Distinguished Queens College Composers - Past and Present - New York Virtuoso Singers' Third Concert of 2014-15 Season

The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director, will present Distinguished Queens College Composers - Past and Present, the third event of their 2014-15 concert season on Saturday, April 25 at 8:30 PM at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th St. (btw Broadway and Amsterdam) in Manhattan. This event is co-sponsored by Merkin Concert Hall.

Repertoire will include the American premiere of Luigi Dallapiccola's Tempus Destruendi - Tempus Aedificandi, plus works by past and present Queens College/Aaron Copland School of Music faculty, including Elliott Carter, Thea Musgrave, George Perle, Hugo Weisgall, Karol Rathaus, Joel Mandelbaum, Leo Kraft, Allen Brings, Bruce Saylor, David Schober and the World Premiere of Edward Smaldone's L'Infinito. More about the concert at http://nyvirtuoso.org/season.html.

Special guests will be the Queens College Vocal Ensemble, James John, Conductor and The Canticum Novum Youth Choir, Edie Rosenbaum, Director.

Tickets for the April 25 concert are $25 general admission. For tickets or more information, call Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center at 212-501-3330 or visit http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/new-york-virtuoso-singers-distinguished-queens-composers-past-present/.

All New York Virtuoso Singers Merkin Concert Hall events are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.

Founded in 1988 by conductor Harold Rosenbaum, The New York Virtuoso Singers has become the country's leading exponent of contemporary choral music. Although the chorus performs music of all periods, its emphasis is on commissioning, performing and recording the music of American composers. The choir appears on over 35 commercial CDs, including releases on Bridge, Albany, Soundbrush, and Kasp. Their latest release is Soundbrush Records' 25 x 25, works written by 25 major American composers to celebrate NYVS's 25th Anniversary season. More about the CD at http://soundbrush.com/album/the-25th-anniversary-celebration/. More about the Virtuoso Singers at http://www.nyvirtuoso.org/aboutus.htm. Join their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-New-York-Virtuoso-Singers/130509011774.

This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.