[From Left: Seba Ali, Amr Selim, Patricia Billings]
Patricia Billings, http://www.patriciabillings.com/, is a clarinetist and educator in New York City. She writes:
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your blog. It's such a pleasure to be a part of this
community. I would like to share an event I am presenting this Saturday
at the Kaufman Center in NYC in the Ann Goodman Recital Hall. It's
called AN EVENING OF MULTICULTURAL MUSIC. In this concert, music will be
featured by composers from various cultural backgrounds.
I'll be performing a piece by African American composer and french
hornist from Imani Winds Jeffrey Scott--Toccata for Clarinet and
Piano. This is a collaboration concert with solo works and pieces for
trio. I will be joined by Egyptian french hornist Amr Selim and Egyptian
pianist Seba Ali. Other composers on the program include Cuban-born
Paquito D’Rivera, Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim, French composer
Olivier Messiaen, Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, young Taiwanese
composer Yuan-Chen Li with a NYC PREMIERE, American composer Thomas
Bacon, and Brazilian composer Jacob do Bandolim.
This concert is free and no ticket is necessary.
Please see link for details:
Patricia Billings
Patricia Billings, a native of Muskegon, MI, began playing
clarinet at age 11. Ms. Billings
earned her undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University with a B.M. in
Music Education. During her time at WMU, she co-founded the piano trio: TRIO
APARICION. The ensemble toured throughout Michigan and performed in Spain. The
group’s local success led to a radio feature on WMUK 102.1 FM.
That experience impelled Ms. Billings to want to pursue a
career in chamber music and freelancing.
In the summer of 2010, she moved to New York to pursue her Masters in
Instrumental Performance at New York University, and her aspirations of
creating an ensemble.
She had the pleasure of attending the Imani Winds Chamber
Music Festival, and studied under her mentors. Shortly after her move, she
found opportunities to display her talents at the Apollo Theater and Morse
Concert Hall, and played and recorded commercially for film. She has also performed with the William
D. Caballero Ensemble.
Her time at NYU Steinhardt was not only spent pursuing her
Master’s degree. Ms. Billings also served as an Adjunct Instructor in clarinet
to non-majors and she has done coaching in chamber music.
Ms. Billings was recently in concert with Imani Winds
members’ bassoonist Monica Ellis and oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz (singing). In New Jersey, Ms. Billings performs
with TRILOGY: AN OPERA COMPANY, and has recently premièred The Mask in the Mirror by Richard Thompson with the company. This
past summer she was asked to perform as a guest at the Imani Winds Chamber Music
Festival and perform a piece by composer Mohammed Fairouz.
She has studied with Yamaha Artist Bradley Wong, and Pascual
Martinez-Forteza of the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Billings has also performed
in a master class for David Krakauer and has recently recorded with jazz artist
Stefon Harris.
Experimenting with other genres and music of all kinds, Ms.
Billings finds herself developing into a crossover musician. With her passion
to make the “classical” listener rethink the traditional repertoire for
“classical performances,” it is her goal to expand the minds of the audience.
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