Composers Salon #6

Composer Salon #6
November 18, 2012
6:00 pm
at Houston Community College
Spring Branch Performing Arts Center in Theater 2
1040 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., 77043
No cover
Made possible in part by Houston Composers Alliance

Sunday's program includes:

Incarnations
for doublebass
by Hsin-Jung Tsai
Thomas Helton, doublebass

FU&THYRIO
for two bass clarinets and double bass
by Thomas Helton
Martin Langford, Karl Fulbright, bass clarinet
Thomas Helton, doublebass

HUI
for flute
by Stephen Yip
Izumi Miyahara, flute

Composers Salon #5

Composer Salon #5
October 28, 2012
6:00 pm
at Houston Community College
Spring Branch Performing Arts Center in Theater 2
1040 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., 77043
No cover
Made possible in part by Houston Composers Alliance

Sunday's program includes:

Pianomophone
for piano
by George Heathco
Hsin-Jung Tsai, Piano

Meditation of Passage
for violin, cello, and piano
by J Todd Frazier
Performed by Trio Oriens

Infinite Jest
for piano
by Doug Falk
Hsin-Jung Tsai, piano

My Mind Is Full My Heart Is Heavy
for poetry and electronics
by Paul Connolly

September 23, 2012: Composers Salon #4

Composer Salon #4
September 23, 2012
6:00 pm
at Houston Community College
Spring Branch Performing Arts Center in Theater 2
1040 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., 77043
No cover
Made possible in part by Houston Composers Alliance

Sunday's program includes:

Spirit of the Earth
for solo flute
by Hsin-Jung Tsai
Joshua Hahn, Flute

Remnants of Ouroboros
for solo bass
by Adam Goodwin
Adam Goodwin, bass

Three Short Pieces for Bass Quartet
for four double basses
Composed by Adam Goodwin, Thomas Helton, Damon Smith, and Andrew Seifert

Make Whatever of Me You Desire
'Tessa Rowe
for mezzo soprano and piano
by Joe LoCascio
Lainie Diamond, mezzo soprano
Hsin-Jung Tsai, piano

August 19, 2012: Composers Salon #3

Composer Salon #3
August 19, 2012
6:00 pm
at Houston Community College
Spring Branch Performing Arts Center in Theater 2
1040 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., 77043
No cover
Made possible in part by Houston Composers Alliance

Sunday's program includes:

Allatonceness
for Flute and Tape
by Hsin-Jung Tsai
Joshua Hahn, Flute

Vocal Crisis
for Flute and Live Electronics
by Joshua Hahn
Joshua Hahn, Flute

The Quiet Persistence of Memory
for Solo Viola
by Paul Connolly
Aaron Bielish, Viola

Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
Prerecorded soundscape
by Paul Connolly

Lawrence Street
Prerecorded soundscape
by Chris Becker

July 15, 2012: Composers Salon #2

Composer Salon #2
July 15, 2012
7:00 pm
at Houston Community College
Spring Branch Performing Arts Center in Theater 2
1040 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., 77043
No cover

Made possible in part by Houston Composers Alliance
Special thanks to Joe Locascio

The July 15 salon program includes:
The Quiet Persistence of Memory for solo viola by Paul Connolly
Performed by Aaron Bielish (viola)

Hôtel by Francis Poulenc and Longing To Be Free by Hsin-Jung Tsai
Both performed by Hsin-Jung Tsai (piano) and Lainie Diamond (mezzo soprano)

Collage by Doug Falk
Performed by Hsin-Jung Tsai and Thomas Helton (upright bass)

Pieces 8 and 12 from 13 for Piano by Joe LoCascio
Performed by Hsin-Jung Tsai

Waltz for saxophone composed and performed by Seth Paynter

Thank you to everyone came out to the inaugural salon at Avant-Garden. The program featured works by Thomas Helton, Woody Witt, and Chris Becker. Below are some photos Thomas Helton took at the salon.

William Samson on Tuba

Woody Witt on saxophone

Chris Becker (laptop) and Stephan Badreau (classical guitar)

Hsin-Jung Tsai on piano

Contact:
Thomas Helton

thomashelton at me.com

Composers Salon
Presenting forward thinking chamber music by Houston composers
Thomas Helton – Artistic Director

Inaugural salon:
June 3, 2012
7:30 PM
Avant Garden
Featuring works by Thomas Helton, Woody Witt, and Chris Becker
An informal discussion about the music will take place after the program

Other participating Composer Salon composers include Paul Connolly, Hsin-Jung Tsai, Seth Paynter, Doug Falk, and many others.

Composers Salon presents the music of local Houston composers who operate outside the walls of academia and whose music defies easy categorization. This is composed music that also embraces jazz, electronic, and rock idioms.

Upcoming Composer Salon concerts will include small, intimate affairs, where conversation among the artists and audience is encouraged, to larger, multi-media events, with guest video, dance, and performance artists.

We're very interested in collaborating with museums to present concerts that draw inspiration from, and engages in a dialogue with, their exhibiting artists.

Thomas Helton website

Thomas Helton (bass) and Chris Becker (laptop) in performance (Music for Silent Films)

Thomas Helton and the Torture Chamber Ensemble

Chris Becker (laptop), Hsin-Jung Tsai (piano), and Meg Booker (dancer) in performance.

Seth Paynter (saxophones, electronics) in performance