Performances

Event Information

  • Fri
    01
    Mar
    2024

    Eighth Annual Concert - First Encore

    8:00 pm

    Marc A, Scorca Hall

    National Opera Center

    330 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001 7th Floor

    The Bowers Fader Duo are thrilled to invite you to an encore presentation of our Eighth Annual New American Art Song Concert. We will play songs that were written or arranged for us in the past year. Featuring composers Frank Brickle, Kim Sherman, Larry Nelson, Justin Casinghino, Douglas Boyce, Heather Gilligan, and Paul Salerni.
    Admission – $20 cash only at the door
  • Tue
    26
    Mar
    2024

    Music Tuesday: Bill Anderson, Mascha Kaleko & Seeking Refuge

    1:30 pm

    Sarah Lawrence College

    Performing Arts Center PAC Reisinger Auditorium

    1 Mead Way Bronxville, NY 10708

     

    Music Tuesday: Bill Anderson, Mascha Kaleko & Seeking Refuge

    Oren Fader and Jessica Bowers join Bill Anderson, Joan Forsyth and others playing music inspired by Mascha Kaleko

     

  • Sat
    13
    Apr
    2024

    Bowers Fader Duo Eighth Annual Concert - Second Encore

    3:00 pm

    Manhattan Plaza Ellington Room 2nd Floor

    400 West 43rd St. New York, NY 10036

    The Bowers Fader Duo are thrilled to invite you to an encore presentation of our Eighth Annual New American Art Song Concert. We will play songs that were written or arranged for us in the past year. Featuring composers Frank Brickle, Kim Sherman, Larry Nelson, Justin Casinghino, Douglas Boyce, Heather Gilligan, and Paul Salerni.
    Free Admission 
  • Sat
    20
    Apr
    2024

    “Passionate Geometries” Richard Cameron-Wolfe

    8:00 pm

     Leonard Nimoy Thalia

    2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

    The artist collective Nomads NYC presents “Passionate Geometries” a 53-year retrospective concert of the creative work of composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe

    More info and tickets: https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-passionate-geometries

    The artist collective Nomads NYC presents “Passionate Geometries” a 53-year retrospective concert of the creative work of composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe, featuring eight challenging contemporary works – three premieres and five first stagings, the evening offering a provocative interplay of art-forms: visual art [by Kevin Teare], chamber music, drama, opera, dance, and poetry/literature. The evening features fourteen outstanding New York City contemporary performing artists plus special guests from New Zealand, Russia/Kazakhstan, Boston, and Los Angeles.

    The program opens with Iris – scuro/chiaro for piano – in memory of pianist Menahem Pressler, performed by his former student Gayle Blankenburg. Next is the micro-opera A Sound-Shroud for Bill Knott – portraying the iconoclastic American poet as he confronts his mortality (featuring Butoh dancer Mariko Endo); then the cello-piano duet Time Refracted (possibly abstract, possibly not). The first half concludes with Heretic, a micro-opera for guitarist, inspired by Arthur Machen’s haunting 1907 novel The Hill of Dreams, performed by Aaron Larget-Caplan.

    The second half begins with Cameron-Wolfe’s 1970 micro-opera MeMarie, sung by Nina Berman; written just after the passing of Marie, his beloved grandmother. Next is the dance duo Lilith – in Alisher Khasanov’s provocatively eccentric choreographic reinterpretation of the legend; then the US premiere of Cameron-Wolfe’s 2023 microtonal guitar sextet Arcturus – 36 strings traversing the outer limits of tonality. The evening concludes with the micro-opera Passionate Geometries – in which a discouraged young poet is taunted and ultimately inspired by her Muse, liberated.

     

  • Sat
    04
    May
    2024

    Poetica Musica: Bach and Way Beyond

    8:00 pm

    Old Westbury Gardens

    71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568

    Bach and Way Beyond

    An intriguing combination of instruments and musical styles

    Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 8:00pm

    Artists: Barry Crawford, flute, Oren Fader, guitar, Eleanor Valkenburg, soprano, Molly Morkoski, piano

    Works by Bach, Handel, Bartok, Beach, Chopin and others

     

    Tickets are $25.00 for members, seniors and students.

