ARSC New York Chapter
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SEPTEMBER 2015 Meeting
7 P. M. Thursday, 9/17/15
At the CUNY Sonic Arts Center
West 140th Street & Convent Avenue, New York
or enter at 138th Street off Convent Avenue
Shepard Hall (the Gothic building) – Recital Hall (Room 95, Basement level)
An elevator is located in the center of the building
EARL WILD AT 100:
THE MAN; THE MUSICIAN; THE PERSONALITY
*Moderated by Joseph Patrych and Jon M. Samuels*
*On Nov 26th of this year, Earl Wild would have been 100 years old. He came
close to attaining it, dying only 5 years ago, on Jan 23, 2010 at the age
of 94. Those years were well spent in a major career as a performer (until
the age of 90) and recording artist as well as a composer and respected
transcriber. And yet, it has been asserted that Wild did not enjoy the
typical career of a concert pianist, e.g. he was never invited to some of
the most prestigious piano series, such as the Keyboard Virtuosos series at
Carnegie Hall. This talk will present evidence of the Wild’s towering and
unique gifts, and in so doing support his reputation as one of the greatest
American pianists of all time, with examples of his pianistic artistry on
both audio and video, his compositions and transcriptions, and
reminiscences of him as a personality, raconteur and friend. *
Joseph Patrych is a recording producer and the owner of Patrych Sound
Studios in New York City. He has produced and/or engineered over 350 CDs
for various labels including Albany, Arbiter, BIS, BMG, Bridge, Centaur,
Classico, Diva Productions, Koch, Music & Arts, Nonesuch, New York
Philharmonic Special Editions, Pearl, Pierian, Warner Classics, and
thousands of private clients. He was educated at the Aaron Copland School
of Music where he studied music theory, history, analysis and performance,
and has performed as a pianist, conductor and choral singer. From 1980 to
1993 he was Classical Music Director at WFUV-FM, and also the co-producer
and co-host of Concert Grande, a radio program devoted to the piano that
aired from 1977 to 1993. He has been involved in the design and
construction of studios for Harvard University, The University of Missouri
at Kansas City, The Edison National Historical Site and The International
Piano Archives at Maryland, as well as many private studios, and He has
been a member of ARSC for over 25 years and is a member of its Technical
Committee.
Jon M. Samuels is a life-long New Yorker, and has been a Reissue Producer
and Engineer of classical, jazz and Broadway recordings for over
twenty-five years. His work has appeared on many labels, and has won him
consistent acclaim with both press and public, as well as numerous awards,
including Grammy and Gramophone Awards. He was associated for thirteen
years with BMG/RCA. His engineering credits there included significant work
on the complete recordings of Julian Bream, Jascha Heifetz and Arturo
Toscanini. He produced many outstanding releases for BMG, including
retrospectives of William Kapell, Pierre Monteux, Leontyne Price and
Leopold Stokowski. He created, produced and engineered the critically
acclaimed ReDiscovered series. He was the co-engineer on three major New
York Philharmonic CD collections released by the orchestra. For Sony
Classical, he has produced and engineered comprehensive sets devoted to
Jascha Heifetz, Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein. He has compiled
numerous discographies, including ones of Leo Blech, Piero Coppola, Emanuel
Feuermann, the Flonzaley Quartet, Leopold Godowsky and Vladimir Horowitz.
He has been a member of ARSC since 1978 and is currently Classical Music
Judge of its Book Awards Panel.
THE DATE OF OUR OCTOBER PROGRAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY
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DIRECTIONS TO THE SONIC ARTS CENTER
Subway: Take the 1 train to 137th Street City College and walk north to 140th
St. & Broadway,
then go east to 140th St. & Convent Avenue. Take the A, B, C, or D trains
to 145th St, go south on St. Nicholas to 141st St, (one long block), then
west one block to Convent Avenue, and south one more block to 140th &
Convent Avenue.
Bus: M4 and M5 on Broadway; M 100, 101 on Amsterdam Ave. (one block West of
Convent Avenue)
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The Sonic Arts Center at CCNY offers 4-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees
in Music with a concentration in Music and Audio Technology. Their program
provides an in-depth curriculum emphasizing real-world skills with a
project-based approach. Students enjoy a well-rounded program, with
emphasis on audio technology, music theory, orchestration, and history to
help them compete in a field that today demands an ever-growing and highly
diverse skill set.
All ARSC NY Chapter meetings are free and open to the public.
Voluntary contributions to help defray our expenses are welcome!
To join ARSC, visit http://www.arsc-audio.org
Kimberly Peach
ARSC Web Editor
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