The OMNI Ensemble Begins its 31st Season November 7 & 9, 2013

The OMNI Ensemble will begin its 31st season of concerts in the recital hall at the Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, November 7th at 2:30 pm and at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on Saturday evening, November 9, 2013 at 8:00 pm. Music Director/Flutist David Wechsler and cellist Brian Snow welcome the return of pianist/keyboard player John Cheek, one of the founding members of The OMNI Ensemble. Also joining the group is percussionist David Forman. The evening's music will be half acoustic and half electric with works by Franz Schubert, Aaron Copland, Jean Francaix, Renaissance composers and electronic improvisations. Continuing as the chamber music group in residence at the Brooklyn Conservatory, the OMNI Ensemble will continue to perform concerts of enormous variety all designed to provide their audience with a musical diversity not ordinarily encountered by one chamber music group. Throughout the season they perform in the recital hall at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

This concert is being streamed live over LivLive at this link: www.livlivemusic.com/BrooklynConservatory

Tickets at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music are $15.00, $10.00 for students and senior citizens. Admission to the College of Staten Island concert is free. Tickets for BCM are available in advance or at the door prior to the performance. For direct purchase of tickets on line please visit our web site: www.theomniensemble.org or purchase directly from Ticketleap: http://brooklynconservatory.ticketleap.com/omni-ensemble/

The Brooklyn Conservatory is located at 58 Seventh Ave. at the corner of Lincoln Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It is in easy access of public transportation, Q or B train to Seventh Ave., or IRT #2 and 3 to Grand Army Plaza. The College of Staten Island is located off the Staten Island Expressway at the Victory Blvd. exit. For further information and ticket reservations, call 718 859-8649.

The OMNI Ensemble is a chamber music created to perform programs of enormous variety, with music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including Western classical music, jazz, and electronic and improvised music, all designed to provide their audience with a musical experience not ordinarily encountered in a single music event. Since its inception in 1983 the group has featured many guest artists including multi instrumentalist/composer David Amram, performance artist John Kelley, Singer Erika Banks, Kumongo player Jin Hi Kim, Saxophonist Roy Nathanson, Mezzo Sopranos Catherine Ciesinski and Charlotte Hellekant, Harpsichordists Gerald Ranck and Rebecca Pechevsky, and keyboardist Marco Benevento. The group has commissioned works by David Lang, Lee Hyla, Allen Shearson, & Michael Bushnell, and performed new pieces by Jim Lahti, Eric Klein, and David Wechsler.

This concert is made possible, in part with funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and Con Edison.