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ALIAS returns to the stage at Blair School of Music’s Turner Recital Hall on Friday, May 14 to close out its 2009/10 season. ALIAS’ Spring Concert, which begins at 8 p.m., features two works by composer and Guggenheim Fellow Gabriela Lena Frank, including her acclaimed string quartet Quijotadas. ALIAS will record both works, as well as three other Frank works, for Naxos Records this fall.
The program for ALIAS’ upcoming concert boasts four very different pieces for two musicians. ALIAS percussionist Chris Norton will perform one of the Frank works, Danza de los Saqsampillos for …

Closing out the season, and the Emerging Voices series focusing on women composers past and present, is a remarkable string quartet by Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Gabriela Lena Frank. Also on the program is Frank’s Danza de los Saqsampillos for two marimbas. Soprano Sharon Mabry returns to the ALIAS stage to sing three songs by Lili Boulanger. Rounding out the program is a rarely heard work for two cellos by French composer Philippe Hersant, and the well-loved Introduction and Allegro by Maurice Ravel…

On this week’s Studio C on Nashville Public Radio, WPLN 90.3 FM, ALIAS previews its upcoming concert with movements from string quartets by Peter Schickle and Anton Arensky. For photos taken during the live broadcast, click the headline above.

In January 2010, ALIAS Chamber Ensemble was named a Professional Performance Partner of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. Under the terms of the partnership, ALIAS will continue to perform at Blair three times each season. In addition, Blair students will enjoy myriad new opportunities — including free tickets to all ALIAS performances — which will be determined and announced in the coming months…

ALIAS performs the world premiere of ALIAS Executive Director Matt Walker’s composition, “Squaretet.” Filmed May 23, 2009 in Nashville, Tenn. at Turner Hall, Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.

In February 2010, ALIAS continues its series Emerging Voices, focusing on the work of women composers, presenting works by three very diverse women: Deborah Kavasch, Bianca Maria Meda and Belinda Reynolds. The concert also features two unusual string quartets. The first, by Anton Arensky, is scored for two celli, rather than the traditional two violins. The second, American Dreams, is a serious work by composer Peter Schickele, more popularly known as P.D.Q. Bach….

Take one down, and pass it around –  it’s the poster for the 2010 ALIAS concert, set for Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Bring your friends, coworkers, and even your unfriendly coworkers. This show is guaranteed to change their moods.
Feb concert poster