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The AdlerOaks Music Library publishes contemporary choral, orchestral,
and chamber works of James Adler. Works published by AdlerOaks
are available through a number of distribution sources. Check out
the list of works for score and sound samples and ordering details.
Upcoming Events
February 25, 2010: World Premiere of Reverie, Interrupted, composed by James Adler for
Jordan
P. Smith. Mr. Smith and Mr. Adler premiere the work at the Manhattan School of Music on February
25, 2010 at 5:00 pm in the school's Greenfield Hall, entrance at 122 Street and Broadway in NYC.
The recital and is free and open to the public.
April 24, 2010: Mr. Adler appears as guest soloist for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 in
a new transcription for concert band. The concert is at 8:00 pm at the Julia Richman Educational Complex
in New York City, 67th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. Tickets are available at the door.
May 1, 2010:Mr. Adler repeats his performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concero #2 at the
Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn.
Recordings featuring works and performances of James Adler
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James Adler Plays Syncopated Rhythms
Music by Adler, Antheil, Copland, Gershwin, Gottschalk, Joplin, Menotti, and Ornstein
Released April 2008, Albany Records
We enjoyed it a great deal; you're clearly a fine pianist and your treatment of Dad's pieces is lovely and sensitive. -- Severo Ornstein, May 2008
This CD is a find for those who are fascinated by obscure byways of American piano music; much heard here is not, as far as I know, available elsewhere -- Scott Morrison, amazon.com
See Mr. Adler perform music from the CD at YouTube: James Adler's Two Dances in One; Aaron Copland's Hoedown from Rodeo;
Leo Ornstein's Nine Miniatures for Piano.
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Light and Sirius
Solo Piano Pieces performed by Nicholas Underhill
Music by Adler, Philo, Underhill, and Viens
Released Summer 2007, Capstone Records
James Adler's [3] Piano Transitions spins appealing variations on the venerable forms of passacaglia, prelude and toccata before immersing itself in spicy and ebullient Caribbean-influenced dances. -- Gramophone, January 2008
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Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem
Composed by James Adler
Performed by the AmorArtis Chorale & Orchestra, Victoria Livengood, mezzo, Jane Dutton,
soprano, Maire O'Brien, soprano, Steve Huffines, baritone, Neil Farrell, tenor,
Johannes Somary, conductor
Released Fall 2001, Albany Records
Adler writes for both chorus and orchestra with uncommon imagination. --
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Affecting, even harrowing, this is one of the most successful large-scale musical works to consider those who have died of AIDS. -- Musicmatch
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Allegro Scherzando: A Celebration
For Piano and Concert Band
Composed by James Adler for the 30th anniversary celebration of The
Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band.
Watch it on You Tube.
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