MUSIC ON THE BALCONY for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano Composer's notes: The idea to write MUSIC ON THE BALCONY came from looking across the balcony at the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) and hearing music make it's journey though the many galleries and corridors. One might think of it as a tribute to the spirit of music taking flight through the various promenades of this magnificent edifice. Sometimes, specific galleries like the Chinese and Japanese exhibits are referenced directly but more frequently there is an attempt to portray a sense of appreciation and wonder from the grand experience as a whole. I have included text headings at various sections of the written score to describe the journey. The transparency of the textures and interplay of the solo instruments take us from place to place. From time to time I have woven in small fragments of some of my favorite pieces of music. While some are shamelessly obvious like the "cello theme" from Schumann's Opus 44 "Quintet", others are not, like fragments from Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro" and the theme from "ET" by John Williams. Many of the more subtle musical references may reveal themselves like a musical puzzle. I suppose you might consider it a fun way of paying tribute to the great composers whose art has enriched all of humanity. It's my hope to portray a respect for the grandeur of the history, the art and the music that is experienced from it all, .... and of course upon exiting the MET, a grand look back at the musicians playing music on the balcony. MUSIC ON THE BALCONY is dedicated to the memory of Dorothy Rouse –Bottom, to the musicians of the OME who perform on the balcony of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to the great composers whose music they give us. ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Joe Gianono (Composer) Mr. Gianono’s music can be heard as the episode theme music for “The Soup” (E! Entertainment), as well as on “Chelsea Lately” (E!), “Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers”(Disney) and “Fatal Honeymoons” (E!) and elsewhere. Joe is the resident composer of the White Horse Theater Company and has composed incidental music for ”The Rose Tatoo”, “Little Eyolf”, “Savannah Black & Blue”, "Small Craft Warnings", "In the Bar Of A Tokyo Hotel", “The Book Of Lambert”, “Clothes For A Summer Hotel” and “Suddenly Last Summer”. Upcoming projects include writing incidental music for the White Horse Theater Company’s production of "Night Mother" directed by Cyndy Marion and completing two accompanying movements to MUSIC ON THE BALCONY. The first is called “STRAIGHT” based on the musical pitches of the name BACH and the second is called “DIAMOND CHACCONE” which is named for OME founder, Beryl Diamond and will be composed in the traditional chaccone form which incorporates a recurring bass line. As an arranger/ orchestrator for over 30 years in every venue, he has work for many of the world’s finest orchestras and artists including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paul Taylor Dance, Company, PM Dawn, Philip Bailey, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chita Rivera, Michel Camilo, Bucky Pizzarelli and over 30 Broadway & regional musicals. He has BA in Music from Queens College and periodically teaches, lectures or gives master classes in orchestration at The Aaron Copland School of Music @ Queens College, The Manhattan School of Music and The Film Network. Recent and up coming publications include Trois Jimnopedies for Flute and Guitar, TNT for Chorus and Piano and Elegy for solo Cello and String Orchestra published by Subito Music. He is an ASCAP and BMI member and is also published by ACM Records and Joe Gianono Music Publishing. The main themes he composed for “SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS” by Tennessee Williams and "The Book Of Lambert" by Leslie Lee were featured on "EXPLORING MUSIC" hosted by Bill McGlaughlin on WQXR (105.9 FM), New York’s premier classical music radio station and it’s nationwide affiliates. Mr. Gianono has several other “single” releases in all genres of music available from Cdbaby, iTunes, Amazon and all other major digital distributors. His recent Christmas release, S.A.N.T.A. Dot Com with lyrics by Hal Hackady and performed by Kara Oates, 13 year old star of Broadway’s Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot and the voice of Dora, the Explorer, is a song for kids, young and old, that still believe in Santa Claus in this new computer era. S.A.N.T.A. Dot Com. will also be recorded in London by Great Britian’s Laurence Kilsby, BBC “Young Chorister of the Year” before Christmas 2012. Special note: By the time he got to WOODSTOCK, Joe was a pretty good Rock n' Roll guitar player. ORION MUSIC ENSEMBLE Beryl Diamond Chacon, Violin Will Hakim, Viola Chungsun Kim, Cello Nelson Padgett, Piano The Orion Music Ensemble has dedicated 20 years of performing live chamber music, ranging from Vivaldi’s works of the mid 1700’s to Joe Gianono’s 2012 composition “Music On the Balcony”. OME created a vast and varied repertoire for their performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art balcony that ran from Sept. 1991 through Sept. 2012. In 2012, American Composer Joe Gianono wrote and dedicated the piece “Music On The Balcony” to The Orion Music Ensemble after hearing them performing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Music on the Balcony is the first piece of a trilogy of pieces being composed for OME by Mr. Gianono. The Orion Music Ensemble has recorded for Chris Botti, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Josh Groban, Philip Glass, Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Katy Perry, Bette Midler and has throughout the world in venues and places such as Avery Fisher Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, England, Broadway, The Metropolitan Club, Carnegie Hall, MoMA, Brasil, David Letterman, The Union League Club, Lincoln Center, The Frick Collection, Russia, Symphony Space, New York Botanical Gardens, Radio City Music Hall, The Guggenheim Museum, Japan, Weill Hall, College of New Rochelle, United Nations, The Whitney Museum, St Barts, Zankel Hall and Le Poisson Rouge. Beryl Diamond (Violin) Founding OME Member Beryl Diamond Chacon is a concert violinist specializing in Chamber Music. Ms Diamond Chacon studied with Josef Gingold and Earl Carlyss of The Juilliard Quartet and Eugene Phillips and Sally Thomas. