[Voxnovus] Composer’s Voice features Argus Quartet presenting Faingold, Brockman, and Cecconi Bates on Manhattan Neighborhood Network April 29, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

[New Voice in New Music]

Composer’s Voice features Argus Quartet presenting Faingold, Brockman, 
and Cecconi Bates on Manhattan Neighborhood Network April 29, 2023 at 
2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

This episode of Composer’s Voice features the Argus Quartet presenting 
the works of Noam Faingold, Jane Brockman, and Augusta Cecconi Bates. 
 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.   This performance is part of a special program from 
Vox Novus called Contemporary Quartets. Contemporary Quartets Project is 
creating a new way to produce contemporary String Quartets.


Composer’s Voice airs its half-hour show every two weeks Saturday at 
2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan Neighborhood’s 
Network channel 2.


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Washington DC based composer/educator Noam Faingold's music has been 
described as "...lyrical...", "...exhilarating...", and "...a 
tour-de-force of Jazz melded with Classical..." by The New York Times, 
The BBC, and Downbeat Magazine, among others. Faingold is passionate 
about composing for traditional and cross-genre projects. Highlights 
include works for NY Philharmonic oboist Rob Botti, cellist Inbal Segev, 
and the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra and 20th century poet Yevgeny 
Yevtushenko's family (an elegy in the poet's memory on Navona Records).

Brockman holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, studied in Paris on a Fulbright/Alliance Française 
Fellowship, and worked in Vienna on a Rackham Prize. Awards and honors 
include the Mac Dowell Colony, State of Connecticut, the Sundance 
Institute, Sigvald Thompson Prize for orchestral composition, and the 
Composers Conference. She was Associate Professor of Music Composition 
and Theory at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and the Hartt 
School of Music/University of Hartford, and taught at the University of 
Rhode Island.

Augusta Cecconi Bates has written over 300 compositions for small 
ensembles, orchestras, choruses, instrumental and vocal soloists and 
ensembles, 4 operas, including "Molly of the Mohawks" which has had over 
a dozen performances since 2008. In 2021 her work "Pasticcio" Wind 
Ensemble receive 1st Honorable Mention of The American Prize.