2022
Jan.
1/9
Low Key Chamber Concert #10 at SKY VAULT - featuring Keve Wilson - oboe & Rachel Handman - violin. Gene will have a premiere of a new duo.
1/15
Premiere of a composition for Composers Concordance 'Charts & Graphics' concert at Michiko Studios NYC
1/21
Music performed as part of Composers Concordance & Galindo Musix presents
'Chamber vs. the 1s & 2s'
Feat. Gilbert H. Galindo & Gene Pritsker - Composers/DJ’'s. Gilbert's Birthday concert celebration
1/23
Premiere of 'In Time' for rapper, soprano and string quartet as part of Composers Concordance 'Composer + String Quartet' concert at DROM NYC
1/29
Compositions performed as part of Sean Satin & Friends concert at the Greenwich House. Including 'Ghost Poems', 'Before You Walk into the Wrong Room' and 'Infinite Vacuum'.
1/31
Release of the song 'B-Boy' by Sound Liberation feat. D. Bankx.
Feb.
2/4
Release of the Album 'Stray in Place Song Cycle' 6 eclectic songs on poetry of Erik T. Johnson on Composers Concordance Records
2/11
Sound Liberation performs a record release show at Chelsea Table + Stage for 'Let's Save The World Suite'
2/11
The release of the song 'Our Love's Birthday' featuring singer Mafalda Minnozzi and guitarist Paul Ricci.
2/19
Premiere of 'Blank’ for bass flute, bass trombone and double bass as part of Composers Concordance 'Bass-ics' concert at Greenwich House NYC. Also an arrangement I did of Mark Kostabi's '2000 Kites' for the same ensemble.
2/20
Low Key Chamber Concert #11 - duo with Larry Goldman on double bass at the Sky Vault, NYC
2/27
'Gene & The Brass' at Chelsea Table + Stage. With B3+ and other great brass players performing Gene's brass music. Including the premiere of 'Joyous In A Surfeit Of Distraction'.
March
3/3
Sound Liberation performs as part of Composers Concordance 'Eclectic Bands' event at Birdland premiere Gene's 'The Sadness Expensive Prayer'
3/20
Premiere of "Light, Night and the Replaceables" as part o Composers Concordance 'The Art of The At Song' concert a St. Marks Church
3/25
First single Released of the Cloud Atlas Symphony performed by the MDR Symphony orchestra Kristjan Jarvi conductor on NEscapes Records
3/26
Low Key Chamber Concert #12 - duo with John Clark - horn, at the Sky Vault, NYC
April
4/1
Release of the Album 'Duets For The End Of The World' a duo recording with alto saxophonist Todd Rewoltd and GP on Composers Concordance Records
4/2
'Conscious Fluids' performed by The CompCord Ensemble as part of 'NYsoundCircuit Meets Composers Concordance' concert at Holy Apostles Church
4/8
Dizzy & Gene Pritsker - perform from their ‘songs Eclectic’ album at The Delancey. Gene’s songs include: 'Slippery Slope', 'Funeral Blues', and the premiere of 'Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday' s'
4/10
Low Key Chamber Concert #13 - ‘My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Trio’ with
Jane Getter and Bruce Arnold, at the Sky Vault, NYC
4/15
The CompCord Jazz Ensemble perfomrs as part of Harlem Jazz Boxx Creative Music Series at Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church, Gene willl premiere 'Infinity Of The Soul' and 'The Sauce'
4/21
'Migration Song’ performed by the St. Cloud State University Contemporary Music Ensemble in St. Cloud, MN
4/22
Kai Schumacher and the Signum Saxophone Quartet perform ‘Goldberg Blues Variation' as part of KAI & FRIENDS VOL. 5 'Goldberg Nights’ at Mercator Hall Philharmonic in Duisburg, Germany
4/23
Low Key Chamber Concert #14 - duo with composer/violinist David Soldier at the Sky Vault, NYC
4/24
Composers Concordance presents the new group 'In4Mation' with Jane Getter and Gene Pritsker, bassist Harvie S. and drummer Gerry Brown. Performing a set at of original music at Kostabi World
4/29
CompCord Ensemble Presents a concert as part of the NWEAMO Festival in San Diego, CA. It will also be a CD release for 'Duets For The end of the World', a Duo album with saxophonist Todd Rewoltd.
