News & Events
June 12, 2013 |
Rappaccini’s Daughter at the National Opera Center in NYC. Press Release: Click here for PDF
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April 12, 2013 |
Testimony by Stephen Schwartz
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February 18, 2013 |
Happy President's Day!
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February 17, 2013 |
Sing Along to Sing Out Mr. President
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January 21, 2013 |
Celebrating The American Spirit with NPR! Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA CD was on NPR's Deceptive Cadence, January 19th, 2013, and profiled on Inauguration Day, Jan 21st, on the main page.
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January, 2013 |
David Ludwig's The New Colossus Performance for President Obama and Vice President Biden Judith commissioned David Ludwig to write The New Colossus and premiered it at the Todi Music Festival in 2002. Upon hearing the EVUSA recording, Ben Hutto, Director of Music Ministry and Organist at St. John's Church ("Church of the Presidents") in Washington DC, programmed the work for the Inaugural Prayer Service. Listen to a sample MP3 (0.6MB)
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December, 2012 |
Grammy Nomination for Inura! Released last fall on the Albany Records CD, the Grammy nominated Inura is performed by Son Sonora Voices, directed by Judith Cluman, with the on Sonora Ensemble and Dance Brazil Percussion. Composer Tania Leon conducts the CD. The piece was also nominated for the Latin Grammy Best Classical Contemporary Composition. |
Holidays, 2012 |
Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting 2012 Essential Voices USA’s recording of Joy to the World was heard on the 2012 Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. |
December, 2012 |
Sing Out Mr. President! The music for Sing Out Mr. President has been published by G. Schirmer (Hal Leonard distribution). Listen to a sample MP3! (5.6MB)
Settings of words of our Presidents by Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Robert Beaser, Irving Berlin, Jason Robert Brown, Thomas Cabaniss, Jake Heggie, Larry Hochman, Laurie Hochman, Michael Gilbertson, Sheldon Harnick, Jennifer Higdon, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Andrew Lippa, David Ludwig, Paul Moravec, Nico Muhly, Stephen Paulus, Marc Shaiman, John Philip Sousa, Georgia Stitt, Zachary Wadsworth, Jesse Wiener. Order your copy at Hal Leonard today! |
Nov. 8, 2012 |
Marvin Makes Music
More information available on EVUSA's CDs & Books page, here. |
October 23, 2012 |
CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT with Judith Clurman interviewed about Celebrating the American Spirit!
More information available on EVUSA's CDs & Books page, here. |
2012—2013 NY Pops |
The New York Pops: Some Enchanted Evening Friday, October 12, 2012 at 8:00pm A very grand night of singing was presented… three glorious voices (Aaron Lazar, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot), blending beautifully, backed up by the extraordinary Essential Voices USA… Praise to EVUSA’s Judith Clurman… The songs never sounded better..
Judith with Paolo Szot and members of EVUSA, standing in front of the SOLD OUT sign, at Carnegie Hall. Used with permission.
Judith with soloist Aaron Lazar and EVUSA member Chad Lazar. Photo © 2012 by Michael Yeshion. Used with permission. The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 8:00pm Essential Voices USA are honored to help celebrate Stephen Schwartz 65th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his hit musical Wicked, along with Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, and Jennifer Laura Thompson. |
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REMEMBERING MARVIN HAMLISCH Judith's dear friend and colleague, Marvin Hamlisch, passed away in August 6, 2012.
Judith, Marvin and David Zippel at the Encompass Opera Theater November 20, 2011 Gala honoring Marvin. Photo © Leslie Hart, used with permission. www.marvinhamlisch.com: click on "funeral services" and listen. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ANATOMY OF PEACE at The Marvin Hamlisch
Judith organized and conducted forty students and ten young adult members from Essential Voices USA and treble soloist, Richard Pittsinger, to participate in The Juilliard School Memorial for Marvin, on September 18, 2012. They performed Marvin's choral work, Anatomy of Peace. (Read a review of the Memorial.)
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June, 2012 |
The Conductor’s Craft 2012 Sponsored by Hal Leonard Judith led various workshops. Check out Hal Leonard.com. 
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May 21, 2012 |
Actor's Fund Benefit Essential Voices USA performed at the Actors Benefit honoring Harry Belafonte. |
May, 2012 |
Essential Voices USA Developed by EVUSA's conductor Judith Clurman, The Composer Speaks format will present composers in concert and workshop format. In addition, the audience will be taught a melody by the composer and then be invited to sing along during the performance. They will also have an opportunity to ask questions of the composer. Join us for an exciting evening of New York and World Premieres! • • • The Composer Speaks Joshua Schmidt, May 31:Download a press release of extended program and bio information as Word file.
