Sunday, November 5, 2023
Old Dutch Church
Kingston, NY
Cinq Pieces en Trio: Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Studley Theatre
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon: Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Old Dutch Church
Kingston, NY
Duo for Flute and Viola: Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Acadia for oboe, viola and piano: Shirley Hoffman Warren (b. 1948)
Trio, Op. 90, no. 1 & 2, Pastorale and Caprice, “Water-Sprites” for flute, cello and piano: Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Fanmi Imèm for flute and piano: Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
a due for violin and viola: Stanley Walden (b. 1932)
Sextuor for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Old Dutch Church
Kingston, NY
Chansons Madecasse for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello and piano: Maurice Ravel
Duets for violin and flute (12 short pieces): Bela Bartok
Diversions for oboe, clarinet and bassoon: Peter Schickele
Birthday Suite for flute and piano: Shirley Hoffman Warren
Metamorphosis after Ovid for solo oboe (3 selections): Benjamin Britten
Holy Order: Shaker Dances for violin, cello, oboe and piano: Leanna Primiani
Friday, October 11, 2019
ASK (Arts Society of Kingston)
97 Broadway, Kingston
and
Sunday, October 1, 2019
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Sarabande and Rigaudon for oboe, viola and piano: Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Duo for clarinet and bassoon: Ken Wilson (1924-2012)
Knickknacks for violin and viola: George Tsontakis (b. 1951)
Etudes for solo piano: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)
Sonatine for Flute and Piano: Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Sunday, March 31, 2019
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Sonatina for Flute and Piano: Eldin Burton (1913-1979)
Quartet for Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet and Piano: Pete Cody
Metamorphosis (selected movements) for solo piano: Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Duo for Violin and Cello
“In memory of the littlest refugees who never reach a place of safety”: Susan Kander (b. 1957)
Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet: Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Friday, September 28, 2018
ASK (Arts Society of Kingston)
97 Broadway, Kingston
and
Sunday, November 4, 3:00pm
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Kokopeli: Katherine Hoover (1937-2018)
Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon: Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) Listen to live recording!
The Seed of Dream, for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano: Lori Laitman (b. 1955)
Sonata (Three Lakes), for flute and piano: Daniel Dorff (b. 1956
Trio in Two Parts with an Interval Between, for oboe, bassoon & viola: David Mecionis (b. 1967)
Solilóquio for Solo Violin: Marcos Lucas (b. 1964)
Sonatina for Violin and Cello: George Antheil (1900-1959)
Sunday, June 3, 2018
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Spring Concert"
Woodwind Quintet: Jim Lahti
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano: Alec Templeton
Duo for Violin and Cello: Bohuslav Martinu
Sonata for Clarinet Solo: Rudolf Escher
Selections from Frag-me-nts, from A Wom-an's Di-ary, for solo piano: Ruth Schönthal
Sunday, November 5, 2017
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Autumn Concert"
Music from the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe
Road to Hamelin: Paul Ramsier
Three Concert Pieces: Franz Reizenstein
Gardens: Peter Schickele
Duo: Henry Martin
Recercare: Eric Roth
Sonata: Paul Hindemith
Sunday, April 2, 2017
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Urban Sounds"
Featuring music of the New York Composers Circle
From Far and Near: Kevin McCarter
Ikarus - Duo for Binya: Debra Kaye
Bass Play Divertimento: John de Clef Pineiro
Intermezzo: Susan Fischer
Nocturnes: Jacob Goodman
Scatterloop: Max Duykers
Breathless: Hubert Howe
Suite for Two Flutes: Katherine Hoover
Friday, November 11, 2016
7:30 PM
Arts Society of Kingston
97 Broadway, Kingston
"Off the Square: Irregular Shapes"
Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear: Erik Satie
Suite for Two Flutes: Katherine Hoover
Three Nocturnes for Bass Oboe and Piano: Robert Ronnes
Blue Bassoon: Christopher Weait
Partita for Wind Quintet: Irving Fine
Sunday, April 3, 2016
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Daydreams in the Clouds"
Clouds of Endless Summer for Violin, Clarinet and Piano: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Miniatures for Horn and Bassoon : Joshua Groffman
Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio: Benjamin Britten
Trio No. 1 for Flute, Cello and Piano: Lowell Liebermann
Dream Dances for Flute, Oboe and Cello: Peter Schickele
Friday, October 2, 2015
8:00 PM
Arts Society of Kingston
97 Broadway, Kingston
The Poné Ensemble for New Music
presented a program of exciting, experimental classical music at the Arts
Society of Kingston (ASK). The program complemented ASK's October
Members Exhibition, "Driven to Distraction", and explore ideas of
creativity in both music and the visual arts.
