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PALISADES VIRTUOSI VIRTUOSI New American Masters, Volume 4 World PremiereRecordings Margaret Swinchoski, flute : : Donald Mokrynski, clarinet : : Ron Levy, piano www.albanyrecords.com Marni Nixon, narrations TROY1339 albany records u.s. 915 broadway, albany, ny 12207 tel: 518.436.8814 fax: 518.436.0643 albany records u.k. box 137, kendal, cumbria la8 0xd JoSeph TurriN | Statements, MeLinda WagNeR | Thumbnail Moon tel: 01539 824008 © 2012 albany records made in the usa ddd RyaN FRaNciS | Trio, GwyNeTh WaLkeR | Full circle, SuNbiN kiM | Whirlwind waRning: cOpyrighT subsisTs in all Recordings issued undeR This label. MattheW haLpeR | Trio, Amanda haRbeRg | birding in the palisades The Palisades Virtuosi is pleased The New york Flute club (all in New york city) and ohio each summer to play principal flute with the Ron Levy, internationally acclaimed pianist, has to present the fourth volume in their The Stratford Summer Music Festival (canada). Lancaster Festival orchestra. She has been honored been called “first-class” by the New York Times. he continuing series of works commissioned Volumes 1,2 and 3 of their New american Masters with an outstanding alumni award from her alma regularly appears in major venues, both as a soloist, cD series have been released by albany Records mater in Vermont. her solo debut cD From The and in partnership with many of the world’s leading exclusively by pV and premiered on to critical acclaim and feature works by 18 of their Hudson Valley, released by albany Records, garnered singers and instrumentalists. a graduate of oberlin, their subscription series at the unitarian commissioned composers. all of these albums have rave reviews from Fanfare magazine and American Mr. Levy has been pianist and harpsichordist of the Society of Ridgewood in Ridgewood, received rave reviews from such publications as Record Guide. Ms. Swinchoski can also be heard oberlin orchestra, the Westchester Symphony, and New Jersey. Founded in 2003, the organization Fanfare Magazine, American Record Guide and Living on the Newport classics, cRi and high point labels. the albany Symphony, among others. presently, he is has commissioned new works from many well Music Journal. They have also released a cD on high Ms. Swinchoski performs on a powell flute with a associate artist with the all Seasons chamber known composers including Seymour barab, James point Records—Palisades Virtuosi in Recital, which Drelinger headjoint. players, and is the pianist of the orpheus Men’s chwalyk, Dan cooper, gary eskow, eric ewazen, includes music of ernest bloch, phillipe gaubert, chorus. For more than 20 years, Mr. Levy was Randall Faust, Ryan Francis, carlos Franzetti, David Debussy, Scriabin, Saint-Saens and Franz Danzi. Donald Mokrynski, clarinetist, is a native to associated with the Manchester (Vermont) Music gilbert, aaron grad, Matt halper, amanda harberg, www.palisadesvirtuosi.org metropolitan New york and has played with many of Festival; while living in Vermont, he was Music Ting ho, Dick hyman, Sunbin kim, John Lampkin, the area’s finest ensembles. Most recently Don was Director & conductor of the opera Theatre in Richard Lane, Frank ezra Levy, Robert Manno, ben Margaret Swinchoski, flutist, began her musical principal clarinetist with the national tour of Phantom Weston, and impresario of the “Third Saturday” Model, paul Moravec, caroline Newman, Stephen studies at the age of nine in Vermont. a champion of of the Opera and with The Music of Andrew Lloyd chamber music series at the historic equinox hotel. perillo, David Sampson, brian Schober, godfrey new music she has been involved in commissioning Webber starring Michael crawford. Mr. Mokrynski Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is Schroth, paul Mack Somers, allen Shawn, Joseph works since 1978. She graduated with degrees has also performed with the New Jersey Symphony, currently an instructor at Montclair State university Turrin, Melinda Wagner, gwyneth Walker, Raymond and high honors both in performing arts and Music the New haven Symphony, Solisti New york, and Wojcik and Donald Reid Womack. in addition, they education from Johnson State college, Johnson, orchestra New england, as well as the Jersey Lyric, have commissioned arrangements or transcriptions Vermont. She received her Master of arts degree New haven and connecticut grand opera companies. of existing works from adrienne albert, Matthew from aaron copland School of Music at Queens an avid chamber musician, Don has performed with baier, Michael colina, Lee hoiby, alex Shapiro as college. Ms. Swinchoski was a featured soloist at members of the Metropolitan opera orchestra. well as having been gifted with works by Sergio the National Flute association convention in the graduating with honors from the