A piano salute to women composers, dedicated to Joan Tower, who originally founded the Greenwich House Series of New Music in the 1960s, raising the funds herself to support guest artists and composers.
Our team of fabulous pianists perform music by women associated with the Village, including works by Meredith Monk, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Kitty Brazelton, Julia Wolfe, Missy Mazzoli, Soonim Kim, Jessie Montgomery and of course Tower herself. Canadian pianist Joan Forsyth, Piano Chair at the neighboring East Village Third Street Music School, will perform โVast Antique Cubesโ and โThrobbing Stillโ from Towerโs suite, โNo Longer Very Clearโ.
The dynamic Duo Mundi, George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti play Meredith Monkโs minimalist โEllis Islandโ and Trip guest composer Errollyn Wallenโs Girl in my Alphabet. Belize-born Wallen is one of Britainโs most acclaimed and performed contemporary composers, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020 for her services to music. Based on Jobimโs โThe Girl from Ipanema,โ Wallenโs blockbuster duo, โThe Girl in my Alphabetโ, delivers her enormous range of diverse references, her gift for melody and danceable rhythms.
Julia Wolfe was living downtown in the shadow of the World Trade Center on Sept 11 2001. โCompassionโ is her stark and powerful response to the events of that day.
Soomin Kim received three Morton Gould Young Composer awardsย from the ASCAP foundation. She โloves to explore intimacy and familiarity through her musicโ.
Performers
Composers
- Missy Mazzoli
- Julia Wolfe
- Meredith Monk
- Errollyn Wallen
- Soomin Kim
- Kitty Brazelton
- Faye Ellen Silverman
- Julia Wolfe
- Margaret Bonds
