2011


UPCOMING EVENTS

  Mon November 7th 2011. 2pm

Laura Falzon, flute
Steve Beck, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven's Serenade op.25
Louis Ganne's Andante et Scherzo
Chen Yi Three Bagatelles from China West
David Del Tredici Acrostic Song from Final Alice
Mike Mower Sonata Latino

Shephard Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031


  Thu. December 1st 2011

 

 

MUSICIANS' ACCORD

readings of compositions by students of Distinguished Professor David Del Tredici

Shephard Hall, City College of New York
160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031


  January 2012

 

 

Id-Dinja ensemble recording
works for voice, flute and piano



  April 28th 2012

 

 

Flute & pinao recital

Bruno Walter Auditorium
Lincoln Center, New York, NY


 

 

PAST EVENTS

  February 13th 2011, 5pm


MOSA concert series

ISSA Sonus ensemble:

Laura Falzon, flute
Emily Ondracek, violin
Edmundo Ramirez, violist
Aminda Asher, cello

The program features works for flute and string trio.
Works by Aaron Copland, Katherine Hoover, Hilary Tann, Margarita Zelenaia and Binette Lipper and Andrew Norman


178 Bennett Avenue @ 189th Street, NYC, NY


  February 25th-26th 2011



ISSA Sonus recording
Munir Beken's chamber works

 



  March 15th 2011, 7 pm

 

 



Frick Fine Arts auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA
Laura Falzon, flute & Robert Frankenberry, piano


  March 16th 2011



University of Pittsburgh, Department of Music, Pittsburgh, PA
Composers Seminar--Composing for the Extended Flute

 



  March 27th 2011


Composer's Voice concert series

performing Shirish Korde's ANUSVARA for Bass/Alto flute; Munir Beken's POTTERY SHARDS for flute & piano (NY PREMIERE); Nickos Harizanos's STASIMA for solo flute (US PREMIERE)

Laura Falzon, flute, Aysegul Durakoglu (piano)

Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th St. NYC, NY



  May 4th 2011, 12.00pm

 

 

Id-DINJA ensemble
featuring
:

Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Steve Beck, piano

program includes the NEW YORK PREMIERE of two works: Andrea Clearfield's GAIA for soprano, flute and piano and Reza Vali's PERSIAN SUITE for flute and piano.

Interfaith Center, 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY
entrance corner of Riverside Drive and 120th Street or Claremont & 120th



  May 24th 2011, 8pm

 

 


St. Peter's Church Concert Series

presents

Laura Falzon (flute)
with
The Bleecker StQ
Machiko Ozawa, violin
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Edmundo Ramirez, viola
Jisoo Ok, cello

 

& Troy Rinker, doublebass

program includes Mauricio Kagel's PAN for piccolo and string quartet, Alberto Ginastera's IMPRESSIONES DE LA PUNA for flute and string quartet and Erwin Schulhoff's CONCERTINO for flute/piccolo, viola and doublebass

619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
New York City, New York

 


  Tue October 4th 2011, 6pm

Ensemble

 

 

Music at St. Paul's

Laura Falzon (flute)
with
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Edmundo Ramirez, viola
Jisoo Ok, cello
Troy Rinker, doublebass

Works by W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, Luciano Berio & Erwin Schulhoff

St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, Amsterdam Avenue at 117th St, New York, NY

  Wed October 26th, 2011, 12pm

 

Ensemble

Laura Falzon, flute
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Troy Rinker, doublebass

Works by Marin Marais, Joseph Haydn, W. A. Mozart, Luciano Berio & Reza Vali

Interfaith Center, 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY
entrance corner of Riverside Drive and 120th Street or Claremont & 120th


  Mon October 31st 2011, 6.30pm

 

 

The Schomburg Center,
Langston Hughes Auditorium,
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th Street & Lenox Avenue), Harlem, NYC

Id-Dinja ensemble
Works for flute, oboe, piano & derabucca including Halim El-Dabh's Big Tooth Aspen, Akin Euba Study in Polyrhythm 3, selections from J.H. Kwabena Nketia's works and William Grant Still's Miniatures

