2024
Jan
1/6
Album Release concert for Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents Eclectic Bands
1/11
Low Key Chamber Concert #30 with
Jason Kao Hwang and Dave Soldier - violins. Premiere of 'The Reflection Method'
1/13
Premiere of 'Confucius Three Methods Of Wisdom' as part of Composers Concordance presents Steps Trio at Gallery MC
1/14
Performance of 'Confucius Three Methods Of Wisdom' an premiere of 'The Color of The Number #3' as part of Composers Concordance present Composers With Drinks Listening to Music LIVE at Westbeth
1/20
Premiere of ''Inspiration On A Very Famous Glissando' as part of Composers Concordance presents Rhapsody in Blue Centennial at Greenwich House
1/21
'Poet’s Songs’ performed by soprano Valeria Golovko and pianist Sayaka Takahashi as part of 'Musical Bridges’ in Moscow Conservatory’s 'Maskovsky Hall’ in Moscow, Russia
1/27
Gene has many compositions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble @ The NWEAMO Festival. At San Diego State
University, in San Diego CA.
Inckuding the premiere of 'Desert Lullaby' and 'Isolated'
Feb
2/3
Gene has compositions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Violins & Poems' at The Delancey
2/9
Low Key Chamber Concert #31 with
Tasos Papastamou - violin.
2/11
Gene's music performed as part of Composers Concordance presents
'The Orders' with Tasos Papastamou - violin at Silvana
2/11
Gene's music performed as part of Composers Concordance presents
'In4Mation' at Silvana
2/13
The chamber orchestra piece ‘Further Dead Souls’ performed in an open reading by the Greenwich Village Orchestra at High School of Fashion Industries
2/17
Premiere of ''Memory Is Deceptive Because It Is Colored By Today's Events' as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Memory Palace Ensemble' at Gallery MC
2/18
Anne Akiko Meyers premieres 'Animals Carnaval' ta the 22nd Annual Laguna Beach Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.
2/18
Violinist Petro Krysa performs my ‘Cadenza on Song of Shtoharenko’ as part of ‘Ukrainian Lights Festival’ at the Tom Lee Richmond Music Experience Centre in Richmond, BC, Canada
2/22
Kai Schumacher and the Signum Saxophone Quartet perform 'Goldberg Blues Variation’ at the
Thuringia Bach Festival in Erfurt, Germany
2/24
Machiko Ozawa & Jai Jeffryes Premiere 'Ladies First Tango II' as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Tango Prism' at Steel Wig Music
2/25
Sound Liberation Trio performs a set of Gene's compositions as part of Composers Concordance event at NUBLU
2/29
Low Key Chamber Concert #32 with
Dennis Brandner - saxophone.
March
3/1
Performance of the 3rd movement of ‘The Only’ for viola and Smaplestra performed by Michael Hall as part of the Electronic Music Midwest festival at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL
3/2
Premiere of music for the semi-silent film ' 'The Sea Monster & The Milk Thistle' as as part of Composers Concordance presents Silent Films @ Westbeth
3/9
'Vivaldi's Hot House' Sound Liberation feat. violinist Lara St. John perform a concert of Gene’s compositions at Joes Pub Presented by Composers Concordance
3/11
Paul Cortese - Viola & Gene Pritsker - Guitar / DiJ. with Special Guests:
Roxan Jurkevich - percussion,
Machiko Ozawa - violin
At Shrine in Harlem
3/17
Premiere of the ballet 'Only A Game' as part of Composers Concordance 'Dance & Stories' event at St. Marks Church.
3/23
Caballito Negro Duo premieres 'Astute' for flute and percussion as part of Composers Concordance event at The Delancey
3/26
The chamber orchestra piece ‘Further Dead Souls’ performed in an open reading by the Greenwich Village Orchestra at High School of Fashion Industries
3/29
Low Key Chamber Concert #33 with Wayne Dumaine - trumpet, Michael Visceglia - bass with poets Robert C. Ford & John S. Hall
April
4/4
'Detektive Thumb and The Infinity House' for a silent film premiered at the Music Box Theater Chicago as part of the 'Sound Of Silence' Festival.
