Igor Stravinsky News

A year after his death at age 103, the American Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Elliott Carter, a life-long New Yorker, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and one of the greatest composers of the second half of the 20th century. This mini-retrospective including six of the finest orchestral works by the prolific American composer, who published more than 50 of his works after the age of 90, reveals the range and extent of Carter's inventive genius and provides a rare chance to hear an all-Elliott Carter program, in the presence of members of the Carter family.

Celebrity Series of Boston will present cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han tonight, October 27, 2013, at 3pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston. This performance is an AaRon Richmond Recital, endowed by Nancy Richmond Winsten and the late Dr. Joseph Winsten in memory of AaRon Richmond, who founded Celebrity Series in 1938. Sponsored by The D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corporation.

It's a party on stage! More than just a ghoulishly great way to celebrate, Pacific Symphony's 'Halloween Masquerade' showcases the music and traditions of Halloween as well as two Latin American holidays-Día de los Muertos and Día de las Mascaradas.

(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration, on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at 5pm at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Sponsored by PTC.

SCU•PRESENTS will feature the Faculty, Staff and Students at Santa Clara University in the Fall 2013 Music Season, which includes FOLKSONGS, RITUALS AND RITES OF PASSAGE, featuring SCU faculty member, Teresa McCollough on the piano with special guest artist, Michael Boyd. SCU•PRESENTS is also proud to announce three new Music Directors and Conductors joining the Department of Music; John Kennedy, Music Director & Conductor, of the Santa Clara University Orchestra, Dr. Douglas Harris, Director of Bands, Santa Clara University Wind Symphony and Jazz Band and Scot Hanna-Weir, Music Director and Conductor, Santa Clara University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers.

Celebrity Series of Boston will present mandolinist Chris Thile in concert tonight, October 20, 2013, at 7pm at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge. Media partner is 99.5 Classical New England.

Metropolitan Playhouse is pleased to present the 'lovely and satisfying' (Times Square Chronicles) Iris String Quartet in a concert of masterworks by Stravinsky, Bartok, and Haydn. Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 8:00 PM at Metropolitan Playhouse 220 East 4th Street between Avenues A and B, New York City. Tickets are: $25 Adults and $10 Children Under 18.

Two months before the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen's much-anticipated opera Brokeback Mountain at Teatro Real in Madrid (January 28-February 11), the Morgan Library & Museum celebrates one of America's greatest contemporary composers with a 75th birthday tribute concert: CHARLES WUORINEN: Virtuoso Works for Solo Piano & String Quartet, on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 7:30pm.

Ballet West's 50th Anniversary year opens with a program that honors its roots while embracing the new. Held at the birthplace of Ballet West - Kingsbury Hall - the Company's 50th kicks off November 8, 9 and 13-16 with the revival of Ballet West Founder Willam Christensen's colorful and dramatic The Firebird, danced to Igor Stravinsky's legendary score. Also on the program is George Balanchine's playful Who Cares?, a joyous mix of Gershwin tunes and classical ballet, and Petite Mort, Jiri Kylian's sensual masterpiece, featured on the first season of television's "Breaking Pointe."

The San Diego Ballet (SDB) presents PRELUDES & POETRY & CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS, both by SDB's artistic director Javier Velasco. PRELUDES & POETRY will open on Friday, October 25th & 26th and CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS will perform on October 27th at the Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza, downtown San Diego.

At Irvine Barclay Theatre, the Festival Ballet Theatre presents Firebird and Texture of Time, tonight and tomorrow, October 12 and 13, 2013.

If the original Rite of Spring was a stone dropped into a calm and unsuspecting pool of water, then "A Rite" magnifies not only the ripples on the surface, but the speed and velocity with which the stone fell and the effect of its reverberations on bodies of water for a century.

Two of the most original theatre artists in America, the long-form improvisers TJ & Dave, will be presented at The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, for the first time tonight October 11 at 8pm.

Richmond Ballet is pleased to announce the line-up for the 30th Anniversary Celebration performance, debuting at the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage, November 1-3, 2013. This special performance, celebrating the Ballet's 30 years as a professional company will feature George Balanchine's Serenade, the company premiere of Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free and Salvatore Aiello's The Rite of Spring. Serenade, George Balanchine's famous blue, neo-classical work – his first ballet to be choreographed in America – marked a turning point in the history of American ballet. Fancy Free, the inspiration for the film On The Town, signaled that Robbins was to be one of the most influential American choreographers of the 20th century. The Rite of Spring, the groundbreaking ballet set to the music by Igor Stravinsky, is now celebrating its centennial year, and returns to the Richmond Ballet repertory after a highly successful run at the Virginia Arts Festival in May of 2013.

(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present Bela Fleck's Banjo Summit tonight, October 10, 2013, at 7:30pm at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge.

It's a party on stage! More than just a ghoulishly great way to celebrate, Pacific Symphony's 'Halloween Masquerade' showcases the music and traditions of Halloween as well as two Latin American holidays-Día de los Muertos and Día de las Mascaradas.

It's a party on stage! More than just a ghoulishly great way to celebrate, Pacific Symphony's "Halloween Masquerade" showcases the music and traditions of Halloween as well as two Latin American holidays-Dia de los Muertos and Dia de las Mascaradas. This Family Musical Mornings concert, presented by Farmers and Merchants Bank, is both spooky fun and educational, featuring thrilling and mysterious Halloween favorites such as John Williams' "Hedwig's Theme" from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and Paul Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Plus, selections from Stravinsky's "The Firebird" are magically coupled with famous Latin American compositions to inspire imaginations and introduce children to different cultures. The concert takes place Saturday, Oct. 26, at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets are $19-39; for more information or to purchase tickets call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.

The Pasadena Symphony and the greater community of Pasadena welcome new Music Director David Lockington with a series of events and activities, culminating with Lockington's inaugural concert as Music Director Saturday, Nov. 2, with The Rite of Spring for both the matinee and evening performances at Pasadena's acoustically exquisite Ambassador Auditorium. Powerhouse violin virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers delivers Bernstein's beloved Serenade to celebrate this momentous occasion.

Yale School of Music has announced its return to Carnegie Hall with theYALE IN NEW YORK 2013-14 Season. The series-now in its seventh year at Carnegie-has garnered a reputation for its creative and diverse programming, with frequent collaborations between Yale's distinguished faculty and its exceptional network of current students and alumni.