2008-2009 Season

Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:00pm
The Artistry of PRISM
Presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway
$16.50; $8 students | Box Office: 215- 569-8080 www.philadelphiachambermusic.org
PRISM offers an eclectic program of music new and old, including the world premiere of “Memo 6b” by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Bernard Rands, the Philadelphia premiere of “Squeeze” by Augusta Read Thomas, and works by James Primosch, Martin Bresnick, Gesualdo, Bach, Scarlatti, Gershwin, and Cole Porter.

Saturday, November 22, 2008, 7:30pm
Memo to Self
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway
New York City
Box office: 212-864-5400
Tickets: $21; $16 students/seniors | www.symphonyspace.org
PRISM offers an eclectic program of music new and old, including the world premiere of “Memo 6b” by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Bernard Rands, the Philadelphia premiere of “Squeeze” by Augusta Read Thomas, and works by Kati Agocs and Zack Browning.

January 16-18, 2009
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Residency and recital (Recital on 1/17/09)
Winston-Salem, NC
More information, email Taimur Sullivan

January 24, 2009
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Friday, February 27, 2009 8:00pm
A New World of Sound
PRISM Quartet/Music From China
Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA
$20 general; $15 students/seniors, at door only
Information: 215-438-5282
United by their passion for fresh soundscapes, PRISM and Music From China come together for a program of new works for saxophone quartet and traditional Chinese instruments with world premieres by Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Ming-Hsiu Yen, and Wang Guowei.

Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8:00pm
A New World of Sound
PRISM Quartet/Music From China
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
New York City
$20 general; $10 students/seniors | www.musicfromchina.org
212-941-8733
United by their passion for fresh soundscapes, PRISM and Music From China come together for a program of new works for saxophone quartet and traditional Chinese instruments with world premieres by Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Ming-Hsiu Yen, and Wang Guowei.

Sunday, March 1, 2009, 2:00 pm
A New World of Sound
PRISM Quartet/Music From China
Freer Gallery of Art/Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Museum
Washington, D.C.
tickets and information
United by their passion for fresh soundscapes, PRISM and Music From China come together for a program of new works for saxophone quartet and traditional Chinese instruments with world premieres by Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Ming-Hsiu Yen, and Wang Guowei.

March 29, 2009
Central Michigan University
Recital and masterclass
Mt. Pleasant, MI

Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saxophones and Voices
PRISM Quartet/Cantori New York
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street
New York
Tickets online at www.cantorinewyork.com or at door
$25 general; $20 seniors/$5 students
Cantori New York joins forces with PRISM in a riveting evening of international music for chorus and saxophone quartet, including world premieres by Efstratios Minakakis (Greece) and Kristin Kuster (U.S.), as well as works by Hugi Guðmundsson (Iceland), Giya Kancheli (Georgia), and Bernd Franke (Germany).

Sunday, May 17, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saxophones and Voices
PRISM Quartet/Cantori New York
Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA
$20 general; $15 students/seniors, at door only
Information: 215-438-5282
Cantori New York joins forces with PRISM in a riveting evening of international music for chorus and saxophone quartet, including world premieres by Efstratios Minakakis (Greece) and Kristin Kuster (U.S.), as well as works by Hugi Guðmundsson (Iceland), Giya Kancheli (Georgia), and Bernd Franke (Germany).

2007-2008 Season

Thursday, September 27, 2007, 7:30pm
World Premieres
At the vanguard of modern music for over 20 year, PRISM unveils a crop of brand new sax quartets by Guggenheim fellow Martin Bresnick, Rome Prize winner Rand Steiger, and Villa Medicis Hors-les-Murs awardee Georgia Spiropoulos. The program also features the world premiere of a new work by Victoria Cheah, winner of PRISM’s Walden School Award, and a U.S. premiere by Greek composer Stratis Minakakis.
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway (map)
New York, NY
212-864-5400
more information

Saturday, September 29, 2007
World Premieres
see description from 9/27
Single Reed Summit
SUNY-Potsdam
Potsdam, NY
more information

Sunday, September 30, 2007, 8pm
World Premieres
see description from 9/27
PNC Bank/Presser Recital Hall
Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street (map)
Philadelphia, PA
For reservations, call (215) 438-5282

Friday, February 15, 2008, 7:30pm
The Red Saxophone
PRISM will transport you to Russia with a rare program featuring Alexander Glazunov’s dazzling Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109 and recent works by Elena Firsova, Dmitri Smirnov, and Edison Denisov, electrifying composers from the Moscow Conservatory.
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway (map)
New York, NY
212-864-5400
more information

Saturday, February 16, 2008, 8:00pm
The Red Saxophone
see description from 2/15
PNC Bank/Presser Recital Hall
Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street (map)
Philadelphia, PA
For reservations, call (215) 438-5282

Friday, April 25, 2008, 7:30pm
Low Blow: Music for Four Baritone Saxophones
Low Blow: Music for Four Baritone Saxophones
The PRISM Quartet sheds their standard instrumentation in a
ground-shaking evening of music for four baritone saxophones. Sign up now to hear daring works by Martin Bresnick, Michael Gordon, Olga
Neuwirth, and world premieres by Roshanne Etezady and PRISM's own Matthew Levy. They're like regular saxophones, just bigger!

Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway (map)
New York, NY
212-864-5400
more information

Saturday, April 26, 2008, 7:30pm
Low Blow: Music for Four Baritone Saxophones
see description from 4/25
Low Blow is presented under the auspices of Heartworks, a major group exhibition and auction of more than 40 artists from NY, LA, London, and Philadelphia benefiting the Mazonni Center, Pennsylvania's first and oldest HIV/AIDS service organization.

ICE BOX Project Space
1400 N. American Street Philadelphia
Purchase tickets at www.inliquid.com/heartworks
or by calling 215-563-0663.
$35 for ages 18-30 and artists
$75 per individual
$125 per couple

PRISM patrons: purchase tickets with code "PRISM-257" to be entitled to $35 tickets.

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