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Concord Chamber Music Society’s Thomas Martin
The musicians of the Concord Chamber Music Society are acclaimed chamber ensembles and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the clarinetist, Thomas Martin, is the BSO’s Associate Principal Clarinetist. Today we thought it would be fun for you to get to know Thomas Martin! Thomas Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist…
Free Concord Chamber Music Track
Our good friends at Allegro Classical have released a FREE Summer Sampler at Amazon.com and eMusic. This is good news for Reference Recordings fans as the first track features the third movement of Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul,” “Celebraçion de Vida.” Take a listen to a sample of “Celebraçion de Vida” and head on over to Amazon.com or eMusic.com to get some free downloads courtesy of Allegro Classical!
Concord Chamber Music Society Recap
We’ve been posting about this release for quite some time (what can we say, we get excited about an album with TWO world premiere recordings), so we wanted to give a recap today in case you missed any of these previous posts! Album information and Samples of ALL the tracks! Pictures from the Recording Session Composer Lukas Foss Chris Brubeck’s “Time for Three” Michael Gandolfi talks about his work “Line Drawings” A post on the…
Concord Chamber Music Pictures
Here are some fun pictures the Concord Chamber Music Society took during the recording process! Keith O. Johnson Michael Gandolfi Recording Necessities The Hall CCMS Founder Wendy Putnam Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous.…
RR Premieres New Music
The Concord Chamber Music Society Premieres New Recordings Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous. Rounding out the program, the Lukas Foss duo for violin and piano, Central Park Reel, hints cheerfully at a kind…
Come See Reference Recordings at T.H.E. Show
Reference Recordings will be at The Home Entertainment Show (T.H.E.) this weekend (6/3-5) in the Marketplace/Catalina Ballroom! Make sure to stop by the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society Hospitality room on the 2nd floor beforehand and get a $5.00 off coupon available for any purchases at the RR booth! Exclusive: At T.H.E Show, RR will be selling the not-quite-released album from The Concord Chamber Music Society, and for the first time in more…
Introducing Lukas Foss
We are very excited about the world premiere recordings that are appearing on our upcoming Concord Chamber Music Society release, but there is another modern composer with a work on the album as well, and we wanted to introduce him today. Lukas FossFrom The Living Composers Project: Lukas Foss (b. August 15, 1922, Berlin – d. February 1, 2009, New York City, New York). German-born American composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and…
Friday’s Look to the Future
It’s becoming a theme for us to preview upcoming releases on Friday, and we aren’t stopping this week. The next Reference Recordings release will feature the Concord Chamber Music Society and two World Premiere Recordings from Michael Gandolfi and Chris Brubeck. You can listen to a preview of the Chris Brubeck piece on the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Website. To get a sense of the “style” of Chris Brubeck, here is a fun video of…
Michael Gandolfi talks about “Line Drawings”
One of the next big recording projects that Reference Recordings will be working on will feature the Concord Chamber Players. The album will feature a world-premeire recording of Grammy-nominated composer Michael Gandolfi’s piece “Line Drawings.” In an article in the Concord Journal, Michael Gandolfi speaks with area high school students about the piece. Here are some excerpts from the presentation: From the Concord JournalCCHS students treated to chamber music lecture, performanceBy Patrick Ball “… Using…
About the Concord Chamber Music Society
Today we thought we would share some more information on the Concord Chamber Music Society and the Concord Chamber Players which we will be doing a recording project with soon. The Concord Chamber Music Society, Inc. (“CCMS”) was founded by Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Wendy Putnam in January of 2000. CCMS presents a series of five chamber music concerts per year in Concord, MA and administers a diversified educational outreach program. The concerts and educational…
New Recording Project – Chris Brubeck
Yesterday we told you about our upcoming recording project with the Concord Chamber Music Society, and let you know that we will be doing a world premiere recording of Chris Brubeck’s piece Danza del Soul. So today we thought we would tell you a little more about the composer! Chris Brubeck: Christ Brubeck continues to distinguish himself as an innovative performer and composer. During the 70’s he began touring and recording with his father, Dave…
New Recording Project Announcement!
We are excited to announce that Reference Recordings will be doing a recording project with the Concord Chamber Players this September! This exciting project will include TWO World Premieres – “Danza del Soul” by Christopher Brubeck, and “Line Drawings” by Michael Gandolfi. Also on the project will be Lukas Foss’ “Central Park Reel.” These exciting modern pieces will be recorded in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mechanics Hall is an internationally acclaimed hall well known…