ArtsNorthridge Newsflash Gramercy 9/15/05

Northridge, CA: ArtsNorthridge at California State University, Northridge is proud to present the Los Angeles premiere of the nationally renowned Gramercy Trio on Sunday, November 13 at 2:00 PM in the CSUN Performing Arts Center. The Trio; featuring pianist Randall Hodgkinson, violinist Sharan Leventhal and cellist Jonathan Miller will perform a program featuring Mozart, Brahms and the world premiere of a newly commissioned work, Piano Trio by Nicholas Underhill. This performance of "Piano Trio" by Nicholas Underhill is sponsored by the American Composers Forum through its Encore Program, supporting repeat performances of new works.

For more information go to http://www.gramercytrio.com/ .

The Gramercy Trio tours throughout the country presenting concerts and residencies for audiences of all ages. In keeping with their dedication to new music, they have commissioned and premiered works by composers such as Nicholas Underhill, Robert Aldridge, Joan Huang, and renowned jazz pianist, Fred Hersch. "The trio, clearly pros exploring what interested them, gave the refreshing impression that everything they were doing was fun and worth hearing." The New York Times

Pianist Randall Hodgkinson is a grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation, has performed with orchestras in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland. In addition, he has performed numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino. He is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife Leslie Amper. Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and the Longy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Violinist Sharan Leventhal has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A champion of new music, she has received grants from the NEA, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording, and the Fromm and Koussevitzky Foundations, and premiered over 100 works by composers such as Gunther Schuller, Virgil Thomson, William Kraft, and Scott Wheeler. Ms. Leventhal is on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory and is the founder and director of Play On, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting active participation in classical music.

Cellist Jonathan Miller, a 30-year veteran of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is the founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Artists Ensemble. Solo appearances include the Boston Pops, the Hartford Symphony, and the American Cello Congress at the invitation of Rostropovitch. He has toured the county as a member of the New York String Sextet. Mr. Miller has served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory and the Boston Conservatory, and currently teaches at the Tanglewood Music Center. He and Mr. Hodgkinson have recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas on the Centaur label.

Composer/pianist Nicholas Underhill has recently been commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, hornist Richard King, violinist Takako Masame and flutist Mary Kay Fink and the Gramercy Trio. His numerous New York recitals include his 1985 debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall, a 1987 performance at Merkin Concert Hall, and a June, 1993 concert in Weill Recital Hall. He frequently appears with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and the Chamber Collective, of which he is a director and founding member.

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GRAMERCY TRIO TO PERFORM THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PIANO TRIO BY NICHOLAS UNDERHILL

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GRAMERCY TRIO
TO PERFORM THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
PIANO TRIO BY NICHOLAS UNDERHILL