Laura Falzon, flute
John Robison, oboe
Max Lifchitz, piano
Wilson Moorman, derabucca


  Wed November 2nd 2011

 

AMNA

 

Participating and presenting in the AMNA Symposium and Festival “Dialogue: Africa Meets North America in New York.” hosted by the New York Africa Chorus Ensemble in partnership with Harlem Arts Alliance in NYC, NY


2010
  January 14th 2010, 7pm


CAMILLERI FESTIVAL

St. James's, Piccadilly, London, UK

Laura Falzon performs Charles Camilleri's SAMA'I for flute solo

St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL

  January 16th 2010, 7.30pm


CAMILLERI FESTIVAL

Manoel Theatre, Malta, EU

Laura Falzon performs Charles Camilleri's DIVERTIMENTO for flute and orchestra.
FILARMONIKA Orchestra
Leader Carmine Lauri
Conductor Brian Schembri

Teatru Manoel, Old Theatre St, Valletta, Malta

  January 17th 2010, 6.30pm

 

 


CAMILLERI FESTIVAL

Manoel Theatre, Malta, EU

Laura Falzon performs
Charles Camilleri's SAMA'I for flute solo
Charles Camilleri's CENTRIFUGUE for flute and clarinet

Laura Falzon, flute
with Godfrey Mifsud, clarinet

Teatru Manoel, Old Theatre St, Valletta, Malta

  February 21st 2010, 5pm


SERENADES

Nicholas Roerich Museum concert series,

ISSA Sonus ensemble
:

Laura Falzon, flute
Emily Ondracek, violin
Erik Peterson, violist
Adrian Daurov, cello

Works by Beethoven, Tcherepnin, Hovhaness, Ben-Haim

Nicholas Roerich Museum, 319 W. 107 St, New York, NY

  February 24th 2010


CHANSONS

Id-DINJA ensemble:

Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Jeremy Siskind, piano

Interfaith Center, Riverside Drive, New York City, NY

  March 10th, 2010

Rabi-Warner Concert series
Id-DINJA Ensemble

Columbia University Faculty House, Morningside Drive /116th, New York City, NY

  June 7th 2010 , 8pm


NACUSA

The National Association of Composers | USA East Coast | New York Concert
(More Info)

Laura Falzon (flute) with Max Lifchitz (piano/composer)

Christ and St. Stephen's Church
120 West 69th Street (between Broadway & Columbus), New York City, NY

  June 15th 2010, 8pm


PREMIERES and REDISCOVERIES
North South Consonance concert series
(More Info)

Laura Falzon (flute) with Max Lifchitz (piano/composer)

Christ and St. Stephen's Church
120 West 69th Street (between Broadway & Columbus), New York City, NY

  June 30th 2010, 8pm


Mannes Concert Hall
Performing WORLD PREMIERE of Faye-Ellen Silverman's Love Songs (version for mezzosoprano and flute)

Christina Ascher, contralto
Laura Falzon, flute

Concert Hall at Mannes College The New School for Music
150 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024


  August 2010



Beijing, China (Concert tour postponed)


  September 28th 2010, 6pm

 

Music at St. Paul's

Laura Falzon (flute)
Steve Beck (piano)

Works by Ruben Zahra, J.S. Bach, Ian Clarke, Eldin Burton and Bohuslav Martinu

St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, Amsterdam Avenue at 117th St, New York, NY



  October 29th 2010, 8pm New Concert Series

Baruch Performing Arts Center
presents
SOUNDS NEW Chamber Music Series

Laura Falzon, curator
John Malatesta, producer

Du Yun narrator, iO Quartet, Laura Falzon flute, Chris Gross cello, Steve Beck piano

Program
Dai Fujikura Poison Mushroom, flute & electronics
Babbitt Dual, cello & piano
Saariaho Cendres trio for flute, cello & piano
Volans Walking Song, flute & piano
Du Yun A Cockroach Tarantella*, narrator, string quartet and laptop

*commission made possible by the Chamber Music America Commissioning Program, with funding generously provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

The Engelman recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave., NYC
(Enter on E. 25th St bet. Lexington & 3rd Aves.)
Box Office: (646) 312-4085 or 5073

Tickets: General Admission $25; Students $10 Online tickets at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=601


  November 5th & 6th 2010, 8pm

Dance of the Stones

Chamber Opera by Brian Schober,
libretto by Richard Olson, Conductor Claudia Dumschat,
choreography by Lynn Neuman and scenic design by Brian Ireland.

