MANNES TRIO TO PRESENT NEW MUSIC FROM:
"MUSIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION"
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002
(New York, NY - February 22, 2002) The Mannes College of Music ensemble-in-residence,
The Mannes Trio, will perform at the Mannes Concert Hall on Thursday,
March 21, 2002 at 8pm. The Trio will present new music from "Music Under
Construction" (a composers collective). The Trio members include
Hiroko Yajima, violin; Wilhelmina Smith, violoncello; and Thomas
Sauer, piano. For further information on this free event, call the Mannes
Concert Information line at 212/496-8524. Mannes College of Music, a division
of New School University, is located at 150 West 85th Street (between Amsterdam
and Columbus Avenues) in NYC. (Take the #1 subway to 86th Street.)
The program for the March 21 performance will include: Wendy Griffiths
"Minima, Memory and Mirage" (2001); Faye-Ellen Silvermans "Reconstructed
Music" (2002); David Tcimpidis "Drift" (2001); and Beethovens
Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke").
"Music Under Construction" is an organization dedicated to fostering the support and development of new and experimental music and dance. For more information on "Music Under Construction," go to www.theconstructioncompany.org.
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