Palisades Virtuosi - 100 new works in 20 years!
Join us on Sunday December 3rd at 7:30pm
We are so excited to present these four new works as the final step in our musical journey to 100 newly created works in just 20 years!!
PV’s featured World Premieres will be Beth Anderson's December Swale[2023], Steven Burke's Because of You [2023], Pamela Sklar's Down the Rabbit Hole [2023] and Rain Worthington's Shadow Dance [2023].
Follow these links to hear from the composers about their new works!
Beth Anderson
Rain Worthington
Pamela Sklar
Steven Burke
Our PV composers are getting excited about this event!
"It will always be a point of pride for me that I was the very first composer commissioned by the Palisades Virtuosi, in what also happened to be my first paid commission. I didn't comprehend back then as a 23-year-old how truly lucky I was, and how rare it is to have a group of musicians who treat composers at all career stages with the utmost respect and care for the music. Margaret, Don and Ron are the greatest allies a composer could hope for, and I'll look forward to many more years of watching new music emerge from their growing circle. And to think, it all started because Ron told me he loved butterflies!" -Aaron Grad
"That is an amazing amount of music you folks are responsible for with your extraordinary artistry! Have a fantastic performance! I'm sure it will be a great celebratory event!!!" - Eric Ewazen
“You gave birth to my creation and your recording is a celebration that has reverberated literally and figuratively throughout my life ever since. I am deeply honored and blessed to be one of your “100.” Thank you and congratulations!” - John Lampkin
Congratulations, Palisades Virtuosi on reaching your milestone, 100th composition commission! I am honored to be part of this long-standing tradition as your 75th commissioned composer. Wishing all the best for your 100th commission celebration! -
Roger Stubblefield
"To PV Congrats, 100! Fantastic achievement!" - Jakub Polaczyk
"Congratulations on your upcoming “100!”…how wonderful! Your ensemble’s musicality and skill are masterful….you are all so talented! I greatly appreciate your excellent premiere performance of my Friendship Trio a few years back…..thank you again for giving my Friendship Trio a truly wonderful and beautiful world premiere…..I wish you all continued success and look forward to the “200!” - Joseph Russo
“For many years I taught music appreciation. So I know who appreciates music and who doesn’t. The Palisades Virtuosi appreciate music and I appreciate them." -Ben Yarmolinsky
"CONGRATULATIONS on your 100th new work! This is really spectacular! History will record that the contributions you have made to the development of Chamber Music with Wind Instruments are significant, deep, and lasting. Although I won't be able to be with you in December, I will be applauding you here across the country! "- Randall E. Faust
PV’s featured World Premieres will be Beth Anderson's December Swale[2023], Steven Burke's Because of You [2023], Pamela Sklar's Down the Rabbit Hole [2023] and Rain Worthington's Shadow Dance [2023].
Follow these links to hear from the composers about their new works!
Beth Anderson
Rain Worthington
Pamela Sklar
Steven Burke
Our PV composers are getting excited about this event!
"It will always be a point of pride for me that I was the very first composer commissioned by the Palisades Virtuosi, in what also happened to be my first paid commission. I didn't comprehend back then as a 23-year-old how truly lucky I was, and how rare it is to have a group of musicians who treat composers at all career stages with the utmost respect and care for the music. Margaret, Don and Ron are the greatest allies a composer could hope for, and I'll look forward to many more years of watching new music emerge from their growing circle. And to think, it all started because Ron told me he loved butterflies!" -Aaron Grad
"That is an amazing amount of music you folks are responsible for with your extraordinary artistry! Have a fantastic performance! I'm sure it will be a great celebratory event!!!" - Eric Ewazen
“You gave birth to my creation and your recording is a celebration that has reverberated literally and figuratively throughout my life ever since. I am deeply honored and blessed to be one of your “100.” Thank you and congratulations!” - John Lampkin
Congratulations, Palisades Virtuosi on reaching your milestone, 100th composition commission! I am honored to be part of this long-standing tradition as your 75th commissioned composer. Wishing all the best for your 100th commission celebration! -
Roger Stubblefield
"To PV Congrats, 100! Fantastic achievement!" - Jakub Polaczyk
"Congratulations on your upcoming “100!”…how wonderful! Your ensemble’s musicality and skill are masterful….you are all so talented! I greatly appreciate your excellent premiere performance of my Friendship Trio a few years back…..thank you again for giving my Friendship Trio a truly wonderful and beautiful world premiere…..I wish you all continued success and look forward to the “200!” - Joseph Russo
“For many years I taught music appreciation. So I know who appreciates music and who doesn’t. The Palisades Virtuosi appreciate music and I appreciate them." -Ben Yarmolinsky
"CONGRATULATIONS on your 100th new work! This is really spectacular! History will record that the contributions you have made to the development of Chamber Music with Wind Instruments are significant, deep, and lasting. Although I won't be able to be with you in December, I will be applauding you here across the country! "- Randall E. Faust
Location
Unitarian Soceity of Ridgewood
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, USA
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ, USA
Date & Time
December 3, 2023, 7:30 PM