World Premiere performance on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6, 8:00pm
Theatre 80 St. Mark’s 80 St. Mark’s Place (East 8th Street) New York, NY

A neXus Arts production. Tickets

  November 12th 2010, 8pm New Concert Series

Baruch Performing Arts Center
presents
SOUNDS NEW Chamber Music Series

Laura Falzon, curator
John Malatesta, producer


Steve Beck, piano

The Engelman recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave., NYC
(Enter on E. 25th St bet. Lexington & 3rd Aves.)
Box Office: (646) 312-4085 or 5073

Tickets: General Admission $25; Students $10
Online tickets at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=602

  November 18th 2010, 9.30pm



OUT OF CAGE
The Tank, New York, NY
Ear Heart Music series

Christina Ascher, contralto
Laura Falzon, flute
Ted Mook, cello
Works by Dai Fujikura*, Reza Vali, Caspar René Hirschfeld**, Michael Oesterle, John Cage and Alice Shields***

*US Premier
**Premeire of version written for Christina Ascher and Laura Falzon
***Premeire of version written for Christina Ascher, Laura Falzon and Ted Mook

The Tank, 354 W. 45th Street between 8th and 9th, New York City, NY
Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/9726 or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006

  December 3rd 2010 , 8pm New Concert Series

Baruch Performing Arts Center
presents
SOUNDS NEW Chamber Music Series

Laura Falzon, curator
John Malatesta, producer

Christina Ascher, contralto
Laura Falzon, flute
Laura Barger, piano

Voices! Voices!
A vibrant program of compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries where voices and ever more voices - earthly, ethereal, mythical, narrating, singing, laughing, chirping and always full of life - call to one another, lure, narrate and reflect human and animal experience. Snail meets Siren, Water Spirit meets Sparrow, Voice meets Voice.

Features WORLD PREMIERE of SIRENS' SONG by New York composer Theodore Wiprud

Program
Berio Luciano: Sequenza III for solo voice
Dmitri Smirnov: Six Haiku
Theodore Wiprud: Sirens’ Song*
Mark Carlson: Night Will Blossom
Toru Takemitsu: Voice for solo flute
John Cage: Sonata for two voices
Bojidar Spassov: Otletela preperuga—The Pierides VI

*World Premiere

The Engelman recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave., NYC
(Enter on E. 25th St bet. Lexington & 3rd Aves.)
Box Office: (646) 312-4085 or 5073

Tickets: General Admission $25; Students $10
Online tickets at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=600

  December 9th 2010, 7.30pm

New York et al
Peter Norton Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia

ISSA Sonus ensemble:

Laura Falzon, flute
Emily Ondracek, violin
Edmundo Ramirez, violist
Aminda Asher & Adrian Daurov, cello
with
Moran Katz, guest clarinettist

The program features the NEW YORK Premiere of Munir Beken's A Turk in Seattle, Andrew Norman's Light Screens and works by NY women composers ---- Binette Lipper's -- Interludes, Margarita Zelenaia's Homage II, Katherine Hoover's Divertimento, and Llef by Hilary Tann

2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY 10025-6990
Tel: 212.864.5400

Tickets: General admission $20; Members $15; Day of Show $25
Online tickets at Symphony Space


 

 

 

2009
 
  December 13th, 2009, 5pm

MURALI
Nicholas Roerich Museum concert series

The Program will feature  the NEW YORK PREMIERE performance of Eric Moe's FLED IS THAT MUSIC for flute & piano. Also on the program are Ned Rorem's  FOUR PRAYERS & Mohammed Fairouz's TWO VENETIAN FRESCOS both for flute and piano, and John Mayer's SRI KRISHNA for flute, piano & tanpura

