On Thursday, May 20 the city of Louisville will be inspired by a moment of its own history with the world premiere of Owsley Brown III's documentary film, Music Makes a City. The timely tale follows two visionaries, Mayor Charles Farnsley and Louisville Orchestra's first Music Director, Robert Whitney as they faced the odds making Louisville, Kentucky and its orchestra world renowned for new music.
Music Director Gustavo Dudamel presides over his first major festival with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Americas and Americans, which spotlights music from North and South America, identifying cultural experiences shared across our hemisphere.
The weeklong Composers Now celebration launches February 22 at the festival's hub, Symphony Space, to provide a citywide platform for unprecedented recognition of living composers through concerts and activities at a diverse array of performance spaces.
DanceBrazil, the distinguished contemporary dance company will premiere two new works during its performance at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts: 'Banguela' and 'Memória.' The company's appearance, on February 19, is part of the Ordway's Target World Music and Dance Series.
Music Director Gustavo Dudamel presides over his first major festival with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Americas and Americans, which spotlights music from North and South America, identifying cultural experiences shared across our hemisphere.
DanceBrazil, the distinguished contemporary dance company will premiere two new works during its performance at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts: 'Banguela' and 'Memória.' The company's appearance, on February 19, is part of the Ordway's Target World Music and Dance Series.
The weeklong Composers Now celebration launches February 22 at the festival's hub, Symphony Space, to provide a citywide platform for unprecedented recognition of living composers through concerts and activities at a diverse array of performance spaces.
Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) will present Where We Come From on Tuesday October 13, 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center.
New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), founded by Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming,' (The New Yorker) announces its 22nd Season for 2009-2010 with performances at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center and at The Juilliard School.
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance today announced its Harris Theater Presents 2009-2010 season. The schedule of Harris Theater Presents events features nine programs, a remarkable thirteen Chicago premieres and includes an impressive and diverse selection of music, dance and conversation by internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles. Highlights of the Harris Theater Presents 2009-2010 season include a rare opportunity to see Mikhail Baryshnikov in a solo dance performance, an evening of insight with the 'Master of the Musical,' Stephen Sondheim, the Harris debut of Lang Lang under the baton of his mentor Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, the Chicago premiere of Orquestra de São Paulo with virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, Kathleen Battle's unusual program of holiday spirituals, and much more.
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