Opera America Announces Details of NEW OPERA SHOWCASE, Today
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 13, 2017
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, announces the details for the New Opera Showcase, taking place on Today, January 13 at 8:00 p.m. at historic Town Hall in the heart of New York City's Times Square.
OPERA America to Highlight Five Works in NEW OPERA SHOWCASE at Town Hall
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 13, 2017
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, announces the details for the New Opera Showcase, taking place today, January 13 at 8:00 p.m. at historic Town Hall in the heart of New York City's Times Square.
Opera America Announces Details of NEW OPERA SHOWCASE, 1/13
by Molly Tracy
- Jan 6, 2017
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, announces the details for the New Opera Showcase, taking place on Friday, January 13 at 8:00 p.m. at historic Town Hall in the heart of New York City's Times Square.
OPERA America to Highlight Five Works in NEW OPERA SHOWCASE at Town Hall
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 5, 2017
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, announces the details for the New Opera Showcase, taking place on Friday, January 13 at 8:00 p.m. at historic Town Hall in the heart of New York City's Times Square.
New Opera in Development Previews Scenes at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 9, 2016
On October 9, 2016, Festival Opera in collaboration with the respected new works incubator, American Opera Projects (AOP), and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will present staged scenes from Rated R for Rat, a new chamber opera in development by Festival Opera's 2016-17 composer in residence, Wang Jie. The workshop will be at held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 9, 2016, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
New Opera in Development Previews Scenes at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 15, 2016
On October 9, 2016, Festival Opera in collaboration with the respected new works incubator, American Opera Projects (AOP), and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will present staged scenes from Rated R for Rat, a new chamber opera in development by Festival Opera's 2016-17 composer in residence, Wang Jie. The workshop will be at held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 9, 2016, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
American Composers Orchestra Announces 40th Season - Tickets Now Available
by Christina Mancuso
- Sep 7, 2016
Tickets are now on sale for American Composers Orchestra's (ACO) 40th Anniversary Season, under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek Bermel and Music Director George Manahan. This season includes eight world premieres by a diverse set of composers performed by ACO at Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space, and continues the orchestra's commitment to serve as a catalyst for the creation of new orchestral music, providing unprecedented opportunities for American composers to create new work and for audiences to discover it. Founded in 1977, ACO remains the only orchestra in the world dedicated exclusively to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers. To date, ACO has performed music by 800 American composers, including 350 world premieres and newly commissioned works. ACO takes its commitment to fostering new work beyond the stage in its annual Underwood New Music Readings for emerging composers, now in its 26th year in New York, and through its program EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, which brings the Readings experience to orchestras across the country in partnership with American Composers Forum, the League of American Orchestras, and New Music USA.
The League of Composers Set for NY Philharmonic Biennial
by Tyler Peterson
- May 13, 2016
The League of Composers/ISCM - the nation's oldest organization devoted to contemporary music - joins the NY PHIL BIENNIAL to present the Orchestra of the League of Composers performing a New York Premiere by Huck Hodge (United States, b. 1977), a U.S. Premiere by Felipe Lara (Brazil, b. 1979), and works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers Charles Wuorinen (United States, b. 1938) and Paul Moravec (United States, b. 1957). Taking place at Columbia University's Miller Theatre on Wednesday, June 1st at 7:30pm, the program will be conducted by Louis Karchin, Music Director of the Orchestra of the League of Composers. Charles Wuorinen will conduct his own work with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott as soloist.
MSM Students to Offer Sneak Peek of New Opera THE LEOPARD
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 2, 2016
Brooklyn's American Opera Projects (AOP) and the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) will present scenes from a new opera The Leopard by composerMichael Dellaira (The Secret Agent) and librettist J. D. McClatchy (Emmeline), an adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's internationally acclaimed 1958 novel.
NYFOS Next Festival of New Songs Launches Today
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2016
New York Festival of Song's contemporary song series NYFOS Next -- dubbed 'invaluable' by The New Yorker and The New York Times -- enters its sixth season and continues its new format: a three-concert February mini-festival in the intimate state-of-the-art recital hall at OPERA America's National Opera Center. The Thursday concerts take place today, February 4, as well as February 11, and 18, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
NYFOS Next Festival of New Songs Sets Casts, Programs for February
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 5, 2016
New York Festival of Song's contemporary song series NYFOS Next -- dubbed 'invaluable' by The New Yorker and The New York Times -- enters its sixth season and continues its new format: a three-concert February mini-festival in the intimate state-of-the-art recital hall at OPERA America's National Opera Center. The Thursday concerts take place February 4, 11, and 18, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
OPERA America Reveals Female Composer Grant Recipients
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 26, 2015
OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has announced the first recipients of Commissioning Grants from the Opera Grants for Female Composers program, made possible through the generosity of The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. These grants help support the commissioning of works by talented women composing for the stages of OPERA America Professional Company Members.
Olympia Dukakis Joins THE DAY BEFORE 11/8 at Symphony Space
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 25, 2013
Symphony Space, in collaboration with Hermitage Artist Retreat, presents the world premiere of The Day Before, a one-time-only multimedia event, on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 pm in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia. Conceived by the two organizations, it is produced and directed by Symphony Space's Artistic Director, Laura Kaminsky. The Day Before brings together more than 60 composers, writers, filmmakers, and visual artists to contribute original work around the theme November 21, 1963: The Day Before. Sparked by the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, this moving production reimagines the world as it was on the eve of that tragic and cataclysmic day.
BD Wong, John Guare and More Set for THE DAY BEFORE 11/8 at Symphony Space
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 3, 2013
Symphony Space, in collaboration with Hermitage Artist Retreat, presents the world premiere of The Day Before, a one-time-only multimedia event, on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 pm in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia. Conceived by the two organizations, it is produced and directed by Symphony Space's Artistic Director, Laura Kaminsky. The Day Before brings together more than 60 composers, writers, filmmakers, and visual artists to contribute original work around the theme November 21, 1963: The Day Before. Sparked by the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, this moving production reimagines the world as it was on the eve of that tragic and cataclysmic day.
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