Drimala Records Press Release |
Drimala Records proudly announces its first release of 2000, Beyond Noend with Errante, featuring clarinet virtuoso, F. Gerard Errante. |
Hampton, VA - January 7, 2000 - Drimala Records proudly announces the release of Beyond Noend with Errante. This 61-minute CD features international recording artist, F. Gerard Errante, who Musical America described as "one of our finest clarinetists, possessing a virtuoso technique, beautiful rich sound, and flawless musicality" and Living Music described simply as "a MONSTER of a performer." Beyond Noend with Errante includes ten compositions for acoustic and electronic clarinet uniquely woven by Errante into an aural fabric that points the way to a new millennium in music. This evocative recording features the world recording premier of three new works by contemporary new music composers Jane Brockman, Robert Scott Thompson, and Peter Terry. The CD also features a new work, Silent Tears, by F. Gerard Errante and John Toomey that was commissioned for this recording. Beyond Noend with Errante blurs the line between contemporary classical and jazz to create a listening space beyond genre, somewhere in time. Track Titles Silent
Tears* (F. Gerard Errante
& John Toomey)
Cantabile* (Jack Delano)
Tagore
Songs** (Jane Brockman) Kaleidoscope (Jody Nagel) Twilight* (Mark Carlson) Captured Light** (Peter Terry) Interlude* (John Toomey)
Innerutterance (Joshua Chan) The Widening Gyre** (Robert Scott Thompson) Lyric Prelude (Carl Della Peruti) *with John Toomey, piano/synthesizers About the Artists
About the Label Drimala Records was founded in 1998 to document the silence via the power of the internet to create a world without borders. Focusing on improvisational music in all its forms, Drimala Records is producing music that ranges from the New American Jazz Sound to Contemporary Classical and World music. The common denominator is the music’s honesty; composed, performed, recorded, and produced without compromise. Drimala Records was the first label to bypass traditional distribution routes and go directly to the listener via the internet. Thus, Drimala’s CDs are exclusively available from its web site and other selected internet sources. This unique distribution approach makes Drimala’s music available throughout the world in areas never before possible. For More Information Drimala Records |
F. Gerard Errante is a
clarinetist, composer, author, and recording artist of international stature whose
performances at major international festivals have received critical acclaim. Widely
traveled, Errante has performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, Korea, China, Japan, Africa, and the South Pacific. Actively
sought out by many of today's leading composers for his renowned interpretations of
contemporary music, Errante was a second prize winner in the International Gaudeamus
Competition for Interpreters of Contemporary Music. Dr. Errante is the past president of
the International Clarinet Association, a Professor of Music at Norfolk State University,
and Co-Director of the Norfolk Chamber Consort.
John
Toomey is Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Technology at Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, Virginia. Formerly music director and keyboardist for jazz legend
Maynard Ferguson, John has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl,
and the Blue Note. He has written the soundtracks for several nationally televised
documentaries, and was designated a cultural specialist by the State Department, resulting
in a trip to Botswana, Africa, to teach and perform.-End-
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