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NY Foundation for the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Launch Grant Program for New York City Artists
by A.A. Cristi - June 07, 2021
The New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment have announced the launch of City Artist Corps Grants. City Artist Corps Grants, funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery ...
VIDEO: Watch The NY Philharmonic Live From Bryant Park Tonight At 7 PM
by Alan Henry - June 07, 2021
Tune in tonight at 7 PM ET for the festive and varied kick-off of Bryant Park’s Picnic Performances treats New Yorkers to music by past masters — including the Classical era’s Mozart and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — and American sounds, including an uplifting piece by Philhar...
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Announces Virtual Pride Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 07, 2021
The celebration features works by LGBTQ+ composers, an interview with Laura Kaminsky about her chamber opera As One, a performance of Rent’s “I’ll Cover You” in collaboration with Paper Mill Playhouse and a free Zoom event presented in partnership with SAGE, a national advocacy and service...
Carnegie Hall's National Youth Ensembles Come Together for Residency at Purchase College, SUNY, This July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 07, 2021
This July, Carnegie Hall will bring together more than 200 of the finest teen musicians from across the country to train and perform as part of its three acclaimed national youth ensembles: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz....
Up Close and Personal with Maestro José Serebrier
by Joanna Barouch - June 07, 2021
He is unique. One of a kind. And a musician of the highest caliber who just happens to live on New York City’s Upper West Side....
VIDEO: Eddie Palmieri Performs a Concert as Part of Lincoln Center's #RestartStages
by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2021
Eddie Palmieri recently performed a concert as part of Lincoln Center's #RestartStages. For the evening concert, featuring a six-piece jazz band, Mr. Palmieri explores the heights of his always-danceable oeuvre at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park....
Tanglewood 2021 Season Popular Artist Series Updates
by A.A. Cristi - June 04, 2021
Tanglewood is announcing an update to its 2021 Popular Artist performances, many of which were originally slated to take place in June and July....
Tanglewood Announces 2021 Season Protocol Updates
by A.A. Cristi - June 04, 2021
Following careful consideration of recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tri-Town Health Department, and the BSO’s own team of consultants, including 9Foundations, Tanglewood will increase its attendance capacity to 9,000...
New York Choral Society Announces Three New Board Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2021
New York Choral Society has announced the appointment of 3 new members to its Board of Trustees. Board Chair Michael Colosi comments, “In a time of great challenges for performing arts organizations, these new trustees bring valuable skills and insights to support our goal to be New York’s pr...
'In The Footsteps Of Chopin' Virtual Discussion to Take Place With Dr. Alan Walker And Daniel Vnukowski
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2021
Artistic Director of Collingwood Summer Music Festival Daniel Vnukowski will host Summer Solstice Series this month. The four-part presentation will include Celebrating Robert Burns with R.H. Thomson and Mr. Vnukowski (June 16, 7 p.m. EDT) and more. ...
Osmond Chapman Orchestra Debut Album THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Out Today
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2021
CLUB44 RECORDS has announced the debut album of the Osmond Chapman Orchestra – led by Emmy Award-nominated vocalist David Osmond and Grammy Award-nominated bandleader, producer and saxophonist Caleb Chapman – today Friday, June 4. ...
VIDEO: Watch The New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concert: Mind, Body, Spirit, Music
by Alan Henry - June 04, 2021
Watch the New York Philharmonic's latest Young People Concert, titled Mind, Body, Spirit, Music....
Cellist John-Henry Crawford Releases DIALOGO Debut Album Featuring Brahms, Shostakovich and Ligeti
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2021
Orchid Classics today released DIALOGO, the debut album of cellist John-Henry Crawford, First Prize Winner of the IX International Carlos Prieto Cello Competition and the Classical Recording Foundation’s 2019 Young Artist of the Year....
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Resumes Live Summer Performances
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2021
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is back on stage, August 3 through 13, 2021. The venerable chamber music festival's 42nd season features performances by Artistic Directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu, the Escher Quartet with Brian Zeger, and Imani Winds....
