The American Chamber Ensemble has announced details of its Gala Annual Music Party and 2005-2006 concert season. On Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 3 PM, ACE will present its Annual Music Party on the 10th Floor of Hofstra University's Axinn Library in Hempstead. Special guest Stanley Drucker, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic will join pianist Blanche Abram, clarinetist Naomi Drucker and other members of ACE in a program of informal music making that will preview the upcoming season. Admission to the Gala Annual Music Party is by contribution only. Contribution categories begin at $25, with each category having specific contributor benefits. For category information, benefits and Music Party reservations, please call 516-223-0454, 516-541-9090 or 516-586-3433. The American Chamber Ensemble's Long Island season opening concert, Honoring Long Island Composer Irwin Swack, will be presented on Sunday, November 6, 2005, at 3 p.m. when the Music Department of Hofstra University presents ACE at the University's Monroe Lecture Center Theater on California Avenue, Hempstead. Featured pieces will include Irwin Swack's Quartet for four clarinets and Profiles for violin, clarinet and cello, along with Ludwig Spohr's Six Songs for soprano, clarinet and piano and Brahms' Sonata in e minor for cello and piano and Quartet No. 1 in g minor for piano and strings. Tickets at Hofstra University Box Office - $10 ($8 senior citizens 65+ and non-Hofstra students). One free ticket with current Hofstra Card. For ticket information, call (516) 463-6644. The American Chamber Ensemble will return for its Eighth Annual Carnegie Hall Concert on Saturday, March 4, 2006, at 2 PM - Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York. Mid-America Productions presents ACE performing Irwin Swack's Profiles for violin, clarinet and cello, along with the World Premiere of Joelle Wallach's After Alcyon's Dream for clarinet, viola and piano and the New York City Premiere of Benjamin Lees' Tapestry for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (a special ACE 40th Anniversary Commission). Johannes Brahms' Sonata in e minor for cello and piano and David Diamond's Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello and piano will also be presented. For tickets or more concert information, please call Mid America Productions at (212) 239-4699. It's Spring! is the theme of the ACE concert on Sunday, April 2, 2006, at 3 p.m., when The Music Department of Hofstra University will once again present ACE at the University's Monroe Lecture Center Theater on California Avenue, Hempstead. Works to be performed are Bernard Herrmann's Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, Amy Beach and Ernest Chausson Songs for soprano, piano and strings and Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in g minor for piano and strings Tickets at Hofstra University Box Office - $10 ($8 senior citizens 65+ and non-Hofstra students). One free ticket with current Hofstra Card. For ticket information, call (516) 463-6644. Members of The American Chamber Ensemble include Blanche Abram, piano, Naomi Drucker, clarinet, Eriko Sato and Deborah Wong, violins, Lois Martin, viola, Chris Finckel, cello and Marilyn Sherman Lehman, piano. ACE concerts are assisted, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, private contributions and Hofstra University. For more information about the American Chamber Ensemble and concert updates, please call Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433, or log on to the ACE webpage at http://www.jamesarts.com/ace/home.html.
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