May
5/1
Premiere of 'Einstein's Favorite Piece Of Music' fro electric guitar and Samplestra at the
12th Annual Comp-Play- Comp
Marathon - ‘Lets get Physicists’ at DROM NYC
as part of Composers Concordance
5/6
The solo cello piece '45' as performed by Borislav Strulev is released as a single on Composers Concordance Records
5/12
'Sound Surround - Found In Space' at Kostabi World, Gene's 'Space Sounds Interactions' for tuba and Samplestra (with a new 6-channel surround mix) is performed by Jay Rozen, as part of Composers Concordance''Science Festival'
5/13
Release of the Cloud Atlas Symphony performed by the MDR Symphony orchestra Kristjan JArvi conductor on NEscapes Records
5/15
John Clark - horn & Gene Pritsker - electric guitar perform a duo show at L’ARTISTA in Sugar Hill Harlem.
Gene's compositions include 'Pandemic Dance' #28 and 'Cross-Examine Canons II'
5/16
My Orchestration of the ‘Song’ by Ukrainian composer Andriy Shtoharenko and a new Cadenza by Gene, premiered by Petro Krysa on violin with the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Seattle Opera Orchestra. As part of UNITY: A CONCERT FOR UKRAINE at McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA.
5/21
'Name 2 Chemist-Composers of Georgian Extraction' at Gallery MC. Gene premieres ‘Science Poems’ for narrator and large chamber ensemble as part of Composers Concordance
5/25
Soprano Ljiljana Winkler premieres 'Transgender Quotes' for soprano and piano at the Universität Augsburg Konzertsaal in Leopold Mozart Zentrum, Augsburg, Germany
5/28
'Heavy Metals' at the Delancey Gene's premieres the songs 'Revenge' and 'The Masks'
as part of Composers Concordance
June
6/3
Kathleen Supove premieres 'Mantra #5' as part of the Here and Now Series at Bargemusic.
6/4
'Animal intelligence' at Michiko Studios Gene premieres 'Hey, Human' with the CompCord Ensemble
as part of Composers Concordance
6/5
'Meeting of the Violins'
Feat. Emer Kinsella & George Alexander Chliavoras - violins
Gene Pritsker - guitar, Robert C. Ford - poet Live at the Sky Vault. Performing various compositions by Gene.
6/9
Kathleen Supove premieres 'Friendly Variations' part of Composers Concordance 'Variations' event, at Greenwich House
6/14
Premieres of 'Infinity Of The Soul' for septet with the CompCord Jazz Ensemble as part of Composers Concordance Generations XI (Jazz Band) concert at Goddard Riverside
6/18
Low Key Chamber Concert #15 -Miolina performs at the Sky Vault, NYC. Performing Gene's 'Empty Bottles'
6/19
Percussionist Patti Cudd premieres ‘Percussiomatics’ for cajon and Samplestra as part of Concept Lab at the Rockwood Musi Hall
6/21
Percussionist Patti Cudd performs 'Melting Pot' as part of New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival at the Loreto Theater
6/25
CompCord Ensemble performs at The Howland Cultural Center with a program titled 'Operas, Songs & Poems', Gene premieres a mini opera on a stroy by Roger Aplon called 'the Meetin'
6/26
Two orchestrations of songs by violinist Deni Bonet 'Love is a Circular Thing' and 'Never Enough' performed by Deni and the Symphonic Pops of Long Island orchestra with conductor Stephen Michael Smith at Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY
6/26
Augustus Arnone premies ‘Quarantine Blues’ for solo piano as part of his Collide-O-Scope Music: Persistence Commissions event at Christ & Saint Stephen's Church
6/28
Sound Liberation perform a set at Theater 80 as part of Composers Concordance presents ‘Eclectic Bands for Theater 80’, a benefit sow for the theater.
July
7/9
Composers Concordance in Berlin @ Hošek Contemporary Gallery, Premieres include 'Quotes from people born on July 9', 'Vocal Canons' and performances of 'Light, Night and the Replaceables’, 'Renascence', and 'The difference Unhappiness'.