    General admission $30.00

    For information, please call in advance (516) 333-0048 ext. 301

    For reservations, visit www.oldwestburygardens.org

    71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568

  • Sun
    19
    May
    2024

    Musica Viva NY PERPETUAL LIGHT: Mozart and Golijov

    5:00 pm

    All Souls Church

    1157 Lexington Avenue,

    New York, NY 10075

    Mozart’s imposing Requiem—a swansong of sorts that has been shrouded in mystery from its inception—has fascinated performers, musicologists, and audiences for almost a quarter of a millennium. The Musica Viva NY choir and orchestra pair Mozart’s masterpiece with an equally imposing work by the brilliant Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov.

    • GolijovOceana
    • Mozart, Requiem

    Info and tickets here

  • Sun
    16
    Jun
    2024

    The Chapel Restoration Sunday Music Series

    4:00 pm

    The Chapel Restoration
    45 Market Street
    Cold Spring, New York 10516

    Oren Fader, Guitar

    Music by Bach, Dowland, Anderson, Ferrante, Bogdanovic, Albeniz

     

    The guitarist Oren Fader played Brilliantly.” – The New York Times.

    “His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling.” –Guitar Review

    “Guest guitarist Oren Fader brought out his instrument’s capacity for excitement and shimmering brilliance throughout Aranjuez. – Omaha.com

    Classical and electric guitarist Oren Fader (orenfader.com) has performed in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States. Concerto performances include the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the New Jersey, Danbury, and Omaha Symphonies. 

    In addition to performing as a soloist, Mr. Fader is much in demand as a New York City chamber musician. He has performed hundreds of concerts with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble, New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, Cygnus Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, ICE, Taconic Music, Argento Ensemble, New York Festival of Song, Mark Morris Dance Group, Music From Japan, Poetica Musica, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

    Festival performances include Aspen, Tanglewood, Mostly Modern, Bach Oregon, Istanbul, Yellow Barn, Deer Valley, Bard, Sebago Long Lake, and Morelia, Mexico. With the group Poetica Musica he has represented the United States on State Department tours including concerts and outreach in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Copenhagen, Iceland, Gayana, Israel, Jordan, and Tajikistan.

    He performs frequently with mezzo soprano Jessica Bowers as the Bowers Fader Duo. For each of the past 6 years, they have presented New American Art Songs for Mezzo and Guitar, a program of songs written for the duo. To date, the duo has presented the world premiere of over 25 pieces. Their first recording, Between Us All (New Focus Recordings) has gotten excellent press from Opera News and American Record Guide, and their second recording, “People Places, and Pets” (Bridge Records) features the music of Paul Salerni.

    Mr. Fader is well known for his performances of contemporary music. He has premiered over 200 solo and chamber works with guitar, and can be heard on 50 commercial recordings and film, including classical guitar parts for the films Everything Is Illuminated (Schreiber), and Little Women (Gerwig). His solo recordings include Another’s Fandango, featuring 500 years of guitar music (produced by Grammy Award winner Adam Abeshouse), and First Flight, a disc of 10 premiere solos written for Mr. Fader by New York City composers.

    Mr. Fader received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Purchase and his Master of Music degree from Florida State University. His major teachers include David Starobin and Bruce Holzman. Since 1994 Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. He also directs the classical guitar programs at SUNY Purchase and Montclair State University, and is on faculty of the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

     

  • Sat
    22
    Jun
    2024

    Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

    2 pm and 8 pm

    Carnegie Hall, NYC

    Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

    Celebrating FINAL FANTASY XVI and XIV with Masayoshi Soken
    Saturday, June 22, 2024 2 PM and 8 pm Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
  • Thu
    27
    Jun
    2024

    Imitations

    7:00 pm

    Greenwich House 

    46 Barrow St. 10014 NYC

    Composers Concordance Presents
    Imitations
    Contemporary Fugues, Canons, Inventions, and Other Imitative Compositions
    Thursday, June 27th, 2024 7pm
    Greenwich House
    46 Barrow St, NYC
    TICKETS
    $20 in advance
    $30 at the door
    Composers: Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, Denise Koncelik,
    Lisa Neher, Daniel Palkowski, David Post, Gene Pritsker,
    Anton Rovner, Bill Schimmel.
    Performers:
    Dr. William Schimmel – accordion,
    Markus Kaitila, Daniel Palkowski – piano,
    Bart Platteau – flute,
    Dan Cooper – percussion,
    CompCord Guitar Quartet:
    Oren Fader, Greg Baker, Adam Negrin, Jay Sorce
    LOCATION
    Greenwich House, 46 Barrow St. 10014 NYC
  • Tue
    02
    Jul
    2024

    France Summer Music YXIE presents The Bowers Fader Duo

    8:00 pm

    https://francesummermusicyxie.com/

    All concerts at L'église Saint-Médard Villeblevin

     

