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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at CRS: Sound and Structure – A Concert Exploring Musical Artistry and the Artwork of Rina Rotholz
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \nJoin us for a concert that brings together musical artistry and the artwork of Rina Rotholz\, led by congregants Artistic Director Eliot Bailen and flutist Susan Rotholz. The program explores a dialogue between sound and image\, inviting us to experience how music and visual art deepen one another. \nChamber Music at CRS: Sound and Structure – A Concert Exploring Musical Artistry and the Artwork of Rina Rotholz \nHommage à Rina for solo cello – Eliot Bailen (World premiere) \nDanza de la Mariposa\, for solo flute – Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) \nIntroduction and Variations\, Op. 60\, (D.802)\, on the theme “Trockne Blumen\,” for flute and piano – Franz Schubert (1797-1828) \nIntermission \nSuite Paysanne Hongroise – Béla Bartók (1881-1945) \nTranscription for flute by Paul Arma (1905-1987) \nChantes Populaire Tristes  – Rubato\, Andante\, Poco rubato\, Andante \nScherzo  \nVielles Danses 1-9 \n  \nArtists:  \nEliot Bailen\, cello \nSusan Rotholz\, flute \nAnna Polansky\, Piano \n  \nMeet the Artists: \nEliot Bailen – cello \nEliot has an active career as an artistic director\, cellist\, composer and teacher. Strings Magazine writes\, “At Merkin Hall ‘cellist Eliot Bailen displayed a warm focused tone\, concentrated expressiveness and admirable technical command always at the service of the music.” Founder and Artistic Director of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble\, now celebrating its 43rd year\, whose performances the New York Times has described as “the Platonic ideal of a chamber music concert\,” Mr. Bailen is also Founder and Artistic Director of Chamber Music at Rodeph Sholom in New York and Artistic Director of the New York Chamber Ensemble. Principal cello of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra\, New York Chamber Ensemble\, Orchestra New England\, Teatro Grattacielo and the New Choral Society\, Mr. Bailen has performed regularly with the Saratoga Chamber Players\, Cape May Music Festival\, Sebago-Long Lake Chamber Music Festival\, Bronx Arts Ensemble as well as with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, New York City Opera and Ballet\, Oratorio Society\, American Symphony\, Stamford Symphony\, New Jersey Symphony and is heard frequently in numerous Broadway shows. Among Mr. Bailen’s commissions are an Octet\, a Double Concerto for Flute and Cello\, Perhaps a Butterfly\, Saratoga Sextet\, The Tiny Mustache (a musical) and recently a Dectet (“Inclusion”) commissioned by the New Choral Society. Mr. Bailen is recipient of over fifty commissions for his “Song to Symphony” for schools (subject of a NY Times feature article Sept. 2006 and winner of a Yale Alumni Grant). In 2002 he received the Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking. Mr. Bailen received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from Yale University and an M.B.A. from NYU. He is on the cello and chamber music faculty at Columbia University\, Barnard College and Teachers College. \n  \nAnna Polansky – piano  \nAnna Polonsky is widely in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri\, Orion\, Juilliard\, and Shanghai Quartets\, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida\, Yo-Yo Ma\, Richard Goode\, and Emanuel Ax. She has given concerts in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw\, the Vienna Konzerthaus\, the Alice Tully Hall\, and Carnegie Hall’s Stern\, Weill\, and Zankel Halls\, and has toured extensively throughout the United States\, Europe\, and Asia. A frequent guest at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, she was a member of the Chamber Music Society Two during 2002-2004. She is a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. Anna Polonsky made her solo piano debut at the age of seven at the Special Central Music School in Moscow\, Russia. She emigrated to the United States in 1990\, and attended high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. She received degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of Peter Serkin\, and from the Juilliard School\, studying with Jerome Lowenthal. In addition to performing\, she serves on the piano faculty of Vassar College\, and in the summer at the Marlboro and Kneisel Hall chamber music festivals. Together with violinist Jaime Laredo\, violist Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt\, and cellist Sharon Robinson\, Polonsky is a member of the Espressivo! Piano Quartet. With the clarinetist David Shifrin and cellist Peter Wiley\, she performs with the Polonsky-Shifrin-Wiley Trio. This season marks Polonsky’s third return to Carnegie Hall’s Stern stage as soloist with the New York String Orchestra. \n  \nSusan Rotholz – flute \nPraised by the New York Times as “irresistible in both music and performance.” flutist\, Susan Rotholz continues to be in demand as a soloist\, chamber and orchestral musician and teacher. Winner of Young Concert Artists with Hexagon Piano and Winds and of Concert Artists Guild as a soloist\, Susan is Principal flute of the Greenwich Symphony and The New York Chamber Ensemble and a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, The New York Pops and the Little Orchestra Society. She has recorded and toured internationally with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Co-founder of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble she also appears each season with the Cape May Music Festival\, Greenwich Chamber Players\, Saratoga Chamber Players and the Sebago Long Lake Chamber Music Festival. Susan attended the Marlboro Music Festival and was principal and solo flutist with New England Bach Festival for 25 years. Her recording of the Bach Flute Sonatas and the Solo Partita with Kenneth Cooper\, fortepiano is described by The Wall Street Journal as “eloquent and musically persuasive.” Recently\, Susan released American Tapestry\, Duos for Flute and Piano performing the Beaser Variations\, commissioned by Susan in 1982\, Copland Duo\, Muczynski and Liebermann Sonatas presented by Bridge Records as “…brilliant instrumental virtuosity with deep understanding of this quintessentially American repertoire.” Susan has been newly appointed as Adjunct Artist in Music at Vassar College and continues to teach at Columbia University/Barnard College\, Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College. Susan also was guest performer and teacher at the Colorado College Music Festival. She holds degrees from Queens College (BM) and Yale School of Music (MM). In 2002 she received the Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking. \n  \nAbout Chamber Music at CRS \nUnder the direction of Eliot Bailen\, Chamber Music at Rodeph Sholom brings together world-class musicians and passionate audiences to celebrate both classical and contemporary repertoire. The series also highlights the profound contributions of Jewish composers and traditions\, fostering a vibrant and inclusive musical experience for all ages. \nNo refunds will be issued within 14 days of the event start date. All requests must be made in writing to crs@crsnyc.org.
URL:https://rodephsholom.org/event/chamber-music-at-crs-sound-and-structure-a-concert-exploring-musical-artistry-and-the-artwork-of-rina-rotholz/
LOCATION:Congregation Rodeph Sholom\, 7 West 83rd Street\, New York\, New York\, 10024
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