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James
Romig, music director
Edward Taylor, artistic director
Ashlee Mack and John McMurtery, assistant directors
The Society for Chromatic Art has been presenting concerts and masterclasses
in and around New York City since 1998. Founded at Rutgers University by composers
James Romig and Edward Taylor, the SCA performs classic repertoire of the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries in addition to premieres by emerging composers.
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF PROGRAMS
June 6, 2006
Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York
Jeffrey Holmes - Stormbringer
James Romig - Second Vibraphone Sonata
Evan Johnson - hyphen
Jeffrey Treviño - Substitute Judgement
Robert Thomas - Sixteen Lines Circling a Square
James Romig - A Slightly Evil Machine
November 22,
2005
Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York
Brian Ferneyhough - Carceri d'invenzione IIb
Edward Taylor - Second Piano Sonata
Milton Babbitt - None but the Lonely Flute
James Romig - Piano Sonata
May 31, 2005
Christ and St. Stephen's Church (New York)
James Romig - Double 4
Edward Taylor - The Shores of Elsinore
Sun Mi Ro - Summer's Dream
Ming-Hsiu Yen - Movements
Derek Charke - Distant Voices
Andrian Pertout - Echoes from the Past
Christopher Brakel - Meta-Tango
James Romig - Sonnet 2
Edward Taylor - Voices in the Night
March 16,
2005
Winslow Loft (Macomb, IL)
James Romig - Double 4
Edward Taylor - Soliloquy
Charles Wuorinen - Album Leaf
James Romig - Sonnet 2
J.S. Bach - Sonata in B minor
March 19,
2004
Christ and St. Stephen's Church (New York)
Arnold Schoenberg - Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
James Romig - Transparencies
Edward Taylor - Piano Sonata
James Romig - Gedanke
Charles Wuorinen - The Haroun Piano Book
Charles Wuorinen - The Blue Bamboula
May 13, 2003
(evening)
Christ and St. Stephen's Church (New York)
J.S. Bach - Partita in A minor, BWV 1013
James Romig - Islands That Never Were
Milton Babbitt - None but the lonely flute
Aaron Copland - Piano Variations
Edward Taylor - Soliloquy
J.S. Bach - Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
May 13, 2003
(afternoon)
The Juilliard School (New York)
Fifth Anniversary Celebration
James Romig - Thread Sketches
James Romig - Sonnet 2
Edward Taylor - Soliloquy
Milton Babbitt - None but the lonely flute
J.S. Bach - Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
November 25,
2002
Christ and St. Stephen's Church (New York)
Elliott Carter - Scrivo in vento
James Romig - Sonnet 3
Charles Wuorinen - Album Leaf
Edward Taylor - Partitions for Saxophone
Jackson Hill - Hikyoku
Edward Taylor - Three Pieces for Clarinet
Charles Wuorinen - Flute Variations
James Romig - Thread Sketches
Elliott Carter - Esprit rude/esprit doux
March 7, 2002
Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
Charles Wuorinen - Flute Variations 1
James Romig - Sonnet 1
Milton Babbitt - None but the lonely flute
James Romig - Thread Sketches
Jackson Hill - Hikyoku
James Romig - Sonnet 2
Arvo Part - Fratres
March 27,
2001
Christ and St. Stephen's Church (New York)
Milton Babbitt - None but the lonely flute
Darren Gage - Just a Minute
Elliott Carter - Canon for 3
Morton Feldman - Two Intermissions
Anton Webern - Kinderstuck
James Romig - Oiseau Miro
John Cage - Two, for flute and piano
April 25,
2000
Church of the Holy Trinity (New York)
Christopher Theofanides - Ariel Ascending
George Perle - Monody 1
James Romig - Sonnet 1
Gyorgy Ligeti - Sonata for Cello
Edward Taylor - Fantasia: Duo for Violin and Cello