4/11
Concert in Ingolstadt, Germany at the State Gallery with 'Ljiljana Winkler, Peter Oswald and the Solenne Band. Many of Gene's compositions are performed.
4/13
Concert at the Wittelsbacher Schloss in Friedberg, Germany with 'Ljiljana Winkler, Peter Oswald and the Solenne Band. Many of Gene's compositions are performed.
4/15
Sound Liberation feat. soprano Ljiljana Winkler performs a concert at ZWE in Vienna, austria.
4/19
Premiere of 'Every Man Over Forty Is a Scoundrel' for Di.J.. trumpet, horn, bass trombone with B3+ at Composers Concordance Album Release of CompCord@40
Anniversary CD Party
as part of Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival –CompCord @ 40–
at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn
4/23
Premiere of '40oz (With Brown Paper Bag Applause)' for mezzo soprano, baritone and Di.J. at the 14th AnnualComp-Play-Comp Marathon
'40 Ounce' as part of
Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival –CompCord @ 40–
At DROM
4/27
Premiere of '1984 - A Year In Music' and 'A Story Dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four'
Feat: CompCord Ensemble as part of
Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival
At Loft 393
May
5/3
Premiere of 'Quodlibet Sextetand' and 'Thick City' for string quintet, bass and drums as part of Composers Concordance and Harlem Jazz series presents The Jazz Influence With Strings
at Mount Morris Ascension
Presbyterian Church
5/5
Premiere of ''Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves Haikus for solo Di.J. as part of Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival
Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves
at Rockwood Music Hall
5/9
Premiere of 'Stop Suite' as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Steve Sandberg - piano & Gene Pritsker - guitar' at Kostabi World
5/10
Goldberg Blues Variations performed by Kai Schumacher and the Signum Saxophone Quartet
at Kammgarn Kaiserslautern in Schaffhausen Switzerland as part of The 30th International Bach Festival Schaffhausen
5/18
'The Flute Of The Infinite ' for 6 flutes performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Flautos & Flautists' at St. John's in The Village
5/16
Low Key Chamber Concert #34 with
David Cossin - percussion,
Robert C. Ford, Imelda O'Reilly - poets.
5/19
Premiere of 'In Memory Of Sean Satin' as part of A Celebration Of Life Event for Sean! At Superfine in Brooklyn
With Greg Baker
5/25
Premiere of 'Monster' for clarinet and piano performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Charlie Neidich - Eclectic Vistoso' at Kostabi World
5/31
'Detektive Thumb and The Infinity House' for a silent film performed at Symphony Space as part of the 'Sound Of Silence' Festival.
June
6/1
'Detektive Thumb and The Infinity House' for a silent film performed at Culture Lab as part of the 'Sound Of Silence' Festival.
6/2
Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet performs as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Eclectic Bands' at NUBLU
6/8
'An An Anachronistic Melody' and 'Fugue For Sean' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'A Knack for Anachronism' at St. John's in The Village
as well as an arrangement of a transcription of Thelonious Monk's solo version of 'Tea For Two'
6/13
Low Key Chamber Concert #35 with
Funda Cizmecioglu - violin,
Robert C. Ford & John Pietaro - poets
6/20
Multiple compostions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Strings & Poems' at Jim Kempner Gallery
Including the premiere of 'Solstice Haikus' and 'Kyoshi's Seasons (summer)' and performances of 'In Memory Of Sean Satin', 'Water, Frog, Bird'
6/23
'Louder, Please, My Watch Can’t Hear You' a mini opera on words of John Pietaro and 'Deserts Lullaby' on wards of Roger Aplon performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'CompCord Ensemble @ Howland Cultural Center' in Beacon NY
6/27
'Fugue For Sean' and 'Canons For Guitars' premiered a part of Composers Concordance presents 'Imitations' at Greenwich House.
