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• Symphony Parnassus to premiere new work by contemporaneous Co-Artistic Director Dylan Mattingly
  
  On Sunday, June 6, 2010, San Francisco based Symphony Parnassus will premiere Homeward Angel, a new work by contemporaneous Co-Artistic Director Dylan Mattingly that the orchestra commissioned for its 2009-2010 season. The performance will be at the newly refurbished Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. For more information, see this article on the San Francisco Classical Voice.
• Contemporaneous musician participates in 2010 Chicago Brass Festival
  
  The Chicago Brass Festival is draws a highly selective group of players from around the world to participate in it's annual solo competition. This March, contemporaneous trumpet player Balazs Varga was one of only eight finalists at the competition.
• New York City Debut – Venue update
  
  On Thursday, May 6, 2010, contemporaneous will present its New York City debut, Everything Must Go, at the intimate Christ & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, located on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Contemporaneous joins an eclectic and renowned schedule of concerts held at the Church.
• Daniel Shapiro named Young Composer-in-Residence for Music from Angel Fire
  
  The renowned New Mexico summer music festival Music from Angel Fire and their Artistic Director, violinist and Bard Conservatory faculty member Ida Kavafian, have named contemporaneous featured composer Daniel Shapiro as Young Composer-in-Residence for their 2010 season. This season, contemporaneous features Daniel's Garage Sale on the campus of Bard College and in New York City.
• Three websites welcome contemporaneous as new members
  
  Check out the new contemporaneous pages on Hudson Valley information site Bear Systems and online classical music hubs Classical Matters and InstantEncore. As our web presence continues to grow, keep up with the progress on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
  
  
• Contemporaneous Now on Kickstarter.com!
  
  Kickstarter offers a new and innovative way to promote and fund exciting projects of all kinds. Contemporaneous is proud to join the ranks of this eclectic consortium of projects. Go to our Kickstarter page to help us raise our online goal of $1,000 to pay for our production costs, such as royalties to the great living composers whose music we perform!