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The track is joined by the third and final installment in a remarkable trilogy of official music videos directed by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry (Pavement, Soccer Mommy, Vivian Girls, Sleigh Bells), premiering today via YouTube; the full trilogy also includes “In The Eyes Of Our Love” and “Where The Light Used To Lay”.

Sitting onstage just feet from world-class performers is an exhilarating experience, even more with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, an exciting ensemble that plays with what the Boston Globe calls “irresistible exuberance” and a sense of joy.

International alt-pop band Yumi Zouma announces today’s premiere of “Where The Light Used To Lay,” the latest single from their eagerly awaited new album, Present Tense. The poignant track arrives alongside the second in a mesmerizing trilogy of official music videos directed by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen up Philip), premiering today.

Chamber Music Northwest brings expert pianist Jeremy Denk to Portland February 10 for Bach's Journey of Wonder, the fourth concert of the 2021/22 season. The concert program is Book 1 of Bach's legendary The Well-Tempered Clavier. The live concert will be held at The Old Church Concert Hall on Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 pm.

The Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, Colorado, under the leadership of Music Director Peter Oundjian, returns to Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder this summer for 22 concerts between June 30 and August 7. 

Crowning a parade of highly positive reviews for their first two recent recordings under Music Director Robert Trevino – 'Ravel' and 'Americascapes' – the Basque National Orchestra have been given the orchestra of the month spot in this month's issue of Gramophone.

Bass-baritone Davóne Tines, who in October was announced as Musical America’s 2022 Vocalist of the Year, will be honored for this achievement at the 61st annual Musical America Awards, to be held virtually via Facebook Live on Sunday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, continues its 2021–22 chamber music series with a performance by bass-baritone Davóne Tines on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. at Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center.

Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross, featuring the work of the world-renowned comic book artist; Tom Franco and The Ice-Creams: Beyond Struggle, When the Future Hello Meets Identities Deep Roots; Unsound: Hannah Pierce Ceramics; and POP!. These new exhibitions will be on view November 23, 2021 through March 6, 2022.

The Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) is pleased to announce that its 2021 Award for BEST NEW OPERA—a major recognition given annually by an Awards Committee of distinguished music critics—goes to composers Du Yun and Raven Chacon and librettists Aja Couchois Duncan and Douglas Kearney for SWEET LAND.

Sleigh Bells has offered another look into their upcoming album, Texis, by releasing a new single, titled 'Justine Go Genesis'. The music video that accompanies the song references early 80's horror films, the Twilight Zone, and more.

On Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 8:30pm ET, composer, pianist and vocalist Michael Harrison will offer his debut performance of traditional Indian classical music, which he has adapted for piano with tabla accompaniment, presented by Drive East by Navatman.

Valley of the Moon Music Festival brings the captivating sound of period instruments to the world of Classical and Romantic chamber music for its 2021 season, Love and Longing: Reaching Across the Distance, which kicks off on July 17 at 4 p.m. PDT with “Longing: Mendelssohn Quartet & German Songs.”

Valley of the Moon Music Festival announces its 2021 Blattner Lecture Series, featuring Christine Brandes, soprano; Carlo Caballero, Associate Professor of Music, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christian De Luca, pianist, VMMF TANK Trust Laureate; Heather Hadlock, Associate Professor, Stanford University; Alex Ross, critic, The New Yorker and Kate van Orden, bassoonist and Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music at Harvard University, who also oversees the series.

On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 7pm ET, Arts Letters & Numbers presents, as part of its exhibition in the CITYX Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, an exploration of composer/pianist Michael Harrison's new album, Seven Sacred Names, through musical performances and interactive conversation.

On June 18, 2021, composer and pianist Michael Harrison releases his new album Seven Sacred Names on Cantaloupe Music.

RED BULL THEATER today announced that its offerings will continue on Monday May 3rd at 7:30 PM with a RemarkaBULL Podversation, Exploring CYMBELINE with Lily Rabe. She will join host Nathan Winkelstein, Red Bull’s Associate Artistic Director, for a conversation focused on an essential passage from Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

On April 22nd, Don Bluth Front Row Theatre brings Michael Druxman’s play, ORSON WELLES, to the stage. In advance of its upcoming premiere: a conversation with director Lee Cooley about The Great One and the production.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Advisory Board for the Arts (ABA) present Center Stage: Turning the Page, Envisioning a Thriving Post-Pandemic Arts Journalism Landscape, an invigorating and informative live virtual panel discussion featuring some of the country's leading arts journalists, on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at 10 am (PDT).

On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00pm ET, pianist Karl Larson will make his solo debut at Brooklyn's Roulette in a free, live streamed concert celebrating the release of Dark Days, a new album of solo piano music by composer Scott Wollschleger out April 23 on New Focus Recordings.