[Voxnovus] Composer's Voice features Argus Quartet April 1st 2023 2:00PM EDT on MNN

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Composer's Voice features Argus Quartet April 1st 2023 2:00PM EDT
(UTC-4) On Manhattan Neighborhood Network's Lifestyle Channel 2

This episode of Composer's Voice features the Argus Quartet presenting 
the works of Dustin Schulze and Heather Niemi Savage. This "vivacious 
foursome" (The New Yorker) is committed to bringing thoughtful and 
personal programs to both seasoned listeners and audiences new to 
classical music. The Quartet enjoys projects that celebrate 
collaboration, community, and risk-taking in venues of all shapes and
sizes. Member of the quartet include: Clara Kim, violin; Giancarlo 
Latta, violin; Maren Rothfritz, viola; and Mariel Roberts, cello. This 
performance is part of a special program from Vox Novus called 
"Contemporary Quartets."

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2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan Neighborhood's
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Dustin Schulze is a Texas born composer. He holds music degrees from
the University of North Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University, and
is currently pursuing his doctorate in composition at the University of
Oklahoma. Dustin's new release for concert band, Shades of Glass, was a
finalist for the 2020 American Prize in composition.

"A Flower Inside a Grenade" attempts to explore a unique rhythmic and
contrapuntal aesthetic. It is also saturated with glissandi and harmonic
double stops, which aim to create a dense and liquid texture throughout.

Heather Niemi Savage is a Rhode Island-based composer who explores the
interaction between tradition and innovation. She is inspired by the
natural world, poetry and literature, and her faith. Heather celebrates
the communal and cultural aspects of music, drawing upon her broad
experience in classical, jazz, musical theater, and sacred music.

Heather's compositions have been performed throughout the United States.
Her work has been featured on the radio programs, "Music of Our Mothers"
and "Classical Discoveries." Heather's piece, Daughter of the Stars,
placed second in the 2020 American Prize composition competition.
??"White Apples" is loosely based on the poem of the same name by Donald
Hall, wherein a young boy is awakened in the night by a knocking at his
door the week after his father's death. Like the poem, the composition
explores the concepts of sleeping, awakening, death, and change.