     

     

    Bowers Fader Duo perform music written for them by

    William Anderson, Victoria Bond, Frank Brickle, Justin Casinghino, David Claman, Heather Gilligan, Tim Mukherjee, Martin Rokeach, Paul Salerni, Randy Woolf

     

  • Wed
    24
    Jul
    2024

    Staunton Music Festival

    Trinity Episcopal Church
    214 W Beverley St, Staunton

    Staunton Music Festival

    Historias de Cuba

    Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 7:30 pm

    Trinity Episcopal Church
    214 W Beverley St, Staunton

    $22 – $38
    Discounts available for
    youth, college, & military

    Doors open 6:30 | Preconcert talk 6:45
    All seating is reserved.

    The sounds of Cuba provide the inspiration for this eclectic program, offering music by Gershwin, Gottschalk, Tania León, and Hans Werner Henze.

    Gershwin | Cuban Overture, for orchestra
    Salas | Cándido Corderito, for sopranos and strings
    Gottschalk | Souvenir de la Havane, for piano
    Brouwer | Two movements from Quintetto for Guitar and Strings
    Trad/arr. Tania León | El Manisero, for vocal ensemble
    Henze | from El Cimarrón, a music-drama for bass voice and chamber ensemble*

    * Based on the memoirs of an escaped slave, the text for El Cimarrón includes descriptions of enslaved individuals and may not be suitable for all ages.

  • Fri
    16
    Aug
    2024

    Bard Music Festival - Berlioz and his world

    7:00 pm

    Fisher Center at Bard, Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

    https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bmf24-p7/

    Tickets start at $25

    $5 tickets for Bard students are made possible by the Passloff Pass.

    Livestream: $20; Free for Members; Reservations Required

    6:30 pm • Preconcert Talk with Peter Bloom
    7 pm • 
    Performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Noah Stewart, tenor; Alfred Walker, bass-baritone; Luosha Fang ’10, viola; Piers Lane and Orion Weiss, piano; and others

    Hector Berlioz (1803–69)

    Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (1834; arr. Liszt)

    Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)

    Cantabile (1823)  (Violin and Guitar)

    Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (1830)

    Piano works and arias by Louis Spohr (1784–1859), Fromental Halévy (1799–1862), Adolphe Adam (1803–56), Mikhail Glinka (1804–57), Michael Balfe (1808–70), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–88)

     

  • Sat
    24
    Aug
    2024

    Staunton Music Festival - Historias de Cuba

    7:30 pm
    Trinity Episcopal Church

    214 W Beverley St, Staunton Virginia

    $22 – $38
    Discounts available for
    youth, college, & military

    Doors open 6:30 | Preconcert talk 6:45All seating is reserved.

    The sounds of Cuba provide the inspiration for this eclectic program, offering music by Gershwin, Gottschalk, Tania León, and Hans Werner Henze.

    Historias de Cuba

    Gershwin | Cuban Overture, for orchestra
    Salas | Cándido Corderito, for sopranos and strings
    Gottschalk | Souvenir de la Havane, for piano
    Brouwer | Two movements from Quintetto for Guitar and Strings
    Trad/arr. Tania León | El Manisero, for vocal ensemble
    Henze | from El Cimarrón, a music-drama for bass voice and chamber ensemble*

    * Based on the memoirs of an escaped slave, the text for El Cimarrón includes descriptions of enslaved individuals and may not be suitable for all ages.

  • Sun
    08
    Sep
    2024

    Bow and Pluck Happy Guitar and Violin

    4:00 pm

    Artistic Club Luba

    441 Mountain View Road, Englewood NJ

    Tel: 646-436-8819

     

    Vladimir Tsypin, violin

    Oren Fader, guitar

    Works of Debussy, Bach, John Williams, and Piazzolla

  • Sun
    15
    Sep
    2024

    The Village Trip Presents: In Memory of Sean Satin

    7:00 pm

    Greenwich Music House

    46 Barrow Street
    New York, NY 10014 United

    In Memory of Sean Satin

    Composers Concordance presents a concert in memory of Sean Satin as part of The Village Trip Festival. The event celebrates the life of guitarist Sean Satin, who passed away too soon in April 2024. Sean was a guitarist and a teacher at Greenwich House in the West Village, a dear friend, husband, and all-around beautiful person. During the concert, Composers Concordance will launch The Sean Satin Memorial Prize for Guitar.