Engaging both experienced modern classical music lovers and those new to
the genre, this short program included instrumental and vocal music by
celebrated 20th-century composers George Crumb and Henry Cowell, as well
as more recent works by Tim Buckley, Marc Mellits, and John Holland. All
of the musical works featured unusual performance techniques or
electronics to highlight the creativity of the composers and versatility
of the performers.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Sound & Motion: Music Inspired by Dance"
This concert featured music inspired by dance by both local and
well-known composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Seven Short Pieces for piano: Shirley Hoffman Warren
Tapestry for clarinet and piano: Bill Delp
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano: Charles Ives
"El Jaleo" for flute, oboe and bassoon: Gregg Martin
Suite for Solo Cello: Peter Cody
Five Old Dances for oboe, clarinet and bassoon: Erzsébet Szönyi
"Aloof Lips Detain No Cure", suite for cello and piano: Bob Lukomski
"Divertimento" for flute, violin, viola and cello: Katherine Hoover
Sunday, October 26, 2014
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Meet Trevor Weston and Musical Friends:
Duos, Trios, Jazz and More"
Duos for bassoon and cello: Bela
Bartok Bloom for string trio: Trevor
Weston Images for piano trio: Trevor
Weston Celestial Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon: Margo
Romig Jazz Sketches for vibraphone and cello: David
Jarvie Quintet in B minor for flute, string trio and piano: David
Diamond
This concert was dedicated to Poné Ensemble
violist Valentina Charlap-Evans, who lost her courageous battle with
cancer on September 14, 2014.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"The Future"
Please Join the Poné Ensemble for New Music as they continue their 40th
anniversary season with a glimpse into the "future."
This concert looks forward, featuring brand new works written by the current
and next generation of composers, all aged 50 or younger. Come be a part of music
history as it is being made!
The program also features a special presentation, 15 Minutes of Fame,
in the Vox Novus series. These are 15 one-minute pieces written especially
for the Poné Ensemble by new music composers from across the globe.
Program:
Eric Roth: Recercare for violin and 'cello
David Mecionis: Obstinate duet for flute and clarinet
Brett Wery: String Quartet
Michael Vincent Waller: Rifiuto for flute, clarinet, bassoon,
string quartet
fifteen different composers: Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
8:00 PM
McKenna Theater, SUNY-New Paltz
"The Present"
This concert featured worked in the Ensemble's standard repertoire, by
composers who embody the original mission of the Ensemble to promote new
music. The concert was preceded by a pre-concert talk with the musicians
and John Burdick, local musician and writer.
Andre Previn: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Gundaris Poné: Gran Duo Funebre for viola and violoncello
Madeleine Dring: Trio for flute, oboe and piano
Bright Sheng: Tibetan Dances for clarinet, violin and piano
Sunday, November 17, 2014
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"The Past"
This concert featured some of the composers whose chamber music helped
define "new music" in the 20th century — John Cage, Henry Cowell, Alan
Hovhanness, Francis Poulenc, Howard Hanson, Edgard Varèse, Heitor
Villa-Lobos.
Friday April 19, 2013
7:00 PM
Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh Campus
Newburgh, NY
"A Delicate Spring: Folk Tunes in New Ways"
Guest Artist Lois Hicks-Wozniak, saxophone
Andre Previn: Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Evan Chambers: Come Down Heavy: for saxophone, violin, and piano
Karim Al-Zand: Three Character Pieces for viola and bassoon
Otto Luening: The Bass with the Delicate Air for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Sunday, March 3, 2013
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Mostly Winds"
A concert honoring Barbara Peterson.
