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NJ Classical Guitar Graduate Student Becomes First American Honored In International Competition In Albania


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

​​​​​​​New Jersey City University (NJCU)'s Music, Dance and Theatre (MDT) program continues to produce award-winning students....

Early Music Vancouver Presents 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival – Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

Early Music Vancouver will present the 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival – Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions from Tuesday, July 26 to Saturday, August 6 at various venues including The Chan Centre, Christ Church Cathedral, Pyatt Hall, VanDusen Botanical Garden, The Wolf & Hound, and UBC's Sage Bist...

Music At Bunker Hill Presents Final Concert This Season, June 12


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

Music at Bunker Hill announces its final Season 14 concert, the long-anticipated Trout Quintet, rescheduled after its cancellation in spring 2020. ...

Plano Symphony Orchestra To Perform Outdoor Concert At The 2022 H-E-B | Central Market Plano Balloon Festival


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

As part of the Plano Symphony Orchestra's 40th Anniversary Season – Celebrating Connections and in partnership with the H-E-B | Central Market Plano Balloon Festival, the PSO is honored to play a role in opening this year's festival a day early with a special outdoor community concert on Thursday,...

Constantinople Launches 20th Album in Canada


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

To close its 20th season, Constantinople launches its 20th album in Canada and on all digital platforms. Along with unparalleled international acclaim and a brand-new concert, already sold-out in several cities, this new recording highlights the ensemble's remarkable 20th season. ...

Pianist Rosa Antonelli to Appear In Concert May 25 At Manhattan's Klavierhaus, Presented By Harvardwood


by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2022

Pianist Rosa Antonelli will be in concert on Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30 PM at Klavierhaus, 790 11th Ave. in Manhattan, presented by Harvardwood....

Pianist Ji Liu to Release SONATA FANTASY, Honoring Frontline Pandemic Workers


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022

On Friday 20 May 2022, Heresy Records will release Steinway artist Ji Liu's Sonata Fantasy, The Book of Moments which premiered live from 7am on 31 December 2020, until 1am on 1 January 2021, in Qinhuangdao, a town on the east coast of China at the Wave Lounge, Seatopia Cultural Community, concurren...

2022 Honens International Piano Competition Semifinalists Announced


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022

Ten pianists have been chosen to advance to the Semifinals of Canada's Honens International Piano Competition. The pianists (aged 21 to 31) come from seven countries: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the United States....

Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry to Close LA Opera Season With THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022

 LA Opera's 2021/22 season will come to a close on Saturday, June 18, with a 7:30pm concert featuring soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry, with Gemma New conducting the LA Opera Orchestra....

Royal Opera House Launches 2022/23 Apprenticeship Programme


by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2022

The Royal Opera House  has announced its new apprenticeships for 2022/23, offering high quality training and two years of paid employment at one of London’s leading theatres. The new positions are predominantly in technical and production teams and provide early career opportunities for those l...

New Jersey Symphony Announces Free Outdoor Summer Concerts


by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2022

The New Jersey Symphony presents free outdoor concerts in Newark, Toms River and Metuchen and returns to the Giralda Music and Arts Festival in Madison. The family-friendly program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa's ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant,” Rossini's Ove...

Hoff-Barthelson's Festival Orchestra Concludes Its Season With An All-Beethoven Concert


by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2022

Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s Festival Orchestra closes out its 2021-22 season on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 7:00 pm at the Recital Hall at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York with an all-Beethoven Concert....

Dallas Symphony Orchestra to Present TOY STORY Live in Concert


by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2022

The Dallas Symphony will host Disney Concert's newest live-to-picture concert event featuring the timeless classic film, Toy Story, accompanied by Randy Newman's beloved score, conducted by Sarah Hicks....

Composers Concordance Presents VARIATIONS


by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2022

On Thursday, June 9th at 7pm at Greenwich House, Composers Concordance presents a piano-based concert entitled 'Variations,' focusing on Variation Form, including the myriad ways it remains central to music composition in the 21st century....

