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Performances 2011-12
When: March 19, 2011 @ 8:00PM
Where: St Joseph's University
What: The Koi Pond
**world premiere**
Where: St Joseph's University
What: The Koi Pond
**world premiere**
Additional performances are being planned, check back soon for updates!
What People are Saying
"An eclectic blend of melodic and rhythmic elements of Jazz and Rock and Roll with a uniquely contemporary harmonic vocabulary."
- The NY Concert Review
- The NY Concert Review
"Very Fringe, tres Downtown."
- Sequenza 21
"[Belcastro's] music, which fuses elements of rock, jazz, pop, and classical, can seem at once structured and antic, thoughtful and free-wheeling"
- Willa Rohrer, PMP Magazine
"Wow, the mother lode on one page!"
- Janelle McCoy, mezzo-soprano
"[Belcastro] traverses cultures from the classical toward blues harmonies and jazz rhythms."
- Sequenza 21
INTERVIEW
ENSEMBLE CMN! with Masayo Ishigure details
"I Dwell in Possibility": Emerging Composers on Composing Interview by Willa Rohrer in PMP Magazine
NEW WORK
When: March 20, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: The Koi Pond
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: The Koi Pond
ENSEMBLE CMN! with Masayo Ishigure details
AMY SIMMONS, CLARINETIST
When: Aug 5-7, 2011 Date & Time TBD
Where: International Clarinet Association (L.A.)
What: On The Soapbox & Bits of Bowie
**world premiere of On The Soapbox**
Where: International Clarinet Association (L.A.)
What: On The Soapbox & Bits of Bowie
**world premiere of On The Soapbox**
PORTRAIT CONCERT
EN.D.E., The Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and Guests announce a portait concert exploring the music of Richard Belcastro. The concert will include the world premeire of a Suite for Archlute, Recorder and Violin commissioned for EN.D.E. Concerts will take place on Nov. 24, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden and on Nov. 26, 2011 in Västerås, Sweden. Additional information to come...
NEW WORK
DANIEL LIPPEL, GUITARIST details
When: Oct 2, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Collage No. 2 (Ramone Roam)
**world premiere**
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Collage No. 2 (Ramone Roam)
**world premiere**
EN.D.E. & THE STOCKHOLM SAXOPHONE QUARTET
When: Nov. 24, 2011 Time TBD
Where: Studio 53 in Stockholm, Sweden
What: 8 selected Belcastro works
**world premiere of "Contemplative Suite"**
Where: Studio 53 in Stockholm, Sweden
What: 8 selected Belcastro works
**world premiere of "Contemplative Suite"**
EN.D.E. & THE STOCKHOLM SAXOPHONE QUARTET
When: Nov 26, 2011 Time TBD
Where: Västerås Concert Hall - Västerås, Sweden
What: 8 selected Belcastro works
Where: Västerås Concert Hall - Västerås, Sweden
What: 8 selected Belcastro works
Belcastro is working in collaboration with poet Stacey Cartledge for the 43rd Annual Northeast Modern Lnguage Association (NeMLA) Convention. Belcastro will create electronic realizations of poetic text by Cartledge designed with subtle extensions of the text hidden within the phonemes of each poem.
When: Nov. 13, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Evil Monkey
**world premiere"**
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Evil Monkey
**world premiere"**
MATT BENGSTON, PIANIST details
RACHEL & JASON CALLOWAY, SOPRANO & CELLO
When: Nov. 20, 2011 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Moral Hypocrisy
**premiere arrangement for soprano and cello**
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Moral Hypocrisy
**premiere arrangement for soprano and cello**
When: Nov. 17, 2011 @ 7:30PM
Where: Weslet College in Dover, DE
What: Evil Monkey
Where: Weslet College in Dover, DE
What: Evil Monkey
MATT BENGSTON, PIANIST details
ANN WATSON, CLARINETIST details
When: Nov. 14, 2011 @ 7:30PM
Where: Northeastern State University, OK
What: Collage No. 1 (Bits of Bowie)
Where: Northeastern State University, OK
What: Collage No. 1 (Bits of Bowie)
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
43rd Annual NeMLA Convention details
When: March 15-18, 2012
Where: St, John Fischer College, Rochester, NY
What: **In Progress**
Where: St, John Fischer College, Rochester, NY
What: **In Progress**
TEXTBOOK & NEW WORKS
There is a lot of exciting news to come on this topic. A one of a kind book exploring the sitar and surbahar in terms of western notation and the tremendous potential for their uses in non-indian classical contexts. The text also serves as a bridge between Western and Indian musical languages and traditions with the goal of developing a more thorough understanding between them. Included in the text is a large collection of studies for the sitar exploring every facet of the instrument, the collection is titled "Tattered Ragas". More details coming in the Summer of 2012.