eastman School of garcia-Marruz, Ting ho, Ron Levy, David Messer, World premiere of Leo kraft’s From The Hudson Music and completing a master’s degree from the Fred Messner, paul Somers & Raymond Wojcik. in Valley, premiered Richard Lane’s Flute concerto with Juilliard School, Don has also attended the music 2012 the ensemble will celebrate the premiere of the adelphi chamber orchestra and has appeared festivals of aspen, Waterloo and heidelberg the 50th work (from the 50th state!) that they have as a concerto soloist with many other orchestras. and has recorded for koch international, added to the repetoire for flute, clarinet & piano. They She was presented in her debut recital by artists Soundstream, elektra and high point records. have appeared regularly at many important venues international at carnegie’s Weill Recital hall. She Mr. Mokrynski performs on a buffet R-13 clarinet. throughout the Northeast and canada, including The has served as principal flutist with the Westchester National Flute association, Lincoln center Library, and harrisburg Symphony orchestras, and travels to and the Ridgewood conservatory. a two-term Romeo & Juliet, Fraulien Schneider in Cabaret, and Summit, klavier, cala, albany, MSR classics, and the musical material consists of short melodic and president of the professional Music Teachers’ guild recently eunice Miller in kander and ebb’s 70, Girls, crystal record labels. a recipient of commissions rhythmic motifs that develop into larger themes and of New Jersey, he is a contributing editor to biM 70. Television appearances include Boomerang, The from the New york philharmonic, the Lincoln center sections. i have often thought that the true power Music publications, Switzerland. Mr. Levy made his Mothers in-Law; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; chamber Music Society, carnegie hall, canadian of using short motifs and fragments in musical debut at the academy of the arts and the university frequent american Variety shows such as the Merv brass, Live from Lincoln center and evelyn glennie, compositions is to give the music a sense of ever in oahu, hawaii. Recordings by Mr. Levy are Griffin, Jack Paar, Today Show, Tonight Show and, his works have been championed by noted musicians expanding possibilities and potential for organic available on the albany, centaur, eroica, koch The Best of Both Worlds (her one Special) on bbc and ensembles. his music is published by Theodore growth. There is also the beauty of economy in such international, MMF and high point labels. on his and iTV. a frequent guest and side-kick for Liberace presser, boosey and hawkes, edition peters, edition a compositional approach as these small entities recordings, Mr. Levy performs on a yamaha c7 piano. and Victor borge, her one woman show Mostly Marni biM, c. alan publications, Warner brothers and hal develop and grow into larger sections. For me, this Nixon (with Donovan Diez) began its national tour at Leonard. Mr. Turrin has received awards and grants is what musical form is all about; the inner workings Marni Nixon’s Feinstein’s Supper club in april 2011. She has been from the National endowment on the arts, National of a composition, how one note leads to the next on-going career includes seen in many “the-making-of” documentaries. Film band association Revelli composition award, note in an ever-expanding cascade of sound and performances with opera roles include aunt alice in I Think I Do; and Sister aScap, american Music center, united Nations, rhythm. —Joseph Turrin companies, chamber Sophia in The Sound of Music. a much sought after New Jersey State council on the arts and Meet the ensembles and symphony judge of Metropolitan opera auditions and the composer. in 2006 he received an honorary degree Melinda Wagner (b.1957) received graduate orchestras, as an oratorio National association of Teachers and Singing, among from the eastman School of Music and the university degrees in Music composition from the university soloist and grammy nominated recordings in both many others, Miss Nixon presents Master classes of Rochester. Mr. Turrin studied composition at the of chicago and the university of pennsylvania. popular and classical categories (boulez, Villa- in colleges and universities and teaches privately eastman and the Manhattan School of Music and Wagner’s Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion, Lobos, ives, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, copland) with throughout the u.S. Miss Nixon is the singing voice is currently on the composition faculty at the hartt commissioned by paul Lustig Dunkel and the conductors Wallenstein, previn, Mehta, Stravinksy, of Deborah kerr, Natalie Wood and audrey hepburn School and Montclair State university. Westchester philharmonic, was awarded the 1999 Stokowski and bernstein,