Eric Drucker
November 13, 2009
by Marjorie Perlin
The Chappaqua Chamber Series has been bringing high quality performances to the Chappaqua Library for nearly a decade. Clarinetist Eric Drucker has just been named artistic director of the series, and he will kick off the season on Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. with a colorful program inspired by jazz. Composers such as Leonard Bernstein, Morton Gould and George Gershwin will be featured. The program will also explore the work of local composer David Amram, who is likely to be in attendance.
Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works and has written many scores for Broadway theater and film, including the classic scores for the films “Splendor in The Grass” and “The Manchurian Candidate.” A pioneer player of jazz French horn, he is also a virtuoso on piano, numerous flutes and whistles, percussion and dozens of folkloric instruments from 25 countries, as well as an inventive, funny, improvisational lyricist. He has collaborated with Leonard Bernstein (who chose him as the New York Philharmonic’s first Composer-in-Residence in 1966), Langston Hughes, Dizzy Gillespie, Dustin Hoffman, Willie Nelson, Thelonious Monk, Odetta, Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, E. G. Marshall and Tito Puente.
In addition to Mr. Drucker, pianist Cynthia Peterson, oboist Delia Montenegro, bassoonist Jill Collura DeVos and bassist Claude Preece will round out the ensemble. The concert will be held on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chappaqua Library Auditorium. A reception following the performance will provide an opportunity for audience members to meet the performers. The concert is free with a suggested donation of $15, which will go directly to the musicians. For more information visit www.chappaquaorchestra.org
Marjorie Perlin is the executive director of the Chappaqua Orchestra.
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