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To celebrate its 125-year anniversary, Carnegie Hall is commissioning 125 new works. The Kronos Quartet is an important piece of the project, providing 50 of the commissions as part of the quartet’s 50 for the Future project. 50 pieces (25 by women composers) written by composers throughout the world will be premiered by Kronos and the music provided for free through its website.

In this video, Kronos founder and 1st violinist David Harrington, along with Kronos Managing Director Janet Cowperthwaite, talk to Noted Endeavors founders Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson about the Fifty for the Future project, detailing the process from inception to realization.

David Harrington founded the Kronos Quartet in 1973. The quartet has since gone on to become one of history’s most important new music ensembles, having commissioned over 850 works.

For more about the Kronos Quartet, go to:
kronosquartet.org

Fifty for the Future:
kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future

More Noted Endeavors videos:
notedendeavors.com

As pianist Anthony de Mare’s fabulous project, LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, took shape, he found that he could advance the project’s prospects for success through the use of Twitter, e-mailing lists, and an updated and effective website. Here, Mr. de Mare discusses with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson (founders of Noted Endeavors) points for effective social media use.

ANTHONY DE MARE is one of the world’s foremost champions of contemporary music. Praised by The New York Times for his “muscularly virtuosic, remarkably uninhibited performance [and] impressive talents”, his versatility has inspired the creation of over 60 new works by some of today’s most distinguished artists, especially in the speaking-singing pianist genre, which he pioneered over 25 years ago with the premiere of Frederic Rzewski’s groundbreaking ‘De Profundis’.

He has performed Liaisons programs across the U.S., Canada and Cuba including Virginia Tech Center for the Arts, The Ravinia Festival, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Schubert Club in Minneapolis, Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Rockport Music Festival, the Cliburn Series in Fort Worth, and Music at Meyer in San Francisco.

For more about Anthony, go to:
anthonydemare.com

For more about Noted Endeavors (including more videos), go to:
notedendeavors.com

Kronos Quartet founder and 1st violinist David Harrington says that he doesn’t like to give advice. But, in this Noted Endeavors video, David offers profound advice for anyone embarking on a new endeavor. Also featuring Kronos managing director, Janet Cowperthwaite, and Noted Endeavors’ Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson.

Stay tuned for more vidoes with David Harrington!

David Harrington founded the Kronos Quartet in 1973. The quartet has since gone on to become one of history’s most important new-music ensembles, having commissioned over 850 works.

For more about the Kronos Quartet, go to:
kronosquartet.org

For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:
notedendeavors.com

Violist Nadia Sirota has created several wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns. Here, Nadia shares ideas with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors about fundraising videos, ask amounts, and how to create a winning projects.

“A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beautiful music of a higher order than anything else you will hear this year” by SPINMedia website PopMatters.

Read more about Nadia:
nadiasirota.com

For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:
notedendeavors.com

Cellist extraordinaire Matt Haimovitz presents the questions that any new endeavor needs to ask itself in this short but profound video with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors.

Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At 17 he made his first recording with James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for Deutsche Grammophon. Haimovitz has since gone on to perform on the world’s most esteemed stages, with such orchestras and conductors as the Berlin Philharmonic with Levine, the New York Philharmonic with Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Kent Nagano. Haimovitz made his Carnegie Hall debut when he substituted for his teacher, the legendary Leonard Rose, in Schubert’s String Quintet in C, alongside Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz, Pinchas Zukerman and Mstislav Rostropovich.

In 2000, he made waves with his Bach “Listening-Room” Tour, for which, to great acclaim, Haimovitz took Bach’s beloved cello suites out of the concert hall and into clubs across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Haimovitz’s 50-state Anthem tour in 2003 celebrated living American composers, and featured his own arrangement of Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner.” He was the first classical artist to play at New York’s infamous CBGB club, in a performance filmed by ABC News for “Nightline UpClose.” Soon thereafter, Haimovitz launched Oxingale Records with his wife, composer Luna Pearl Woolf. Oxingale records have since received wide acclaim for its stunning recordings.