James Romig - Variations for String Quartet
Edward Taylor - Three Pieces for Clarinet
Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 4
October 26,
1999
Church of the Holy Trinity (New York)
Luciano Berio - Sequenza 1
Iannis Xenakis - Mikka
Edward Taylor - Three Pieces for Clarinet
James Romig - Sonnet 1
Morton Feldman - Piano Piece 1952
James Romig - Sonnet 2
Elliott Carter - Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi
Edward Taylor - Arctic Air
Elliott Carter - Canon for Three
May 4, 1999
Church of the Holy Trinity (New York)
Olivier Messiaen - Apparition de L'Eglise eternelle
Donald Martino - Set for Clarinet
Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 6
Edward Taylor - ...of Two Spheres
James Romig - Sonnet 1a
Stefan Wolpe - Second Piece for Violin Alone
James Romig - Spin
November 10,
1998
Church of the Holy Trinity (New York)
James Romig - Paper-Knife
George Crumb - Processional
Elliott Carter - Gra
Edgard Varese - Density 21.5
James Romig - Piano Trio
Elliott Carter - Scrivo in vento
Elliott Carter - Con Leggerezza Pensosa
March 25,
1998
Church of the Holy Trinity (New York)
Edward Taylor - The Shores of Elsinore
James Romig - Vibraharp Sonata
Igor Stravinsky - Elegie
Milton Babbitt - Beaten Paths
Charles Wuorinen - The Blue Bamboula
James Romig - Block
ALPHABETICAL
LISTING OF COMPOSERS AND REPERTOIRE
Milton Babbitt
Beaten Paths
None but the Lonely Flute
J.S. Bach
Partita in A minor, BWV 1013
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
Bela Bartok
String Quartet No. 4
String Quartet No. 6
Luciano Berio
Sequenza I
Christopher
Brakel
Meta-Tango
John Cage
Two
Elliott Carter
Canon for 3
Con Leggerezza pensosa
Esprit rude/esprit doux
Gra
Riconoscenza per Goffreo Petrassi
Scrivo in vento
Derek Charke
Distant Voices
Aaron Copland
Piano Variations
George Crumb
Processional
Morton Feldman
Intermission 6
Piano Piece 1952
Brian Ferneyhough
Carceri d'invenzione IIb
Darren Gage
Just a Minute
Stephen Grimes
Eddies and Undulations
Jackson Hill
Hikyoku
Jeffrey Holmes
Stormbringer
Evan Johnson
hyphen
Gyorgy Ligeti
Sonata for unaccompanied cello
Donald Martino
Set for Clarinet
Olivier Messiaen
Apparition de l'eglise eternelle
Arvo Part
Fratres
George Perle
Monody I
Andrian Pertout
Echoes from the Past
Sun Mi Ro
Summer's Dream
James Romig
A Slightly Evil Machine
Block
Double 4
Gedanke
Islands That Never Were
Oiseau Miró
Paper-knife
Piano Sonata
Piano Trio
Sonnet 1
Sonnet 2
Sonnet 3
Spin
Thread Sketches
Transparencies
Variations for string quartet
Vibraphone Sonata
Second Vibraphone Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Igor Stravinsky
Elégie
Edward Taylor
Arctic Air
Duo for Violin and Cello
... of Two Spheres
Partitions for Saxophone
Piano Sonata
Piano Sonata No. 2
The Shores of Elsinore
Soliloquy
Three Pieces for Clarinet
Voices in the Night
Christopher
Theofanides
Ariel Ascending
Robert Thomas
Sixteen Lines Circling a Square
Jeffrey Treviño
Substitute Judgement
Edgard Varese
Density 21.5
Anton Webern
Kinderstück
Stefan Wolpe
Second Piece for Violin Alone
Charles Wuorinen
Album Leaf
The Blue Bamboula
Flute Variations 1
The Haroun Piano Book
Iannis Xenakis
Mikka
Ming-Hsiu Yen
Movements
LIST
OF PERFORMERS, PAST AND PRESENT
John McMurtery, flute
David Dunn, clarinet
Scott Robert Avidon, saxophone
Mitchell Johnson, violin
Ruotao Mao, violin
Eugenia Wie, violin
Meng-Chun Chi, viola
Stephen Czarkowski, cello
Jeffrey Shah, cello
Mikyung Lee ,cello
Aurelien Petillot, cello
Lee Ferguson, percussion
Tony Oliver, percussion
Marija Ilic, piano
Ashlee Mack, piano
Matthew Morrow, piano
Jacob Smullyan, piano
David Macfarlane, pipe organ