Kaufman Center's Face The Music Ensemble To Perform At The Apple Store 12/4

Kaufman Center's Face the Music ensemble will perform two FREE sets ofcontemporary classical music on Friday, December 4, as part of the grandopening of Apple's new West 67th location.

The live program at 6:00 pmincludes: Michael Gordon's "Yo Shakespeare" and Marcelo Zarvos's "Nepomuk's Dances: Memory"; the program at 7:00 pm includes: Phil Kline's "ExquisiteCorpses" and an encore performance of "Nepomuk's Dances: Memory".

Location: 1981 Broadway, NYC, http://www.apple.com/retail/upperwestside/

Face the Music is an ensemble of astonishingly talented teenagers performingworks by today's most compelling and creative new music composers. Inresidence at the Kaufman Center, Face the Music breaks the boundaries ofclassical music education and performance, featuring today's music presented by the emerging artistic voices of tomorrow.

Since their debut five years ago, Face the Music has played across New York City, at venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, The Queens Museum of Art,Roulette, Hudson View Gardens, and on the live broadcast opening of WNYC's new Greene Space. Face the Music features twenty classically trained musicians, ranging from sixthto twelfth grade.

The group's mission is to engage talented teenage musicians from across the City to represent a diverse range of backgrounds and talents.

The performers are primarily students or alumni of Kaufman's own Special Music School, the only public school in New York City that integrates pre-conservatory musical training with academic education. http://kaufman-center.org/special-music-school/face-the-music