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Boston Art Song Society Selects Mason Bynes As 2021-2022 Composer In Residence
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2021
Prior to the first concert of its 2021-2022 season, Boston Art Song Society has announced an historic new partnership....
The Harlem Chamber Players to Present Their 14th Anniversary Season Opening Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 20, 2021
The Harlem Chamber Players, Inc.will present its 14th Anniversary Season Opening Concerts on Thursday and Friday, September 23rd and 24th, 2021 at 7 PM at Broadway Presbyterian Church, located at 601 West 114th Street (on Broadway), New York, NY 10025....
The Dessoff Choirs Announces 2021-22 Season
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2021
The Dessoff Choirs today announced its 2021-22 season. Marking its first live, in-person performance in almost two years, The Dessoff Choirs kick- starts its 97th season with the New York premiere of Considering Matthew Shepard co- directed by WQXR's Elliott Forrest and Rod Caspers....
New York Festival Of Song Presents 2021 NYFOS Next Festival At Kaufman Music Center
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, is presenting the 2021 NYFOS Next Festival with two concerts held at the Ann Goodman Recital Hall at Kaufman Music Center....
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads The Philadelphia Orchestra In Florence Price's Symphonies 1 & 3
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
On Friday, September 24, 2021, Deutsche Grammophon releases the Philadelphia Orchestra's recordings of Florence Price's Symphony No. 1 in E minor and Symphony No. 3 in C minor led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. ...
Celebrate Duke Ellington at A Free, Outdoor, Special Event This Sunday
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
Tony Waag, executive director of The American Tap Dance Foundation, and Mercedes Ellington, CEO/Artistic Director of The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, announce the return of their FREE, annual outdoor event to commemorate Duke Ellington's birthday. ...
Musica Sacra, New York's Elite Professional Chorus, Announces 2021-22 Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
Musica Sacra, New York's elite professional chorus, returns to the concert stage in 2021-22 led by Kent Tritle – in his 15th season as Music Director – with a season of three concerts with orchestra, each of which spotlights a facet of the group's identity. ...
Composer Blake Allen Releases New Album THE SHARDS OF AN HONOR CODE JUNKIE
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
Blake Allen, known for his innovative bridging of contemporary music and theater through composition, performance, and storytelling, announces the release of his world premiere recording of the shards of an honor code junkie, distributed by No Reverse Records, September 17, 2021. ...
Organist Cameron Carpenter Releases First Decca Gold Album
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
On Friday, October 15, 2021, American organist Cameron Carpenter releases his first album on Decca Gold, a recording of J.S. Bach's The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 juxtaposed with his own transcription of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 in D-flat Major, Opus 30, W45, 'Romantic.' Both works are perfo...
Artist Series Concerts Opens Its Soiree Series Season With Double Reeds Unite
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2021
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota opens its 2021-22 Soiree Series with 'Double Reeds Unite,' a celebration of the unique sounds and versatility of the oboe and bassoon, featuring oboist Jonathan Gentry, bassoonist Fernando Traba, both principal musicians with the Sarasota Orchestra, and pianist Jos...
The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Next Album SCHNITTKE: CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND STRINGS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 17, 2021
The Cleveland Orchestra’s newest audio recording, featuring Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings (1979) together with Prokofiev’s Second Symphony (1925) showcasing the pairing of an older and newer work led by Music Director, Franz Welser-Möst, will be available worldwide on Fri...
VIDEO: New York Philharmonic Returns To In Person Performances After 18 Months
by Alan Henry - September 17, 2021
Fifteen lines gush into cascades of sound as Anna Clyne's 'Within Her Arms' reaches a high point. An expression of grief at the loss of her mother, this piece, Clyne writes 'is music for my mother, with all my love.' This work opened the Philharmonic's 2021-22 season marking the Orchestra's return ...
Los Angeles Master Chorale to Open 2021-22 Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 17, 2021
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, will make its long-awaited return to Walt Disney Concert Hall and welcome back concertgoers on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, 2021 with its season kick-off concert, Invitation....
