C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective to Present '10: Themes From Our First Ten Years'

C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective will present 10 - Themes from Our First Ten Years, the third and final concerts of its' By the Numbers 2014-15 New York season on Thursday, June 4 at 8 PM at The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (south of Christopher Street) in Manhattan and Saturday, June 6 at 8:00 PM at Engelman Hall of the Baruch College Performing Arts Center, E. 25th Street (between Lexington and 3rd Avenues), also in Manhattan.

C4 concludes its tenth season and first decade with this program featuring the group's trademark eclecticism. This program reaches back through C4's history to reveal works that match themes from past concerts; it reaches forward to a future that continues to embrace new voices.

Works to be presented will be Alex Hills' Flatland, a work that asks what a piece would be like if it had no vertical dimension (harmony) but a great many timbres, Einojuhani Rautavaara's setting of Rilke's Die Erste Elegie, Judith Weir's A Blue True Dream of Sky, a World Premiere by C4 composer Karen Siegel How She Could Not Drive, along with works by James Lark, Meredith Monk's rhythmically driven Panda Chant II and more World Premieres from C4's Daniel Andor-Ardó, Mario Gullo, Brian Mountford and Fahad Siadat, plus an encore performance of Colin Britt's World, I Cannot Hold Thee Close Enough.

Tickets for the June 4 and June 6 concerts are $20 general admission, $25 day of performance, with 10 $4 "Rush" admissions 30 minutes advance at the door. A reception will follow the Saturday evening performance. Tickets can be ordered at http://www.c4ensemble.org/june-2015-concerts.html. For more concert information, call 516-586-3433 or email jamesarts@att.net.

All C4 concerts are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.

C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective exists to enrich artists and audiences alike through passionate advocacy of new choral works: performing pieces written within the last 25 years; premiering and commissioning new choral work; and mentoring emerging singers, composers, and conductors of today's choral music. C4's adventurous programming ?lls an important niche in the cultural life of New York, and the ensemble has proven its commitment to presenting high caliber music in a welcoming atmosphere.

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