Salvatore Macchia - Composer http://www.smacchiaone.com The website of composer and double bassist Salvatore Macchia. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en First performance of Grido http://www.smacchiaone.com/first-performance-of-grido/ http://www.smacchiaone.com/first-performance-of-grido/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:10:01 +0000 admin http://www.smacchiaone.com/first-performance-of-grido/ On Sunday February 17 at 4:00 pm Lynn Klock, Fred Cohen, David Sporny and Salvatore Macchia will give the first performance of Grido, for oboe, saxophone, trombone and
contrabass (a piece written in memory of Franco Donatoni). The concert will take place at Bezanson Recital Hall, UMASS Amherst at 4 pm.

]]> http://www.smacchiaone.com/first-performance-of-grido/feed/ Basso Fundamentale - Contrabass Recital http://www.smacchiaone.com/basso-fundamentale-contrabass-recital/ http://www.smacchiaone.com/basso-fundamentale-contrabass-recital/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:10:27 +0000 admin http://www.smacchiaone.com/basso-fundamentale-contrabass-recital/ Salvatore Macchia will perform works by Michele Biasutti, Franco Donatoni, Hans Werner Henze plus a premiere by Fabrizio Montero. The concert will also feature Macchia’s Braginsky variations for solo contrabass. The recital will take place at Bezanson Recital Hall, UMASS Amherst at 8 pm. With guest Matt Waugh, computer & electronics.

]]> http://www.smacchiaone.com/basso-fundamentale-contrabass-recital/feed/ The End of the Matter http://www.smacchiaone.com/the-end-of-the-matter/ http://www.smacchiaone.com/the-end-of-the-matter/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:02:58 +0000 admin http://www.smacchiaone.com/the-end-of-the-matter/ Trumpet player Eric Berlin has released “The End of the Matter: Premieres for Trumpet” containing Macchia’s piece by the same tittle. “The End of the Matter” for trumpet, vibraphone and marimba was written in 2004 for Eric Berlin and Eduardo Leandro. The CD, which also includes compositions by Stephenson, Bestor, Ellison, Hause and Bradshaw and features Leandro on percussion, Lynn Klock on saxophone and Nadine Shank on piano, can be purchased online from the MSR Classics website.

]]> http://www.smacchiaone.com/the-end-of-the-matter/feed/ Orsola Transfixed http://www.smacchiaone.com/orsola-transfixed/ http://www.smacchiaone.com/orsola-transfixed/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:41:10 +0000 admin http://www.smacchiaone.com/orsola-transfixed/ “Orsola Transfixed” for violin and tape, will be performed May 20, 2007 at 5pm by Veronica Kadlubkiewicz at the 2nd International Festival of Electroacoustic Music: “Musica Electronica Nova”, which will be held in Wrocław (Poland). For more information about the festival visit www.myspace.com/musicaelectronicanova.

]]> http://www.smacchiaone.com/orsola-transfixed/feed/ Squalid Landscape of the Moon http://www.smacchiaone.com/squalid-landscape-of-the-moon/ http://www.smacchiaone.com/squalid-landscape-of-the-moon/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:41:47 +0000 admin http://www.smacchiaone.com/squalid-landscape-of-the-moon/

“Squalid Landscape of the Moon” for bass clarinet and vibraphone will be premiered this April 11th, 2007. The concert, featuring Adam Kolker on bass clarinet and Eduardo Leandro on vibes, will take place at Bezanson Recital Hall, UMASS Amherst at 8:15pm (click on image to enlarge).

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