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'Intending to make music
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“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.” (Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine)
Gene Pritsker Composer
Recent & Upcoming Performances:
2020
Feb.
2/3
Performance of ‘Pack’ for percussion quartet as part of Composers Concordance, William Paterson University & Composers Guild of New Jersey present: 'Backpack Concert'. Performed by the NJ Perc. Quartet at William Paterson University
2/9
Carlton Holmes performs ‘Prelude & Fugue #2’ as part of a Yamaha sponsored concert at Goddard Riverside - Bernie Wohl Center.
2/20
Thomas Piercy and Takahashi Yumi perform 'Sakura Fragment’ at HitotSugicho Club in Tokyo Japan as part of ‘Clarinet from New York Concert’
2/21
Joshua Thomas performs 'Gladiator' for alto sax and Samplestra at Connecticut College Evans Hall as part of the faculty showcase recital
2/25
Dan Auerbach and Jai Jeffryes perform ‘Suite #1’ as part of the Composers Now at the College of Staten Island
2/27
Carl Patrick Bolleia performs 'The Right Hand Does Not Know What the Left Hand is Doing’ at William Paterson University
2/29
Premiere of 'Drama' for viola and piano as part of Composers Concordance 'Wingjammwe' concert at Spectrum in Brooklyn, NYC.
March
3/3
‘Away’ for piano and string quintet performed at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium as part of
Port of Entry: New York by pianist Ruoting Li & the CompCord String Quintet.
3/6
The release of the album 'Operatic Electric' on Composers Concordance Records. Music for countertenor and electronics.
3/7
Sound Liberation performs at Pianos.
Premieres of 'Source' and 'May The Great Ark Save The Drones' as well as older compositions including: 'Strive', 'Money', 'What We Got Here Now'.
3/9
Carl Patrick Bolleia performs 'The Right Hand Does Not Know What the Left Hand is Doing’ at William Paterson University
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Sound Liberation performs as part of Composers Concordance Eclectic Bands concert at Settepani
Part of the Ode to Harlem Series
TO BE RESCHEDULED
'TINPANAPNIT' premiered as part of Composers Concordance 'Tin Pan Allegiances' concert at National Opera Center - Domingo Hall
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Composers Concordance presents the 'So Wrong Its Right trombone Quartet in a concert called 'Words & Music' Premiere of Gene’s 'The Living Unutterable’ at Jim Kempner’s Gallery.
May
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Premieres of an electronic piece as part of Composers Concordance 9th Annual CompCord Festival: 'Comp | Lit Festival'
Fortune Favors the Rave
at Bar Thalia, Symphony Space
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Premieres of 'Humbug-Jitterbug' for big band as part of Composers Concordance 9th Annual CompCord Festival: 'Comp | Lit Festival'
Humbug-Jitterbug
performed by The CompCord Big band at Caveat.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Premiere of 'WE' for chamber ensemble as part of the Queens New Music Festival. Performed by the CompCord Ensemble at The Secret Theater
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Premieres of the sextet 'Now Is the Winter of Our Discoteque' as part of Composers Concordance 9th Annual CompCord Festival: 'Comp | Lit Festival'
Now Is the Winter of Our Discoteque
by the CompCord Ensemble at Michiko Studios NYC.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Performance at Westminster college as part of 'Who's Afraid Of New Music' Marathon concert.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Premieres of a chamber piece as part of Composers Concordance 9th Annual CompCord Festival: 'Comp | Lit Festival'
O Haiku My Haiku
venue TBA
TO BE RESCHEDULED
'Early Retirement' a silent film score performed a part of Sound of Silent Film Festival 2020 presented by Access Contemporary Music
at Davis Theater in Chicago.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Pianists Tania Stavreva performs ‘Kandinsky's Improvisations' at Pierre’s Fine Pianos in Los Angeles, CA.
The premiere of 'Pandemic Dance #11' the song 'Mother Earth Doesn't Wear Lipstick' and performance of 'Canon #1' from 2 'Cannons for 2 electric guitars. As part of the Composers Concordance Social Bubble Salon concert at Kostabi Wolrd.
