From the puppet theater production "Don Cristóbal, Billy-Club Man".
Spanish Lyrics by Federico García Lorca
Music by Rima Fand
performed by: 
David Fand, lead vocal
Rima Fand, Cybèle Kaufmann, Justine Williams, Vlada Tomova, Brendan McMahon, Benjy Fox-Rosen, Quince Marcum, Chris Rael, choral vocals
Rima Fand, mandolin
Avi Fox-Rosen, guitar
Chris Rael, Portuguese guitar



Rima Fand: Midnight Hours

Music and lyrics by Rima Fand
performed by:
Rima Fand, vocals and violin
Aaron Goldsmith, bass
Brian Geltner, drums and percussion


Rima Fand: The Scare

Cicada! 

Lyrics: Federico García Lorca, excerpt, English translation by Catherine Brown
Music by Rima Fand
performed by:
Rima Fand, vocal and violin
Sarah Alden, violin
Pinky Weitzman, viola
Matt Moran, vibraphone


Rima Fand: Cicada!

This is the live recording of EtM Con Edison Composer-in-Residence Rima Fand's public program at the conclusion of her residency at Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy. Recorded on June 13, 2014, the concert featured music Fand has created over the years which is inspired by folk culture.

Rima presented four new choral pieces that she composed during her EtM residency which were inspired by children's rhymes, games and chants. Also featured were compositions inspired by American, Spanish and Balkan folk music traditions. The source materials were presented in traditional form, juxtaposed with the original compositions which grew out of them. 

Rima was joined by vocalists: Sarah Alden, Yula Be'eri, David Fand
Daniel Brian Jones, Cybele Kaufmann, Sarah Small, Alice Tolan-Mee and Shelley Thomas, as well as Avi Fox-Rosen on guitar and Isabel Castellvi on cello.

Photo by Cecilia De Bucourt

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Dance Collaboration with Choreographer David Fernandez (Spring 2014, 12") 

Ian Ng: A Constant Fretful Stamping Of Hooves (Excerpt)

Composed for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company by George Saenz during the 2019-20 EtM Choreographer + Composer Residencies at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. George developed original music for Calpulli from the region of Chihuahua. This composition are informed by the roots of the traditional music, but also allow for creativity.

El Becerro Cabezudo by George Saenz

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Mission: To foster a vibrant and prolific performing arts community around shared resources of space and talent, to increase stability and growth within the artistic community, and to help broaden public access to the performing arts.

Since 2009, EtM has administered the EtM Con Edison Composers’ Residency, a program which grew out of our 2008 study, “Where Can We Work?” (PDF).

This annual residency is open to New York City composers. Eight composers, chosen by a panel of music professionals, receive a stipend and three months of free suitable workspace in a cultural or community facility. Each composer must present or conduct a public program in cooperation with the host facility.

For 2014-15, eight NYC-based composers will take residence in these five host facilities:

Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Brooklyn
Bloomingdale School of Music, Manhattan
The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School at Lighthouse Guild International, Manhattan
Turtle Bay Music School, Manhattan
Flushing Town Hall, Queens

2014 marks EtM’s first time working with The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School at Lighthouse Guild International. Located on East 59th Street it is one of the only buildings in the United States specifically planned to integrate the needs of people of all ages who have a broad range of vision, hearing and mobility impairment and is designed to satisfy, and in many cases exceed, the recommendations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Applicants for the 2016 residency will be available in the Spring.

Our 2014/15 composers are :

Richard Carrick 
Juan Pablo Contreras 
Mary Kouyoumdjian.com,
Eric Lemmon 
Matthew McBane 
Ian Ng 
Nina Siniakova
Kento Watanabe 

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