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New CD featuring the music of Tania León!!!

Tania León: Singin' Sepia (Six Compositions, 1992-2002)

Bailarín (1998), David Starobin, guitar
Singin' Sepia (1996), Tony Arnold, soprano, Continuum
Axon (2002), Mari Kimura, violin
Arenas d'un Tiempo (1992), Speculum Musicae
Satiné (2000), Quattro Mani (duo pianists)
Horizons (1999) NDR Sinfonie Orchester, Peter Ruzicka, conductor

BRIDGE 9231

New Publication features Alma for flute and piano!!

Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano
Commissioned for and curated by Marya Martin

Theodore Presser Company is honored to publish a collection of commissioned flute solos by eight different composers, a result of a collaboration between flutist Marya Martin and Meet the Composer, a prestigious organization dedicated to fostering connections between composer and community

Upcoming Events - 2009

June 12-14 - Chairperson of the Jury, "Concorso Internazionale di Composizione 2' Agosto". Bologna, Italy.

June 12 - Patricia Spencer performs Alma for flute and piano in a recital tiltled “Close Encounters With a Flute." Bard Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 8PM

July 19 - August 2 - Tania León, Guest Composer. Composers Conference. Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. 508-276-1011

July 28 - 31 - 2009 International Conference on the Arts in Society in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Dr. James Briscoe presents "Earthian" Music: Tania León and Her Compositional Arc of Cultures.

August 9 - Singin' Sepia for voice and mixed ensemble. Tanglewood Music Center's Festival of Contemporary Music. Seiji Ozawa Hall. 297 West Street, Lenox, MA 01240. 10AM.

August 13 - Marya Martin performs Alma at the National Flute Association Annual Convention.

Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas. Premiered by the Del Sol Quartet, San Francisco, CA. May 8, 2009.

Inura, original score for ballet. Premiered by Dance Brazil. Skirball Center, NYC, Mar. 19-22, 2009.

Tiempo en Clave for violin and percussion. Premiered by Ana Milosavljevic and Alex Lipowski. The Times Center, NYC. Oct. 24, 2008

Estampas for SATB. Premiered by Chicago a capella. Chicago, IL. Apr. 19, 2008

Ácana for orchestra. Premiered by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Carnegie Hall, NYC. Live broadcast on WNYC-FM (93.9). April 1, 2008

Ancients for 2 Sop., fl, cl, perc, va, vc. Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts for Terry Rhodes. March 27, 2008

Raices for mixed ensemble. Premiered by Latin Fiesta, Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 22, 2007

Abanico for violin and interactive computer. Premiered by Airi Yoshioka. America's Society, NYC, May 9, 2007.

Alma for flute and piano. Premiered by Marya Martin. Weill Recital Hall, NYC. March 29, 2007.

Atwood Songs for Soprano and piano. Poetry by Margaret Atwood. Premiered by Eileen Strempel and Sylvie Beaudette. Syracuse University, NY. March 25, 2007.

Reflections for Sop., pno, cl, alto sax, tpt, 2 perc, str. qnt. Premiered by Tamara Haskin and the Son Sonora Ensemble, Tania León, conductor, The Gatehouse, NYC. Nov. 9-14, 2006.

Toque for mixed ensemble. Commissioned and premiered by Opus 21. May 20, 2006, Symphony Space, NYC.

Variacíon, for solo piano Society for American Music Annual Conference, in Chicago, Il on March 15-29, 2006. Anna Briscoe, pianist.

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (arr. León) Commissioned and premiered by the Albany Symphony. David Alan Miller, conductor. 2005

Samarkand for narrator, chorus, children's chorus and mixed ensemble. Collaboration with Wole Soyinka. Shaw Center for the Performing Arts, Baton Rouge, LA. March 2005

Tumbao, for solo piano. Commissioned and premiered by Elena Riu. Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London. 2005

Inura, Original score for new ballet. Choreography by Carlos dos Santos. Commissioned for Dance Brazil Company. 2009.

New Work for piano and percussion. Commissioned for Jade Simmons and Craig Hauschildt. 2010

Tiempo en Clave for violin and percussion. Commissioned by Ana Milosavljevic. 2008

Ancients for 2 Sop., fl, cl, perc, va, vc. Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts for Terry Rhodes. 2008

Estampas for vocal ensemble. Commissioned by the Chicago a cappella. 2008.

Ácana for orchestra. Commissioned by Purchase College and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with support from the New York State Music Fund. 2008.

Esencia for the Del Sol String Quartet. Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation. 2006

Polytopia: Music for Violin and Electronics - Mari Kimura, violin. Features León's Axon for violin and interactive computer. Bridge 9236 (released Sept. 2007)

Sequitur: To Have and to Hold: Features León's Ivo, Ivo. Koch KIC-CD-7593 (released May 2007)

“Salsa Nueva" - Elena Riu, pianist. León's Tumbao. SOMMCD 237 www.somm-recordings.demon.co.uk

May 8 - Del Sol Quartet premieres “Esencia” para cuarteto de cuerdas. Presidio Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA. info@delsolquartet.com

May 3 - Jade Simmons performs piano works by Tania León. Look and Listen Festival. Project Space, 250 West 26^th St. NYC.

