October 2011

October 1, 2011

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA

Quad-State Music Teachers Conference 2011: Nurturing the Creative Spirit in Our Students.
McDonald appears as part of the Opening Panel, and then presents Works of the Moment: A Composer’s Process, featuring six new piano miniatures and their little stories.

Free, no tickets required

October 4, 2011

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 376 Washington Street, Malden, MA 02148

BMOP/Sound New Release: Alan Hovhaness: Exile Symphony, Armenian Rhapsodies No. 103 | Song of the Sea | Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings.
John McDonald, piano, Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone

CD price: $16.99. Buy it at http://www.bmop.org/audio-recordings/alan-hovhaness-exile-symphony

In Alan Hovhaness: Exile Symphony, BMOP/sound revives the works of this century’s most influential Armenian-American composer. Gil Rose leads the BMOP musicians in a powerful performance of the title piece, Symphony No. 1, Exile, composed as a tribute to Armenians displaced before and after the genocide during World War I. Also featured on the disc are the composer’s three Armenian Rhapsodies, which freely integrate Armenian musical sources, tending towards the darker, lower tones found in traditional village tunes. Soloists include Kenneth Radnofsky’s fine performance in Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and John McDonald’s masterful touch in the tone poem, Song of the Sea.

October 15, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Longy School of Music, Pickman Auditorium, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
T: 617.876.0956

Firebird Ensemble: MYTHIC BEASTS - music of myth and imagination.
Featuring John McDonald's Seven Album Leaves, Op. 479, and music by Andrew Norman, Eric Guinivan and John Orfe.

$25 ($15 Senior, Student)

October 16, 2011, 3:00 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series: Japanese Music: Traditional to Contemporary
Performance faculty member Elizabeth Reian Bennett presents music for shakuhachi, koto, and string quartet.
Premier of McDonald's The Budbill Seasons, Op. 481 (poems by David Budbill) and Six George Street Melodies, Op. 478. With Elizabeth Anker, Contralto.

Free, no tickets required.

October 17, 2011, 3:00 pm,

Tufts University Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts President Anthony Monaco Inauguration 2011 Arts Showcase and Reception
McDonald’s piano music (Little Allegretto About Aim For David Budbill and First Baritone, Then Soprano) performed live as accompaniment for a dance duet choreographed by Daniel McCusker.

Free, no tickets required. Please rsvp with Arts Showcase as the subject, and your name to rsvpevents@tufts.edu.

October 18, 2011, 8 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts Composers Concert
New Chamber Music by Tufts Composers.
Guest performers: Ashley Addington, flute; Jason Coleman, cello; and Masako Kunimoto, percussion.As part of the Tufts Composers Series, and under the direction of John McDonald, the concert will feature new works by Tufts composers (students, alumni, faculty), including Stefan Anderson, William Kenlon, Kevin Laba, Michael Laurello, Livia Lin, John McDonald, David Molk, Will Myers, and Kevin Warren.

Free, no tickets required.

October 28, 2011, 12:00 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts Composers New at Noon Concert
Tufts Composers (students, alumni, faculty) present new chamber and solo works in an informal recital-dialogue with the audience.

Free, no tickets required.

November 2011

November 18, 2011, 12:00 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts Composers New at Noon Concert
Chamber and solo works by Tufts composers presented in an informal recital/dialogue format that includes the audience.

November 14, 2011, 8:00 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts Composers Concert - MA Thesis Pairing: Animals and Musicians Talking
Music by Stefan Anderson and Kevin Laba (more info for future publicity forthcoming; Stefan is doing “animal songs” and Kevin has musicians talk a lot while they play)

December 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Tufts University Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA.

Tufts Composers Concert - STEPPING IN BETWEEN
New and Pioneering Music with Microtones
Notariotous—the ensemble of the Boston Microtonal Society, in residence at Tufts Fall 2011--joins Tufts Composers for a program featuring newly composed pieces, music by the microtonal maverick Ivan Wyschnegradsky, and works by Boston’s composers finding inspiration between the cracks (I’m talking floorboards not plumbers here).

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