4 days, 7 concerts of great music in Queens New Music Festival 2023!

Tickets
General Admission
Individual Concerts: $20
(Students/Seniors: $10)

Festival Pass for all seven concerts: $75
Payment by cash or credit at the venue.
Doors open 30 minutes before the performances

Reservations / More Info
ram.nyc.info@gmail.com

May 4, Thursday
8pm QNMF opening concert - RAM Composers & Players and Guests
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Giacomo Baldelli, guitar
Sabina Torosjan, violin
Jay Julio, viola
Molly Aronson, cello
Tengku Irfan, piano
Program 
RAM Composers
Gilbert Galindo “Darkness is not dark for you” for piano (2020) (New York Premiere)
Allen Schulz “FURIOUS, THEN TRANQUILITY” for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano   (2023) (World Premiere)
Frances White “Written on water” for violin, acoustic guitar, and electronic sound
Guest Composers
Viet Cuong "Wax and Wire" for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (2014)
Whitney George “Somewhere in Between” for clarinet, cello, and piano
Shoichi Yabuta “Accelerate” for clarinet, violin, and piano (2018)   

May 5, Friday
8pm Kinga Augustin, violin
"FANTASY" with  violinist Kinga Augustyn and pianist Alla Milchtein

Program
Bright Sheng "Three Fantasies" for Violin and Piano (2005)
Cynthia Lee Wong "Sonatina" for Violin and Piano (2001)
Yui Kitamura "Momiji" for Violin and Piano (2011)
Yui Kitamura "Yumezakura" for Violin and Piano (2009)
Debra Kaye "Turning in Time" for Violin Solo (2018)
Milena Zhivotovskaya "Variations on a Jewish Theme" for Violin and Piano (2001) 
Dina Pruzhansky “AM New York” for Solo Piano (2015) 
 Arvo Pärt "Fratres" for Violin and Piano (1980)

May 6, Saturday  
4pm Hypercube
Jay Sorce, guitar 
Andrea Lodge, piano and accordion 
Erin Rogers, saxophones 
Chris Graham, percussion 

​Program
Richard Carrick - Mimesis
Ricardo Gallo - Transmutable Music (selected movements)
Kunal Gala - Mosaic
Manny Hernandez - Vectors
Annie Hui-Hsieh - "untitled" World Premiere
www.hypercubemusic.org

6pm Composers Concordance: Guitars & Poems
CompCord Ensemble: William Anderson, Gene Pritsker, Sean Satin - guitars 
Poetry by: Ruthie Adamson AKA Wonky Wordsmith, Imelda O'Reilly, Erik T. Johnson, Robert C. Ford,
        John Pietaro, Kelsea Brunner
Music by: William Anderson, Dan Cooper, Jonathan Dawe, Jane Getter, Milica Paranosic, and Gene
Pritsker
http://www.composersconcordance.com/
                     

8pm Sugar Hill Salon
Jay Soleil St. Flono, Soprano 
Alyssa Mercedes Mena, Flute 
Alexander Davis, Bassoon
Thierry de Lucas Neves, Violin  

​Program
Sarah Kirkland Snider "Chrysalis" 
Reena Esmail "Nadiya"
Daniel Catan "Encantamiento"  
Lori Laitman "I never saw another butterfly"
Jay Soleil St. Flono "Once Upon A Time, We Birds of Africa"
http://www.sugarhillsalon.com/ 

May 7, Sunday
4pm Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki
Karolina Mikołajczyk, violin & Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Program                        
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) – Sonata (1953)
Philip Glass (1937-) – Piano Etudes no. 9. no. 2, no. 3 (1994)
Paweł Janas (1988-) – Sonata {Infinity” (2015) *
Edward Smaldone (1956-) – Tom's Song* (2023) & Stephane's Dance (1992)
Marcin Błażewicz (1953-2021) – Sonata for violin and accordion "Night Full of Sins” (2019)
* World premiere
https://www.mikolajczyk-jedynecki.pl/about

7pm QNMF Closing concert - RAM Composers & Players and Guests
Risa Harman, soprano
Seth Gilman, baritone
Lish Lindsey, flute, bass flute, ryuteki
Thomas Piercy, clarinet, bass clarinet, hichiriki
Sabina Torosjan, violin
Molly Aronson, cello
Tengku Irfan, piano
Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Program                         
RAM Composers
Seth Boustead  “The Marble Palace” for bass clarinet, violin, and cello
Zhihua Hu "The Legend of Magpie Bridge" for flute/ryuteki, clarinet/hichiriki, violin, cello, and piano (2023) (Premiere)                                   
Masatora Goya "Ovid Suite" for baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (2023) (World Premiere)
Beata Moon "Awakening" for soprano, clarinet, cello, and piano (2023) (World Premiere) 
Guest Composers
Tyson Gholston Davis "Roswell Incident" for clarinet, violin, and piano (2018)
Miho Sasaki  “the midnight sun” for clarinet and accordion (2020) (World Premiere)
Michael Schelle “Kurashikku” flute/bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, and piano (2020) (World Premiere)