Min Kwon Premieres Robert Sirota's Variations On America The Beautiful At Green-Wood Cemetery
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2021
On Friday, July 9, 2021, pianist Min Kwon will give the world premiere of composer Robert Sirota's Two Variations on America the Beautiful, presented by Death of Classical's Angel's Share series at Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th St., Brooklyn, NY)....
The Crossing to Release WORDS ADORNED, Featuring The Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble & Dalal Abu Amneh
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 03, 2021
On July 9 GRAMMY-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, will release its 25th commercial album, WORDS ADORNED, on Navona Records. WORDS ADORNED features The Crossing with the Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture's Takht Ensemble - led by Hanna Khoury, who served as musical coach for the project - a...
League of American Orchestras Announces Recipients Of Ford Musician Awards
by Stephi Wild - June 03, 2021
The 2021 awardees work with both adults and children in a rich variety of community settings, using music as a therapeutic tool for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges; providing pop-up concerts during food bank distributions; bringing orchestra musicians to a regional hospit...
Celebrate World Music Day on June 20 With 12 Hours Of Free Opera From Opera Lafayette
by Stephi Wild - June 03, 2021
From 8 AM until 8 PM, Opera Lafayette will feature music from Bach, Forqueray, and Roussel, behind-the-scenes views into the creation of a production, family-friendly musical programming, as well as performances from Mezzo-Soprano Caitlin Hulcup, Tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Harpsichordist Justin T...
Piazzolla Music Competition Finalists Announced
by Stephi Wild - June 03, 2021
The Piazzolla Competion offers the highly coveted grand prize, in both the solo and ensemble divisions, of a cash prize ($1500 USD for soloist, $3500 USD for ensemble), a recording and release deal with PARMA Recordings’s Navona Records, as well as a concert tour throughout China arranged and fund...
Additional World Premieres Announced for KRONOS FESTIVAL, June 11 – 18
by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2021
After a year’s hiatus, Kronos Performing Arts Association’s KRONOS FESTIVAL returns on June 11 – 18, expanding the annual San Francisco-based event into the virtual sphere with eight exciting online presentations, including fourteen world premieres. All streams will be available free of charge...
LACO Board Extends Music Director Jaime Martín's Contract Through June 2027
by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2021
Jaime Martín, music director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, received a five-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season announced Board Chair Leslie Lassiter....
FOLLOWER Dance Film to Be Released This Friday
by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2021
The inventive young American composer/pianist Thomas Nickell and percussionist Fiona Stocks-Lyons were commissioned by choreographer Christopher D'Ariano to write the music for a new work he would be choreographing for Pacific Northwest Ballet....
Tesla Quartet to Return To Lot Of Strings Festival in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2021
Tesla dazzled audiences last summer when they launched the Lot of Strings Music Festival and now they return with a mixed program including part of the Bartok string quartet cycle which they have recently explored to much acclaim through their virtual series....
Weezer's Performance With Los Angeles Philharmonic and YOLA Added to SOUND/STAGE Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2021
Los Angeles-based Weezer’s performance with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), the band’s first time performing with an orchestra, has been added to LA Phil Media’s Sound/Stage series and is set for release on June 11, 2021....
Carnegie Hall and WQXR Present the 10th Season of CARNEGIE HALL LIVE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2021
For the 10th consecutive season, Carnegie Hall and WQXR will unite to present Carnegie Hall Live, a series of exciting broadcast concerts—drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Hall’s stages over the past nine years—in programs that are thematically reimagined and ...
American Composers Orchestra Presents Creative Spark With Lisa Bielawa
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2021
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) presents Creative Spark, led by ACO-commissioned composer Lisa Bielawa on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6pm ET. The event will be held online via Zoom. Tickets start at $25 and benefit ACO's Sonic Spark education programs. ...
