MONTAGE Music Society 2008/09

MONTAGE Receives Major Grant from Argosy Foundation's Contemporary Music Fund

MONTAGE Music Society (MMS) is very pleased to announce that the Contemporary Music Fund of the Argosy Foundation has awarded MMS $10,000 in support of its Starry Night Project, a multi-disciplinary initiative which features music of living American composers written exclusively about works of visual art. The project comprises numerous performances in prominent venues; training, educational and underserved-audience programs; the world premiere of a commissioned work; and a commercial recording to be released by the end of 2008.
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Reviews

Montage Gives New Life To Zemlinsky's Cello Sonata
Friday, October 20, 2006

If one piece of music could bring post-romantic composer Alexander Zemlinsky out of obscurity, it would be his Cello Sonata, which recently resurfaced and received its North American premiere on Wednesday at the Library of Congress. Cellist Marc Moskovitz, a self-described Zemlinsky buff, and pianist Debra Ayers, both part of Boston-based Montage Music Society, gave the piece an impassioned performance.

Ayers was agile and confident, her part often more interesting and intricate than the cello's. Moskovitz reveled in the glorious sound of the library's precious Stradivarius. There wasn't any real virtuosic material in the sonata -- nothing that would make you say "wow." But the beautiful melodies, highly romantic style and solidness of the composition made me believe that it will immediately become part of the core cello repertoire.

Gail Wein, WASHINGTON POST