Ukrainian-American Pianist Inna Faliks to Perform at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2022

 The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with acclaimed Ukrainian-American pianist Inna Faliks, who breaks new ground with a breathtakingly innovative homage to Beethoven and Ravel that includes the live premieres of imaginative and rich new works for the piano ...

BWW Review: ST. MATTHEW PASSION at Carnegie Hall


by George Weinhouse - May 17, 2022

Bernard Labadie led a transcendent performance of Bach's ST.MATTHEW PASSION at Carnegie Hall....

Newton's New Philharmonia Orchestra Presents NEW PHIL REAWAKENED - MUSIC FOR MAY, May 22


by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2022

Newton's New Philharmonia Orchestra (New Phil) concludes their 27th season of “Music for All” with New Phil Reawakened - “Music for May” on Sunday, May 22rd at 3 p.m. at Brown Middle School in Newton, MA. ...

Quintet Of The Americas Presents Latin, Jazz, Klezmer & Swing At All Saints Episcopal Church


by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2022

Quintet of the Americas has announced the first concert of their Spring 2022 New York season, Latin, Jazz, Klezmer & Swing on Tuesday, May 24 @ 7:30 PM at All Saints Episcopal Church, 85-45 96th Street, Woodhaven, Queens, NY....

Philip Glass's AKHNATEN to Return to the Metropolitan Opera


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2022

Philip Glass’s Akhnaten will return to the Metropolitan Opera for six performances, May 19–June 10, 2022....

Flutist Andrea Brachfeld & Insight to Release New Album, 'Evolution'


by Marissa Tomeo - May 15, 2022

Flutist, spoken word artist, and performer Andrea Brachfeld is set to release a new album inspired by giving back to children, Evolution, with Insight, which includes musicians Bill O'Connell and Harvie S, and Jason Tiemann. The release is set for May 20th. A portion of the album's proceeds will be ...

Noontime Concerts Return to Old St. Mary's Cathedral with Free Live Music


by Marissa Tomeo - May 15, 2022

NOONTIME CONCERTS, which provides free live musical performances at Old St. Mary's Cathedral (660 California St., San Francisco) on Tuesdays at lunchtime (12:30 pm), has returned to presenting monthly live concerts, after the pandemic forced live concerts to be discontinued. Currently Noontime Conce...

New York Philharmonic to Take Residency at Usedom Music Festival, Filling Nazi Weapons Site with Music by Jewish Composers


by Marissa Tomeo - May 15, 2022

The New York Philharmonic is set to take up residency at the Usedom Music Festival, once the secretive home of the Third Reich's rocket and nuclear development program. Andre Previn and his family escaped the Nazis. His music will now be played where Hitler's regime tested its weapons....

BWW Review: ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPRING CONCERT at Carnegie Hall


by Joanna Barouch - May 15, 2022

Bible stories are not always the easiest to listen to, and sometimes have the net effect of putting the listener to sleep. When Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was inspired to write about the life of the prophet Elijah, however, he took the story to the next level...

Young People's Chorus of New York City Announces Summer Season Performances


by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2022

The world-renowned Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) has announced an exciting lineup of summer performances beginning Saturday, May 14 at 2:30 p.m. with a public singalong at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center in New York City and running through July with performances at two of the...

NJ Symphony Musicians Take Center Stage For Mozart And Vivaldi Works


by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2022

New Jersey Symphony musicians take center stage for works by Mozart and Vivaldi led by Music Director Xian Zhang, June 2–5. Associate Concertmaster Brennan Sweet and Assistant Principal Viola Elzbieta Weyman perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola; Assistant Principal Flute/Picc...

American Classical Orchestra Presents REVISIT: THE CHACONNE PROJECT At Harlem Parish, June 22


by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2022

The American Classical Orchestra (ACO) returns to the historic Harlem Parish, the stunning location of its highly-praised 2020 digital production of The Chaconne Project, for an intimate, creatively staged live performance of the program. ...

PYO Music Institute Presents Young Musicians Debut Orchestra At Temple Performing Arts Center


by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2022

Taking the stage for their 6th Annual Festival Concert, the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra (YMDO) will perform at The Temple Performing Arts Center, located at 1837 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia, on Saturday May 21, 2022 at 4 p.m....

