The Fellowship - 2022 - West End Articles Page 8

The WA Youth Jazz Orchestra has announced the appointment of jazz saxophonist, composer, educator, Gemma Farrell as Artistic Director.  Learn more about Gemma here!

Premiere Stages has named Kean University student Tyler Sautner (Class of ’25) and alumna Megan Tobias (Class of ‘19) as the winners of the 2025 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards. Learn more about the awards here!

Liberation Theatre Company  will host four nights of public readings of plays written by writers who participated in LTC's Writing Residency Program for 2024-2025. Learn more.

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL has announced the Polly Platt Award for Producing will be given to legendary independent producer Christine Vachon, and the Outstanding Television Writer Award will be given to groundbreaking showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser during the 2025 Writers Conference happening October 23 – 26, 2025.

To star in a world premiere of Beauty and the Beast is no small accomplishment, but then double bassist LonFon Law is no small musician. The talented double bassist was recently invited by the Royal Academy of Music to perform in the world-class production by Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower, as part of their bicentennial celebration.

The Shubert Organization is introducing the members of its 2025 Artistic Circle. Since its inception in 2021, the program has supported eight outstanding producers developing an impressive range of work. Learn more.

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida at the Schuster Center.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat has selected sound and music artist Rucyl Mills as the winner of the 2025 Hermitage Greenfield Prize. Learn more about Mills and the prize here!

Creative director, designer, and producer Clint Ramos has joined Lincoln Center as Artist-in-Residence. Learn more about the Tony Award winning Ramos here!

Music Worcester has announced that Jeremy Denk will replace pianist Bruce Liu when Academy of St Martin in the Fields performs next month at Mechanics Hall in Worcester. 

The Cape Ann Symphony's 73rd Concert Season will continue with Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven featuring the return of CAS audience favorite and Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Owen Young. Learn more!

​The Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its choreographic competition, Winning Works, with five world premieres over two weekends in March. Learn more!

The five winning fellows were revealed at an Awards Ceremony on Monday 17 February at Kings Place, London, featuring a welcome address from choreographer Siobhan Davies and a live performance from Daniel Casimir.

Wakefield-based British-Iranian playwright Jasmin Mandi-Ghomi has been named as the 2025 recipient of the Kay Mellor Fellowship. Learn more about Mandi-Ghomi and about the Fellowship.

This year is shaping up as an exciting one for rising star conductor Leonard Weiss as he works towards his 2026 debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The MSO's Cybec Assistant Conductor, Leonard Weiss has been selected as a Conducting Fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center.

La MaMa will present Coffeehouse Chronicles #178: Dancenoise taking place on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 3PM at Ellen Stewart Theatre @ La MaMa (66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003).

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has revealed the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2024 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each. Learn more!

The world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company will return to The Joyce Theater for its 99th season featuring 11 works across three programs titled Dances of the Mind. Learn more!

Award winning playwright Charles Evered’s play “Adopt a Sailor” has been on a nationwide tour since 2018 to garner support for the Evered House, the playwright’s non-profit that supports creative military members and others who serve. 

Theater Resources Unlimited is bringing back the TRU Voices New Musical Reading Series with a presentation of América Tropical produced by Prince fellowship recipient Jamila Ponton Bragg. Learn more about the cast here!

Toronto City Opera has revealed the eight finalists selected for the second annual Macina Voice Competition. The event will feature some of Canada's most promising young opera singers as they compete in front of a live audience. Learn more!

 United States Artists has announced the 2025 USA Fellows, a cohort of 50 artists and collectives from 10 creative disciplines. Learn more about the 2025 fellows here!

Karen Slack will continue the nationwide tour of her new program African Queens. This program celebrates the history and legacy of seven African queens, revered as rulers but not widely heralded in the Western world. Learn how to attend.

Bristol Old Vic’s re-energised Literary Department announced three writers who will be joining Winsome Pinnock as part of the theatre’s Five Year Commitment residency.

Pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will join violinist Geneva Lewis as well as the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in concert in February. Learn more!