     
AMS 2008-09 Season: Transformations
ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Transformaciones
 Friday, October
10, 2008, 8:00 pm
Good Shepherd Faith Church
152 West 66th Street, New York, NY, 10023
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 8:00 pm
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center - Main Stage
31-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
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The Astoria Symphony opens its 6th season with a remarkable
program. Mirand Cuckson performs Alban Berg's haunting Violin Concerto,
and Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas' tour de force La Noche de los
Mayas closes the concert in honor of Hispanic heritage month. New
works by New York City composers Steve Horowitz and Angelica Negron round
out this program.
Steve Horowitz Mix/ReMix (world premiere)
Alban Berg Violin Concerto
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Angelica Negron New Commission (world premiere)
Silvestre Revueltas La Noche de los Mayas
Silas Nathaniel Huff, conductor
ASTORIA SYMPHONY:
The Trial of Mr.
Wolf
 Saturday, October 18, 2008, 2:00 pm
Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
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This new version of Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf will keep you
laughing the entire time as each of the characters takes the witness stand
and faces intense cross-examination in order to determine what exactly
happened to the duck. You'll be surprised! Written and directed by Jeff LaGreca, the show features the Astoria Symphony and outrageous cast of
comedians.
CHAMBER MUSIC: RAM presents
RAM SLAM! featuring IKTUS Percussion Quartet
 Saturday, October 18,
2008, 8:00 pm
Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
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The Iktus
Percussion Quartet (Roy Campbell, Chris Graham, Danielle Weinberg, and
Justin Wolf) is an ambitious, dynamic young ensemble committed to expanding
the boundaries of the percussion genre. Iktus is influenced by the vibrant
forces of the contemporary music scene, including electro-acoustic music and
the synthesis of diverse musical traditions from around the globe. Witness
their performance of six world premieres written by the members of Random
Access Music.
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Lost Dog presents
Color Wheel
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ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Beethoven &
Tchaikovsky
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Lost Dog presents
Sequenza 21
ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Winterscapes
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Cerulean String Quartet
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The Astoria Symphony presents its first ballet performance ever! This
collaboration with
Long Island
City Ballet (Eric Ragan, director) will feature new choreography to the
music of J. S. Bach, Copland, and Stravinsky, plus the world premiere of
Chunjie Ge ("Spring Song Festival") - inspired by the modern Chinese art
of Shanye Huang
and with music composed by our own music director, Silas Huff.
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Lost Dog & RAM present
QUEENS & SIXES featuring
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ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Heroes,
Monsters, & Madmen
featuring Craig Schulman
Craig Schulman is the only actor in the United States to have portrayed the
Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera, Jean Valjean in Les
Miserables, and the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. He has also
played Che in Evita, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and
Archibald in The Secret Garden. Mr. Schulman will be accompanied by
the Astoria Symphony as he sings hits from his signature roles on Broadway.
ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Verdi Requiem
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Coleman Hawkins - Body of a Soul
featuring Jacob Varmus
 Tuesday, May 19,
2009, 6:00 pm
Flushing Library Theater
41-17 Main
Street,
Flushing, Queens, NY 11355
Saturday.
May 23, 2009, 9:00 pm
Stanford Hotel's Maxim Lounge
43 West
32nd Street, New York,
NY 10001
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ASTORIA SYMPHONY: Summer Park Concert
FREE!!!
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"Since
its inception five years ago, the Astoria Music Society
has quickly become one of our greatest artistic institutions."
- NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Copyright 2006 The Astoria Music
Society. All rights reserved.
38-11 Ditmars Boulevard, Box 102A, Astoria, NY, 11105. Phone:
(718) 204-9034 |
Friday, October
24, 2008, 8:00 pm
Sunday, November 9,
2008, 2:00 pm
Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:00 pm
Thursday, December
4, 2008, 9:00 pm
Friday, December 19,
2008, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January
24, 2009, 2:00 pm
Saturday, February 21,
2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, March
20, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, April 24,
2009, 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3,
2009, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 16,
2009, 8:00 pm
Sunday, June 14,
2009, 3:00 pm