Composers Concordance Presents Pete & Gene With Friends at Shrine

For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, at The Shrine World Music Venue, Composers Concordance presents “Pete & Gene with Friends.”


Trumpeter Peter Oswald travels from Bavaria to New York City to perform a concert with his longtime collaborator, composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker, joined by many of their mutual friends.


The ensemble will feature a modified brass quintet, with tenor saxophone replacing the tenor trombone. The program includes the world premiere of Pritsker’s Middle East Side Story, paired with selections from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Also featured are works by Jon Clark, David Taylor, and Werner Pirchner’s witty composition Do You Know Emperor Joe....

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For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, at The Shrine World Music Venue, Composers Concordance presents “Pete & Gene with Friends.”


Trumpeter Peter Oswald travels from Bavaria to New York City to perform a concert with his longtime collaborator, composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker, joined by many of their mutual friends.


The ensemble will feature a modified brass quintet, with tenor saxophone replacing the tenor trombone. The program includes the world premiere of Pritsker’s Middle East Side Story, paired with selections from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Also featured are works by Jon Clark, David Taylor, and Werner Pirchner’s witty composition Do You Know Emperor Joe.


Alongside Oswald on trumpet and Pritsker conducting, the ensemble includes Dennis Brandner on tenor saxophone and the trio B3+: Franz Hackl (trumpet), John Clark (horn), and David Taylor (bass trombone). The evening will open with a special guitar duo featuring Artur Deja and Gene Pritsker.


The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.

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