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School. Ms. Diamond Chacon and OME have performed in Avery Fisher Hall with James Earl Jones in Lincoln Center's MidSummers Night Series. Ms. Diamond Chacon was concertmistress and soloist in London, conducting members of the London Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic at a private reception for the Queen and the Royal Family. Ms Diamond Chacon founded and performed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Balcony, an informal chamber music series, from September 1991 through September 2012. Ms Diamond Chacon has been active in the commercial recording field and has recorded for Tony Bennett, Carly Simon, Katy Perry, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and Billy Joel and other numerous artists on the Columbia, BMG and Warner labels. On her Beryllium Records label she has produced and recorded The Romantic Piano Trio, The Orion Music Ensemble Piano Quartets and her new 2012 release Music On The Balcony. CDs can also be purchased from all digital retailers/The Orion Music Ensemble. William Hakim (Viola) Mr Hakim has recorded for Renee Fleming, Chris Botti and Josh Groban as well as several major record labels including Albany Records, Decca, and Nonesuch. He studied with John Graham at the Eastman School of Music and attained his Masters from The Juilliard School as a student of Samuel Rhodes. He is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center of CUNY where he studies with Paul Neubauer. Mr Hakim has served on the faculty at Brevard Music Center and Point Counterpoint Chamber Music Festival and is currently is on the faculty of Seton Hall University and Saint Rose College. Mr. Hakim has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad and has been praised for his "warmth of tone and musicality" (Leipziger Volkszeitung), Chungsun Kim (Cello) Dr. Kim graduated from The Juilliard School with her BM, MM, and DMA where she studied with Channing Robbins, Leonard Rose, and Harvey Shapiro. She is a founding member of the Amasi Piano Trio, in residence at Nyack College since 1994. Appearing as soloist with the Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra, NY Virtuosi, and the Philharmonia Virtuosi, Dr. Kim has also been a featured artist at the Beethoven Music Festival, Laurentian Summer Music Festival, Arcady Music Festival and Bach Festival. Dr. Kim appeared as guest artist with the Little Orchestra Society at Lincoln Center as part of the Vivaldi’s Venice Series. Dr. Kim won the Artist International Debut Presentation Competition and made her recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. A dedicated teacher, she has taught at the Sarah Lawrence Music Festival and frequently teaches master classes at Ithaca College. She has toured as a chamber musician and orchestra member throughout the US, Singapore, Chile and played in Germany under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. Nelson Padgett (Piano) began piano studies at age six and gave his first solo recital at age nine. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, The Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. A former protégé of Leon Fleisher, he has also studied with Lee Luvisi, Gyorgy Sebok and Menachem Pressler. He was awarded the Silver Medal at the William Kappell International Competition as well as a Beethoven Fellowship from the American Pianists Association. An active chamber musician and accompanist, he has performed with Elmar Oliveira, Pinchas Zuckerman, Pamela Frank, Ilya Kaler and Vadim Repin. In 1998 he recorded “The Miracle Makers” with Elmar Oliveira. Co-ordinated by Bein and Fushi, it features Mr. Oliveira giving two representations of each piece, first performed on a Stradivarius and then performed on a Del Gesu. Mr. Padgett performs at the Indianapolis Violin Competition that is held every four years. He has concertized in major venues around the world with the Philip Glass Ensemble, Steve Reich and Musicians, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes. He records regularly for film and television, and can be heard on the Harmonia Mundi, EMI Classics, and Orange. Zoé Mac (Cover Artist) Zoé Mac is a worldwide published fine artist with private and corporate collectors in North America, Europe and Australia. Her work has been featured at the New York International art Expo for several consecutive years; is included in fine art auctions worldwide along with masters Joan Miró, Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso. Zoé Mac’s museum and gallery shows are many; one of which was the honor to exhibit with the legendary singer Tony Bennett-Anthony Benedetto at the P.C Hart fine art gallery in Jupiter, Florida. She has taught painting at Sierra Nevada college, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Los Angeles, New York and worldwide as lecturer and teacher traveling to all seven continents. Mixed by Joe Gianono. Mastered by Joe Gianono and G & J Audio (Gene Paul and Joel Kerr) Produced by Joe Gianono in association with Addeo Productions. Joe Gianono (Composer/Producer) and Richie Addeo (Associate Producer) Special thanks to Zoe Mac who created the wonderful cover artwork.