'Coming To America Concerto' Composer-Pianist Lisa Swerdlow's New Music Shares The Journey Of Her Ancestors
by Stephi Wild - September 17, 2021
Lisa Swerdlow, an accomplished pianist and composer of classical crossover and contemporary instrumental music, announces the debut of her Coming to America Concerto, a dynamic and cinematic exploration of a journey of Russian immigrants, told in three movements...
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - September 17, 2021
Rigoletto delves deep into the human psyche to ask questions both through its subject matter and its melding of music and voices...
Utah Symphony Presents A Masterworks Program Of Musical Tributes
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2021
In modern popular music, “sampling” is a common technique, taking an excerpt or element of an earlier song and transforming it into something new. This idea, in fact, dates centuries back. ...
Emerald City Music Presents Its First Mainstage Production WHAT YOU ARE TO ME
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2021
After twenty months sharing chamber music on digital platforms, Emerald City Music returns home to its stages in Seattle and Olympia. On Friday, October 22 in Seattle and Saturday, October 23 in Olympia, ECM presents What You Are To Me, the first Mainstage performances in its sixth season. ...
The Metropolitan Opera Announces The Company Premiere Of Anthony Davis's X: The Life And Times Of Malcolm X
by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2021
The Metropolitan Opera announced today that Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X will have its company premiere on November 3, 2023, making it the second opera by a Black composer in Met history, after Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Playwright and director Robert O'Hara,...
Jaap van Zweden Will Resign as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2021
Jaap van Zweden will resign as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic at the end of the 2023-24 season. van Zweden began his tenure as the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2018....
HOLIDAY POPS Returns To Live Audiences At Symphony Hall For The First Time Since 2019
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2021
The Boston Pops has announced the return of the ever-popular Holiday Pops season at Symphony Hall, December 2 through 24. ...
Livestream Added for Recap's 'Count To Five' Release Show, Starting October 10
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2021
The percussion quartet known as Recap has announced the release of its debut album, Count to Five, out Friday, September 24 on Innova Recordings. ...
BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PERFORMS TCHAIKOVSKY at The Rady Shell
by Ron Bierman - September 15, 2021
Classical music is supposed to be serious, difficult to understand, intimidating, right? Who are all these people laughing at what the conductor says, ordering bottles of wine, jumping up to applaud, even, gasp, clapping between movements. Was I amongst Philistines? Had I trustingly followed Waze to...
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Single Tickets On Sale September 16 for Concerts in First Half of Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2021
Single tickets to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's previously announced 2021/22 season will go on sale September 16, for concerts through to February 2022. Single tickets for the remainder of the season will go on sale at a later date when there are updated capacity limits during the winter/spring ...
The OM's Orchestral Conducting Academy Welcomes Six Young Canadian Talents
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2021
The Orchestre Métropolitain and its artistic director and principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin today introduced the next-generation conductors who will take part in the first edition of the Academy of Orchestral Conducting....
The Met Announces Free Simulcast of Opening Night Performance of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2021
The Metropolitan Opera announced today that it will present a free, live simulcast of the Opening Night performance of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones—the first opera by a Black composer ever performed by the Met—on Monday, September 27 at 6:30pm ET in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey ...
Kent Tritle Kicks Off Concert Season With as Organ Recital At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine
by Stephi Wild - September 15, 2021
Kent Tritle, a renowned organ virtuoso, plays J.S. Bach's monumental Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549, in honor of Nancianne Parrella; César Franck's Cantabile in honor of Albert Fuller; and George Crumbs' beguiling Pastoral Drone in honor of Leonard Raver. ...
Conductor Donato Cabrera Announces 2021-2022 Concert Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2021
As Music Director of both orchestras, Cabrera's programming showcases a personalized and integrated vision, highlighting diversity and celebrating the return to live performances. California Symphony's new season furthers its promise to present innovative programming, exciting guest artists, and mus...
