Judith Lang Zaimont NYWC Spotlight

NYWC November 2023 Spotlight: Judith Lang Zaimont

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Judith Lang Zaimont.   “For for a dramatic, expressive cellist.” – Judith Lang Zaimont Bio (from Judith Lang Zaimont’s website): Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her music’s distinctive style, characterized

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Margarita Zelenia NYWC Spotlight Oct 2023

NYWC October 2023 Spotlight: Margarita Zelenaia

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Margarita Zelenaia. “For me, the cello is a universal instrument with almost unlimited possibilities, through the sound of which everything can be expressed.” – Margarita Zelenaia Bio (adapted from Margarita Zelenaia’s website):

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NYWC September 2023 Jane Leslie - October for Cello and Piano

NYWC September 2023 Spotlight: Jane Leslie

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Jane Leslie. Bio (provided by Jane Leslie): “New York pianist-composer Jane Leslie creates music in a blend of classical and popular styles, with beautiful melodies that convey a sense of peace to

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Kim Sherman NYWC Spotlight “The Laodamiad”

NYWC August 2023 Spotlight: Kim Sherman

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Kim Sherman. Bio (from Kim Sherman’s website): “Kim D. Sherman composes for the theater, opera, the concert stage, and film. Her music has been described as “rhapsodic and lush” as well as “craggy

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NYWC July 2023 Spotlight Beata Moon

NYWC July 2023 Spotlight: Beata Moon

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Beata Moon. Bio: “A versatile musician acclaimed for her expressivity and sincerity, Beata Moon continues to reach audiences through her many-faceted roles as composer, pianist, educator, impresario and activist. An American of

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NYWC June 2023 Spotlight Joelle Wallach

NYWC Spotlight: Joelle Wallach

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer Joelle Wallach. Bio: Joelle Wallach composes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voices and choruses. Her String Quartet 1995 was the American Composers Alliance nominee for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

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NYWC May 2023 Spotlight Debra Kaye

NYWC Spotlight: Debra Kaye

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer and conductor Debra Kaye. Bio: Heralded as “A new voice on our horizon” by Classical-Modern Music Review, award-winning composer Debra Kaye’s music has been praised by Gramophone Magazine as “an eclectic unfolding

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Jing Zhou NYWC Spotlight Melancolique for cello and guzheng

NYWC Spotlight: Jing Zhou

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer and conductor Jing Zhou. Bio: Jing Zhou is a composer and guzheng performer. She fuses new and bold musical ideas with her traditional Chinese musical heritage to create a distinct compositional style.

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NYWC Spotlight: Beth Anderson

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer and conductor Beth Anderson. Bio: Beth Anderson is a composer of new romantic music, text-sound works, and music theater events. She has composed an opera, an oratorio, music for orchestra, voice, chorus,

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NYWC Spotlight February 2023 Victoria Bond

NYWC Spotlight: Victoria Bond

We are excited to continue our collaboration with the New York Women Composers. This month, we spotlight composer and conductor Victoria Bond. Bio excerpts from Bond’s website: Victoria Bond leads a multifaceted career as composer, conductor, lecturer, and artistic director of Cutting Edge Concerts. Her compositions have been praised by

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