2011-2012 Tenth Anniversary Season

UPCOMING

Wild West on Tour

March 8th: Recording of works by Eric Moe, Merrimack College
March 9th: Boston Performance
March 12th, 13th: Residency at Chapman University
March 13th: Performance at Chapman University
March 14th: Performance at Neighborhood Church, Pasadena
March 16th, 17th: Residency at University of Pittsburgh
March 17th: Performance at Music on the Edge, Pittsburgh 
March 19th: Recording of works by Eric Moe at Merrimack College 

Wild West Recording and Tour Repertoire:

Frozen Hours Melt Melodiously Into the Past (2009) by Eric Moe
Meanwhile Back on the Ranch (2011) by Eric Moe 
riprap by Eric Moe
Mud Wrestling at the OK Corral by Eric Moe
Preamble and Dreamsong by Eric Moe
My LIfe on the Plains by Lee Hyla
Court Studies by Thomas Ades
Night Scenes by Donald Crockett
Danger Garden by Curtis Hughes 

RECENT EVENTS

Free For All Grantee Performance
January 24th, 7pm at Little Kresge Theatre, MIT 

Thread and Fray by Sarah Snider
Nobody Move by Randy Woolf

Performed by Kate Vincent, Rane Moore, Jeffrey Means and Sarah Bob

Chamber Music America Conference
January 14th, Times Square, New York City

Kate Vincent - Director of Firebird Ensemble was recently featured at the Chamber Music America conference as a guest speaker presenting a session on residency projects with Leonard Matczynski from the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. In October Firebird Ensemble was presented with the national 2011 CMAcclaim award by Margaret Lioi (Executive Director of Chamber Music America) in recognition for its exceptional contribution to the field of chamber music in the region. 

FALL CONCERTS

Season Opener - Mythic Beasts

MUSIC OF MYTH AND IMAGINATION

OCTOBER 15th, 8pm at Pickman Auditorium, Longy School of Music

Avalerion [2011] by Eric GUINIVAN WORLD PREMIERE/Firebird Commission*
The Companion Guide to Rome for string trio [2010] by Andrew NORMAN
DRAGON for three percussionists [1995] by John ORFE 
Mie: Caprice for 8 musicians [2008] by Eric GUINIVAN
Seven Album Leaves [2011] by John McDonald 

*AVALERION was commissioned for Firebird Ensemble by Ruth Zachary in memory of her husband Norman Zachary 

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Eric Guinivan's participation in this project was made possible by support from Meet The Composers' MetLife Creative Connections progam. 

ASSOCIATED EVENTS: (sponsored by Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program)

6pm -10pm OCTOBER 9th: Open rehearsal by Firebird Ensemble and Eric Guinivan.
Venue: First Church 66 Marlborough Street, Boston
Works featured: Mie and Avalerion by Eric Guinivan 

6pm OCTOBER 15th: Open rehearsal by Firebird Ensemble and Eric Guinivan
Venue: Edward M. Pickman Auditorium, Longy School of Music, One Follen Street, Cambridge 

OCTOBER 15th: Concert talk by Eric Guinivan - Please come and hear composer and percussionist Eric Guinivan talk about the origin of AVALERION - a new work commissioned by Firebird Ensemble

Live Streaming of performance 

Tenth Anniversary Gala Benefit Concert

OCTOBER 30th, 6pm at Pickman Auditorium, Longy School of Music

Join us for a special evening of celebration, festivities, fabulous music, silent auction, delicious appetizers and a selection of wines. Specialty items provided by Dave's Fresh Pasta, Formaggio Kitchen, Taza Chocolate and Westport Rivers Vineyard! A featured event at the Gala will be the presentation of the national CMAcclaim award to Firebird Ensemble by Margaret Lioi - Chamber Music America (CEO).

Special musical guests include:

Janna Baty - Mezzo Soprano (Yale School of Music)
Donald Crockett - Composer (University of Southern California) 
John Harbison - Composer (MIT)
Margaret Lioi (CEO - Chamber Music America)
The MIT Jazz choir 

Don't Tease Me by John Harbison
Dance Away My Evening Blues by MB Harbison/John Harbison
Raw Honey (Vs. 1: J. Harbison, Vs. 2-4: Chelsi Green
nobody move by Randall Woolf
Night Scenes by Donald Crockett
Ashmont Train by Jonathan Holland
Father Robbie by Aaron Trant
Song 4 by Aaron Trant
"What a Terrible Movie" from Trouble in Tahiti by Bernstein

A Christmas Carol by Jon Deak

DECEMBER 2nd, 7pm at Faneuil Hall, Boston
DECEMBER 5th, matinee (schools only) at The Strand Theatre, Dorcester
DECEMBER 5th, 6pm at The Strand Theatre, Dorcester

The Passion of Scrooge [1997] for solo baritone and ten instruments by Jon Deak
A Not so Traditional Christmas Medley by Cameron Wilson 
Hello Santa by David Hamilton 

The free-spirited Firebird Ensemble celebrates the holidays with its dramatic presentation of The Passion of the Scrooge, an entertaining musical setting of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol. This vibrant and amusing work brings Dickens’ characters to life in a suspenseful and exciting journey from past to future. Featuring the highly acclaimed baritone Aaron Engebreth as narrator, the Firebird Ensemble captures the spirit of the season while introducing classical music and a classic novel to audiences of all ages. 

Support for this project has been generously provided by the Free For All Concert Fund