Composers Collaborative Inc. promotes new music as an integral part.....

"Stirring Composers, Musicians and Theater Artists Into a Stew" The NY Times

Mission Statement:

ComposersCollaborative Inc. promotes new music as an integral part of our lives and culture. We help creative and performing artists connect with audiences by encouraging big ideas, fueling vital collaborations, and producing innovative multidisciplinary performances.

Note:
CCI activities made possible with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts, a state agency; the Cultural Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; grants from the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Sparkplug Foundation and JPMorganChase Regrant Program for Small Ensembles managed by Meet The Composer; and generous individual contributions.

BOARD of DIRECTORS
Bruce Posner, President
Jed Distler, artistic director
Celia Cooke, producing director
Katrina Jeffries

ADVISORY BOARD
Ellen Kaye
Tim Ney
Gordon Reynolds
Cia Toscanini
Peter Wyer
Marvin Pasternak, CPA

CCI PEOPLE
Ck Kuebel, web designer/art director
Petra Farinha, web administrator
Paula Court, photographer
David Merrill, audio engineer
Pamela Maurath, bookkeeper
Michael Cooke, web administrator

SERIAL UNDERGROUND 2009-2010 CALENDAR
February 8
Neil Rolnick,installment #2- this time with a large ensemble (electronic music).
A newer monologue written and performed by Ed Schmidt (theater).
CYGNUS plays New Music for Old Instruments with Emi Ferguson, Barowue flute, Lawrence Pangaro gamba, and William Anderson guitar & mandolin - works by David Loeb, Jonathan Dawe, Milton Babbitt, and William Anderson.
MOMENTA QUARTET plays Arthur Kampela's String Quartet (chamber danger).
March 8
Another monologue written and performed by Ed Schmidt (theater)
QUATTRO MANI play Celestial Mechanics by George Crumb (piano)
CYGNUS presents Rapproachment: Urban Hip Hop & the Classical Scene with Thelonius Griffin rapper, baritone. Liana Stillman soprano, Nehemiah Luckette baritone and William Anderson guitar.
April 12
Saxophonist and composer Demetrius Spaneas presents Metanoia: A Monologue on Life, Loss and Rebirth. Featuring a collection of compositions and improvisations ranging from Stockhausen to A.C. Jobim , including the performance of Spaneas' ... no longer to his father ....
May 10
Rachelle Garniez -the diva with a difference ... and an accordion
Giancarlo Vulcano’s Monologues for Minerals, a collaborative work with artist Julien Bismuth, first installment (music,theater).
Deborah Atherton - annual anti-Mother's Day tale (installment #2)
Ed Schmidt's residency, last call (theater).
June 14
MOMENTA QUARTET plays Julian Carrillo and Carl Maguire quartets (chamber danger).
Giancarlo Vulcano’s Monologues for Minerals, a collaborative work with artist Julien Bismuth, second installment (music, theater).
CYGNUS guitarists present Six Strings to the Wind - new guitar music by David Lang, Scott Johnson, Jo Kondo, Terrence McMannus, Lois V Vierk and Christian Wolff
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