Laura Falzon, flute
Steve Beck, piano

Nicholas Roerich Museum, 319 W. 107 St, New York, NY

  November 24th, 2009, 6pm


SATELLITES, BELLS AND FISH

Music at St. Paul's
concert series

Laura Falzon, flute
Matthew Goeke, cello
Yvonne Troxler, piano

Works by David Shohl, Frank Martin, Olivier Messiaen, Charles Camilleri, Robert Nessler, Jacob Ter Veldhuis and Bruno Maderna

St. Paul's Chapel, Amsterdam Avenue at 117th St, New York, NY

  November 10th 2009, 6pm


FRESCOS
Music at St. Paul's concert series

Laura Falzon, flute
Steve Beck, piano

Works by Erwin Schulhoff, Mohammed Fairouz, J.S. Bach, Franz Schubert and Hans Werner Henze

St. Paul's Chapel, Amsterdam Avenue at 117th St, New York, NY

  November 4th 2009


Rabi-Warner Concert series

Id-DINJA Ensemble:
Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Vered Reznik, piano

Works by Corigliano, Euba, Schubert, Roussel and Ali-Zadeh More Details

Columbia University, W. 116th St., New York City, NY

  October 22nd 2009, 7.30pm

ARGORU: Variations on an African Theme

Concert at The 3rd International Symposium and Festival, UCLA. Amongst works being performed are the WORLD PREMIERE of Joyce Moorman's Jazz Sonatina, the US PREMIERE of Charles Camilleri's Sama'i, Alvin Singleton's Argoru III, Roy Travis's Switched-On-Ashanti, Halim El-Dabh's Big Tooth Aspen and Mohammed Fairouz's Two Venetian Frescos. Laura Falzon will be joined by pianist Janise White and percussionist Wilson Moorman.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Jan Popper Theater, University of California, Los Angeles, California.

  October 5th, 2009


MIMESIS ENSEMBLE at Le Poisson Rouge

Performing WORLD PREMIERE of Mohammed Fairouz's new work for flute & piano with pianist Brett Hodgdon

Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York City, NY 10012. More Details

  August 14th, 2009


UNITED NATIONS: COMPOSITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

National Flute Association's 37th Annual Convention.

Laura Falzon performing Giacinto Scelsi's work

New York City, Marriott Marquis, Times Square

  April 14th, 2009, 7.30pm


MEMORIES IN SOUND II

ISSA Sonus ensemble:

Laura Falzon, flute,
Emily Ondracek, violin,
Erik Peterson, viola
Adrian Daurov, cello
together with guest composer/ud performer Munir Beken

Milbank Chapel, Columbia University, New York City, NY

  April 11th, 2009, 7.30pm
http://www.sequenza21.com/calendar/?p=1160


MEMORIES IN SOUND

ISSA Sonus ensemble
:
Laura Falzon, flute,
Emily Ondracek, violin,
Erik Peterson, viola
Adrian Daurov, cello
together with guest composer/ud performer Munir Beken

Perform a chamber music concert featuring the NEW YORK PREMIERE of two works by Turkish composer and Ud virtuoso Münir Nurettin Beken: Memories of a Shoehorn for flute, string trio and ud and Holes in the Japanese Lamp for violin and cello. Other works on the program include works by Alan Hovhannes, Behzad Ranjbaran and Motlu Torun.

Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A W. 13th Street, New York, NY.

  April 3rd, 2009,


MOSAICO LATINOAMERICANO.

ALAS—The Association of Latin American Scholars at Teachers College, Columbia University presents the

ISSA Sonus ensemble:

Laura Falzon, flute,
Emily Ondracek, violin,
Erik Peterson, viola
Adrian Daurov, cello

A concert featuring music by Villa Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera and Lifchitz.

Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W.120th St, New York City, NY

  March 20th, 2009

Laura Falzon, flute and Max Lifchitz, piano.

Quincy, Massachusetts

  March 15th, 2009


Dream Variations
by composer Joyce Solomon Moorman for soprano, flute, piano and percussion with lyrics by Rashidah Ismaili.

