Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc.

June 22 2008
Concert: 6 pm

Precious Metals
A Russian Poetry & Music Event

FREE - JCC Member
$5 - non-member

The Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall
1466 Manor Road, Staten Island, NY

Tamara Keshecki, flute
Clarice Jensen, cello
Maria Garcia, piano

Trio Pathétique by Mikhail Glinka
Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 by Pytor Tchaikovsky
Flute Sonata (mvt I) by Sergei Prokofiev
Pictures at an Exhibition by Petrovich Mussorgsky
Cello Sonata Op. 40 (mvt II) by Dmitri Shostakovich
Scherzetto by César Cui

In addition, Russia's Golden and Silver Ages of poetry will be highlighted with works of poetry and prose including Courage and Requiem by Anna Akhmatova; select Zhivago Poems from the novel Doctor Zhivago written by Boris Pasternak and works by Vladimir Mayakovsky and the Father of Russian literature Alexander Pushkin – selected by literary curator Nancy Sima.

The event will be moderated by MCCE’s Artistic Director Tamara Keshecki and members of the audience will be invited to participate in the poetry readings.

JCC Members Free/Non-Members $5

This event is appearing under the auspices of Center Without Walls (CWW), sponsored by UJA-Federation of New York and the Joan & Alan Bernikow Jewish Community Center.

Apr. 26 2008
Pre-Concert Chat:
7 pm
Concert: 8 pm

Mick Rossi

7:00pm pre-concert chat with composer Mick Rossi: "Innovation & Composition"

8:00pm concert:
Triptych by Mick Rossi *
Contuse by Johnnie Valentino
Concerto in C major for two flutes & piano by Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G major for two flutes & piano by Domenico Cimarosa

Ann Cecil-Sterman, flute
Tamara Keshecki, flute & alto flute
Clarice Jensen, cello
TBA, piano

* world premiere commissioned by MCCE

Mar. 15 2008
Panel Talk: 7 pm
Concert: 8 pm

Beyond the Muse

7pm Pre-Concert Panel Talk: "Beyond the Muse"
8pm Concert: Celebrate Women's History month with soprano Elizabeth McCullough

Elizabeth McCullough, soprano
Jacqueline Parrott, piano
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Barry Nudelman, clarinet
Sanchie Bobrow, violin

Four mélodies from Clairières dans le ciel by Lili Boulanger

Nocturne for violin and piano by Lili Boulanger

Am Strande by Clara Schumann

Warum willst du and're fragen Op.12 (no.11) by Clara Schumann

Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen Op. 12 (no. 2) by Clara Schumann

Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12 (No. 4) by Clara Schumann

Pièce en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel

Soft by Mick Rossi (with text by Tim McLafferty)

Temple Bell by Mick Rossi (with text by Tim McLafferty)

As It Fell Upon A Day by Aaron Copland

The Browning Songs, Op 44 by Amy Marcy Beach

Jan. 26 2008
Starts: 8 pm

Anti-Matter!

MCCE Presents funk improv group Anti-Matter!

Nov. 3 2007
Starts: 8 pm

Opening Day...

Fantasia concertante for flute, celle & piano by Carl Czerny
Think Tank by Mick Rossi
Three Watercolors by Philip Gaubert
Flute Sonata in D Major by Johann Hummel

Tamara Keshecki, flute
Clarice Jensen, cello
Wen-Yi Lo, piano

Tickets

Evening Concerts

At the door: $12 Museum Members/ $15 non-members

Student Discount

All students under 22 with ID $5

Children Concert's

Free Admission

To Purchase Tickets

Call (718) 907-3488

MCCE's concert series and programs are supported in part by public funds from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and through grants received from Con Edison and Independence Community Foundation as well as the Staten Island Museum and the Dorothy Delsun Kuhn Music Institute of the Staten Island Jewish Community Center. Funded in part through Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.