Random Access Music in Queens Releases Season Announcement

New York-based composer and performer collective Random Access Music (RAM), is proud to announce its 2016-17 Season. RAM's opening concert, Random Number One, will take place on Friday, December 2nd at 8pm at Broom Tree Theatre. The program includes two world premieres by RAM composers Gilbert Galindo and David Fetherolf featuring music for clarinet, cello, and piano with pianist David Broome, cellist Kate Dillingham, and clarinetist Thomas Piercy. Works by RAM composers Guy Barash and Allen Schultz alongside Górecki round out the evening's program.

Next up is Random Brass on Thursday, March 23rd at 8pm at Broom Tree Theatre and Friday, March 24th at 8pm at Tenri Cultural Institute featuring John Gattis (horn), Andy Kozar (trumpet), and William Lang (trombone) performing works by RAM composers Guy Barash, Gil Galindo, and Frances White. RAM closes out the season with the 2017 Queens New Music Festival from May 19th-21st. Highlights include RAM composers' large works at the Secret Theatre.

RAM is the recipient of a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in the amount of $8,900, as well as a grant from the Ditson Fund in the amount of $1,000. These grants will support their 2016-2017 season.

The board of directors of Random Access Music has selected Guy Barash (guybarash.com), Artistic Director, and Kate Dillingham (katedillingham.com), Executive Director. Together, they will continue the organization's mission to promote the composition and performance of music by living composers in venues throughout New York City; foster an engaging collaborative spirit between composers and performers, deliver dynamic programming through concert presentations, educational outreach, and the annual Queens New Music Festival.

www.ram-nyc.org

www.queensnewmusicfestival.org

Season Highlights:

Random Number One

Friday, December 2nd at 8pm

Broom Tree Theatre

David Broome (piano), Kate Dillingham (cello), Thomas Piercy (clarinet) perform works by RAM composers Barash, Fetherolf, Galindo, and Schultz, alongside Henryk Górecki's masterpiece, Lerchenmusik.

Random Brass

Thursday, March 23rd at 8pm at Broom Tree Theatre
Friday, March 24th at 8pm at Tenri Cultural Institute

John Gattis (horn), Andy Kozar (trumpet), and William Lang (trombone) perform works by RAM composers Barash, Galindo, and White.

2017 Queens New Music Festival

May 19th-21st at The Secret Theatre

Featuring large scale works by RAM composers

Other important dates:

- Call for Scores for the March brass concert in December

- Call for Proposals for Queens New Music Festival 2017 Deadline: January 15, 2017
http://ram-nyc.org/?p=1393

LOCATIONS:
Broom Tree Theatre
23-35 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11106

Tenri Cultural Institute
43 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011

Secret Theatre, Main Stage
4402 23rd St
Long Island City, NY 11101

About Random Access Music (RAM):

Random Access Music (RAM) is one of the most active collectives of composers and performers in the country presenting a wide array of contemporary music from the Americas. Since its inception in 2005, RAM has premiered more than 100 works by diverse musical voices, in intimate and formal settings throughout the metropolitan area. These concerts include music by its member composers, the annual call for scores winner, invited guest composers, and others. Collaborating ensembles and the RAM Players are featured on programs each year. RAM further expands the presence of living composers' music to new audiences through the Queens New Music Festival, a festival of unique concerts by artists and ensembles from the across the U.S.

RAM Composers

Having been praised as evocative, highly inventive, and of undeniable power, the composers of RAM represent a broad spectrum of American aesthetics, styles, and voices and revel in music of all types. The RAM composers believe in the music of their fellow musicians and are committed to supporting and presenting one another's music, both in and outside of RAM. RAM's eclectic combination of composers reflects the rich and varied landscape that is American music in the 21st century. The RAM composers are Guy Barash, Stephen Cabell, David Fetherolf, Gilbert Galindo, David Schober, B. Allen Schulz, and Frances White.

RAM Players

The RAM Players are high caliber New York musicians who specialize in new music dedicated to delivering exciting performances of works by living American composers. Musicians in the RAM Players have been described as passionate, brilliant, sensitive, and energetic in their careers as ensemble performers and as soloists with orchestras from around the world. The RAM Players are seasoned performers of music by RAM composers and share in the supportive and collaborative spirit of RAM. The RAM Players are flutist Laura Falzon, clarinetist Thomas Piercy, pianists David Broome and Amir Khosrowpour, guitarist Nadav Lev, voice baritone Seth Gilman, violinists Alicia Choi and Karen Kim, and cellist Kate Dillingham.

Queens New Music Festival

RAM also supports the creation and performance of new music through the Queens New Music Festival. This festival, which was first produced in 2012, is an annual event that brings new music front and center into Queens. Each year, RAM invites ensembles to participate and accepts dozens of concert proposals from various artists. RAM then selects and curates the proposals along with invited ensembles to create a festival celebrating the diversity of styles and voices in new music today.

Call for Scores

Each year, RAM collaborates with an ensemble to present a concert of world premieres. As part of this collaboration, RAM conducts an anonymous call for scores on which the winning composition is included.

RAM began as solely a composers' collective under the aegis of the Astoria Symphony in 2005 in order to give its member-composers performance opportunities with new music ensembles and individuals that hoped to share in a more collaborative creative process. Composers and musicians hoped for a process that was ongoing, fully engaged, and fruitful for both composer and performers. Encouraged by its growth over the next 3 years, RAM incorporated into its own 501(c)3 in 2009 and has been growing ever since. In 2012, RAM expanded its operations to produce the first ever Queens New Music Festival, presenting ensembles from around the country. In 2014, RAM formed the RAM Players, a roster of musicians dedicated to and seasoned in the music of RAM composers. RAM is one of the most active composer-performer consortiums in America presenting 3 concert programs every season and the Queens New Music Festival. In the past RAM has collaborated with groups such as the the Anubis Saxophone Quartet, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, Iktus Percussion, Lost Dog New Music Ensemble, and Parthenia, among others; as well as individual performers like pianist Laura Barger, cellist Emily Brausa, violinist and violist Miranda Cuckson, and violinist Jessica Mathaes.

RAM's Mission
To promote and produce high caliber composition and performance of music by living American composers in a variety of venues throughout New York City, with an emphasis in Queens; to continue the tradition of acoustic chamber music in the 21st century; to foster a fully-engaged and fruitful collaborative spirit between composers and performers; to nurture connections with its audience through media outreach and engaging productions; to build new audiences for new music by bringing greater awareness to the general public through outreach, education, and scholarship.

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