – violin, electric guitar
Pemi Paull – violin
Elizabeth Reid – viola
John Dunlop – cello
Evan Premo – bass
J.D. Williams – keyboard
Nicola Cannizzaro – percussion
Dov Michael Schiller – percussion
Paolo Kapunan – turntables
Krista Dy, Terrin Rosen – Visual Art
Ciel Brouille – Mary Kouyoumdjian
Try to Believe – Randall Woolf
Dances of the Yogurt Maker – Erberk Eryilmaz
-8 Dances from Silifke, Turkey-
(2015 Collegiate Composition Prize Winner)
Bookburners – Nicole Lizee
This Will Not Be Televised– Nicole Lizee
Jupiter Moon Menace – Nicole Lizee
In addition, join Erberk Eryilmaz and I for a house concert on SUNDAY MAY 17
My good friend Turkish composer and pianist Erberk Eryılmaz (http://www.erberkeryilmaz.com/) will be in VT to hear his work played by TURNmusic! He and I will be putting on a house concert featuring his works for clarinet and piano. Please consider joining us for an afternoon!
We’ll have a cocktail hour with Hors d’oeuvres at 3:00, followed by a 45 min concert at 3:30. Desert will be served after the concert. Concert admission is by RSVP and we’re asking for a $25-$150 donation for TURNmusic.
RSVP is required by calling 272-1789 or by this link: http://goo.gl/forms/KAk8n196bI
Facebook it here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1740042049555913/
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!
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! 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.
Dan Liptak 