Caroline Shaw News

Grammy award-winning Attacca Quartet, as described by The Nation, “lives in the present aesthetically, without rejecting the virtues of the musical past”, and it is this dexterity to glide between the music of the 18th through to 21st-century living composer's repertoire that has placed them as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment – a quartet for modern times. 

The season opens with a special concert and celebration featuring Kinan Azmeh's CityBand in performance at Five Boroughs Brewing Co. in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 6:30pm.

The Green-Wood Cemetery has released its calendar of fall programs, and it includes the return of popular events as well as new and engaging experiences. Green-Wood will continue offering virtual programming for those who cannot or are not ready to be there in person.

Salastina Artistic Directors Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White today announced the ensemble’s 2021-2022 season, celebrating a return to live performance, the continuation of its successful virtual Happy Hours, and an integration of the two.

Sono Luminus announces the September 24, 2021 release of Resonance Lines from cellist Hannah Collins. Making her label debut with this album, Collins created a tribute to people with whom she has had inspiring interpersonal connections, celebrating the rich collaborative worlds that lead to these works which are performed alone.

Tesla Quartet were the first artists to perform in the Lot of Strings Festival in the spring of 2020. Since then, they've returned to the Back Deck several times and have become fan favorites.

Season subscriptions will go on sale on Tuesday, August 31 at 9:30am, with single tickets becoming available on Wednesday, September 15 at 9:30am. Learn more about the full lineup here!

On Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 5:30pm, the Miró Quartet returns to Baltimore for the world premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, Microfictions [Vol. 1], co-commissioned by SHCS, along with Mozart's buoyant 'Hunt' Quartet in B-flat Major and Beethoven's tumultuous and radiant String Quartet in A minor Op. 132.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale presents the world premiere of THE NO ONE'S ROSE at Stanford University's Bing Concert Hall on August 26–29, 2021.

Lees joined the Charlotte Symphony as Assistant Conductor for the 2016–17 season and was  appointed Resident Conductor in 2018. Since then, he has curated and conducted more than 60 performances a year, leading the CSO's Movie and Family Series in addition to the Symphony's  popular On Tap series at Charlotte-area breweries.

Tickets to the 57th season of Cantata Singers go on sale to subscribers August 1, 2021 and to the general public on August 15, 2021. Learn more here!

New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lauren Lovette is producing a one-night-only gala, Why It Matters, July 16, 2021, to bring ballet back to live audiences while major arts institutions remain dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jacob's Pillow presents Brian Brooks / Moving Company on the Henry J. Leir Stage and in a site-specific performance, utilizing augmented reality technology, from July 21-25.

The SFCMP Board of Directors will conduct a national search for Oman's replacement with Oman assisting with the transition through August 31. A job announcement will be posted on the organization's website.

As part of its return to in-person programming, Tom Gold Dance will present the World Premiere of Tom Gold Dance Founder and Director Tom Gold's Borrowed Time, set to music of Dave Maric, Friday, July 23 at TurnPark Art Space in West Stockbridge, MA with an encore performance, Saturday, July 24.

Madison Square Park Conservancy today announced the program and lineup for Music on the Green, a series of free performances curated by Carnegie Hall and presented within and in response to the Conservancy's current public art installation, Maya Lin's Ghost Forest.

Grammy-winning new-music choir The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, today announces its 2021-2022 season, marking our time of isolation, grief, confusion, hope, returning, emerging, and remembering. During their 20-month exile, the singers of The Crossing could not gather conventionally indoors.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced that Louis Langrée will  not seek to renew his contract beyond the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, his eleventh as the Orchestra's Music Director.

Madison Square Park Conservancy today announced the program and lineup for Music on the Green, a series of free performances curated by Carnegie Hall and presented within and in response to the Conservancy's current public art installation, Maya Lin's Ghost Forest . Designed to complement the themes of the installation—which focuses on climate change, its effects, and nature-based solutions—the concerts feature a nature-inspired repertoire of works by Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Duke Ellington, Reena Esmail, and more, curated and performed by musicians from Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect. Part of the Carnegie Hall Citywide free concert series, Music on the Green takes place on the park's Oval Lawn every Wednesday at 6 PM from July 7 through August 11, 2021. 

Artpark has announced a performance by Sō Percussion as part of the 2021 New Music in the Park series on June 13, 2021 at 4pm. Not just a world-renowned ensemble, but an institution, Sō Percussion is a percussion-based music organization that creates and presents new collaborative works to adventurous and curious audiences and educational initiatives to engaged students.