Music for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, strings, and
electronic instruments expressing wind in a new way.
Tuesday, February 10, 2013
3:00 PM
Studley Theater, SUNY-New Paltz
"A Ride on the Underground Railroad"
A concert in collaboration with
SUNY New Paltz. During the anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation and Black History Month a powerful musical
celebration with dramatic new music and old spirituals- with strings, winds,
percussion, piano, choirs, and soloists.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Musicians Without Borders"
Katherine Hoover (USA): Divertimento
Rebecca Clarke (UK): Lullaby, Grotesque
Darius Milhaud (France): 4 Visages
Arvo Pärt (Estonia): Fratres
Otar Taktakishvili (Georgia): Flute Sonata
Alireza Mashayeki (Persia/Iran): Letters
André; Hossein (Persia/Iran): Prelude No. 1 (Homage to Omar Khayam)
Saturday April 28, 2012
7:00 PM
Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh Campus
Newburgh, NY
Witold Lutoslawski: Bokoliki (Bucolics) for viola and cello
Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Jet Whistle for flute and cello
Arnold Bax: Elegiac Trio for viola, flute and harp
Hilary Tann: From the Walls of Morlais Castle for oboe, viola and cello
Joseph Jongen: Deux Pieces, Op. 80 for flute, cello and harp
Sunday, March 4, 2012
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Nature in Music"
Poetry and music expressing the world's natural
beauty in parks, animals, insects, a pond, a thrush, a wild rose - works written
for flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello, soprano, tenor, piano and percussion by
living composers Shirley Hoffman Warren of New Paltz and Jennifer Higdon of
Philadelphia. Also music by Benjamin Britten, Charles Martin Loeffler, Amy Beach
and Edward McDowell.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
8:00 PM
McKenna Theater, SUNY-New Paltz
"Music by Hudson Valley Composers"
This program includes
works by composers of our neighboring colleges: Jonathan Chenette of
Vassar College, Joan Tower of Bard College, John B Hedges of SUNY-New
Paltz, as well as the late Alan Shulman of Woodstock, and our founder, the late
Gundaris Poné.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"An Explosion of Color: Selections from the Spectrum of 20th and 21st
Century Chamber Music"
Jennifer Higdon: Zaka for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Paul Hindemith: Four Pieces for bassoon and cello
Ruth Zechlin: Trio for oboe, viola, and cello
Henry Cowell: Solo Piano Pieces
Elliot Carte: Three of 4 Lauds for solo violin
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, piano
Sunday, May 15, 2011
3:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
"Music by American Women"
An eclectic concert of music by American women - works composed from 1930 to 2010.
Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli for solo flute
Joan Tower: Trés Lent for cello and piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger : Piano Study with Mixed Accents for solo piano
Becky Pinto: Jakob's Lament for solo cello
Becky Pinto: The King's Return for flute, violin, oboe and cello
Libby Larsen: Corker for clarinet and percussion
Jennifer Higdon: Soliloquy for English horn, two violins, viola and cello
Shirley Hoffman Warren: Acadia for oboe, viola and piano
Joan Tower: Petroushskates for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Sunday, March 20, 2011
3:00 PM
Unison Arts Center
68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz
"From the Old Comes the New"
A concert featuring 20th & 21st century chamber works inspired by older forms of music.
Charles Wuorinen: Bearbeitungen ueber das Glogauer Liederbuch
for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
Bohuslav Martinu: Quatre Madrigaux for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Hilary Tann: The Walls of Morlais Castle for oboe, viola and cello
David Ludwig: The Catherine Wheel for oboe, violin, viola and cello
Russell Bennett: Suite for flute and B-flat clarinet
- Toe Dance
- Cowboy Song
- Low-Down Hoe-Down
- Strauss Waltz
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
8:00 PM
McKenna Theater, SUNY-New Paltz
"All-Copland"
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (13-instrument chamber version)
Edward Lundergan, conductor
The Quiet City (newly-reconstructed version for trumpet, saxophone,
clarinet and piano by Christopher Brellochs