6/29
'LittleBig Blues' the songs 'Cool It Out' and 'Swing Like Animals' and an arranrement of Eric Dolphys 'Miss Ann' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'LittleBig Band'' at Loft 393
July
7/7
Clair Obscur Saxophone Quartet performs 'Elegant Piles Of Refuse' at the Gedächtniskirche in Berlin, Germany.
7/9
Saxophonist Martin Stier perform 'Maggots' baritone sax concerto as part of his masters recital in Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.
7/10
Performances of various compositions as part of EMX presents a concert at Panda Platforma in Berlin, Germany
7/17-18
Concerts in Cephalonia, Greece with violinist Tasos Papstamou and soprano Ljiljana Winkler
7/20
Pianist Sayaka Takahashi performs ‘NYC’ in St. Petersburg at 'Ekaterininskoye Sobranie’ (Assembly of Empress Catherine)
721 - 8/11
Gene is back at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Concert with Sound Liberation at the main Festival s well a with the Outreach Orchestra. Other concerts, composition classes, and workshops.
7/21
‘Let the Rain Sing You A Lullaby’ for solo bassoon premiered by Scott Pool as part of the 53rd annual Double Reed Society Conference in Studio Theater at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
7/25
Premiere of 'Spark Fanfare' for 3 trumpets and bari sax as part of the Music Power in the Park feat. Outreach’s SPARK Orchestra concert at the Outreach Festival 2024
7/26
'More Love Is Better' for solo accordion is premiered by William Schimmel to a video by Graham Elliott.as aprs of the 2024 Accordion Seminars, An online event.
7/27
Concert with the Outreach Workshop band as part of Outreach Festival 2024. Gene will have many compositions performed.
Aug
8/1
Sound Liberation performs a set of Gene's music as part of Outreach Festival 2024.
Premieres include the song 'Dealing With it' and 'More Iguanas'.
8/2
'Critical Mass Of Positivity' performed by the Outreach Orchestra as part of Outreach Festival 2024.
8/2
Machiko Ozawa performs ‘Tango In V’ at Clang Atelier @ Bern, Switzerland
8/2
The album 'Gene & The Strings' released on Composers Concordance records, dist. by Naxos
8/16
Low Key Chamber Concert #35 with Stephanie Susberich
8/27
Suite #1 and 'Ladies First Tango II' performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Tango Prism' with Machiko Ozawa and Jai Jeffryes
8/30
CompCord Ensemble in Vermont Composers Concordance presents 'Moonlight & Maple Syrup' at Capital City Grange Gene's premieres inlude 'Maple Syrup (A Baseball Poem)', 'Moonlight', 'Follow Your Inner Moonlight; Don't Hide The Madness' and an arrangement of Captain Beefhearts 'Moonlight On Vermont'.
Sept.
9/5
Sound Liberation performs an event at Birdland, presented by Composers Concordance. A CD release concert for 'Gene & The Strings' and Genes Birthday celebration. Premiers include 'Must Be The Shosti', 'World’s End', and teh NYC premieres of 'Dealing With It', 'More Iguanas', 'Tony V Does The Tango'.
9/7
'Detektive Thumb and The Infinity House' performed as part of Mini Sound of Silent Film Festival at the 9th annual Thirsty Ears Festival in Chicago, IL
9/8
'Goldberg Blues Variations’ ‘performed by Kai Schumacher and the SIGNUMs Sax Quartet at Demmin, St. Bartholomaei Church as part of Festspiele is Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Germany
9/15
Composers Concordance presents 'In Memory of Sean Satin' at Greenwich House As part of the Village Trip Festival. Gene will have performances of 'Fugue For Sean' for 4 electric guitars, and the premiere of 'Songs Sean Liked' fro solo violin and Samplestra, pre recorded by Petro Krysa
9/22
'Intersection of Nature and Humanity' and 'Deflating Earth' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Interpretations of Chuck Connelly's Paintings' at his home in Pennsylvania
9/22
'She’s SoChaconne’ performed by violinist Ekaterina Gubanova in Myaskovsky Hall at the Moscow Conservatory as part of the series 'Musical Bridges'.