The Pen and Brush, E.10th St. New York NY

 

 

2006-08 | Performance highlights
 
  November 9th 2008


North/South Consonance, Inc. presents MAX LIFCHITZ A Self-Portrait.


Laura Falzon, flute,
Michael Cirigliano II, Eb clarinet,
Max Lifchitz, piano/composer.

The Zipper Factory 336 West 37th Street, NYC.

  November 1st 2008


SONIC CONVERSATIONS


Concert featuring the NEW YORK PREMIERE of Shirish Korde's Anusvara for amplified Bass flute(dbl. alto) and John Mayer's Sri-Krishna and the US PREMIERE of John Mayer's Padma Phool.

Flutist Laura Falzon with pianist Max Lifchitz, Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla, Neel Murgai – sitar and Joseph Palackal-tanpura.

Columbia University, Milbank Chapel, New York, NY.

  September 25th 2008

Laura Falzon flute with Max Lifchitz piano.

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

  July 12th 2008


EAST MEETS WEST


Concert of works including John Mayer’s Murali and Padma Phool
and Shirish Korde’s Anuswara.

Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha, Purandara Bhavana, 8th Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore, India.

  April 11th 2008


ZaMZaM Arts: Figurine
.
Melding imagery, music and poetry.

Laura Falzon, music, with visual artists Sangbin Im, Richard Jochum, Kevork Mourad, Aphrodite Desiree Navab, and poetry by Sarah Siddiqui.

Touchstone Gallery, 406 7th Street , Washington, DC

  April 2nd 2008


AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY.


Faculty recital by Department of Music and Art, City University of New York (CUNY). Works included Joyce Solomon-Moorman's Sonatina for flute, cello and piano.

Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY

  March 14th 2008


BMCC (CUNY) Concert,
New York, NY.


Program includes Corigliano's Three Irish Folksongs and Schubert's Sonata per Arpeggione.

Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, New York, NY

  December 13th 2007

Rabi-Warner Concert series

Id-Dinja Ensemble:
Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Jihea-Hong-Park
, piano

Performing John Corigliano's Three Irish Folksong Settings, Joshua Uzoigwe's Four Igbo Folk Songs, Claude Debussy's Bilitis, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh's Three Watercolours.

Columbia University, New York City, NY

  November 14th 2007


Faculty House Concerts

Id-Dinja Ensemble:
Laura Falzon flute
Emily Ondracek, violin
Leigh Stuart, cello.

Performing Peter Schickele's Dream Dances, Luciano Berio's Musica Leggera, George Frederick Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia, and Albert Roussel's Trio Op.40.

Columbia University, New York City, NY

  July 30th 2007

Flutists Laura Falzon with Linda Wetherill and conductor/composer Huang Ruo performing Huang Ruo’s trio for 3 piccolos and conductor SI WAY (four dimensions).

Adelphi University Center, Ballroom, Garden City, Long Island, New York.

  December 13th 2006


Rabi-Warner Concert Series, Epic programs.

Id-Dinja ensemble:

Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Jihea Hong-Park, piano

Performing works including Berio, Euba, and Bartok

Columbia University, W. 116th St., New York City, NY

  May 26th 2006


Cross-Cultural Encounters in Music
,

Laura Falzon, flute
Munir Nurettin Beken, Ud

Performing a program including works by J.S. Bach, Marin Marias, Charles Camilleri, Motlu Torun.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  April 27th 2006


Shared Multicultures: Akin Euba, his circle and beyond

Dawn Padmore, soprano
Laura Falzon, flute
Akin Euba, composer/pianist
Jihea Hong-Park, piano and percussionists
Ryan Bishop, percussion
Doug Perkins, percussion

Performing the WORLD PREMIERE of Akin Euba's Study in Polyrhythm No.3 for flute and piano and the NEW YORK PREMIERE of Halim El-Dabh's Big Tooth Aspen for flute and percussion and Kevin Volans's Walking Dance

Columbia University, Milbank Chapel, New York, NY

  April 10th 2006

Music & the Aesthetic Experience

Laura Falzon flute, performing works including Katherine Hoover's Kokopelli and CPE Bach's Sonata in a minor.

Milbank Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY

   

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