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Preceding the upcoming Inscape Chamber Music Concert, a statement on our collaboration from the poet [JESSICA HORNIK] who wrote the poetry being used in the concert listed below

*November 16, 2008: Inscape Chamber Music Project, with Abigail Haynes-Lennox, soprano. Premiere of Three poems of Jessica Hornik for soprano, oboe, clarinet, harp and strings. info here: http://www.inscapechambermusicproject.org/aboutus.html

“I was fortunate to discover Joe Hallman and his music through members of my family. His interest in my work as inspiration for his own has prompted us both to new thinking about the fusion of poetry and music. Through Joe’s enthusiasm, keen intelligence, and alertness to the sense of poetic phrases as well as the silences between them, the music inherent in the poetry blossoms into the music of the music.”

: Ms. Hornik joked that she is the “Hermit of Alplaus”. I can only hope that the public will petition for her poetry. It is the stuff, of life, and of love, and of experience. :

* New concert added:  November 30 (Sunday at 8pm) at the Salon- Andrea Clearfield’s 22 year old institution.  Lois Herbine will again play the perky piccolo sonata.  Check it out.  $10 donation.

The Salon is a great and unique venue, in her home.  (I personally LOVE this idea and am looking forward to producing some low-key house concerts VERY SOON- keep eyes fixed here.)  The concerts present a mix of all types of music- jazz, singer-songwriters, world, and classical.  Get their early as seating is limited and precious.

* I have been working on some new pieces as of late for wind quintet and b.cl (like Janacek’s Mladi) for the Georgetown (DC) Quintet with the pretty impressive Evan Solomon on bass clarinet.  Jenna Jameson
(American porn star) has been my research subject for a song coming it for NYC’s Avian Ensemble and Philly’s Chamber Music Now.

* Pianist Hsin-ni Liu and I are preparing for the premiere of “Canciones” a series of five movements, after poetry by Antonio Machado.   This concert is at Carnegie Hall.  Tickets range in price and can be bought here. There is a great cocktail reception after  and meet and greet with Ms. Liu and myself- should be a blast!!  you can check out the previously posted interview with Ms. Liu here.

* Nov 16’s concert with Inscape Chamber Music Project with Abigail Haynes-Lennox, soprano should be a wonderful one.  This Dc-based chamber orchestra that morphs into different ensembles depending on the repertoire is a group of young virtuosi.  It is always a pleasure to work with them. I have set three poems by Jessica Hornik, my favorite living poet.

* I am doing some pre-planning on a frame-piece:  the idea came from the novel HAKAWATI.  I am attempting to coax reinterpretations of myths and creation stories from a wide array of (pretty amazing (and famous-ish) poets.  I am over the moon about the responses I have received thus far.

*  In light of Iceland’s bank meltdown this diatribe on Icelandic independence and childishness from Bjork (one of my favorite “pop” musicians) has an even more prescient tone: http://www.nattura.info/frettir/nr/24