The Green-Wood Cemetery Announces Spring and Summer Programming
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2022 Spring is just around the corner and Green-Wood has planned a plethora of programs—from Concerts in the Catacombs to fascinating history tours—throughout the season. Much more than a cemetery, Green-Wood is constantly transforming the urban green space to serve as a unique venue for a wide-range of ...
America's Finest Teen Instrumentalists Form Carnegie Hall's Three National Youth Ensembles This July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 06, 2022 This July, Carnegie Hall will bring together more than 200 of the finest teen musicians from across the country to perform as part of its three acclaimed national youth ensembles: the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz....
Student Blog: The Black Theater Matters Bill and Why It's Important
by Student Blogger: Paige Rosko - May 04, 2021 While it might take a while for these acts to be implemented, it is important to understand that speaking out and taking action does create change....
Philadelphia Orchestra Announces Fall 2021 Season: FORWARD
by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2021 Following more than a year of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the closing of concert halls internationally, The Philadelphia Orchestra will return to its home, Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, in October 2021 to resume live concerts with in-person audiences....
Boston University Tanglewood Institute Announces Summer 2022 Concert Calendar
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2022 Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)—one of North America's premier summer training programs for young musicians—announces full summer 2022 public performance details, as well visiting artists and faculty, and special events. ...
BWW Review: J'Nai Bridges Recital for LA Opera
by Maria Nockin - June 23, 2021 On June 22, I watched J’Nai Bridges’ online recital at Los Angeles Opera’s website. Bridges has been making highly acclaimed debuts at major opera houses. For her LA Opera recital, she chose major selections by Johannes Brahms and Charles Gounod as well as many lesser-known shorter pieces. She sang ...
BWW Review: J'Nai Bridges Recital for LA Opera
by Maria Nockin - June 23, 2021 On June 22, I watched J’Nai Bridges’ online recital at Los Angeles Opera’s website. Bridges has been making highly acclaimed debuts at major opera houses. For her LA Opera recital, she chose major selections by Johannes Brahms and Charles Gounod as well as many lesser-known shorter pieces. She sang ...
BWW Review: J'Nai Bridges Recital for LA Opera
by Maria Nockin - June 23, 2021 On June 22, I watched J’Nai Bridges’ online recital at Los Angeles Opera’s website. Bridges has been making highly acclaimed debuts at major opera houses. For her LA Opera recital, she chose major selections by Johannes Brahms and Charles Gounod as well as many lesser-known shorter pieces. She sang ...
Carnegie Hall's NYO Jazz to Make First-Ever US Tour This Summer 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2022 This summer, Carnegie Hall’s national youth jazz orchestra NYO Jazz—which showcases the legacy and bright future of American jazz—returns for its fifth year following performances at Carnegie Hall and successful international tours to Europe and Asia....
BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - July 17, 2021 After Hours: Songs of Protest honors and celebrates a wide range of passionate music that galvanizes activists for social justice. This program of iconic songs, made famous by performers like Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, and Sam Cooke, is specially curated by Host and Artist in Residence Russell Thomas...
Chicago Philharmonic and Adrian Dunn Present REDEMPTION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 09, 2021 The Chicago Philharmonic has announced a first-ever collaboration with critically acclaimed multi-genre musical artist and social justice advocate Adrian Dunn for a performance of Redemption to be streamed exclusively via Harris Theatre’s “HT Virtual Stage” from June 29 – August 27....
The Cleveland Orchestra's Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert Returns January 16
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2021 The Cleveland Orchestra's free, annual concert in celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. takes place in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. led by Associate Conductor Vinay Parameswaran featur...
Green-Wood's Annual Memorial Day Concert Returns
by Marissa Tomeo - May 29, 2022 Green-Wood’s annual Memorial Day concert will make a triumphant return following a two-year hiatus. On Monday, May 30th from 2:30–4:30pm, the community is welcomed to enjoy a concert beside the Cemetery’s iconic Gothic Arch near the Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue. Visitors are encoura...
Northwest African American Museum Announces Programming For Juneteenth Week 2021
by Stephi Wild - June 03, 2021 Featured events include both in-person activations at various locations throughout Seattle, as well as online events that are accessible to audiences everywhere....
New Jersey Symphony Announces Chamber Concerts at the Newark Museum of Art
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2022 The New Jersey Symphony presents four chamber music concerts in The Newark Museum of Art's Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden in July and August, in partnership with the Museum. The concerts are part of the NMOA Summer Series....
BWW Review: ONE NIGHT ONLY: AN EVENING WITH NORM LEWIS at Carnegie Hall by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
by Stephen Mosher - March 07, 2022 Broadway leading man and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis played a brilliant concert at Carnegie Hall and Broadway World was there, in the person of a guest reporter named Andrew Poretz....
Virginia Children's Theatre Announces 15th Season
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2022 Brett J. Roden, Producing Artistic Director for Virginia Children’s Theatre (VCT), announced tonight the Company’s upcoming 2022-2023 Season of productions. VCT is the valley’s only professional theatre with programming designed specifically for youth, schools and their families....
THE GOODBYE LETTER Will Be Presented By The Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival This Summer
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2022 On July 16th at 7pm EST, the Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival will conclude its 2021-2022 season of programming with a special presentation of The Goodbye Letter, a full-length drama by Monique Hebert....
Minnesota Public Radio Music Services Celebrate Black Music Month
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2021 The music services of Minnesota Public Radio will recognize Black Music Month this month with special programming celebrating the contributions of Black performers and composers to the music industry....
Fort Worth Opera and Unity Unlimited Celebrate Juneteenth With 94-Year-Old Social Impact Leader Ms. Opal Lee
by Stephi Wild - June 19, 2021 Before the parade began, hundreds of supporters gathered at Evans Avenue Plaza in the Historic Southside neighborhood to join the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' on her annual walk to the Tarrant County Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth....
André De Shields to Star as Frederick Douglass at Flushing Town Hall for Juneteenth
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 02, 2022 On Sunday, June 19 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, André De Shields will return to Flushing Town Hall to reprise his role as the esteemed abolitionist leader and influential thinker in two, live performances of his self-crafted, solo show, André De Shields is Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glor...
Carnegie Hall's NYO Jazz to Make First-Ever US Tour This Summer 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2022 This summer, Carnegie Hall’s national youth jazz orchestra NYO Jazz—which showcases the legacy and bright future of American jazz—returns for its fifth year following performances at Carnegie Hall and successful international tours to Europe and Asia....
Anthony Parnther & Jon Batiste to Join Gateways Music Festival Orchestra in Their Carnegie Hall Debut
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 18, 2022 On Sunday April 24 at 3:00PM, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra—comprised entirely of professional classical musicians of African descent—makes their highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage under the direction of acclaimed Hollywood and symphony orchestra cond...
NBC Announces MACY'S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 10, 2021 This year’s Macy’s Fireworks show will launch more than 65,000 shells and effects from five barges positioned on the East River centered in midtown, delighting New York City spectators and a nationwide television audience. ...
BWW Interview: Robert Lamont Talks About TIN PAN ALLEY DAY and The Birth of America's Music Industry
by Ricky Pope - October 19, 2021 This coming Saturday, October 23 is officially Tin Pan Alley Day in NYC. As a physical destination, Tin Pan Alley is five buildings at 47-55 W. 28th St. near the Flatiron building in the neighborhood called “NoMad,” north of Madison Square Park. But Tin Pan Alley is much more than a physical destina... |