Florence Price News

The immersive concert experience reimagines folk, blues, ballads, Jewish music, and Americana captured in Smith’s archives, including the Anthology of American Folk Music. Learn more about reserving tickets!

New England Conservatory's CMA Spring Ensemble Festival will present student ensembles performing West African, Middle Eastern, Jewish, American Roots, and Indie/Punk/Art Rock music. All festival events are free and open to the public.

The Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra and The Spirituals Project will perform American Spirit at the Lone Tree Arts Center, featuring works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Copland, and Florence Price.

Pianist Han Chen will release a recording of Anton Rubinstein's Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4 this spring, completing his survey of the composer's four piano sonatas begun with a 2020 release.

PACIFICA QUARTET will present the premiere of Revolutionary Portraits: Our Better Angels on April 12, 2026, at Sixth & I in Washington, D.C., featuring works by Gabriela Lena Frank and Jennifer Higdon.

The Newport Classical Music Festival will present 30 concerts across 11 venues from July 2-19, 2026, showcasing a wide range of classical music performances.

Aaron Larget-Caplan – the international guitar virtuoso and composer – is making his Navona Records debut with a full-length ground-breaking album, Guitar America 250: Revolutionaries and Rockstars, which is currently available

GRAMMY-nominated pianist Han Chen and flutist Roberta Michel will present a duo concert at The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. on March 22, 2026. This event is part of the venue's esteemed Sunday Concert series.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center will welcome back The Philadelphia Orchestra for a three-week summer residency as part of its celebratory 60th anniversary season.

The Community Music Center of Houston will present a significant Women's History Month concert on March 22, 2026, at St. James Episcopal Church. This event, led by Dr. Anne Lundy, the first Black woman to conduct the Houston Symphony Orchestra, will feature the Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra. The concert will celebrate the contributions and future of women in classical music, with performances by notable artists including Steinway Hall of Fame pianist Donna Weng Friedman and contemporary classic

The NEC Jazz Orchestra will present African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston on Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall. Conducted by Ken Schaphorst, the program honors the influential partnership between composer, pianist, and bandleader Randy Weston and trombonist, composer, and arranger Melba Liston.

The Allen Center in Newton will present three piano concerts in March, featuring performances by renowned pianists including Yuki Yoshimi. These events will showcase a diverse range of piano music to the community.

Ortús co-Artistic Director, Mairéad Hickey, will lead the 2026 Ortús Chamber Music Festival, performing alongside an outstanding roster of Irish and international musicians.

The Ortús Chamber Music Festival has announced the concerts and events for its 2026 festival, running from 21 February to 1 March 2026. Learn more about the lineup here!

​​​​​​​MN Opera's world premiere of the new opera, My Name is Florence, recently wrapped up its run but we were lucky enough to catch up with the director prior to the closure for a quick chat. What follows that conversation.

Composer Jessie Montgomery will launch international tour for her new cello concerto, These Righetous Paths, featuring cellist Abel Selaocoe. The tour, co-commissioned by multiple global orchestras, will premiere in Berlin.

Shriver Hall Concert Series will continue its 60th anniversary and 2025-26 concert season this March with performances by the Isidore String Quartet with pianist Jeremy Denk and soprano Golda Schultz with pianist Jonathan Ware.

Tanglewood has revealed the details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend. The schedule brings many of the world’s most exciting musicians to the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin have unveiled the 2026–27 season—Nézet-Séguin’s 15th as music and artistic director—full of epic musical events, bold artistic experiences, and new musical journeys.

Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara will conclude its 2025-26 Masterseries at the Lobero Theatre on March 12 with a special performance by the acclaimed Sphinx Virtuosi.