7/14
Refael Negri performs ‘Redeem’ for solo violin at the Jewish Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
7/15
The mini opera 'Soubrette auf der Toilette Chamber Jazz Version', performed at the Kleiner Goldener Saal in Augsburg, Germany. Also on the program the songs ‘Path’, 'Purcell Laid back Groove’ and a Chamber Jazz Version of ‘Blues From An Airport Bar’. Performed by soprano Ljiljana Winkler
7/19
Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet performs at Wienstation in Vienna Austria. 'A set of Gene’s music featuring him as Di.J..
7/23
Rockin 'Ruins Re-Imagined by Gene Pritsker with the voice of Chanda Rule Gene conducts the ensemble KONTRASTE in premieres of 8 of his arrangements of the music of Deep Purple including the premiere of his composition 'A Deeper Purple Overture' at Katharinenruine.
7/28
'Lucky Fanfare' premiered at 'Music Power In the Park' at the Outreach Festival.
7/30 & 31
The Nürnberger Symphoniker performs ‘Cloud atlas Sextet For String Orchestra’ at the Serenade Court, Nuremberg as part of their 'THE CARIBBEAN ESCAPE
CINEMA FOR THE EARS' concert
7/31
Premiere of ‘TMI’ for solo accordion at the 2022 Accordion Seminars - virtual Dr. William Schimmel curator
Aug.
Gene is back at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Premiers include the new trumpet concerto for Markus Finkler, 'Closest Thing To Joy & Love Duet' , with the Outreach Orchestra.
8/2
'unCHARTed Deconstructed #1' & 'Cross-examine Canons II' performed at Outreach Orchestra Ensemble Session at Hacklmusic Werkstatt.
8/5
'Closest Thing To Joy & Love Duet' , 'Zin's Dixie'. Hip-Hop Hush Outreach Orch. Version' and 'Lonely Goatherd' all performed on teh 2nd night of the Outreach Festival with the Outreach Orchestra.
8/7
Sound Liberation performs 'Lets Save The World Suite' at Jazzfest Passau in Passau, Germany.
Sept.
9/2
Sound Liberation releases the new album 'Let's Save The World Suite' on Composers Concordance Records
9/3
'Goldberg Blues Variations' performed as part of Bach Festtage by pianist Kai Schumacher and the
SIGNUM saxophone quartet
9/7
Sound Liberation performs a CD release concert for "Let's Save The World Suite' in NYC - and Gene's BD party - presented by Composers Concordance at Silvan's
9/10
Performing the guitar duet ‘One Of Us’ with William Anderson at St. Johns Church, part of The Village Trip Festival
9/14
CompCord Chamber Orchestra with special guest Suzanne Vega perform a concert titled: 'Songs & Poems from the Village' as part of the VillageTrip Festival. Gene will have a premiere 'the most Wonderful Thing Of All' for chamber orch. as well as arrangements of Suzanne Vega's songs.
9/17
'Turn Back?' performed by The Bowers Fader Duo at St. John’s in the Village as part of the Village Trip Festival
9/17
‘Taniapedie’ performed by pianist Tania Stavreva at the
Bulgarian National Radio Concert Hall, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
as part of her "Gift of Light” concert
9/18
'Encore' premiered at Composers Concordance presents The Village and Phil Ochs concert at DROM as part of the Village Trip Festival
9/20
Warren Nicholson performs 'Carlo Gesualdo Madrigals' at Kings Chapel Series in Boston, MA.
9/25-26
New orchestration of 'Cloud Atlas / Matrix Medley/ will be performed at Fimucite 2022, in the Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
9/30
'Mantra #2' performed with eGALitarian Brass trio as part of 'Low Key' Chamber Concert #16'
@ The Sky Vault
Oct.
10/8
'Double Impressions and Stroke' for solo piano, inspired by a painting of Rainer Gross, is premiered by Geoffrey Burleson as part of Composers Concordance presents Pianos, Poems & Paintings at Kostabi World
10/13
Premiering 'For Bob' for guitar & piano with pianist Urs Hager, as part of The Memorial Concert for Robert Brashear at
Gallery MC.
