Upcoming Concerts

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
RITES OF SUMMER for sextet – world premiere
commissioned by 20th Century Unlimited
California E.A.R. Unit
REDCAT at Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA Info

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 2pm
VISION FESTIVAL, New York City
Gordon Beeferman, piano
Jeff Arnal, drums/percussion
John Dierker, tenor sax/bass clarinet

Clemente Soto Velez, 107 Suffolk St. (at Rivington St.)
F train to Delancey street or JMZ to Essex Street
Tickets: www.BrownPaperTickets.com 1-800-838-3006
www.visionfestival.org

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 8:30pm
American Brass Quintet recital
BRASS QUINTET – world premiere
commissioned by the ABQ with funds from the Jerome Foundation
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO More info and tickets

Recent concerts

Sunday, November 11, 2007, 3pm
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble performs Sonata Bombastica
at Tenri Cultural Center, 43A West 13 Street, NYC

Sunday, October 7, 2007, 8:30pm
CONSONORITY
An evening of new solo and chamber works
including Bassist James Ilgenfritz performing my solo piece Petal
Roulette, 20 Greene St. (between Canal and Grand)

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Phantom Ear Music Series
RARA AVIS
Seth Misterka (alto saxophone)
Gordon Beeferman (synth)
Jeff Arnal (percussion)
+GOLD SPARKLE BRASS BAND
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY
www.myspace.com/unionpool

Tuesday, June 26, 2007  
-> On the Way Out -> Music from the New York Underground
 -> A night of trio music featuring new compositions and improvisations by: 
PAVONE / BAUDER / FARRELL
Jessica Pavone (viola), Matt Bauder (tenor saxophone), Patrick Farrell (accordion)
KEMP / BEEFERMAN / ARNAL
Bradley Kemp  (bass), Gordon Beeferman (synth), Jeff Arnal (percussion)
Freddy's Backroom, 485 Dean Street at 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
8:30 pm : Suggested $5 donation
www.freddysbackroom.com

Thursday-Saturday, May 31-June 2, 2007 at 7:30pm
Mulberry Street Theater: EAR TO THE GROUND
presents ANITA CHENG DANCE
a new half-concert length work by choreographer Anita Cheng with original score performed live by Gordon Beeferman
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, NYC (Chinatown, corner of Bayard St., one block south of Canal St.)
Tickets: $14/$12 students/seniors Reservations: 212-349-0126
see www.chengdance.org

Saturday, May 12, 2007, 3:30pm
New York City Opera
VOX: Showcasing American Composers
presents excerpts from The Rat Land
a chamber opera by Gordon Beeferman, libretto by Charlotte Jackson

Skirball Center, NYU (LaGuardia Place at Washington Square Park South)
for info click here

eighth blackbird performs RELIQUARY
Friday, April 20, 2007: Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Wednesday, January 31, 2007: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, March 4, 2007, 4-8pm
CAPITAL RE:COLLECTIONS
Empire State Plaza Concourse, Albany, NY
featuring 16 world-premiere short solo works including GB's "Burnt Sienna" for bassoon

Sunday, February 11, 2007, 7pm
QUARTET NEW GENERATION performs PASSAGES again at Barbès, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn

Thursday, February 8, 2007, 7:30pm
world premiere of PASSAGES
QUARTET NEW GENERATION recorder collective
Symphony Space Thalia, Broadway @ W. 95th Street, New York
presented by Concert Artists Guild

Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 9pm
Jeff Arnal / Gordon Beeferman / Brad Kemp
percussion / piano / bass
FREE_FORM_MASH_UP
at Terrace
62 Washington Rd, Princeton NJ
www.ffmup.org

Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 8pm
Soprano Lisa Bielawa performs WEST OF WINTER (2004)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Club Café series
209 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA

Saturday, October 28, 2006, 7:30pm
RELIQUARY (world premiere)
performed by eighth blackbird
at New Music Chicago - Sonic Impact
Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL

Gordon Beeferman (piano) and Jeff Arnal (percussion) DUET
First duo concerts since 2003! A brief tour to celebrate the release of our new CD, Rogue States.

