Caroline Shaw News

Uniquely focused on both the baroque and the brand new, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) announces the appointment of TARIK O'REGAN as the 40-year old organization's first-ever Composer-in-Residence. 

Galvanized by 2020’s protests against racism and police brutality, Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Tyshawn Sorey began writing new works for voice about race in America, to serve as an extension of, and in some ways a departure from, Cycles of My Being, his 2018 song cycle exploring the realities of life as a Black man in America today.

Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered for the next concert in the 2020-21 Season. Recorded at the Cleveland Institute of Music's Mixon Hall, the concert premieres Saturday, February 13 at 7 pm PT on CMNW.org, and can be streamed through Saturday, February 20.

This winter, Kaufman Music Center brings live music back to NYC’s Upper West Side with Musical Storefronts, a new pop-up concert series featuring more than 100 of our city’s finest performers, including chamber musicians; soloists; Broadway stars from Hamilton, Tootsie and Company; and artists who have appeared on the Merkin Hall stage.

Known as one of the nation's leading bass-harp ensembles, River Town Duo today announced the release of its debut album: River Town Duo: For Claire & Philip. The album is the latest addition to what has historically been a limited repertoire for bass-harp instrumentation.

What's Streaming: Classical (Week Of January 18–24)

The first of a multi-volume set, Volume 1 features the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor including his Quintet in G minor for Piano and Strings with pianist Stewart Goodyear, Fantasiestück, and Quintet in F sharp minor with clarinetist Anthony McGill.

Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced new BSO NOW video streams for January, plus much more! Thursday, January 14, at noon: Stefan Asbury leads a Boston Symphony Orchestra program including Thomas Adès’ Dawn, Debussy’s Printemps, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with violin soloist Elena Urioste, and more.

On 1/23, at 7:30 pm MT, Bailey and members of the Boulder Philharmonic will premiere the chamber version of the concerto as part of an online event that will be available on demand through February 6. On Sunday, March 28, at 3 pm PT, a performance by Bailey and the Santa Rosa Symphony led by its music director, Francesco Lecce-Chong, will premier.

On January 21st, Vocal Arts DC presents Davóne Tines in virtual concert with pianist Adam Nielsen in a program titled, “Recital No. 1: Mass”. The performance, which uses the Catholic mass to explore the diversity of the human experience, will feature world premiere works by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw along with Tyshawn Sorely. 

Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Tyshawn Sorey, the Newark-born multi-instrumentalist and composer celebrated for his incomparable virtuosity, will premiere a new work on the Opera Philadelphia Channel inspired by “Save the Boys,” an 1887 poem by abolitionist, writer, and Black women's rights activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911).

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of Pam Tanowitz Dance with a multimedia live stream event. The company takes over The Joyce Theater for a double bill of breathtaking dance, premiering December 12 at 5pm and available to stream through December 26. 

String quartet the Omer Quartet will perform a livestream concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2020 as part of the 2020–2021 Recital Series season.

New York City Ballet today announced that it will be unable to perform at the David H. Koch Theater during the winter and spring of 2021 due to continuing health concerns and mandatory New York State and New York City regulations prohibiting large-scale, live indoor gatherings which are required for both NYCB's rehearsals and performances.

Miller Theatre's celebrated, fun and free Pop-Up Concerts resume, with a change of venue. Filmed live in the awe-inspiring Lantern (the top floor venue in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, with sweeping views of Manhattan), Miller invites the public to take a virtual front-row seat for exciting performances by world-class musicians.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Pam Tanowitz Dance, streamed live from the Annenberg Center on Thursday, October 15 at 7 PM. Pam Tanowitz Dance makes its Philadelphia debut with four dancers in two works that illustrate her flair for taking classical movement and turning it on its head.

On October 23, Signum Classics will release BABEL, the Calidore String Quartet's second album on the label, following 2018's Resilience. The program of quartets by Schumann, Shostakovich and Caroline Shaw was conceived of in response to this unsettling time of polarization and lack of civility in public discourse.   

Having commissioned or co-commissioned more than 15 new works since 2011, Opera Philadelphia is recognized as “one of North America's premiere generators of valid new operas” (Opera News). With the forthcoming launch of the Opera Philadelphia Channel, a global streaming platform where artists can perform and explore, the company has commissioned four of today's most dynamic composers to create and premiere new works to be streamed on the channel.

With the forthcoming launch of the Opera Philadelphia Channel, a global streaming platform where artists can perform and explore, the company has commissioned four of today’s most dynamic composers to create and premiere new works to be streamed on the channel.

The New School's Mannes College of Music has announced the Schneider Concerts ONLINE | 2020-21 Season - we have been working for the past few months to develop a flexible model that will allow us to continue to provide outstanding, emerging chamber artists with performance opportunities and offer New York audiences introductions to chamber music.