Composer Debra Kaye's DIALOGUE WITH THE GHOST Comes to NY Composers Circle

Acclaimed American composer Debra Kaye's work Dialogue with the Ghost, featuring cellist Craig Hultgren, will be presented by the New York Composers Circle on its New Music For Cello concert, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Opera America Center/Marc A. Scorca Hall 330 7th Avenue, New York. Admission is $20 (Students Free).

DiaLogue with the Ghost, a dialogue of opposites, explores a range of lyric and percussive possibilities. Originally written for viola da gamba, and later adapted for cello, the six and a half minute work was commissioned by Martha McGaughey, of Mannes College, and has received multiple performances since its premiere in 2004.

Kaye has been hailed as "a unique voice in American music" for her "transcendent, witty, colorful and profound" works blending deep classical roots with a wide range of influences including jazz, world music, folk, experimental improvisation, world events and sounds of daily life. With a catalogue of over 50 works including chamber and orchestral music, art songs, choral and theatrical compositions, her work has been honored with multiple ASCAP Plus Awards for her "creative contributions to American music." Her debut CD And So It Begins, produced by Grammy winning Judith Sherman, was recognized as "an album that will surely stand the test of time," and was included on Ted Gioia's list of top 100 CDs.

Kaye's 2017-18 season features a number of new commissions including a string quartet commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Howland Chamber Music Circle (Beacon, NY), Fantasy for flute and piano, and a commission from Composers Concordance for an electro-acoustic work to be performed at the New West Electronic Arts and Music Organization Festival in San Diego. Last season's highlights included the premieres of five new works, Mouth of the Sky and The Dance the Turtle Dreamed from Kaye's String Quartet No. 1, Encountering Lorca for string orchestra, and two related works based on the myth of Ikarus, Ikarus - Duo for Binya for violin and viola, commissioned by the Community Music Center of Portland, and Ikarus Among the Stars commissioned by the Portland Youth Philharmonic.

Craig Hultgren performs regularly as a soloist on both cello and e-cello and considers himself a steadfast advocate for new music. For more than 10 years, Hultgren has organized his Solo Cello Works Biennial presenting new works from composers around the world.

The concert will also include world premieres of works by Dana Dimitri Richardson, Peri Mauer, Carl Kanter, Kevin McCarter and Dary John Mizelle. Other composers featured on the program include Hubert Howe, Monroe Golden, Max Giteck Duykers and Tamara Cashour.

The New York Composers Circle is an organization of composers and performers dedicated to new music whose mission is to promote public awareness and appreciation of contemporary music.

For more information, visit www.debrakayecomposer.com.

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