If Not Now? - An Evening Of Chamber Music By Timothy Brown Comes to St. Peter's Church

If Not Now? - an evening-length concert of chamber music by long-tim C4 Choral Composer/Conductor Collective member, Timothy Brown will be presented on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30 PM at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street in Manhattan.

"Concluding there's no time like the present to stop waiting for others to program my music is a no brainer," says Brown. "At age 55, one has to stop 'emerging' and get on with it - even if one has to do it on his own."

Works on the program will be Sonatina for Solo Cello, performed by Caroline Stinson, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, performed by Nicholas Gallas and Blair McMillen, The Boathouse in Winter (Central Park), performed by John Romeri (flute/piccolo), Keve Wilson (oboe/English horn), Nicholas Gallas (clarinet/bass clarinet), Gina Cufari (bassoon), and Christopher Komer (horn), Incidental Dance Suite, performed by Blair McMillen (piano), Epitaph: Four Songs on Poems of Dorothy Parker, performed by Theadora Hanslowe (mezzo-soprano), Blair McMillen (piano), and Samuel Zagnit (contrabass) and Vesalius' Body, performed by Nurit Pacht (violin), Max Mandel (viola), Caroline Stinson (cello), and Isabelle O'Connell (piano).

Tickets for the April 24 concert are $35 (suggested donation) and $60, "Support the Performer" admissions, available at https://www.artful.ly/store/events/14837. You can also make a gift to help support the program at https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/concert-of-chamber-music-of-timothy-brown/campaigns/1911. Concert admission included for all donations of $50 or more. For more information, call 516-586-3433 or visit https://www.timothybrownmusicnyc.com/coming-up.html.

This concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx.

Timothy Brown received his early musical training as an oboist, singer, and composer in his home state of Michigan. He subsequently earned his undergraduate degree in music education at The University of North Texas where he was recognized by the faculty honor society (PKL) as the outstanding musician in his class. In the years following, he worked professionally as a teacher and clinician in choral music, as a singer with the Wichita (KS) Chamber Chorale, and as conductor of the Wichita Choral Society.

After moving to New York in 1987, Tim turned his attention again to composition. His combined love of music and theatre kept his main emphasis on composition of stage works for a time. He made his debut in music for the stage with the children's musical, Curious George at Town Hall in New York in a production by Theatreworks/USA. The show toured nationally for nearly ten years. Tim's songs in the theatre style have otherwise been performed at the BMI Workshop, at the Donnell Library "Songbook," and - most recently - in A Trace of Love, an evening devoted entirely to his music with 6 collaborating lyricists.

Classical output from that period includes vocal settings of Sonnet Number 1 (choral) and Where the River Ends on poetry of Fred E Brown; Overture in Prose for full orchestra which was read in 2000 by The Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia; and Chant and Canticle for ten brass instruments, read by the brass ensemble of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Visit him at https://www.timothybrownmusicnyc.com/.

 

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