11 Programs Announced for Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival 2022


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022

This summer’s Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will presents 11 concerts from July 24 to August 21 – approaching its pre-pandemic scope. The 11 distinct programs in the 39th season of Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival highlight interconnections in music....

Tickets on Sale for Christiane Noll & Nathan R. Matthews Led Riverside Opera Ensemble Concert


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022

Tickets are still available for the concert presented by The Riverside Opera Ensemble at Merkin Hall featuring Tony nominee Christiane Noll (Ragtime) and Nathan R. Matthews who is producing as well as performing in the show. ...

NYYS Orchestra to Perform Their Season-Ending Concert at Carnegie Hall


by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2022

The concert will feature a NYYS First Music Commission from Liza Sobel Crane, titled (E)merging Dances, and Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, featuring Edward Parks, baritone. The performance will conclude with Brahms's Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op 73....

2022 League of American Orchestras National Conference to Take Place in June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022

After online convenings in 2020 and 2021, the League of American Orchestras National Conference will take place in person again, hosted this year by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in partnership with the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO)....

Eight H+H Premieres & More Announced for Handel and Haydn Society 2022-23 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022

The Handel and Haydn Society has announced its 208th consecutive season, the most of any performing arts organization in the country....

The Fisher Center at Bard Announces Programming for the Spiegeltent at BARD SUMMERSCAPE 2022


by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2022

The Fisher Center at Bard, which has become one of the world's preeminent sources of major multidisciplinary performance works, reopens its beloved Spiegeltent for Bard SummerScape 2022, celebrating the majestic tent's 15th year as a platform for cutting-edge live music, dancing, and more, after a t...

Prysm Strings & Prysm Strings Young Artists Perform At Haverford School


by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2022

The string ensembles of PYO Music Institute (PYOMI) – Prysm Strings and Prysm Strings Young Artists -- will perform on Saturday, May 14th at 3 p.m. in Centennial Hall of the Haverford School at 750 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA....

Sarasota Music Festival Announces 2022 Highlights


by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2022

Sarasota Music Festival announced its concert programs for the 2022 Festival season. The Festival will present a total of 14 programs featuring music from the Baroque period to the 21st century....

MAY YOU HEAL The New Album From Judith Clurman and Essential Voices USA Out Now


by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2022

Judith Clurman, the twice Emmy-nominated conductor and music director of Essential Voices USA and award-winning label Acis announce the release of MAY YOU HEAL, a series of five choral works commissioned by Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA during the time of COVID-19. ...

Nobel Prize Winner Esther Duflo To Speak At Kendall Square Orchestra's Annual Symphony For Science Concert


by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022

The Kendall Square Orchestra (K2O) is helping improve STEM literacy for girls with a night of music and storytelling at Symphony Hall on May 23rd at 7:30 PM. Symphony for Science will benefit the Science Club for Girls, which highlights the critical importance of mentorship and STEM literacy for gir...

Rafael Payare Music Director and Conductor of THE SAN DIEGO AND MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS


by Ron Bierman - May 11, 2022

The San Diego Symphony’s Music Director and Conductor Rafael Payare took up the notoriously difficult French horn at the age of 13. During an hour-long Zoom interview while he was in Montreal, I asked how he had managed to become a soloist less than six months later! “I have to admit it was a li...

Chicago Philharmonic Performs MARVEL STUDIOS' BLACK PANTHER LIVE IN CONCERT


by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022

The Chicago Philharmonic Society will present and perform Marvel Studios' Black Panther in Concert at the historic Chicago Theatre, 175 N State St, Chicago, June 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm, the weekend of Juneteenth. ...

Composers Concordance Presents 10th Annual Festival, SCIENCE


by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022

From May 1st to June 4th, Composers Concordance presents its 10th annual festival, entitled Science. Five concert programs feature new music compositions inspired by science's method, modes of inquiry, and breakthrough discoveries in various fields, as well as its celebrated researchers and objects ...




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