Frost School Of Music Expands Summer Festival Outreach Programs
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2021
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and Festival Napa Valley have announced a multiyear partnership to collaborate on university-level educational, chamber music and orchestral music programming. ...
Queens Jazz Orchestra Ensemble To Pay Tribute To NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath At Flushing Town Hall
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2021
Flushing Town Hall welcomes the Queens Jazz Orchestra Ensemble to its stage on Friday, June 18 at 7PM ET for a live tribute to the late NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, continuing to present outstanding jazz at its historic venue....
Grand Teton Music Festival Announces New Gateway Series and GTMF On The Road Program
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2021
Grand Teton Music Festival announces the inaugural launch of its musically adventurous Thursday evening Gateway Series in addition to a community-engaging GTMF on the Road initiative....
Eric Nathan's JUST A MOMENT to Premiere At Chelsea Music Festival
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2021
The Chelsea Music Festival presents the world premiere of composer Eric Nathan's Just a Moment (2021) for two antiphonal oboes performed by oboists John Ferrillo and Amanda Hardy on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 7:30pm as part of the 2021 Virtual Festival. ...
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Announces SUMMER SERENADES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2021
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the all-new and in-person Summer Serenades series, happening this coming June through August. Summer Serenades is a 4-part concert series featuring musicians from your Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra....
Park University International Center for Music Graduate Kenny Broberg Announced as Finalist in American Pianists Awards Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2021
Kenny Broberg, a graduate student in Park University’s International Center for Music and one of the most highly decorated pianists in the world under the age of 30, is one of five finalists in the upcoming American Pianists Association’s 2021 American Pianists Awards....
VIDEO: Watch NY Phil at The Cathedral: Annual Memorial Day Concert
by Alan Henry - June 01, 2021
Watch The New York Philharmonic's 29th Memorial Day concert at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, presented by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, is conducted by Gemma New and features music by Mahler, Jessie Montgomery, Mozart, Schubert, and Carlos Simon. ...
Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra to Release EPIC Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2021
Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra's newly-conceived 'EPIC' is an intense piece of music inspired by medieval battle scenes. It's the first time in Las Vegas history that an orchestra has released a national album and this one has a unique movie/motion picture soundtrack that's sure to excite movie produ...
BWW Review: HIGHWAY 1, USA Opens at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - June 01, 2021
Opera Theatre Saint Louis continues its refreshing festival season with a revival of the rarely seen Highway 1, U.S.A. by William Grant Still, the 'dean of African-American composers'....
Azrieli Foundation Calls For Proposals For Azrieli Music Prizes Performance Fund
by Stephi Wild - June 01, 2021
The Azrieli Foundation is pleased to call for proposals from professional orchestras worldwide for its Azrieli Music Prizes Performance Fund (AMP-PF). Now in its second year, AMP-PF financially supports professional music ensembles in preparing and presenting public performances of AMP-winning works...
Steinway Pianist Charl Du Plessis To Perform in Aardklop Aubade Concert Series
by Lindsay Kruger - June 01, 2021
Eleven years since being the youngest pianist in Africa to be named a Steinway Artist, Charl du Plessis has had an illustrious career both locally and internationally. Performing as part of Aardklop Aubade classical music concert series in collaboration with the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Du Ple...
The Last Hundred Ensemble to Present Inaugural Concert
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2021
The Last Hundred Ensemble presents its inaugural concert on June 19, 2021 at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center in Miami....
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Releases “Sarah Jeffrey Plays Mozart"
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2021
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents a special finale to its 2020/21 season with a live stream replay concert, Sarah Jeffrey Plays Mozart. Originally performed as a live stream on March 25, 2021, for a small audience of donors, the TSO offers Sarah Jeffrey Plays Mozart to the public from June 22�...
VIDEO: Watch LA Opera's Next Digital Short GALLUP - Today At 2 PM ET!
by Alan Henry - May 28, 2021
LA Opera's next Digital Short, Gallup (Na'nízhoozhí), will premiere online on May 28. Tune in to watch at 2 PM!...
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