JOHN S. LIBERATORE
COMPOSER, PIANIST
On December 11th, 2008, the Ossia New Music Ensemble will premiere ...OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS scored for tenor and percussion ensemble. The work is based on the writings of 16th Century clergyman Edward Topsell, and features texts from a variety of sources.
Originally scheduled for April 28th, 2008 the second reading of COMPANION STAR will take place in September, 2008. The performing ensemble will be the Eastman Philharmonia.
On, Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 3:00pm, John will give a PIANO RECITAL at the Seneca Falls Library in Seneca Falls, NY. The program will encompass a wide range of styles and include the premiere of a new work for solo piano. The event is free and open to the public.
On June 29th, 2008, John will be getting married to Jennica Schuster of Auburn, NY at the Williard Chapel in Auburn. The couple is planning a July trip to the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
Trumpeter Jeremy Matiland will be performing a new work, currently untitled, for solo trumpet and interactive electronics at the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar in New Hampshire. The performance is tentatively scheduled for June 19th, 2008.
In his first year as music director, John will lead the choir of the First United Methodist Church of West Webster in their first all CHORAL CONCERT on June 18th, 2008 at 7:00pm. The program will feature a selection of classic Methodist hymns, spirituals, anthems, and several original arrangements. FUMC of West Webster is located at 570 Ridge Road in Webster, NY.
On April 28th, John was awarded the Wayne Brewster Barlow Prize for excellence in composition by the Eastman composition faculty.
A new work, HOUSE-FLY, for two pianos will receive its premiere on April 7th at 8:00pm in Eastman's Kilbourn Hall with pianists Symeon Waseen and Marcus Macauley. The concert, which is funded by the Warren Benson Forum on Creativity, features works inpsired by sculptor Arthur Ganson. Other composers featured on this event will include Andrew Colella, Andrew Allen, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Feng-Hsu Lee, Chad Latta, Jennifer Bellor, Symeon Waseen, Paul Coleman, and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez. The works will be preceded by a pre-concert panel discussion with Mr. Ganson and the featured composers.
Along with composers Eugene Astapov, and Oliver Hagen, John will be presenting a recital of contemporary chamber music at 6:30pm on April 3rd in Eastman's Ciminelli Formal Lounge. The concert will include the premiere of CHIMERA by violist Leanne Dammann and cellist Meredith Blecha, and John will perform the premeire of PRESSED TO THE GLASS with soprano Ke Chen. Also featured will be an encore "performance" of CLICK TRACK.
CLICK TRACK received its premiere on March 7th, 2008 at the Bethel Christian Fellowship in Rochester. The work was part of the first of a series of three electro-acoustic concerts presented by the Eastman Computer Music Center in the spring of 2008. Visit the computer music center's webpage for details about upcoming events.
John's orchestra piece COMPANION STAR was read on March 5th, 2008 by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra during the anual BPO Young Composers' Forum. The work will be read again by the Eastman Philharmonia on April 28th