To learn more about Matt, go to:
matthaimovitz.com

For more about Noted Endeavors, go to:
notedendeavors.com

Do your social media posts read like this: “Hey, come to our concert tonight”? Is that a successful strategy for gaining an audience? Should you share more news or entertainment in your posts? In this video, violist Nadia Sirota shares ideas with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors about what constitutes a successful social media strategy.

“A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beautiful music of a higher order than anything else you will hear this year” by SPINMedia website PopMatters.

Read more about Nadia:
nadiasirota.com

For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:
notedendeavors.com

Should you bringing a score post-concert to a performer or conductor who you just met? Should you send emails to those you don’t know? Watch and find out as esteemed composer and conductor discuss proper networking with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors.

Bond has a masters and doctorate from the Juilliard School, where she was the only female in the conducting program, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California. She has taught at Juilliard, The Conductor’s Institute, New York University and in the spring will design and teach online courses for Nyack College. She has honorary doctorates from Hollins and Roanoke Colleges, and Washington and Lee University. She was voted Woman of the Year, Virginia in 1990 and 1991.

You have a great idea for a project, but it needs something…money. How do you fundraise, receive the money, offer tax deductions to donors, etc? Watch and learn as Anthony de Mare talks about fundraising for his project, LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano.

ANTHONY DE MARE is one of the world’s foremost champions of contemporary music. Praised by The New York Times for his “muscularly virtuosic, remarkably uninhibited performance [and] impressive talents”, his versatility has inspired the creation of over 60 new works by some of today’s most distinguished artists, especially in the speaking-singing pianist genre, which he pioneered over 25 years ago with the premiere of Frederic Rzewski’s groundbreaking ‘De Profundis’.

He has performed Liaisons programs across the U.S., Canada and Cuba including Virginia Tech Center for the Arts, The Ravinia Festival, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Schubert Club in Minneapolis, Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Rockport Music Festival, the Cliburn Series in Fort Worth, and Music at Meyer in San Francisco.

For more about Anthony, go to:
anthonydemare.com

For more about Noted Endeavors (including videos), go to:
notedendeavors.com

You’re just out of school – what do you do now? Super-commissioner, violist, and radio host Nadia Sirota offers her advice for what young, aspiring musicians should be doing for a healthy career (and for one’s sanity).

“A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beautiful music of a higher order than anything else you will hear this year” by SPINMedia website PopMatters.

Read more about Nadia:
nadiasirota.com

For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:
notedendeavors.com

Inevitably, and despite perfect planning and rehearsal, things go wrong. What do you do? Composer / conductor Victoria Bond discusses handing problems with composure and a steady hand.

A major force in 21st century concert music, Victoria Bond leads a dual career as composer and conductor. Her compositions have been praised by the New York Times as “powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding,” and her conducting has been called “impassioned” by the Wall Street Journal and “full of energy and fervor” by the New York Times.

Bond has been commissioned by The American Ballet Theater, Pennsylvania Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Houston and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, Cleveland and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestras, Women’s Philharmonic, Soli Deo Gloria, The Young Peoples’ Chorus, Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Choral Society of the Hamptons and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her compositions have been performed by the Dallas Symphony, New York City Opera, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Anchorage Opera, Irish National Orchestra (RTE), Shanghai Symphony and members of the New York Philharmonic, among others.

As a conductor, Ms. Bond has guest conducted the Honolulu, Buffalo, Richmond, Louisville, Albany, Anchorage, Dallas and Houston symphony orchestras; Cleveland and St. Paul chamber symphonies; Opera Carolina; Festival of Contemporary Music in Santos, Brazil; Radio Telefis Eirann in Dublin, Ireland; Center for Contemporary Opera in New York; and the Shanghai, Hunan, and Wuhan symphony orchestras and Beijing Central Opera in China.

Learn more about Victoria:
http://victoriabond.com/index.php

For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:
http://notedendeavors.com