Season 7: Sense sational

Bon Appétit!

Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 3pm

Tenri Institute

43 W. 13th Street, NYC

$100+ donation

(Tax-deductible)

Join us for a mouthwatering benefit concert featuring music inspired by food! Bon Appétit! by American composer Lee Hoiby celebrates Julia Child's famous chocolate cake recipe sung (and baked on stage) by mezzo-soprano Samantha Malk with woodwind quintet and piano accompaniment. This concert will satiate the palate with other hors d'oeuvres and musical treats, such as György Ligeti's 6 Bagatelles. (Bagatelles are a French dessert...) Light appetizers, desserts and an open bar will be served during the performance. All of the proceeds from this high calorie event will support our 2017-18 concerts and educational programs.

Program

Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles

Harbison: Woodwind Quintet (selections)

Wilson: Sonatina Allegro

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arr. Exponential Ensemble)

Hoiby: Bon Appétit!

Samantha Malk, mezzo-soprano

Anna Urrey, flute & piccolo

Kemp Jernigan, oboe

Pascal Archer, clarinet

Allison Nicotera, bassoon

Bert Hill, horn

Javor Bracic, piano

A Musical Touch

Sunday, December 3, 2017 - 4:30pm

Wolfensohn Hall

Institute for Advanced Studies Princeton, NJ

Sunday, March 4, 2018 - 5pm

National Opera Center, NYC

While you can't actually touch it, music can sound as though it might be smooth, prickly, abrasive, fluffy... This concert will explore different musical textures with works for woodwinds and piano by Connesson, Carter, Debussy, Damase and Scott Wheeler.

Sound Sational

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 7pm

National Opera Center, NYC

This concert will stimulate your ears with the contrasting timbres of the woodwind quintet from the brilliant flute, velvety oboe, mellow clarinet, dark bassoon and metallic horn. Sound Sational features works for woodwind quintet by American composers Samuel Barber, Daniel Ott and John Harbison. 

A Musical Canvas

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 7pm

Fordham Composers Program

Fordham University

Lincoln Center campus

The Season 7 finale will feature brand new works written for the Exponential Ensemble by student composers from Fordham University, as part of the Fordham Composers program led by Dr. Daniel Ott and the Exponential Ensemble. Each pieces on this program will be inspired by visual art made by Fordham University's art students.  

Logo: Haisam Hussein