This July 6 through 10, Cincinnati Opera continues its 2022 Summer Festival with two uplifting productions: the world premiere of Fierce (July 6, 9, 10 at SCPA's Corbett Theater), with music by William Menefield and libretto by Sheila Williams, and Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious The Pirates of Penzance (July 7, 8, 10 at Cincinnati Music Hall).
This July, Carnegie Hall will bring together more than 200 of the finest teen musicians from across the country to perform as part of its three acclaimed national youth ensembles: the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz.
Today, Berkeley Symphony Board of Directors announced the selection of its new executive director, Kate Kammeyer, to head the 52-year-old organization. Her appointment is the culmination of a nationwide search that began in February 2022. Kammeyer will succeed current Executive Director Jim Tibbs, who served Berkeley Symphony since 2019, and will assume his duties with the orchestra following his retirement.
Rejoice will feature an epic performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, accented by a reimagined libretto set by former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and Berkeley-based composer Jimmy Lopéz Bellido will present the World Premiere commission of Rise, a celebratory work written in honor of the Symphony's milestone anniversary season.
Sarasota Orchestra has announced the 2022 – 2023 season, marking its first full season helmed by Music Director Bramwell Tovey. Tovey will appear on four of the Orchestra’s five subscription series, as well as a special Gala performance featuring world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
The National Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda and Executive Director Gary Ginstling, announces its classical programming for the 2022–2023 season. The new season, during which Maestro Noseda appears in 14 programs and leads a total of 36 concerts, embodies the special connection between Orchestra and Music Director that has strengthened over the past five years.
Carnegie Hall today announced the names of the 81 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, an intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17.
Carnegie Hall today announced the names of the 109 outstanding young musicians selected from across the country for the ninth annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). The members of the 2022 orchestra—ages 16–19, hailing from 34 US states—have been recognized by Carnegie Hall as being among the finest players in the country following a comprehensive and highly selective audition process.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announced the 2022 Hollywood Bowl season, celebrating a century of stellar performances at one of the world’s most iconic venues.
Berkeley Symphony announced that it has postponed its Chamber II concert, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, January 16. The concert has been rescheduled to Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3 p.m. at the Piedmont Center for the Arts (801 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA 94511).
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony and the SFCM President's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, announced today that applications are now open for the second annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP).
Today, Berkeley Symphony will launch the newest season of Reading Is Instrumental, a weekly musical storytime series for children and adults alike, hosted by the Berkeley Public Library and co-produced by Berkeley Symphony and the Berkeley Public Library Foundation.
Tickets are on sale now for Berkeley Symphony's historic 50th Anniversary Season. Under the direction of Joseph Young, the nine performances of the 2021-22 season start on November 21, 2021 with a special Chamber Concert: Stuart Canin & Friends at Piedmont Center for the Arts. The season continues with three Symphonic Series performances, five Chamber Series performances.
Maestro Andreas Delfs returns on October 21 & 23 to conduct the RPO in Kurt Weill's Suite from The Threepenny Opera, which showcases American jazz's influence in 1920s Europe and features instrumentation that includes the banjo, bandoneon, and a trap set.
The Orchestra Now, the visionary orchestra and master’s degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, returns to the stage for its seventh season on September 11.
Across three weeks in September, musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra will perform free events within the uptown D.C. neighborhoods of Ward 4, Takoma Park, and downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, as part of 11th edition of the Orchestra's nationally recognized In Your Neighborhood program.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony, and the SFCM President's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, announced today that Trevor Weston will receive the first commission of the annual Emerging Black Composers Project.
This July, Carnegie Hall will bring together more than 200 of the finest teen musicians from across the country to train and perform as part of its three acclaimed national youth ensembles: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz.
Carnegie Hall today announced the more than 200 outstanding young musicians selected from across the country for the Hall’s three national youth ensembles: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz.
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) today unveiled its 2021-22 Season. The 21-22 Philharmonics season is the first under the baton of Maestro Andreas Delfs as Music Director and is one of the most diverse in the history of the nearly 100-year-old orchestra.
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