Rob Mosher’s Storytime will appear at Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Friday, April 16 from 9-11:30p. Tea Lounge is located at 837 Union St, Brooklyn NY. $5

Storytime is a lushly scored musical odyssey that contains echoes of Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Kurt Weill, Darius Milhaud, Debussy and Bach, reflecting Mosher’s embrace of a wide range of influences which have coalesced to create his singularly independent compositional voice. This big band traverses many musical landscapes — all held together by Mosher’s multi-faceted orchestration and ingenious use of instrumentation (saxophones, oboe, English horn, clarinets, flute, trumpet, French horn, trombone, electric and acoustic guitar, plus bass and drums).

A melodic, lyrical composer and performer, Rob Mosher is a musician well versed in the jazz and classical worlds, committed to furthering the growth and combination of the two. Specializing on oboe, English horn and soprano sax, Mosher is a proven creator with a uniqueness of voice and an interest in exploring genre fluidity. Recipient of the 2009 ASCAP Young Composer Award, Rob recently released his critically lauded debut CD Storytime – The Tortoise which has been called “heartbreakingly beautiful, with melodies that stop the listener in [their] tracks” by the Hartford Courant (2008).

Peter McDowell Arts Consulting will be offering the seminar “The Basics of Self Promotion for Performing Artists” at the offices of the Arts Council of Rockland, as part of their 2010 Professional Development Workshop Series.  The presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Arts Council of Rockland located at 55 Railroad Avenue, Building 24, Suite A in Garnerville, New York.

For more information, call 845-947-3660 or write to info@artscouncilofrockland.org.

This workshop is designed to give musicians, composers, dancers, and other performing artists some simple tools and strategies for marketing and publicizing your career, your creations and your performances. Areas covered include: an overview of web site options for performing artists; web site content basics; creating promotional PDFs, a bio and a press release; contacting critics, reviewers and bloggers; getting your event listed; and promoting recordings (audio/video) on the web. Participants can bring any self-promotional materials that you already have created for Q&A and feedback.

The Golden Key Salon Series at Bechstein features new and distinguished performers, wine receptions and premiere performances. Concerts are on the first Thursday of the month, October through May at the Bechstein Piano Centre, 207 West 58th Street, New York. All performances begin at 7:00pm

Concert on Thursday, March 4th features performances by Andriy Milavsky, clarinetist; Anna Shelest, pianist; Gary Kosloski, violin; and Helene Jeanney, pianist. Works by Debussy, Revutsky, Fauré and Stravinsky will be performed.

Suggested donation: $20 general admission; $10 for students with ID

Seating is limited, reservations are required.
For more information, or for reservations, call 212-581-5550

On Thursday, February 11 at 8PM at Riverside Church, the Locrian Chamber Players will perform a free concert devoted to music by Locrian co-founder John Kreckler, who died last June. The concert will be held at the 10th Floor Performance Space, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside drive, NY. No advance reservations or tickets are required.

The program (all works by John Kreckler) includes:

• Diversions (for clarinet and piano)
• Out from Under (for string quartet)
• The Dream Keeper (for soprano and piano. Texts by Langston Hughes)
• Day Dream (for flute, piano and string trio)
• After (for viola, piano and vibraphone)
• Three Pieces for Harp and Piano

The Players: Calvin Wiersma and Conrad Harris, violin; Dan Panner, viola; Greg Hesselink, cello; Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute; Ben Fingland, clarinet; Emily Wong and Jonathan Faiman, piano; Anna Reinersman, harp; Amy Goldstein, soprano.

A reception will follow the concert.

Composer Waddy Thompson’s song cycle, Monongahela Rising, will be performed twice a mere thirteen blocks apart and within 10 days:

Monday, Feb. 22, at the Composers Now mini-marathon, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th Street, approximate time is 3:15 p.m. Diana Solomon-Glover, mezzo, and Christopher Johnson, piano. (The marathon goes from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), $15

Thursday, March 4, “What a Neighborhood,” Ascension Church, 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, 8:00 p.m. Cathy Venable, mezzo, and Ishmael Wallace, piano. $10

Waddy Thompson’s compositions are grounded in lyrical lines. In part this comes from his great fondness for vocal music and the sound of the human voice. Over the years he has increasingly incorporated more and more aspects of traditional tonality, without being tied to the restrictions of 19th century tonality.

Cultivating Your Authentic Artistic Voice: A Piano Master Class with Madeline Bruser, featuring young artists Nathaniel LaNasa and Anna Shelest will take place on Thursday, February 4th at 7:00pm at the Bechstein Piano Center, 207 West 58th Street, New York.

The Golden Key Salon Series at Bechstein features new and distinguished performers,wine receptions and premiere performances. Concerts are on the first Thursday of the month, October through May.

All performances begin at 7:00pm

Suggested donation: $20 general admission; $10 for students with ID

Seating is limited, reservations are required.

For more information, or for reservations, call 212-581-5550

Nevsky Prospekt, a new composition by Terran Olson of the band Kayo Dot, will premiere at NYC’s The Stone on Wednesday, February 3rd at 8pm. Terran Olson (composer and pianist), Toby Driver (guitar), and David Bodie (drums), all of Kayo Dot, will perform.

The Stone is located at the corner of avenue C and 2nd street. Admission is $10, students 13 to 19 are admitted half price, and children 12 and under are free. There are no advance ticket sales — all admissions are at the door prior to each performance.

Nevsky Prospekt is based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol (set in Gogol’s contemporary environs, Tsarist Russia). The title refers to a central avenue in St. Petersburg, and is superficially about two young men pursuing women they meet on Nevsky Prospekt. Its thematic focus is on the often-symmetrical relationship between dream and reality.  The music is structured into 22 short movements, each based on an excerpt from the story which will be projected (in English translation) during the performance. » More: Nevsky Prospekt: A new composition by Terran Olson