about CONTINUUM

inner of the prestigious Siemens international prize for distinguished service to music and four ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming, New York-based CONTINUUM -- directed by Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs -- is now in its 38th season.

After a CONTINUUM concert the New York Times wrote, "Simply put, there is no musical organization in New York that produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than Continuum... Year after year, its explorations in 20th-century repertory prove to be not only unusual and unexpected but also important and enduring... This ensemble has a long history of acting in behalf of composers whom others discover years or decades later."

CONTINUUM's name embodies the philosophy that new music and old form an unbroken tradition. Aiming to expand the audience for recent music, it has performed throughout the United States, including appearances at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, at colleges and community series throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, in 23 tours to Europe, seven to Asia, and five to Latin America. In 2001 CONTINUUM performed in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Georgia. In the first half of 2002 it made its third trip to Uzbekistan and its second to Mongolia; in the autumn of 2002 it played in Germany and Ukraine. In 2004 it plans to return to Mongolia and visit Bulgaria for the first time.

CBS-TV, educational television, National Public Radio, the Voice of America, and European networks have broadcast CONTINUUM events. CONTINUUM has made 16 portrait recordings for diverse labels. Its concert programs embrace the entire range of music from 20th-century classics such as Ives and Webern, to today's composers from all over the world.