June
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New quartet performed as part of Composers Concordance 'Generations X' concert, feat. the Unheard-of Ensemble.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
'Drummer Dances' performed by The Licorice Clarinet Quartet as part of Composers Concordance and Project 142 'Clarinet Motion' concert at The DiMenna Center, Benzaquen Hall
TO BE RESCHEDULED
New composition performed as part of Composers Concordance 'Conga Mania' concert
TO BE RESCHEDULED
The premiere of a new chamber piece as part of Composers Concordance & Howland Cultural Center presents the CompCord Ensemble in Beacon NY.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Premiere of a piece for trumpet and string quartet as part of Composers Concordance & Entertaining Science concert with Franz Hackl and Quartet MetaData.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
CompCord Ensemble performs at OH PENNY PICTURES fundraiser for the documentary series Pillars of Madness: A History of American Psychiatry. Gene will have a premiere of a new song based on poetry of Erik T. Johnson. At St. Marks Church on The Bowery
TO BE RESCHEDULED
Sound Liberation performs at The Bitter End.
6/27
''Early Retirement for chamber ensemble performed to the silent movie of the same name as part of Sound of Silent Film Festival presented by Access Contemporary Music. This is an online event.
6/28
The premiere of 'Pandemic Dance #12' for 2 guitars the song 'The Music Between Us' for baritone and elc. guitar and the solo classical guitar piece 'Love Through Chants A Thousand-mouths Wide' as part of Composers Concordance Social Bubble Salon concert #2 at Kostabi Wolrd.
July
7/3
The album 'Maggots & other chamber music fo Gene Pritsker' is release on Composers Concordance Records, distributed by Naxos
7/18
The premiere of 'Pandemic Trio #4' for guitar, piano and percussion, and 'Pandemic Dance #5' for congas and electric guitar as part of Composers Concordance Social Bubble Salon concert #3 at Kostabi Wolrd.
7/18
Music performed as part of the online Spread Spectrum Festival
7/28
'Tyranny of Choice' for solo clarinet recorded by Thomas Piercy as part of Tokyo to New York’s “MOMENTS IN THIS TIME” which will be broadcast at a later date
7/30
Performance of 'Pandemic Dance #11’ with Mark Kostabi as part of 'Circles of Support’ Variety show on a private Zoom link.
7/31
William Schimmel premieres 'The Year Of Goodbye' for solo accordion as part of the American Accordionists' master class & concert series at Tenri in NYC.
7/31
Gene's music is featured on Composers Toolbox
Aug.
8/4
The premiere of 'Pandemic Dance #17' with Kathleen Supove and 'The Day Saturn Lost its Rings' for narrator and 4 pianists on one piano on the poetry of Robert C. Ford as part of Social Bubble Salon concert # 4 'Piano Theme' at Kostabi World.
8/6
Premiering 'Casey Jones ReMix' as part of The Days Between - commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of Jerry Garcia brought to you by "Home (Away)
8/8
The premiere of 'Silence Is Still Violence’ for large ensemble at the 2020 Outreach Music Festival
8/19
The premiere of 'Bitcoin Without A Blockchain' for baritone, clarinet, and piano on the poetry of Robert C. Ford as part of Social Bubble Salon concert # 5 'Wall Street' at 20 Pine Street Roof.
8/30
Premieres of a chamber piece as part of Composers Concordance 9th Annual CompCord Festival: 'Comp | Lit Festival'
11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon
at DROM NYC.
Sept.
9/5
Sound Liberation performs at the Delancey for Gene’s Birthday Concert
Oct.
10/17
Pianists Tania Stavreva performs ‘Kandinsky's Improvisations' at the National Opera Center in NYC
10/22
Performing with VKKOrchester in Munich, Germany as part of the Impuls Festival - Gene's Compositions include the premiere of 'Beethoven’s Erotic Eulogy'
10/24
Performing with VKKOrchester in Berlin, Germany as part of the Impuls Festival -
Gene's Compositions include the premiere of 'Beethoven’s Erotic Eulogy'
Nov.
11/3
Warren Nicholson performs ‘Snyeg’’ for solo guitar at Kings Chapel 'Tuesday Recitals’ in Boston M.A
About
Composer Gene Pritsker has written over seven hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
My music is extremely eclectic, from orchestral music to chamber music to hip-hop, rock, opera, electronic to incorporating my studies of various world cultures. Music has no bounds - I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is “ending the segregation of sound vibration”
Gene is also a guitarist/rapper/Di.J./ and producer and incorporates each of these musical attributes to create music that is “not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity."
- New York Newsday.
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