William Susman belongs to the generation of American composers that came of age in the late twentieth century, received traditional academic training while remaining thoroughly engaged with popular music (in his case, jazz), and who went on to establish careers for themselves outside the academic establishment. Susman has written orchestral and chamber music for concert performance, as well as jazz and film scores. more...
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Chicago's Sound of Silent Film Festival arrives in NYC for two nights on Friday June 7 & Saturday June 8, 2013 with an exciting array of early films by Martin Scorsese, Guy Maddin, Gus Van Sant, The Brothers Quay, Alexander Payne and an Oscar-winning animated short by Michael Dudok de Wit. Native New Yorker, directed by Steve Bilich, is backed up by Palomar a Chicago-based ensemble of winds, percussion, piano and strings conducted by Francesco Milioto.
A performance of selections from Quiet Rhythms Books I and II. (video projections by artist David Irving Weiner). William Susman will perform his music at the Cornelia Street Café - Serial Underground Concert Series curated by Demetrius Spaneas March 3, 2013. Also, on the program is a screening with live performance of the Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short Native New Yorker with multi-wind instrumentalist Demetrius Spaneas, pianist William Susman and pre-recorded soundtrack.
Initiated in 2010, Quiet Rhythms is a new ongoing series of short piano pieces. He performs a solo one hour concert at the Spectrum Loft Series Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 121 Ludlow, 2nd floor, NYC, 7PM.
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