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra Launches 44th Season With ALL AMERICAN OPENING NIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2021
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Stilian Kirov, is thrilled to kick off its 44th season with an All American Opening Night, marking the orchestra's jubilant return to the stage on Saturday, October 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the 1,100 seat Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian Co...
Opera Philadelphia to Stream Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, October 22
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2021
September marks two years since Opera Philadelphia's orchestra, chorus, staff, and principal singers have gathered at the historic Academy of Music to produce opera. As the company works to bring live opera back to its longtime home, it continues to bring the art form into fans' homes by producing n...
Rite Of Summer Music Festival Presents ALARM WILL SOUND and A NYC Premiere By John Luther Adams
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2021
Celebrations of Rite of Summer Music Festival's 10th Anniversary season continue on Saturday, September 18th with two free concerts at 1pm and 3pm featuring Alarm Will Sound performing the NYC premiere of John Luther Adams' Ten Thousand Birds. Artistic Directors Pam Goldberg and Blair McMillen are...
A Concert Tribute To Linda Ronstadt Announced at the Soraya
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2021
Following the success of the 2020 Emmy nominated TV special, “A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya,” Aida Cuevas and La Marisoul team up once again for another night celebrating the iconic musical legend -- this time joined by esteemed jazz vocalist Luciana Souza. ...
Quintet Of The Americas to Perform Live Concert at Queens Botanical Garden
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2021
Quintet of the Americas, Queens' renowned woodwind quintet, will be live in concert on Sunday, September 26 @ 3:00 PM at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, NY....
Phoenix Chorale Announces 2021-22 Season: reUNION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2021
The Phoenix Chorale has announced its 2021-22 Season, reUNION. Curated and led by Music Director Christopher Gabbitas, the performances mark the return of the Grammy winning Chorale to the concert stage....
Beyond Baroque Announces Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Fund And Scholarship
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2021
Beyond Baroque, one of the nation's leading independent Literary Arts Centers, has announced the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Fund. The fund, named in honor of Beyond Baroque alumna and U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman, will provide $10,000 to young poets of color....
LA Phil Premieres Mackey's Trumpet Fantasy Shivaree
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2021
On October 21-24, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic give the world premiere of Steven Mackey's new trumpet fantasy, Shivaree, featuring principal trumpet Thomas Hooten as soloist. Shivaree revels in the joy of discovery, using 11 unusual words sourced from Dictionary.com's “Word of...
Ember Announces 2021-2022 Season “Can We Talk?”
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2021
Ember Choral Arts, formerly known as Schola Cantorum on Hudson, founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, announces their 2021-2022 concert series entitled “Can We Talk?”...
The Orion Ensemble Continues In November With Beethoven, Hindemith, Price, Schubert
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2021
The Orion Ensemble, with guest violist Stephen Boe, continues its 29th season with performances featuring works by Beethoven, Hindemith, Price and Schubert at three venues: New England Congregational Church in Aurora (Nov. 7, followed by a wine and cheese benefit), PianoForte Studios in Chicago (Nov...
Tulsa Opera 2021-22 Season Opens With PUCCINI AND VERDI PLAY BALL AT ONEOK FIELD
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2021
Tulsa Opera will come out swinging on Friday, October 15 with a celebratory 74th season opening night event titled “Puccini and Verdi Play Ball at ONEOK Field.” ...
Los Angeles Philharmonic And Chief Executive Officer Chad Smith Announce Completion Of New Executive Team
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2021
Chad Smith, the David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, today announced the completion of the LA Phil's new executive team with the hiring of Emanuel Maxwell as its Chief Talent & Equity Officer and the promotion of Summer Bjork to Chief of Staff a...
BWW Feature: Streaming Opera For The Week Of September 13 - 20, 2021
by Maria Nockin - September 13, 2021
Los Angeles Opera presents its 2006 rendition of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. The performers are Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, and Renato Bruson, James Conlon conducts and Marta Domingo directs.LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZywmSJkKYE&t=83s...
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