Amy Schumacher

The Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Friday October 5, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The Manhattan School of Music: Borden Auditorium

Orchestral Variations – A. Copeland
Symphonic Metamorphosis – P. Hindemith
River Run – S. Albert

Please contact the Manhattan School of Music Concert Office for ticket information. 917-493-4428

New Music for Saxophone
Friday July 20, 2007 at 7:00 PM

Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church
178 Bennet Avenue (at Bennet Avenue and 189th Street)

Presented By:
Michael Hernandez, soprano saxophone
Amy Schumacher, tenor and alto saxophones
Hanako Yamigata, piano

Fantasie et Pastorale for Soprano Saxophone and Piano – Jules Demersseman
Echoes of a Crimson Twilight for Solo Soprano Saxophone – Ronald Caravan
Tre Pezzi for Solo Soprano Saxophone – Giacinto Scelsi
Episodes for Soprano Saxophone and Piano* – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Yours for Tenor Saxophone and Piano – Gerald Busby
Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano – Eric Ewazen
Jephthah for Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone and Piano – Carl Anton Wirth

“An Evening of Music” with Pianist Glen Fabisevich
Thursday June 21, 2007 at 6:00 PM
The Council Senior Center
241 West 72nd Street (Between Broadway and West End)
Three Songs Without Words – P. Ben-Haim

The 2007 Bang on a Can Marathon
June 2-3, 2007
World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York City

This is the annual Bang on a Can Marathon concert, which is part of the River to River Festival in New York City. The event starts at 8PM on June 2nd and will be 26 hours of FREE music. I will be performing with TACTUS a piece by Evan Zyporyn, which is second on the program.

For more information, please visit the Bang on a Can website.

Tuesday April 24, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The Manhattan School of Music: Room 607
TACTUS “Plugged In”
Environment/Four: Re-synthesis – E. Antonellis

Monday April 23, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The Manhattan School of Music: Greenfield Auditorium
Electronic Music Composers’ Concert
Environment/Four: Re-synthesis – E. Antonellis (premier)

Next week, I will have two opportunities to perform a new work for Soprano Saxophone and Live Electronics by friend and composer Evan Antonellis. Here is what he has to say about the piece: (more…)