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The Composer Speaks HUC, May 10: |
April 30, 2012 |
The New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala |
April 20-21, 2012 |
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem Chorus Master for the Omaha Symphony with Thomas Wilkins, conducting. April 20-21, 2012 
This is a scan of a page of a musical manuscript from the 1880's by Gabriel Fauré. In paradisum, Ms. 413, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. |
April 14, 2012 |
Essential Voices USA Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium 
Photo © 2011 The Jim Henson Company, © 2011 The Muppets Studio. Photography Courtesy The Jim Henson Legacy, John E. Barrett, Photographer. |
April 13, 2012 |
Essential Voices USA Friday, April 13, 2012 -- 8pm |
Valentine's Day, 2012 |
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January, 2012 |
Judith and her husband Bruce visited Germany, taught at the Abraham Geiger Kolleg, Berlin (Universitat di Potsdam) and visited Leipzig, Munich, and Dresden as well. At the Shabbat service in Munich, they premiered Larry Hochman’s setting of Sh’ma. Listen to a clip of Sh'ma (Hear O Israel) by Larry Hochman with Essential Voices USA. Flash/Javascript required. Flash Required 
Photo of Dresden Synagogue. |
December 16 and 17, 2011 |
Essential Voices USA With John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey & The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, 8pm. |
Nov. 29, 2011 |
Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith, at the 2011 Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Click here to watch a clip of the performance on YouTube. 
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November 20, 2011 |
A Musical Salute! Celebrating the Music of Marvin Hamlisch Judith will conduct Anatomy of Peace, with Richard Pittsinger, Treble and Beth Ertz at the piano. The event takes place at the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South and is sponsored by the Encompass New Opera Theater |
The Sondheim Review |
The Sondheim Review "If the nuanced, introspective and brainy aspects of Sondheim's work were layered beneath the surface, they often came brilliantly to light, as in a wonderful rendition of "A Weekend in the Country," with Clurman's disciplined ensemble adding their voices at one of the delicious modulations."
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Marvin Hamlisch! |
Judith interviews Composer Marvin Hamlisch for Harvardwood
Judith Clurman and Marvin Hamlisch. Photo by Bruce Ruben. All rights reserved. |
April, 2011 |
Curtis Institute of Music |
Mr. President on NPR! |
From NPR, Feb 7, 2011: "Judith Clurman commissioned 16 contemporary composers to write short choral pieces based on the words of 16 American presidents, for a series called Mr. President. In celebration of President’s Day, NPR Music is premiering the entire collection at its classical blog Deceptive Cadence, beginning today http://www.npr.org. "For Mr. President, Clurman challenged today’s most notable composers – including Jake Heggie, Samuel Adler, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and Nico Muhly – to create short songs inspired by famous presidential quotes. Among the repertoire: “The ballot is stronger than the bullet,” (Abraham Lincoln); “A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics,” (Harry Truman); “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women,” (Ronald Reagan); and “With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. ...Yes we can,” (Barack Obama)."(npr.org)
Flash Required Download a 30 sec MP3 of America, conducted by Judith Clurman and sung by Essential Voices USA for NPR's Mr. President series. |
Mr. President on WQXR! |
We are so excited for our conductor, Judith Clurman, to be placed on a list of “Top Five Works About American Presidents” on the WQXR website! From Amanda Angel, WQXR, Feb 17, 2011: “4. The fruits of Judith Clurman’s Mr. President project are being unveiled at this moment. Clurman, a conductor and teacher, commissioned 16 composers to each write a 90‐second song for the commander‐in‐chief of his or her choice. The pieces vary from Samuel Adler's take on FDR to Milton Babbitt’s dedication to James Madison.” |
March 13, 2011 |
The Composer Speaks: Shulamit Ran Hebrew Union College, 1 West Fourth Street, New York City Repertoire included:
Shulamit Ran, Photo by Edward Chick. All rights reserved. |
December 11, 2010 |
Carnegie Hall Holiday Celebration |
December 11, 2010 |
Carnegie Hall Family Concert: How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
December 10, 2010 |
Carnegie Hall Holiday Celebration |
November 19, 2010 |
Stephen Sondheim 80th Birthday Celebration |
October 22, 2010 |
Leonard Bernstein: A Celebration at Symphony Space |
October 15, 2010 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
