Dear Backers - 

Thank you for your patience!  It's been a very long year with a total of FIVE newly commissioned works premiered in concert this season.   We have only been able to get into the studio since we finished out our concert series in March.  Now, with only two works remaining, we should finally finish recording this 4th volume of commissioned works by mid July.  From there it will be edited, mastered and finally off to production.  We are again so thankful for your support with this recording and look forward to getting a copy into your hands as soon as possible.  

We hope you have a wonderful summer! 

all the best, 

Margaret, Don & Ron

DEAR BACKERS -

Thank you for your support and belief in us. We are humbled by your generosity. We will be in touch with you shortly regarding rewards for your pledge levels and we promise to keep you updated on our progress with the recording of New American Masters, Volume 4.

Thank you so much!

Margaret, Don & Ron
and the board of the
Palisades Virtuosi

Dear Backers -

Thank you for supporting us - Our pledge process is nearly done and it looks as though we will make it! Thank you for believing in us and sharing your resources with us to help create this new volume of commissioned works!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Margaret, Don & Ron

Dear Backers and Friends -

Thank you for your support of our project. It means so much to us to know that you believe in our mission and support us in our attempt to bring these newly created works to all.

With only 3 days remaining we are still hopeful that we will reach our goal. If you can think of anyone who might be able to help us along please do send this project page to them with a recommendation. We would greatly appreciate it!

Again we thank you for your support - please enjoy this short video of some of our composers talking about PV and its mission at our release party on July 13.

all our best,
Margaret, Don & Ron

Dear Friends -

Last Tuesday we had a CD Release Party and Fund Raiser for Volume 4 at the Bennett Studios in Englewood, NJ. It was well attended by our friends and patrons, among them several of our composers! We performed a little concert in the main studio where we have recorded all our albums so far. Here is a video of the 1st movement of Amanda Harberg's "Birding in the Palisades". Her music is wonderfully effective - sweeping in scope and a delight to hear! Please enjoy this Kickstarter-exclusive video and please tell all your friends about our project. We have just 10 days to reach our goal!

Thank you for supporting our "Mission to Commission"!!
Margaret, Don & Ron

WHAT: CD Release Party for Volume 3 - AND - Fund Raiser for Volume 4

WHEN: Tuesday July 13, 2010 FROM: 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

WHERE: Bennett Studios - 1 Depot Square - Englewood NJ

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet our composers, hear their music
and see this State-of-the-Art facility!

Composers from both Volume 3 and Volume 4 will be on hand. We will perform a demo concert of selected works from both albums.

Our new release, "New American Masters - Volume 3", will be available for purchase.

There are three options for admission to this event:

General Admission - $15 - include wine & cheese reception, demo concert, champagne toast & signing.

VIP ticket - $40 - includes in addition, a guaranteed seat in the Main Studio for the demo concert and a $25 tax-deductible contribution to PVI.
(These tickets are limited - We can only guarantee 35 seats in the Studio.)

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You can choose to SUPPORT OUR KICKSTARTER PROJECT FOR VOLUME 4 by pledging at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/PalisadesVirtuosi/palisades-virtuosi-new-american-masters-volume-4...

In addition to the incentives listed at the Kickstarter website,
you will also receive 1 VIP ticket for each $50 pledged toward our project PLUS
a copy of our new release - New American Masters - Volume 3.
(This pledge is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law)

When your pledge is received, your name will be added to our guest list.
No ticket will be required for entry. For Current Backers at the $50 or higher level, please email us if you wish to reserve a seat.

We hope you will join us for this exciting event!

Please view the attached invitation.

To Reserve General Admission Tickets please email: palisadesvirtuosi@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you soon!
all the best,
Margaret, Don & Ron

Hi Folks -

Here is the final movement of Joseph Turrin's "Statements" from our performance at Montclair State University in February. We are moving along with our pledges and are very excited to announce that we will be having a CD Release Party for our New American Masters - Volume 3 release on Tuesday July 13th at the Bennett Studios in Englewood NJ. This volume includes works by Eric Ewazen, Brian Schober, Dick Hyman, Randall Faust, Fred Messner & Ben Model and will released by Albany Records July 1! Our celebration will include a Wine & Cheese reception, CD Signing, Demo Concert in the Main Studio & Champagne Toast! We hope to see some of you there!!

Thank you for supporting this important recording project and for helping us to increase the public outreach for these newly created works!!

all the best,
Margaret, Don & Ron

Hi Folks -

We still have six weeks to meet our goal!

Our exclusive* "Video of the Week" is the 4th movement of Joseph Turrin's "Statements". "Persistence of Vision" is a tour de force for the flute (and the piano too!) ....Enjoy!!

As always, please pass the word along to anyone you think may be able to help us reach our goal.

This recording is a vital part of our "Mission to Commission" public outreach. Thank you for helping us to fulfill our mission!

Margaret, Don & Ron

(*This video is only available here at the Kickstarter website!!)

Greetings Folks!

Well - we've hit $1000 on our way toward funding this project!

We have been focussing in on our performances these past couple of weeks and we are planning some new marketing strategies to get this site out to some new and interested patrons next week. Again, anything you can do to help spread the word is greatly appreciated! Thanks for hanging in there with us.

Here is our "Video of the Week" - The hauntingly lovely clarinet movement from Joseph Turrin's "Statements". Enjoy!

Please feel free to leave a comment or two if you feel so moved!

Have a great week!

Margaret, Don & Ron

Hi Folks -

We're still cooking away here - hoping to make this a breakthrough week for pledges. We have been busy preparing for our upcoming concerts - this Sunday at Suffern Library in NY and next Sunday our season finale concert in Ridgewood, NJ on the 13th. If you live in the area we'd love to see you at one of our performances! This program is "Around the World in 80 Minutes" and features works from Italy, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Japan and Hawaii, in addition to our signature world premiere of yet another newly commissioned work, this one a delightful and charming piece by Stephen Perillo. (Info/directions at our website www.palisadesvirtuosi.org)

Our "Video of the Week" is from the February 2010 performance of Joseph Turrin's "Statements". We commissioned this work last May and have really enjoyed performing it. This video is of the second movement - "Etude", a capricious and difficult piano solo. (see earlier video updates for the 1st movement). Joe wrote this piece so that each of us would have a featured movement. We will post the movements periodically throughout our funding period.

We are trying some new outreach techniques to boost our pledges and hope to see a significant increase shortly.

Thank you in advance for any forwarding of this link to interested friends. We'd love to hear from you if you have other ideas for getting the word out!

Thank you for your support!!

Margaret, Don & Ron

Hi Folks -

Our "Video of the Week" is the World Premiere of "Thumbnail Moon" by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer, Melinda Wagner. This dreamy lullaby positively charmed the audience at our concert last year - they just loved it!

Please forward this link on to your friends, colleagues and anyone else whom you think might be interested in supporting our "Mission to Commission"!

Watch for backer-exclusive video soon!

Thank you for supporting us!!

Margaret, Don & Ron

Hi Folks -

We're entering our 3rd week of on-line pledging and have 12 backers and $625 toward our goal of $6850.

Here is our "Video of the Week" created from photos that I (Margaret) took in Vermont's Green Mountains and along the shores of Lake Champlain. The pictures are set to the 2nd movement of Gwyneth Walker's "Full Circle" entitled "The Grace of the World". (As Ms. Walker is from Vermont these are most appropriate!)

Please help us make this next recording a reality, make a pledge if you can and forward the link on to anyone else you think might be interested in helping our "Mission to Commission".

thanks so much!

Margaret, Don & Ron