May 3 - Del Sol Quartet premieres “Esencia” para cuarteto de cuerdas. The Dance Palace, 503 - B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA. The Dance Palace

April 15 - Featured guest on "Jazzy Perspective Focus on Brass", for the American Composers Orchestra course "Compose Yourself". WNYC Studios. 160 Varick St., NY.

March 19 - 22 - Dance Brazil premieres "Inura". Music by Tania León. Choreography by Carlos dos Santos. Skirball Center for Performing Arts, New York University, NYC, NY

March 9 - Honorary Chair with Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune, Peter Martins & Arturo O'Farrill. "Winter Heat" Latin Dance Party Benefit for Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts. Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

March 8 - Tania León, Toni Morrison, George Shirley, Anna Deavere Smith and Shirley Verrett. Zankel Hall at Carngie Hall.

March 5 - Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas performs Kabiosile, Jade Simmons, Piano, Alondra de la Parra, conductor. 7 pm New York City Town Hall - 123 W 43rd Street

March 3 - POA salon, panel discussion with Tania León, Alondra de la Parra and Jade Simmons. The Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue (@ 68th St), NYC

February 20 - “Latino Composers on Latin American Composition Today.” Manuel Laufer moderates a discussion with composers including Ezequiel Viñao, Manual Sosa, and Tania León, exploring the relationship among new music, culture, tradition, and politics. King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square North.

February 14 - New York Composers Circle Valentine's Day concert features "Love after Love", Tiffany du Mouchelle, soprano and Steven Solook, marimba. Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, 95th & Broadway, NYC.

January 16 - Tania León leads panel discussion at Chamber Music America Annual Conference. "Global Perspectives: Cultural Diversity and Attracting Foreign Talent". Westin Hotel, NYC

Dec. 12 - Pianist Inna Faliks performs "Variacion". Rockefeller University "Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals". Caspary Auditorium. Noon.

Dec. 6 - Pianist Inna Faliks performs "Variacion". Pianoforte Chicago's Pure Piano Series.

Nov. 5 - The Classic in Black Radio Show Program on Offener Kanal Berlin. Berlin, Germany. presents the CD "Singin' Sepia".

Oct. 24 - Ana Milosavljevic premieres New Work for violin and percussion. The Times Center.

Sept. 21 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Axon performed by Mikhail Schmidt. Warsaw, Poland

Sept. 20 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Toque performed by Profil Ensemble (Bucharest). Warsaw, Poland

Sept. 15 - Da Capo Chamber Players perform Alma. 70th Birthday Portrait of Joan Tower. Merkin Concert Hall. 8PM.

Aug. 31 - The Percussion Plus Project. Performance of A La Par. May Phang, pno, Christpher Martin, perc. DePauw University, IN.

May 15 - Interpretations presents and evening of Tania León and Juho Laitinen. Program to include Abanico, Atwood Songs and Love After Love. Featuring Airi Yoshioka, vn, Elizabeth Farnum, Sop., Adam Kent, pno and Diana Herold, perc. Roulette. 20 Greene St., NYC

May 10 & 11 - Africa and the African Diaspora: Traditions, Revolutions and Innovations. Festival of arts and ideas featuring performances by the Purchase Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Tania León. Symphony Space, NYC.

May 2 - "Music From Other Minds" presents radio broadcast "Tania León" featuring selections from Singin' Sepia CD.

April 30 - Contemporary Ensemble performs works by composer-in-residence Tania León and Justinian Tamasuza. Recital Hall, The Music Building, Purchase College, NY.

April 29 - musikfest08 presents pianist Heidrun Holtmann performing Ritual. Folkwang Hochschule Duisburg, Kleiner Konzertsaal. "Musik als Ausdruck von Freiheit" (II). 8PM. Broadcast on WDR 3 June 28, 2008

April 25 & 26 - Purchase Dance Corps Spring Concert 2008. Features choreography set to León's A La Par, Indigena and Arenas d'un Tiempo. PepsiCo Theatre, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY. 8PM. Also presented on April 27 at 3PM, May 2 & 3 at 8PM and May 4 at 3PM.

April 19 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of Estampas by Tania León. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL.

April 18- 22 - 2008 Beijing International Congress on Women in Music. The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and the China Conservatory of Music (CCM), featuring composer, Tania León with performance of León's Horizons for orchestra on April 18 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

April 18 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of Estampas by Tania León. Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL.

April 13 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of Estampas by Tania León. Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL.

April 3 - 5 - Keynote speaker at the 2008 College Music Society SuperRegional Conference Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Chapters. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.

April 1 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Ácana by Tania León. Carnegie Hall, NYC. Live broadcast on WNYC-FM (93.9)

March 30 - Chicago Sinfonietta, Tania León, guest conductor . Works by León, Chen Yi, Holmes & Haydn. Soloist Jade Simmons performs León's Kabiosile for piano and orchestra. Dominican University, 7900 W. Division.

