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07-Mar-2014
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 Composer Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred, Oslo, Norway, will be flying to the USA to attend the first 7 performances of his newest work ‘ConVergEnce for Accordion and Cello’. Download Press Release (9 pages): SkjelbredPRThe concerts are scheduled in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Together with ‘ConVergEnce’, the concert will also include Skjelbred’s classical guitar solo, ‘Moves’, Magnar Am’s ‘On the Banks of the Eternal Second’, and Wolfgang Plagge’s ‘Fractals’. In April 2013, the Norwegian Composers Fund awarded Mr. Skjelbred a 60,000 kroner commissioning grant to write ‘ConVergEnce’. Mr. Skjelbred’s travel and lodging expenses are covered by generous grants from the Norwegian Association of Composers and Music. The world premiere is scheduled at Everett Theater in Bennnington, VT, with cellist Michael Gilbert Ronstadt and accordionist Rocco Anthony Jerry. Cellists Jared Shapiro and Dr. David Bebe will be performing with Mr. Jerry for the later concerts in the tour. Classical guitarist Eric Despard will be performing Skjelbred’s ‘Moves’ at all the venues. |