Conrad Aiken News

Tiger Turn has announced the release of Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution, a recording of reedist Ted Nash and Glenn Close's star-studded, multidisciplinary masterwork featuring Wayne Brady, Amy Irving, Matthew Stevenson, Eli Nash, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

From January 30 - February 1, 2020 at 8 p.m. in Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center will present the world premiere of one of its most unique concert events to date: the groundbreaking new work Transformation with Glenn Close and Ted Nash.

On Today, November 7 at 8:00 p.m., as part of the worldwide 'Bernstein at 100' celebration, NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG-'one of the longstanding delights of New York's music scene' (The New York Times)-opens its 2017-18 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hall with Take Care of This House: A Bernstein Celebration.

On Tuesday, November 7 at 8:00 p.m., as part of the worldwide 'Bernstein at 100' celebration, NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG-'one of the longstanding delights of New York's music scene' (The New York Times)-opens its 2017-18 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hall with Take Care of This House: A Bernstein Celebration.

Michael T. Young of Jersey City, New Jersey, has been named co-winner of the 2014 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award for his third poetry collection, 'Living in the Counterpoint.' He shares the award with Kyle Potvin of Derry, New Hamshire, who received it for her debut poetry collection, 'Sound Travels on Water.' This year's judge was poet David Ellis. Both collections were published by Finishing Line Press of Georgetown, Kentucky. The Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award is given for the best chapbook published in the previous two years. A chapbook is small poetry collection usually under forty pages in length and typically published as a pamphlet. Started in 2008, the Pedrick Award is administered by the New England Poetry Club. Founded in 1915 by poets Amy Lowell, Robert Frost and Conrad Aiken, the New England Poetry Club is the oldest poetry reading series in America. Michael T. Young has published two other collections, an earlier chapbook, 'Because the Wind Has Questions' (Somers Rocks Press, 1997), and a full-length collection of poems, titled 'Transcriptions of Daylight' (Rattapallax Press, 2000). Advance copies of his latest book, 'The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost,' are available from New Jersey's Hoboken-based publisher Poets Wear Prada. Young has received a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Chaffin Poetry Award. He was also a recipient of a William Stafford Award. 'Living in the Counterpoint' was published by Finishing Line Press in 2012. 'The book explores how we identify who we are, best, in the context of what we are not. The central theme of the collection is the necessity of taking risk in self-exploration. It's similar to the odd way that candies are made better-tasting by adding a little spice to them,' said author Michael T. Young. 'Living in the Counterpoint' is a prelude to Young's latest full-length collection, 'The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost,' which continues his poetic exploration of self-identity and risk. Both co-winners will each receive $100 and are invited to read at New England Poetry Club.