September 16th, 2011 at 7:30pm
Music at First

Music At First is an exciting new concert series that takes place at First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights. It features a diverse mix of some of New York City’s newest new music ensembles, performers, and composers, accessible to a wide audiece of both community members and seasoned new music listeners.

Concerts take place at First Presbyterian Church and begin at 7:30 with a $10 admission (at the door).

Brooklyn Heights, 124 Henry Street
2/3 to Clark Street
A/C to High Street
R/4/5 to Court Street/Borough Hall

Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 7p.m.

St. Katharine Drexel Church, Alton, NH

Toby Twining created Arts on the Edge Wolfeboro and he was the organization’s Artistic Director for the first two years.  On August 25, he returns with the ensemble to perform pieces from their newest CD, Eurydice.

Arts on the Edge Wolfeboro is a summer festival whose mission is to celebrate the spiritual value of artistic creativity. The festival brings to central New Hampshire’s Lakes Region the work of renowned local and international artists in an exciting multi-disciplinary art series with an emphasis on innovation.

Click here for more information. 

Meet the Composer

JACK Quartet has been awarded funds to commission Toby Twining for an experimental quartet in extended harmonic techniques for strings.

COMMISSIONING MUSIC/USA is a landmark commissioning program developed by Meet The Composer in response to a critical need on the part of the music community. COMMISSIONING MUSIC/USA provides national support for the commissioning and multiple performances of new works representing all styles of music. The program provides support for emerging and established composers, promotes wider knowledge and appreciation of contemporary works, and encourages organizations to work together to build the repertoire for new music.

Bang on a Can Marathon

June 19, 2011 8:00pm

World Financial Center, Winter Garden, New York, NY

Sunday, June 19 11am– 12am (midnight)
13 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC!
Co-presented by the River to River Festival® and arts>World Financial Center

8pm Signal performing Cruel Sister by Julia Wolfe
Toby Twining performing excerpts from his own work Eurydice
Bang on a Can All-Stars and Philip Glass performing Glass’ Music in Similar Motion and Closing
Sun Ra Arkestra performing their own work

Bang on a Can returns with its incomparable 12-hour-plus super-mix of genre-defying music featuring over 150 astounding musicians and composers from throughout the world. Highlights include Philip Glass performing live with the Bang on a Can All-Stars; music by Bryce Dessner of The National; sonic downtown legend Glenn Branca; the outer-planetary Sun Ra Arkestra; the Asphalt Orchestra playing music by David Byrne/Annie Clark, Yoko Ono, and Frank Zappa; the intrepid Signal in a blistering string orchestra work by Julia Wolfe plus New York premieres by Richard Ayers, Fausto Romitelli, Poul Ruders, Toby Twining and much more!
Location: World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey Street

Toby Twining Music is also celebrating the release of two recordings on CD: Eurydice was released in February 2011 by Cantaloupe records. Eurydice began as a score for Sarah Ruhl’s play of the same name, directed by Blanka Zizka and produced for the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia in 2008. Meanwhile, Sony Records is re-releasing Twining’s 1994 song cycle, Shaman, the groundbreaking recording that originally brought national attention to his inventive style of choral music.

Click here to listen to Twining’s song, “Yes Yes Yes”