Greenwich House Arts announces the third and final concert of the second season of Women's Work on Thursday, March 31 Ð 8 PM in the Renee Weiler Concert Hall at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York City (between Seventh Avenue South and Bedford St.). The series, co-produced by Greenwich House Arts and New York Women Composers, Inc., is hosted by composer Beth Anderson and features recent works by living women composers.

The March 31 performance will include works for saxophone quartet, piano, cello and combinations performed by The Case Saxophone Quartet and Case Ensemble. Featured works will include Beth Anderson's "Net Work" for 2 pianos and sax quartet and Judith Lang Zaimont's "Parallel Play" for saxophone quartet. Works by Joelle Wallach, Awilda Villarini, Beata Moon and others will also be presented.

Admission to this concert is $15 general, $10 for students/seniors. For more information, contact Greenwich House Music School at 212-242-4770 or http://www.gharts.org/ghmusicschool.html. For more information on this and other GH Arts performances, visit http://www.gharts.org/PerformanceLinks.html.

Beth Anderson's music has been described as having "a refreshing simplicity without naivetŽ" and as Ð"deeply felt, direct, and yes, beautiful" and "charming and deeply felt to the point of romanticism." Her latest CDs are Swales and Angels- http://www.composersrecordings.com/cgi-bin/search2/disc.cgi?new_release_month=Apr and Quilt Music - http://www.albanyrecords.com/. An essay by Ms. Anderson about her music for NewMusicBox webmagazine can be read at http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=53hf02. For more information about composer Beth Anderson, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.beand.com.

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. Her music is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels. Ms. Zaimont was the subject of a major article in Chamber Music magazine, which can be read at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/dec03/JLZ_121903.htm. Her latest reSOUNDings Newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/JLZ_nws_021405.htm. More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/.

Beth Anderson and Judith Lang Zaimont are represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be contacted at 516-586-3433 or at jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

New York Women Composers, Inc. is a New York not-for-profit corporation controlled by its members, all of whom are women composers of serious concert music or are women in musical occupations who support the composers in their efforts to be recognized. Membership is open to residents of New York State and the greater tri-state metropolitan area. The mission of New York Women Composers, Inc. is the betterment of conditions for all women composers. This in turn depends on the climate of acceptance for women composers in general rather than for a few notables, whose successes are often used to dismiss the claims of other women. The goal of New York Women Composers, Inc. is for music by women to succeed because of merit, regardless of a composer's gender. Activities include concerts, the online catalog, networking, and member-initiated endeavors. Visit them online at http://www.ibiblio.org/nywc/.

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