Avery Griffin
baritone & composer
St. Thomas Concert Series 2011-12
All conerts take place at 1W 53rd Street in NYC.
Music for Remembrance: Dona Nobis Pacem - Vaughan Williams / Victoria Requiem of 1605 & other works -- Thursday, 10 November at 7:30 PM
Handel's Messiah -- Tuesday, December 6 & Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 pm
Bach St. John Passion -- Friday, 30 March 2012 at 7:30 PM
D. Buxtedhude's Membra Jesu Nostri -- Tuesday, 3 April from 6:30-7:30 PM
Bachfest: St. Thomas in Leipzig (in preperation for our tour of Germany in June 2012) -- Friday, May 11 at 7:30pm
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St. Thomas Germany Tour
The Choir of Men and Boys of St. Thomas, 5th Avenue, will tour Germany in June of 2012.
Roomful of Teeth
In November RoT will head into the recording studio in New Haven, CT, to record our first album! Hurrah!
On Febraury 25th, RoT will take part in the Ecstatic music festival in Merkin Hall (129 W67th Street, new York, NY).
Songcatchers Final Concert
On February the Westchester Chamber Symphony will perform the final pieces of students of the Songcatcher Composers of the Future program. The concert will take place at Iona College in New Rochelle and will begin at 7pm. The program will feature works by Mozart and Saint Saens.
Clarion Music Society Concert Series
The French Romantics, presented by the American Guild of Organists -- February 20th, 8pm, at the Church of the Ascension in NYC (12 W. 11th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Bach, Handel, and Corelli with Julliard 415 -- March 23, 2012, 8pm, at Alice Tully Hall in NYC (70 Lincoln Center Plaza)
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VYC PS24 Concert
Students of PS24 will participate in the Credit Suisse Very Young Composer program from January-May of 2012. I'll be functioning as a Teaching Artist for the program, helping to motivate the students as they create new chamber music works.
NotaRiotous
On November 30th, 2011, NotaRiotous will be joined by Ensemble 2e2m at Jordan Hall in Boston, MA. I'll be performing a set of songs written for me several years ago by Ezra Sims.
Ekelemes at Roulette
Jeffrey Gavett's new vocal group Eklemes will perform music by composers from Columbia University at Roulette on March 3rd, 2012. I'll be premiering some new works that the Columbia composers are working on right now!
Carmel Bach Festival 2012
The repertoire for the The 2012 Carmel Bach Festival will include Bach's B Minor Mass, Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, Bach’s Orchestral Suites, and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. The festival will run from July 14-28, 2012.