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Judith Clurman Conducts CHRISTMAS JOY With Her Essential Voices USA And The Essential Strings
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2023

Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, Music Director and Conductor, announces the release of CHRISTMAS JOY, a new collection of holiday music that was all recently commissioned by Essential Voices USA.

MUD/DROWNING by María Irene Fornés to Return This Fall at Mabou Mines
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 23, 2022

Mabou Mines and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival, will present a return engagement of their acclaimed revival of Mud/Drowning, two intimate works by legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés.

Mabou Mines to Present Three-Day 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF WORK
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2022

Mabou Mines will present a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Work, reaching back into the company’s brimming five-decade history of innovative theater as a launchpad into the next 50 years (June 23–25; beginning 5pm June 23; 5pm–11 pm June 24; and 12pm–11pm June 25).

Mabou Mines Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Season Culminating In A Four-Day 50th Anniversary Celebration
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2021

Mabou Mines today announces its Winter/Spring 2022 season, with the iconic company re-engaging its past to celebrate its 50th anniversary—and presenting new work that continues to vitally push the boundaries of theatrical experience.

Composer Lisa Bielawa Launches BFH Radio " Broadcast from Here
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 22, 2021

Composer and producer Lisa Bielawa has launched BFH Radio – Broadcast from Here, a continuous and evolving soundscape incorporating words, voices, and found audio from participants all over the world, one year after many communities went into pandemic lockdown.

Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival Launches Streaming Performances
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Feb 4, 2021

The annual multidisciplinary Days and Nights Festival—which since 2011 has taken place in and around Big Sur, California and has brought together luminaries and pioneers in fields including music, dance, theater, literature, film and the sciences—launches today.

Kent Tritle Leads 'OSNY Messiah 2020' Holiday Concert
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2020

The Oratorio Society of New York's 147th annual performance of Messiah had been slated to take place on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Carnegie Hall. When it became clear that this could not happen, OSNY Music Director Kent Tritle and the organization's leadership came up with a Plan B.

Kaufman Music Center Presents Lisa Bielawa's BROADCAST FROM HOME in its Entirety
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2020

On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 2pm and Friday, August 21, 2020 at 2pm, Kaufman Music Center presents a free, two-part online listening event of the entire cycle of composer Lisa Bielawa's Broadcast from Home, an inspired musical response to the shelter-in-place measure put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lisa Bielawa to Release BLUEPRINTS I, Featuring Ten World Premiere Recordings
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2020

On August 14, composer, vocalist, and producer Lisa Bielawa releases Blueprints I, a digital-only album featuring ten world premiere recordings of Bielawa's compositions. Her five-concert residency at The Stone (a performance initiative founded by John Zorn) in NYC was to take place the very week in March 2020 that the city went into lockdown.

Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents A Virtual Program Featuring The Premiere Of Lisa Bielawa's BROADCAST FROM HOME
by Stephi Wild - Jul 10, 2020

On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present a virtual program featuring premieres of two new works related to composer Lisa Bielawa's ongoing project, Broadcast from Home, a significant new musical work launched by Bielawa in April 2020, which creates community during the isolation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis by featuring contributions from the public.

Works & Process Presents Virtual Program Featuring Premieres of New Commissions Related to BROADCAST FROM HOME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 8, 2020

On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present a virtual program featuring premieres of two new commissions related to composer Lisa Bielawa's ongoing project, Broadcast from Home, a significant new musical work launched by Bielawa in April 2020.

Composer-Vocalist Lisa Bielawa Announces Residency at The Stone at The New School
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2020

Composer, vocalist, and producer Lisa Bielawa will curate a residency at The Stone at The New School (a performance initiative founded by John Zorn) from Tuesday, March 10, 2020 through Saturday, March 14, 2020, with performances each night at 8:30pm.

Mabou Mines Has Added a Free Film Screening and PROMENADE Concert Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2020

Mabou Mines, the esteemed experimental theater company, and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival, add free documentary film screening and Promenade concert performance, and announce complete casting for a unique upcoming celebration of legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés. The February 21-March 7 engagement centers on the New York premiere of Philip Glass' transformation of her five-page play Drowning into an opera and a version of Fornés' acclaimed Mud. JoAnne Akalaitis directs these two intimate productions-both with new music composed by Glass-at Mabou Mines (150 First Avenue).

Mabou Mines Presents Two Works By María Irene Fornés
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2020

Mabou Mines, the esteemed experimental theater company, and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival, present a unique celebration of legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés, featuring the New York premiere of Philip Glass' transformation of her five-page play Drowning into an opera and a version of Fornés' acclaimed Mud, February 21-March 7 at Mabou Mines (150 First Avenue).

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine Presents Their Annual Christmas Concert FANTASIAS AND CAROLS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2019

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine presents Fantasias and Carols: A Cathedral Christmas on Saturday, December 14 at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan. The Cathedral Choirs will join forces under the leadership of Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music and one of America's leading choral conductors, and Bryan Zaros, Associate Choirmaster. This signature event is one of many comprising the 2019-2020 season of Great Music in a Great Space.

IMMIGRANT DREAMS Featuring Randy Graff and Brian Stokes Mitchell is Now Available
by Julie Musbach - Oct 26, 2018

Broadway Records today announced Immigrant Dreams, with Essential Voices USA (Judith Clurman, conductor) featuring Tony winners Randy Graff and Brian Stokes Mitchell, is now available

Composer Lisa Bielawa and Director Charles Otte Receive LA Emmy Nominations for VIREO
by Macon Prickett - Jun 13, 2018

The Television Academy has announced 155 nominations in 47 categories for the 70th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. Composer Lisa Bielawa and director Charles Otte are nominees for their work on VIREO: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser, the first episodic made-for-TV & online opera. Bielawa is nominated in the Creative Technical Crafts – Composer category and Otte's nomination is forOutstanding Director – Programming.

Stephen Schwartz Single 'Testimony' to Benefit Anti-Bullying Workshops in NYC Schools
by BWW News Desk - Nov 16, 2017

Judith Clurman, Silas Brown, Essential Voices and Tony & Grammy Award-winning producer Van Dean (Broadway Records) announced today the release of 'Testimony,' a new single written by award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin) with proceeds benefiting anti-bullying workshops in New York City Public Schools.

BWW Review: LA BELLE ET LA BETE at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
by Maria Nockin - Oct 29, 2017

LA BELLE ET LA B TE is a post World War II romantic fantasy film written and directed by Jean Cocteau. For the Los Angeles Opera version, Philip Glass replaced Georges Auric's original sound track with a complete opera score. On October 28, 2017, L. A. Opera presented the work, sung live and coordinated with a screening of the film, at the beautifully restored 1920s movie theater in the city's Ace Hotel.

Lisa Bielawa's Made-for-TV Opera VIREO to Premiere on KCET This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2017

KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network, announced today that the world's first made-for-TV opera 'VIREO: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser,' composed and conceived by Lisa Bielawa, will make its world broadcast television premiere on Tuesday, June 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on both KCET in Southern California and Link TV (DirecTV375 and Dish Network 9410) nationwide.

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