9/23
'Dazed Variations’ for solo guitar premiered by Warren Nicholson at Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario part of the Lumina Concert Series
9/28
Premiere of ‘Hunger Proverbs’ for mezzo soprano, clarinet and fretless guitar as part of Composers Concordance Presents
'World Central Kitchen Fundraiser' at St. John's church in the Village
As part of the Village Trip Festival
9/28
‘Under the Wolf’s Cloak’ premiered as a 360° Virtual Reality Dance Piece at John C Wells Planetarium in Harrisonburg, VA
Video by Joe Foley
Oct.
10/2
1st movement from the the guitar quartet 'Two Dances From Satans Great Ball' performed as part of Música em Ação at the Centro Cultural da UFRGS in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Performers are the graduate students of the Postgraduate Program in Music at UFRGS
10/4
The albumin ‘Spontaneous’ is released on Composers Concordance Records, featuring Gene’s quartet ‘Spinatnoue Salon’ and his arrangement of Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley and Nat Adderley’s 'Spontaneous Combustion’
10/6
Ethel premieres the new string quartet 'Emerging' as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Ethel' at Church Street School
10/6
'Dazed Variations’ for solo guitar performed by Warren Nicholson at Cathedral Arts in, Burlington VT
10/8
'Dazed Variations’ for solo guitar performed by Warren Nicholson at King’s Chapel Boston, MA. As pert of Tuesday Recitals Series
10/12
Guitarist 8 Warren Nicholson premieres
'Dazed Variations' for solo guitar and ''Bluebird Tango' for piccolo and classical guitar with flutist Snježana Pavićević as part of Composers Concordance Presents Warren Nicholson - Guitar event at St. Johns-in-the-Village.
10/13
'Ukrainian Lullabies Variations’ for violin and string orchestra premiered by
Petro Krysa - violin and the Lviv Virtuosos Academic Chamber Orchestra in Philharmonia Hall, Lviv, Ukraine
10/18
The Bowers/Fader duo perform 'Coconut Cornmeal Cake’ at the Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza NYC.
10/20
'Mugshot' premiered as part of Composers Concordance Composers Concordance Presents 'Interpretations of Art @ Ki Smith Gallery' Feat. The CompCord Ensemble.
10/25
New composition premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Strings Attached' concert at Steel Wig NYC.
10/31
New compositions premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Charles Vs. Gene' concert at Kostabi World. Premieres include 'VS.', 'Vanishing', 'Nighthawks' as well as a new arrangement of a Mark Kostabi piece.
Nov.
11/1
Performances with dance of ‘Under the Wolf’s Cloak’ at James Madison University’s Forbes Performance Centers Forbes Mainstage Theater featuring JMU’s Virginia Repertory Dance Company.
11/1
‘ImporVisitaions’, Bruce Arnold and Gene Pritsker guitar duo, album released on Muse Eek Publishing Inc Records
11/2
Two performances with dance of ‘Under the Wolf’s Cloak’ at James Madison University’s Forbes Performance Centers Forbes Mainstage Theater featuring JMU’s Virginia Repertory Dance Company with Gene on guitar
11/2
Machiko Ozawa performs ’Tango In V’ as part of her Traveling Violin Recital at Kirara Hall, Kamakura, Japan
11/3 Machiko Ozawa performs ’Tango In V’ as part of her Traveling Violin Recital at the German Culture Center, OAG Hall, Aoyama Tokyo, Japan
11/9
'I Knew A Women' for baritone and Samplestra performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Baritone Andrew White'
at The Delancey
11/16
New compositions premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet' concert at Silvana
11/22
New compositions premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Art of The Art Song' concert with soprano Ljiljana Winkler, trumpeter Peter Oswlad and the CompCord String Quartet at St. John's in the Village
11/29
New compositions premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Trumpetation' concert at NUBLU
Dec.
12/6
A new composition premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Adam Holzman - Piano' concert at Kostabi World
12/13
New compositions premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents ''Chamber vs. The 1s & 2s' concert at Red Eye
12/21
'Under The Wolfs Cloak' premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Music & Film @ Westbeth'
concert at Westbeth