"Tokyo to New York" at Bargemusic.
Thomas Piercy, clarinet and hichiriki
Here and Now Series
"Tokyo to New York: Composer/Performers”

A concert featuring premiers and recent works of NYC-based composer/performers with clarinetist/hichiriki player Thomas Piercy performing each work with the composer. 

Thomas Piercy, clarinet and hichiriki
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Composer/Performers
Trevor Bachman - The Raven Who Flew (Too High) for voice, clarinet and piano (World Premier)
Yihan Chen - "Contemplation on Purity" (默念清凉) chàngqiāng 2 for hichiriki and piano (World Premier)
Reiko Fueting - leaving without palimpsest for clarinet and piano
l’Ao: Melissa Grey/David Morneau - Photon Ecstasy (Trappist-1) for baoding balls, bass clarinet, trombone, live processing, interactive light
(World Premier)
Alon Nechustan - RAFT for clarinet and piano (World Premier)
Fernando Otero - ReBirth (from one heart), Ausencias, Piringundin for clarinet and piano
Thomas Piercy - Shin'ai for hichiriki (World Premier) - 
David Wolfson - A Single Step for bass clarinet and piano (World Premier)


September 22 • Friday, 8 pm 
$40 ($35 Senior, $20 Student)
Ticket info http://bargemusic.org/calendar.html

Bargemusic
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Tokyo to New York
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"Tokyo to New York” celebrates the connections between Tokyo and New York City with a series of concerts in Tokyo and New York. This concert will feature works of NYC-based composer/performers with clarinetist/hichiriki player Thomas Piercy performing each work with the composer. The concert features a wide variety of styles of music - from abstract contemporary classical to minimalism, from Broadway influenced pieces to nuevo tango. The composer/perfomers come from all walks of life and experience: from university students to university professors; from self-taught composers to composers with Ph.Ds; from emerging composers to composers that have won such prominent awards as the Latin Grammy Award. Since 2012, “Tokyo to New York” has performed over 70 world premiers and numerous Japan and United States Premiers.

The New York Times selected “Tokyo to New York” concerts as a critics’ concert of the week; NYClassical Review wrote of a “Tokyo to New York” concert as a season highlight; and a review from Lucid Culture Magazine described a “Tokyo to New York” concert as "…a fascinatingly eclectic, virtuosic program of new chamber works."