New York (Top40 Charts/ New York Virtuoso Singers Official Website) - This season, conductor Harold Rosenbaum and The New York Virtuoso Singers (http://www.nyvirtuoso.org) are set to present an array of performances ranging from a celebration of one of today's most respected and lauded composers to new and daring works never before presented in public. Acclaimed by The New York Times as "New York's outstanding concert choir," The New York Virtuoso Singers' lineup for 2009-2010 reflects their role as New York's preeminent leaders in contemporary American music.
Premieres featured in The New York Virtuoso Singers' 2009-2010 Season include a modern opera setting of the story of Orpheus by Marie Nelson Bennet, the last student of Paul Hindemith, and the first American performance of the choral version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang.
Featured guests include Grammy and Pulitzer prizewinner John Corigliano as well as Mark Adamo and Metropolitan Opera star Emily Pulley, who will join The New York Virtuoso Singers for a pre-concert lecture before a concert of their works, as well as the premiere saxophone ensemble The Rascher Saxophone Quartet, and legendary clarinetist Richard Stoltzman.
The New York Virtuoso Singers present regular season concerts in the historic turn-of-the-century Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 87th street off of West End Avenue in New York City's Upper West Side, where the group is chorus-in-residence. To order tickets contact Ticket Central by phone at (212) 279-4200 or online at http://www.ticketcentral.com.
The New York Virtuoso Singers 2009-2010 Season
November 8, 2009, 3 p.m.
The Little Match Girl Passion
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NYC
Pre-concert talk with composer David Lang at 2 p.m.
January 31, 2010, 3 p.m.
Music for Choir and Saxophones
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NYC
Pre-concert talk with the Rascher Quartet at 2 p.m.
February 13, 2010, 8 p.m.
Orfeo in Idaho: A Modern Setting of Orpheus Lex
Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC
April 11, 2010
The Choral Music of John Corigliano and Mark Adamo
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NYC
Pre-concert talk with Mr. Corigliano and Mr. Adamo
