Samuel Barber News

Pianist Jonathan Biss will make his Carnegie Hall recital debut in the Stern Auditorium on Friday, January 21. The program for this concert is Janá?ek's Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street; the New York Premiere of Bernard Rands's Three Piano Pieces; Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F Minor 'Appassionata'; and Schumann's Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.carnegiehall.org; CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800; or the Carnegie Hall Box Office 57th Street & Seventh Ave.

The Opera Orchestra of New York will present its annual Vidda Award Recital featuring soprano Meagan Miller at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

Pianist Jonathan Biss will make his Carnegie Hall recital debut in the Stern Auditorium on Friday, January 21. The program for this concert is Janá?ek's Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street; the New York Premiere of Bernard Rands's Three Piano Pieces; Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F Minor 'Appassionata'; and Schumann's Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.carnegiehall.org; CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800; or the Carnegie Hall Box Office 57th Street & Seventh Ave.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

Upcoming Events at The Hartt School December 2010

This December, Carnegie Hall continues its long-standing tradition of providing audiences with a place to gather and experience the transformative power of music during the holiday season, presenting six special concerts in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Zankel Hall.

The Library of Congress honored baritone Thomas Hampson with its Living Legend medal during a concert on Thursday, October 28, in the Library's Coolidge Auditorium. Hampson, with pianist Wolfram Rieger, celebrated the birth anniversaries of Samuel Barber and Gustav Mahler, as well as offering a selection of American favorites.

Mikael Eliasen, artistic director of the Curtis Opera Theatre and Hirsig Family Head-of-Department Chair in Vocal Studies, will lead a week of master classes at Longwood Gardens from June 14 through 19.

Chamber Music Palisades (CMP), the Westside music series celebrated for its stellar artistic line up and juxtaposing works old and new, launches the 2010-11 season, its 14th, with the world premiere of Peter Golub's Quintet for Oboe, String Trio and Piano, dual birthday tributes to Robert Schumann and Samuel Barber, and Argentine composer Alberto GInastera's Impressiones de la Puna for Flute and Strings on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8 p.m., at St. Matthews Parish in Pacific Palisades.

n 2002, celebrated violinist Robert McDuffie approached Philip Glass, arguably the most acclaimed composer working today, about writing a companion piece for composer Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The result is Glass' Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons, which McDuffie debuted last year.

The Sheldon presents The Sheldon Chorale: An American Tapestry, Monday, October 11 at 8 p.m.in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. The 25-person chorale, directed by Allen Carl Larson, will be accompanied by flutist Jennifer Toro Mazzoni and cellist Bjorn Ranheim. This concert is part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis.

Chamber Music Palisades (CMP), the Westside music series celebrated for its stellar artistic line up and juxtaposing works old and new, launches the 2010-11 season, its 14th, with the world premiere of Peter Golub's Quintet for Oboe, String Trio and Piano, dual birthday tributes to Robert Schumann and Samuel Barber, and Argentine composer Alberto GInastera's Impressiones de la Puna for Flute and Strings on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8 p.m., at St. Matthews Parish in Pacific Palisades.

Chamber Music Palisades (CMP) - the noted Pacific Palisades-based music series described as a "soaring crowd-pleaser," "a transcendent musical experience," "exquisite and breathtaking," and "music of the highest order" - presents nearly two dozen leading musicians in a compelling four-concert series during its 14th season at St. Matthews Parish in Pacific Palisades, with programs October 19, 2010, February 1, 2011, March 29, 2011, and May 3, 2011.

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will present 'Barber and Bolero' on September 23 at 7:30pm and on September 24 and 25 at 8:00pm. The concert will feature Fabio Mechetti as conductor and Terrence Wilson on piano.

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will present 'Barber and Bolero' on September 23 at 7:30pm and on September 24 and 25 at 8:00pm. The concert will feature Fabio Mechetti as conductor and Terrence Wilson on piano.

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents 'Barber and Bolero' on Thur Sept 23, 2010 at 7:30pm and Fri, Sat Sept 24, 25, 2010 at 8pm.

n 2002, celebrated violinist Robert McDuffie approached Philip Glass, arguably the most acclaimed composer working today, about writing a companion piece for composer Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The result is Glass' Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons, which McDuffie debuted last year.