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The Jewish Music and Poetry Project

The Garner/Kaleko cycle has inspired us to work on a new project, which we're calling
The Jewish Music and Poetry Project

This will encompass several objectives and concerts:

            * A new short song cycle by David Garner for McGuinness and Pankonin,
                   written to poets of the Holocaust era, which will be combined into
             * A new program for the Bay Area and beyond with songs Jewish Holocaust-era
                     composers, In dieser Zeit, the Garner/ Kaleko cycle that we premiered in April,
                      2011, with the generous support of a grant from the East Bay Community
                      Foundation, and the new work.
             * Bringing In dieser Zeit to Berlin and other festivals and venues.
* Presenting other chamber music with poetry by Jewish writers and/ or written by Jewish composers

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The Vinaccesi Ensemble
has been awarded a
grant from the
   San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
to record the solo cantatas of
17th century Venetian composer
Benedetto Vinaccesi

 The recording is made possible through the Musical Grant Program, which is administered by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and supported by the Heller Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation and San Francisco Grants for the Arts.

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Nanette McGuinness, Kristin Pankonin, & S.F. composer DAVID GARNER
awarded a 2010 East Bay Fund for Artists
$4000 CHALLENGE GRANT!

for a brand new song cycle with texts by poet Mascha Kaleko:
   Chanson fuer Morgen

Date of Premiere: April 2, 2011

The premiere was supported by a grant from the East Bay Community Foundation (www. ebcf.org) and produced in association with the 26th Jewish Music Festival (www.jewishmusicfestival.org)

CHALLENGE GRANT MET: THANK YOU to everyone who helped us!  More news soon about future performances.

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Music by 19th and 20th century women composers
Available on Centaur Recordings. 
Recorded by the Athena Trio:

FABULOUS FEMMES ....now in its second pressing on Centaur Recordings...  Germaine Tailleferre, Margaret Garwood,
the CD contains works by Louise Talma,
Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, Libby Larsen,
Jean Coulthard, and Fanny Hensel.

ChamberMusic magazine has listed it in its "New and Noteworthy" section, and says that it is, "...perfect for the song recital lover."


CDs can be purchased from

* Amazon.Com
* Your local classical CD store
* Centaur Records
* or directly from the ATHENA Trio

NOW IN ITS SECOND PRESSING!

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A CD of live performances of music by William Ludtke

Meditative Music
Includes "Li Bai Songs," Op. 134,
for voice, flute, and string trio, sung by Nanette McGuinness.

Ludtke's "Li Bai Songs" were written for and dedicated to
McGuinness and the Athena Trio in 2000 &
were premiered by McGuinness in CA in 2001.

To order, contact the composer at junekeg@gmail.com.