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TownMusic: Derek Bermel with Christopher Taylor & Joshua Roman

This season, Town Hall's TownMusic series will explore the work of composer/performers, and it kicks off in grand style with boundary-defying clarinetist/composer Derek Bermel. His 2010 CD Voices, featuring expansive works that meld orchestral and jazz music with unlikely global traditions and influences, was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award, and he is a recipient of a Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowship and the prestigious Rome Prize. Regularly performing on the classical circuit, he also plays with rock and funk groups (including his own, TONK). For TownMusic, he will be joined by series Artistic Director Joshua Roman and pianist Christopher Taylor (called "brilliant" and "energetic" in The New York Times) in a highly personal program that includes Brahms' Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello & Piano; Milhaud's Sonatine; the world premiere of a new work by Suzanne Farrin; and the world premiere of new version (for cello and piano) of Bermel's own Sonata Humana, among others.