Parthenia, a Consort of Viols, Presents Hot Off the Presses Concert of New Music and Poetry, with Special Guest Readers Barbara Feldon and Paul Hecht, on March 5 in New York City

The renowned early music ensemble Parthenia, a Consort of Viols will present Hot Off the Presses, a concert of new music and poetry on Wednesday, March 5 – 8 PM at Picture Ray Studio, 245 West 18th Street (near 7th Avenues) in Manhattan. Special guests will be readers and actors Barbara Feldon and Paul Hecht, and soprano Kristin Norderval.

Works to be performed include Max Lifchitz’ Night Voices No. 15 (2008), for 4 viols, David Thompson’s 2:4 (2008), a fantasy for 4 viols, David Glaser’s Fantazy (2008), a duet for tenor and bass viols, Frances White’s Like the Lily (1999) for two bass viols and electronic sound (arr. for Parthenia 2008), Paul Richards’ A Twelvemonth and a Day (2007) and Kristin Norderval’s selections from Nothing Proved for four viols, soprano and interactive audio processing (2008). Program notes about these works can be found at http://www.parthenia.org/.

Tickets for the March 5 concert are $35 Preferred / $25 General - $10 “rush” tickets at the door subject to availability For tickets and more information, contact Parthenia at 212-358-5942 or visit them online at http://www.parthenia.org.

Barbara Feldon is best known for the TV series, Get Smart. During her career she has performed in television films, variety shows, and motion pictures. She has served on the boards of Screen Actors Guild, The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and The Poetry Society of America. She lectures on women’s issues and is a supporter of Girls Inc., an organization created to help underprivileged girls develop options. Her book of essays, Living alone -- and Loving it! was published in 2003 by Simon and Schuster.

Paul Hecht made his Broadway début as The Player in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tony nomination, 1968). Other Broadway roles include John Dickinson in 1776 , Nathan in The Rothschilds, Rufio in Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, Belcredi in Pirandello’s Henry IV (both with Rex Harrison), Stoppard’s Night and Day with Maggie Smith, the Director in Noises Off, and as John Ruskin and Jerome K. Jerome in The Invention of Love. He recently appeared at the 92nd Street Y in Edna St Vincent Millay’s Conversation at Midnight.

Parthenia, which consists of Beverly Au, Lawrence Lipnik, Rosamund Morley and Lisa Terry, has been hailed by the New Yorker as "one of the brightest lights in New York's early-music scene," is a dynamic ensemble exploring the extraordinary repertory for viols from Tudor England to the court of Versailles and beyond. Known for its remarkable sense of ensemble, Parthenia is presented in concerts across America, and produces its own lively and distinguished concert series at Corpus Christi Church in NYC, collaborating regularly with the world's foremost early music specialists and has been featured on radio and television and in prestigious festivals and series including Music Before 1800, Maverick Concerts and the Regensburg Tage Alter Musik. Visit them at http://www.parthenia.org.

This concert is funded in part through Meet the Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program. Parthenia is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts. Parthenia's concert season is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

For press inquiries, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnmet.att.net