Bassist Sam Suggs Makes NY Solo Recital Debut

Concert Artists Guild is pleased to present double bassist Sam Suggs in his New York solo recital debut at The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30pm.

Sam will give the world premiere of his chamber concerto, featuring CAG ensemble PUBLIQuartet and percussionists Doug Perry and Jonny Allen. The work is a co-commission by the BMI Foundation and CAG. He will also perform his reconstruction of a lost bass concerto by Haydn with CAG ensemble Argus Quartet and pianist Robin Giesbrecht. In addition, the program will feature solo bass works by composers including David Walter, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jacob Druckman, and Michael Laurello.

The full program is:

Sam Suggs: EDM Caprice no. 1 Daft Chaconne (2014)

David Walter: Prelude after Casals

J. S. Bach: Dance selections from the cello suites, interspersed with original compositions

Domenico Dragonetti: Waltz no. 3

Krzysztof Penderecki: Duo Concertante for violin and bass (2010)

with Domenic Salerni, violin

Sam Suggs: world premiere of untitled Chamber Concerto (2018) for solo bass, string quartet, and percussion

with PUBLIQuartet and Doug Perry and Jonny Allen, percussion

Jacob Druckman: Valentine

Michael Laurello: Plead (2016)

Sam Suggs: Concerto after Haydn (reconstruction of Haydn's lost double bass concerto of 1763)

with Argus Quartet and pianist Robin Giesbrecht

Versatile double bassist Sam Suggs was named Concert Artists Guild's New Music/New Places Fellow at the 2016 CAG Competition. As a performer-composer, Sam is committed to expanding the literature of the double bass canon, often combining performances of classic works with his own compositions and reworkings. He was named New Artist of the Month by Musical America in October 2015, soon after receiving the Gary Karr Prize for 1st Place at the 2015 International Society of Bassists Solo Competition.

Since 1951, Concert Artists Guild has helped more than 500 young musicians launch concert careers. Winners of CAG's annual competition receive comprehensive management support, including a debut recital on the CAG Presents Series at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, concert bookings, opportunities through the CAG Commissioning Program and CAG Records label, marketing, publicity, and mentorship. Notable alumni artists include violinists Jennifer Koh and Eugene Drucker (Emerson Quartet); pianists Barry Douglas, Michael Brown, and Daniel Hsu; clarinetists David Shifrin and David Krakauer; flutists Carol Wincenc, Marina Piccinini, and MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase; groundbreaking ensembles Imani Winds, the Brasil Guitar Duo, and Sybarite5; and Grammy-winning ensembles Pacifica and Parker String Quartets, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and MacArthur Fellow Eighth Blackbird.