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Click here for information on Debra Kaye's next concertEmail: dkaye1000@aol.comComposer Debra Kaye has received a steady stream of commissions since 2003. An ASCAP Plus winner, support for her music includes grants from Meet the Composer, Mannes College of Music, the Edward T. Cone Foundation, Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, and New School University. Artist residencies at the Millay Colony and Wurlitzer Foundation have influenced several of her recent works. Whether writing in a serious or lighter/funny style, she aims to communicate viscerally, often along a wide range of emotion. With roots in the classical tradition, her work is also influenced by jazz and by Dalcroze Eurhythmics with its understanding of momentum.Debra’s music has been heard in note-able venues in New York city and beyond including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Mannes College of Music, Steinway Hall; streaming live and on the radio on Chicago’s WFMT, and other regional stations.In 2009, Ms. Kaye presented a concert of original works at Mannes College of Music, inviting those who had premiered the pieces to return to the stage. Out of this grew her repertory ensemble, Music of the Beehive. The group’s next concert (March 16, 2010, 8pm) is on the sponsored series at Saint Peter’s Church/Citigroup. March also marks the first of several tv appearances on the cable show, Minding Your Business (Ch 57/84/35; streaming live at www.mnn.org). The shows will feature Debra’s music along with interviews.Ms. Kaye holds degrees from New York University and Mannes College of Music where she is on the Pre-College faculty. Former executive director of the NY Composers Circle, she is currently the president of the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY. |
