Symphony Space News

Mimesis Ensemble's 2011-12 season opens with 'Young Voices,' a program bringing together three of the foremost young composers for voice.

A monumental event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Group Theatre will be presented in a 2 hr event on October 10, 2011 at 7 PM.

A Tribute To Harrigan and Hart: The Original Men Who Owned Broadway- A Concert Featuring Mick Moloney and an All-Star Line Up plays Thursday, October 13th, 8 pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space.

American Opera Projects and Opera on Tap, in association with the Brooklyn Book Festival, present Opera Grows in BOOKlyn! Music based on the works of contemporary Brooklyn writers

Suffolk University and Boston Playwrights' Theatre present Robert Brustein's Mortal Terror, directed by Daniela Varon from September 15 through October 2 at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington Street, Boston.

For the first time ever, the 23 plays presented by Group Theatre will be woven together as a fundraiser for the ReGroup Theatre Company.

American Lyric Theater (ALT), home to the nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program, has announced the 2011-2012 public performance season, featuring workshop performances of seven new operas by Resident Artists; as well as lectures and master classes with some of the country's leading operatic writers. While the majority of ALT's programs are dedicated to mentorship of gifted emerging composers and librettists, six public events will take place over the course of the season to introduce these writers, their work, and other exciting trends in American opera to New York City audiences.

Symphony Space brings the Tony-nominated cabaret singer and author of Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels, to the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater for a special evening of reading, music and performance hosted by writer and performer Mike Albo.

For the first time ever, the 23 plays presented by the famed Group Theatre will be woven together into an evening celebrating the works of the country's most legendary theatre company as a fundraiser for the ReGroup Theatre Company.

America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP), will kick off their 2011-12 schedule with a Season Gala Opening Concert on Sunday, October 16th (5PM) at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2535 Broadway at 95th Street).

Bulgarian-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist Vlada Tomova soon releases Balkan Tales (Kuker Music; October 18, 2011), a new album embracing flamenco flourishes, Indian resonances, Brazilian flair, and Romany rhythms with a rich Balkan spirit.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called 'a riotously funny and campy variety show' by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their newest edition on Thursday, September 22 at 9:30 PM.

ComposersCollaborative, inc. will present 110 for 911, an extended solo composition for speaking pianist and electronics by pianist, composer and CCi Artistic Director Jed Distler.

SONiC - Sounds of a New Century - a brand new festival of 21st century music by more than 100 composers age 40 and under, will take over New York from Friday, October 14 through Saturday, October 22, 2011.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) will present the New York Farewell of Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends (IGaF).

UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. (www.UnsungMusicals.org) announces its first annual benefit concert featuring the world premiere of Nothing is Forever, a new musical with music by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner Morton Gould (Stringmusic, Billion Dollar Baby) and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award nominee Carolyn Leigh (Peter Pan, Little Me, 'Witchcraft').

Selected Shorts, the acclaimed short story series recorded live in performance at Symphony Space and broadcast nationally on public radio, has released a 2-disc set of short fiction entitled NEW AMERICAN STORIES.

Miller Theatre's signature series shines the spotlight on a single contemporary composer in every concert, introducing audiences to the most important musical voices of our time. This season features a fascinatingly diverse group of composers in a series that will present 3 new commissions, 8 world premieres, 4 U.S. premieres, and 2 New York premieres. Each composer will participate in an onstage discussion at his or her Portrait.