March 31 - Chicago Sinfonietta, Tania León, guest conductor . Works by León, Chen Yi, Holmes & Haydn. Soloist Jade Simmons performs León's Kabiosile for piano and orchestra. Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center. 220 South Michigan Ave.

March 27- Terry Rhodes: "Modern Music of Latin America" featuring the world premiere of a new work by Tania León. Part of the music department's Latin Festival on the Hill, March 27-30. Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

March 4 - 6 - As U.S. Artistic Ambassador of American culture in Spain, Tania León serves as keynote speaker for the United States Embassy's Black History Month program in Madrid.

March 2 - Pianist Jose Lopez performs Momentum and Mistica. Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler St., Miami, FL.

February 29 - Purchase Symphony Orchestra presents "From the African Diaspora", Tania León, guest conductor. Program includes world premiere of a new work by Tania León as well as works by Revueltas, Ginastera and Ellington. Recital Hall, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY.

February 17 - Two American Masters: George Walker and Tania León. String quartets and music for solo strings. Son Sonora Ensemble, Tania León, director with Airi Yoshioka, violin, Ashley Horne, violin, Liuh-Wen Ting, viola, Arash Amini, cello, and Sibylle Johner cello. Ingalls Recital Hall, New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ.

January 28 - Tania León to receive "La Distinción de Honor de la Rosa Blanca" from the Patronato José Martí for her contribution to Cuban culture in the field of music.

January 24 - Jade Simmons, piano. "The Rhythm Project", works by León, Corigliano, Ibarra, Barber, Piazzolla & Prokofiev. Concert Artists Guild, 850 Seventh Ave, NYC.

December 15 - Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs "Bata". Bardavon Opera House. Poughkeepsie, NY.

Nov. 20 - 24 - El Arte de las Mujeres Como Agente de Cambio y Desarollo Social. International Congress of Women in the Arts. la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain. See website for program including performance of music by Tania León on Nov. 21.

Nov. 18 -The Cube Ensemble performs A La Par. Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music, Chicago.
Oct. 8 - Martha Mooke performs León's Hebras d'luz for electric viola on her Viola X-Treme concert at the University of Albany, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY.

Sept. 22 - Philadelphia Music Project (funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts) presents: Hispanos…Many Roots…Many Faces: World premiere of Tabla Raza by Tania León and Arturo O'Farrill with Latin Fiesta, Tabla player Badal Roy, and La Cumbiamba EneYe. Pennsylvania Convention Center. Philadelphia

June 26 - Ipek Eginlioglu, pianist and Justin Wolf, percussion perform A La Par. SUNY Purchase

June 19 - Pianist Adam Kent performs Tumbao live on WQXR (96.3FM) with host David Duval.

June 13 - The New York City Council presents a Proclamation to Tania León for personal achievements that also reflected positively on the College, the borough of Brooklyn, and the city of New York.

June 10 - St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble performs Singin' Sepia. Notable Women Festival: A Celebration of Women Composers. Dia:Beacon, NY.

May 17- Eileen Strempel and Sylvie Beaudette perform The Atwood Songs. St. Bartholomew's Church. NYC.

May 9 - Tania León Portrait Concert - performed by Continuum. Americas Society. 680 Park Ave, NYC

April 13 - New Music Miami Festival. Performance of de color for violin and marimba. Florida International University, Miami, FL.

April 11 & 12 -Tania León's Love After Love with poetry by Derek Walcott. New York Festival of Song. Weill Recital Hall, NYC.

March 29 - Marya Martin premieres Alma for flute and piano. The Flute Book for the Twenty-First Century. Presented by Meet the Composer. Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), NYC

March 28 - "All-León" Concert. Indigena, Journey, The Atwood Songs & other works. Main Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.

March 26 Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! American Composers Orchestra performs Indigena, Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall), NYC.

March 25 World Premiere of The Atwood Songs. Text by Margaret Atwood. Eileen Strempel, Sop. & Sylvie Beaudette, pno. Setnor Auditorium, Syracuse University. Presented by the Society for New Music.

March 25 Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! American Composers Orchestra performs Indigena, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia.

March 23 - Tania León, Ursula Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar Duo. Pre-concert conversation at 7:30 pm. Concert at 8PM. Seabury Center, Westport, CT

March 22 - Tania León, Ursula Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar Duo. A part of the Composers Project Series. Symphony Space.
March 20- Music of Tania León. Performed by Ursula Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar Duo. The Century Association. NYC.

March 16 - Cleveland Chamber Symphony performs Sin Normas Ajenas. Westlake United Methodist Church.

Feb. 28 - panelist - "A Composer's Career". Whittall Pavilion, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Feb. 22 - Opus 21 performs Toque. GVSU Performing Arts Center, Louis Armstrong Theatre, Allendale, Michigan

Jan. 8 - Sequitur: Music of Cuba. Merkin Concert Hall. Performance includes Toque.