10/14
'Spontaneous Salon' is performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Composers with Drink Listening to Music LIVE'
at Gallery MC, also Gene's new arrangement of 'Spontaneous Combustion' by "Cannonball" and Nat Adderley
1016
eGalitarian brass quintet performs ‘So It Goes’ at the National Opera Center
10/18
Performing with pianist Urs Hager as part ofComposers Concordance presents The Kostabi World Piano Series. Gene's compositions include 'For Bob' and 'Salon'.
10/23
'Turn Back?' performed by The Bowers Fader Duo at National Opera Center as part of The Seventh Annual New American Art Song Concert
10/27
Gene is doing a live interview, along with Suzanne Vega as part of the podcast Person Place Thing.
Presented by Composers Concordance. The event will include the premiere of 'Ennui' for classical guitar and string quartet as well as Gene's arrangement of Vega's 'Tom's Diner'.
10/28
Various compositions performed by guitarists William Anderson & Gene Pritsker as part of 'Low Key' Chamber Concert #17
@ The Sky Vault
10/31
Premiere of 'Deal With Teh Devil' for string quartet by the Kahlo Quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents ''Breaking Halloween' at Kostabi World.
Nov.
11/4
Performing a solo set of music for electric guitar with electronics inspired by paintings of Rainer Gross at East End Arts Gallery in Riverhead, NY.
Premieres of 'Rainer Speaks Ambient', 'Pandemic Dances Fragmented & reMixed' 'Double Impressions and Stroke ReMix', 'Rainer's Hebrew Letters ReMix' and 'Riverhead Twins'
11/4
The release of the chamber jazz opera 'Soubrette Auf Der Toilette’ on Composers Concordance Records,
featuring soprano/librettist Ljiljana Winkler
11/6
Various compositions performed by Peter Jarvis - percussion & Gene Pritsker - electric guitar, as part of 'Low Key' Chamber Concert #18
@ The Sky Vault
11/7
Performing with pianist Kristjan Randalu as part ofComposers Concordance presents The Kostabi World Piano Series. GP compositions include the premiere of 'The Dark That Stands Around You' on a poem of Erik. T. Johnson and a performance of 'unCHARTed Deconstructed #1’
11/11
Premiere of 'Assiduous Games' for sax and piano as part of Concordance presents
'Todd and Lesi' at Michiko Studios.
11/16
The Contemporary Music Ensemble At St. Cloud State University performs ‘Say Their Names’ at the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall in St. Cloud, MN
11/16-11/19
Gene is back in Friedberg, Germany for Peter Oswalds HighBrass Festival.
Projects include 'Soubrette auf der Toilette Chamber Jazz Version', 'Zappa Ripped My Flesh', and Sound Lib. Di.J. Quartet.
11/22
EMX MEETS Composers Concordance @ Hošek Contemporary Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Gene will have numerous compostions on the program including the premiere of 'overkYll' on poetry of Anton Humpe, 'Pandemic Trios #4', Pandemic Dance #15, as well as 'Elegy' incidental music on a story by David Nicholson and a performance of 'Unstable Behavior In Paintings'
11/29
'Elegy' for melody, harmony, bass & drums, performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Adam Holzman & Friends'
Dec.
12/2
Premiere of 'overkYll II' for soprano and chamber ensemble as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Art of the Art Song' Featuring soprano Ljiljana Winkler At Greenwich House.
12/3
Tania Stavreva performs Taniapedie as part of her Birthday concert at the National Opera Center
12/6
'Faceless' for trumpet and Big band premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'The CompCord Big Band'
Also an arrangement of Sophie Duners 'Let's Go Commercial'
12/9
Various compositions performed by guitarists James Schlefer - shakuhachi & Gene Pritsker - electric guitar, as part of 'Low Key' Chamber Concert #19 @ The Sky Vault @ The Sky Vault
12/11
Radical Static for string quintet premiered as part of Composers Concordance ‘Radical Other' event with Erik Hawkins Dance Company.
12/12
Lara St. John performs 'ChristMess Blues - violin & piano version; as part of WQXR’s Christmas Concert
at The Greene Space.
'Clap' performed at Connecticut College by students of Peter Jarvis.
12/13
SoundLiberation performs a set at The Bitter End. featuring pianist Matt Herskowitz.