Long before the rushing in of springtime, Parthenia, a Consort of Viols, will paint the season of love's power and pain via 16th and 17th century French music set primarily to the poems of Pierre de Ronsard. Featuring soprano soloist Julianne Baird and renaissance violinist Robert Mealy, Parthenia will perform Les Amours de Mai on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, in Jorgensen's chamber music setting.
The Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) goes global at its annual Winter Concert with a program spotlighting the choral music of 20 composers from 10 nations spanning 5 centuries, on Sunday, December 5, 7 p.m, and Sunday, December 12, 2010, 7 p.m., at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The 'musical tour' includes a Buddhist prayer sung in Japanese, Italian art songs, and a Czech piece based on a Moravian folksong, as well as works by J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, Omar Macha and Gustav Holst, and contemporary composers Ruth Watson Henderson, Nicholas Nicassio, Mark Sirett and Brian Holmes, and others. Punctuated with plenty of holiday spirit as well, the Winter Concert is part of the renowned choir's year-long 25th Anniversary celebration, commemorating LACC's commitment to educating young people in the choral arts and creating glorious music for audiences around the world.
To open its 2010-2011 season, the Toronto Masque Theatre presents 'Masque of the Muses', a multidisciplinary production featuring a wide variety of music, dance, poetry and film. Under Artistic Director Larry Beckwith, 'Masque of the Muses' is designed by Caroline Guilbault, with choreography by Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière and lighting design by Gabriel Cropley.
To open its 2010-2011 season, the Toronto Masque Theatre presents 'Masque of the Muses', a multidisciplinary production featuring a wide variety of music, dance, poetry and film. Under Artistic Director Larry Beckwith, 'Masque of the Muses' is designed by Caroline Guilbault, with choreography by Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière and lighting design by Gabriel Cropley.
Countertenor Andreas Scholl returns to the Decca label with this all-new recording of vocal gems by Henry Purcell.
The Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) goes global at its annual Winter Concert with a program spotlighting the choral music of 20 composers from 10 nations spanning 5 centuries, on Sunday, December 5, 7 p.m, and Sunday, December 12, 2010, 7 p.m., at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The 'musical tour' includes a Buddhist prayer sung in Japanese, Italian art songs, and a Czech piece based on a Moravian folksong, as well as works by J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, Omar Macha and Gustav Holst, and contemporary composers Ruth Watson Henderson, Nicholas Nicassio, Mark Sirett and Brian Holmes, and others. Punctuated with plenty of holiday spirit as well, the Winter Concert is part of the renowned choir's year-long 25th Anniversary celebration, commemorating LACC's commitment to educating young people in the choral arts and creating glorious music for audiences around the world.
The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) makes its debut on Azusa Pacific University's esteemed 'Artist Concert Series' with a program of choral gems presented during the choir's notable 25-year history on Monday, November 15, 2010, 7:30 pm, at Munson Recital Hall on the university's Azusa campus. A question and answer session with choir members and Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, who conducts the concert, follows the performance.
The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) makes its debut on Azusa Pacific University's esteemed 'Artist Concert Series' with a program of choral gems presented during the choir's notable 25-year history on Monday, November 15, 2010, 7:30 pm, at Munson Recital Hall on the university's Azusa campus. A question and answer session with choir members and Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, who conducts the concert, follows the performance.
McDaniel College is offering a diverse calendar of theatre, art exhibits and music events throughout November.
To open its 2010-2011 season, the Toronto Masque Theatre presents 'Masque of the Muses', a multidisciplinary production featuring a wide variety of music, dance, poetry and film. Under Artistic Director Larry Beckwith, 'Masque of the Muses' is designed by Caroline Guilbault, with choreography by Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière and lighting design by Gabriel Cropley.
Countertenor Andreas Scholl returns to the Decca label with this all-new recording of vocal gems by Henry Purcell.
The weeklong Composers Now celebration launched 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. This ear-opening, provocative and daring festival brings arts organizations together to develop this broad-ranging program initiative.
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.
Inaugural BAM Opera Festival-curated by William Christie and featuring his acclaimed ensemble Les Arts Florissants-begins Mar 18.
Die Freitagsakademie, das renommierte Berner Kammer-ensemble auf historischen Instrumenten, erweitert sein künstlerisches Repertoire um eine Koproduktion mit dem Stadttheater Bern.
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.
Die Freitagsakademie, das renommierte Berner Kammer-ensemble auf historischen Instrumenten, erweitert sein künstlerisches Repertoire um eine Koproduktion mit dem Stadttheater Bern.
It's a timeless tale: two rivalrous brothers vie for the love of a single woman. But REMEMBER ME, the ambitious new collaboration between Parsons Dance Company and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC), is anything but old-fashioned. Combining contemporary dance with live and recorded music as well as video projections, aerial choreography and special effects, Remember Me is at once rock-opera and opera that really rocks.
As soon as you hear the strains of the keyboard riff from The Who's 'Baba O'Reily' blending seamlessly into Mozart's 'Overture for Figaro', you know you're in for something different. With their co-creation, REMEMBER ME, Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company have crafted an exhilarating combination of music and modern dance that manages to transcend both mediums, transforming a simple story into something wholly new and visually arresting.
It's a timeless tale: two rivalrous brothers vie for the love of a single woman. But REMEMBER ME, the ambitious new collaboration between Parsons Dance Company and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC), is anything but old-fashioned. Combining contemporary dance with live and recorded music as well as video projections, aerial choreography and special effects, Remember Me is at once rock-opera and opera that really rocks.
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