    The concert will feature music composed by Sean’s close friends and colleagues, including Bruce Arnold, Lynn Bechtold, Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper, Shanan Estreicher, Jane Getter, Patrick Grant, Eugene W McBride, Ginka Mizuki, and David Saperstein. “Song That Sean Liked” for solo violin and Sampestra, by his best friend Gene Pritsker, will be premiered by violinist Petro Krysa.

    Performers include Gene Pritsker, Greg Baker, Jacob Horowitz, Patrick Grant, Oren Fader, and William Anderson – guitar; Jessica Bowers and Charles Coleman – voice; Luis Andrei Cobo – piano; Lynn Bechtold – violin; Peter Krysa – violin (virtually); Franz Hackl – trumpet; Michiyo Suzuki – clarinet; and My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Quartet.

    This concert requires booking but is free to attend. Please donate in memory of Sean Satin to World Central Kitchen.

  • Sat
    21
    Sep
    2024

    The Village Trip GuitarFest 24: Microtonal Village American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend

    6:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

    St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

    Anderson The Village Guitar Orchestra

    GuitarFest 24 expands on American Primitive, with the wildly inventive Ictus Novus, the Curtis Guitar Quartet, soprano Sharon Harms, and many of New York’s best guitarists. It features music by American Primitives John Fahey, and Julián Carrillo and works by Paul Lansky, Kyle Miller, David Amram, Agustín Castilla-Ávila, and Gary Philo, among others.

    The GuitarFest 24 program:

    • Lou Harrison’s Canticle III
    • excerpts from Jonathan Dawe’s microtonal opera: Amor nello Specchio (Love in the Mirror) for microtonal guitars, with Sharon Harms, soprano
    • music touching on Connie Converse, one of the earliest musicians to work in the singer-songwriter genre who mysteriously disappeared in 1974, and John Fahey, whose style has been described as the foundation of American Primitive guitar
    • No Benign Umbrella, Nora Stanley, commissioned by The Village Trip for Ictus Novus
    • William Anderson’s Kaleko Sonata for electric guitar and piano
    • a memorial tribute to Larry Polanski, guitarist and composer
    • Four’s Company, composed by Paul Lansky for David Starobin’s guitar class at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia

    Performers: Ictus Novus; The Curtis Guitar Quartet – Xingxing Yao, Ruqi Jiang, Radomir Romashkov-Danilov, and Muxin Li; cellist Richard Jimenez; soprano Sharon Harms; flutist Roberta Michel (ocarina); guitarists Jay Source, Oren Fader, Dan Lippel, Mario García Hurtado, Kyle Miller, Pascual Araujo, Niel Beckman, Daniel Conant, Daniel Zapata, Oren Fader, and Giacomo Fiore; percussionists Matthew Kowalski, Dylan Ofrias, Jordana Sidlow, and Najee Marcelin; and pianist Joan Forsyth

    Composers: Kyle Miller, Larry Polansky, Lou Harrison, John Fahey, Julián Carillo, Andrew McKenna-Lee, Todd Tarantino, David Amram, Agustín Castilla-Ávila, Gary Philo, Shoko Suzuki, Kenny Hill, Nora Stanley, William Anderson

    The concert is part of The Village Trip’s American Primitive and Inventors of Genius Weekend.

  • Thu
    26
    Sep
    2024

    Concerts in the Heights

    1:00 pm

    Lehman College Art Gallery at Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY 10468

    “Cafés and Gypsies”

    Baroque, Piaf-selections and originals, including Bach Partita No.1 in B-flat BWV 825 arranged for horn and guitar.

    Monica Bauchwitz violin, Karl Kramer horn, Oren Fader guitar, Marcus Rojas tuba, Will Holshouser accordion

  • Sun
    06
    Oct
    2024

    Concierto de Aranjuez, Oren Fader, guitar

    3:00 pm

    Saunders Trades and Technical High School

    183 Palmer Road, Yonkers NY

    Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ariel Rudiakov – Music Director and Conductor 

    Concierto de Aranjuez  Oren Fader, guitar

    Handicapped accessible, ample parking
    More info: (571) 310-7060
    All Concerts are Free of Charge!

  • Fri
    18
    Oct
    2024

    Bowers Fader Duo Ninth Annual New American Art Song Concert

    7:30 pm

    Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza

    400 West 43rd St. Second Floor

    Bowers Fader Duo perform works written for them by Shanan Estreicher, Gene McBride, Gene Pritsker, David Saperstein, Kim Sherman,and Paul Salerni.

    Free admission.