Friday, October 6, 2006: New York, NY
Roulette @ Location One, 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets)

Saturday, September 23, 2006: Syracuse, NY
Metropolis Underground, 615-C South Main Street, (315) 452-1349

Friday, September 22, 2006: Toronto
X AVANT Festival at the Music Gallery, 197 John St., (416) 204-1080

Thursday, September 21, 2006: Buffalo, NY
Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Avenue, (716) 854-1694

Saturday, August 5, 2006
STRING QUARTET (world premiere)
performed by the California Quartet
at the Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival, Park City, Utah
click for more info

Thursday, April 6, 2006
Dynasty Electric @ Tonic
www.dynastyelectric.net

Saturday, April 1, 2006, 8pm
The Rat Land
A chamber opera by Gordon Beeferman, libretto by Charlotte Jackson

Prologue and Scene 1, premiere performance
featuring Anti-Social Music, Clay Greenberg, conductor

Cast: Laurie Rubin, soprano; Michael Douglas Jones, bass; Marcus DeLoach, baritone; Martha Sullivan, soprano; Andrew Catalano, tenor

Directed by Beth Greenberg

presented by the Improvised and Otherwise Festival
@ BRIC Studio, 57 Rockwell Place, Brooklyn
(in Ft. Greene near the intersection of Fulton and Flatbush; 2/3/4/5 to Nevins St.)
tickets $15/$25 for the whole festival

Anti-Social Music is a non-profit collective of composers and performers created for the purpose of presenting new work by emerging musicians at concert halls, clubs, festivals, and rooftops.

Beth Greenberg is a stage director at New York City Opera.

Friday, March 31, 2006, 8pm
Brave New Works [see the poster]
Pianist Winston Choi performs "Manic/Panic" (from Phenomena)
program also includes works by Kaija Saariaho, Leslie Bassett, Magnus Lindberg and others
Tenri Cultural Center
43A West 13th Street, NYC
info: www.bravenewworks.org, www.tenri.org

Sunday, March 12, 2006 8pm
Rara Avis @ the Cakeshop
152 Ludlow Street, NYC

Seth Misterka - saxophone, guitar / Gordon Beeferman - keyboard /
Jeff Arnal - percussion
playing new compositions & improvisations
we go on around 9pm
also on the bill: Talibam, Zeke Healy, minnows, 1900
late night dance party following
www.cake-shop.com

Sunday, February 19, 2006, 2pm
Estelle Woodward / Rara Avis with guitarist Anders Nilsson
Gordon Beeferman - synth; Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, guitar;
Jeff Arnal - percussion
Vision Club Series
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St. at Rivington, New York, NY
1 block north of Delancey (Delancey St. stop on the F train)
$10 admission
www.visionfestival.org

Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 7:30 pm
Concert Artists' Guild Piano Premieres concert
Phenomena (2000-2002) for solo piano, world premiere
Winston Choi, pianist
Symphony Space Thalia Theater, Broadway & 95th St., New York
pianist Winston Choi

Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2005 at 8pm
Transparent Paths
a new evening length work merging movement, sound, video, and an interactive set...

Concept and Design: Jeff Arnal
Choreography: Estelle Woodward
Music: Gordon Beeferman
Video: Donald O'Finn
Installation: Clyde Forth & Iain Machell

Performers:
Estelle Woodward, Elizabeth Ward, Clyde Forth (movement)
Jeff Arnal and Jonathan Vincent (sound)
Jane Rigler (flute), Tomas Ulrich (cello), Anders Nilsson (guitar) and Michael Evans (percussion)

www.chocolatefactorytheater.org

Thursday, July 21, 2005, 5:40pm
Monday, July 25, 2005, 12:15pm
I will be performing duets with saxophonist Seth Misterka as part of Chashama's Oasis 2005 festival. Each performance is 20 minutes. OASIS 2005 at Chashama
217 E. 42nd Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues
Monday - Friday, July 18 - 29, 2005

Sunday, May 1, 2005 at 8:00 pm
C.O.M.A. Improvised Music Series*
at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, Lower East Side, NYC.
near F train (Delancey) and JMZ (Essex)
$3
Jeff Arnal and I will perform with the remarkable bassist John Hughes, who is visiting New York from Hamburg.

Sunday, January 23, 2005
Rara Avis
Gordon Beeferman, piano / Seth Misterka, saxophone / Jeff Arnal, percussion
CBGB Lounge
313 Bowery @ Bleecker (next to CBGB), downstairs
7pm, $10 cover
CBGB Lounge website
About Rara Avis

Thursday-Sunday, January 13-16, 2005 at 8:00pm
Art: Ronaldo Kiel
Anita Cheng Dance in
PARALLAX
at the Joyce SoHo
155 Mercer St., NYC
Reservations: 212-334-7479

Cheng will premiere a new dance quartet, a collaboration with visual artist Ronaldo Kiel, composer Gordon Beeferman, soprano Lisa Bielawa and costume designer Yukie Okuyama. Field Continuum (2004) will feature live accompaniment by percussionist Jeff Arnal and guest musicians.
Dancers: Erika Bloom, Elyssa Byrnes, Anita Cheng, Blanca Cubillos-Roman, Kate Jewett, Victoria Lundell, Blake Peterson, Renée Smith and Cho-Ying Tsai.
Lighting is by Julie Ana Dobo.

Information: Anita Cheng Dance / Joyce SoHo