Collaborative Arts Institute Of Chicago Announces Fall 2020 Season
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 10, 2020
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary season with fall offerings that include the annual Collaborative Works Festival, two recitals as part of the Lieder Lounge series, and the first installment of a Polish song workshop.
Pianist Sarah Cahill to Performs THE FUTURE IS FEMALE As A Livestream
by A.A. Cristi
- May 28, 2020
On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 8pm, Sarah Cahill, described as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times, will perform The Future is Female as a livestream performance presented by Old First Concerts.
Lara Downes and Ulysses Quartet Announced as Part of GatherNYC
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 11, 2020
The revolutionary Sunday morning concert series GatherNYC celebrates its 50th concert in a span of just two years with an appearance by pianist and innovator Lara Downes on Sunday, March 15, and continues the following week with Ulysses Quartet on March 22.
GatherNYC Celebrates 50th Concert and Opening of its Spring 2020 Season with Concert by Lara Downes
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 4, 2020
The revolutionary Sunday morning concert series GatherNYC celebrates its 50th concert in a span of just two years with an appearance by pianist and innovator Lara Downes on Sunday, March 15. GatherNYC's ambitious programming features world-class performers, community building and spiritual nourishment. This concert also marks the kickoff of its spring season, to continue weekly on Sunday mornings through May 31.
BWW Review: THOMAS HAMPSON at Song Of America: Beyond Liberty
by Maria Nockin
- Jan 29, 2020
At the University of Arizona's Centennial Hall. on January 28, 2020, the Tucson Desert Song Festival presented Thomas Hampson, baritone, with Lara Downes, piano, and the Beyond Liberty Players: Stephen Buck, synthesizer; Judy Kang, violin; Jesus Morales, cello; and Alex Laing, clarinet; The show libretto was based on an original work by Royce Vavrek which first appeared in a Francesca Zambello production at the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York
Long Beach Opera's Ungala DREAM VARIATION Begins February 15 At The California African American Museum
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 24, 2020
Long Beach Opera continues its popular new series of fundraisers called a?oeUnGalasa?? on February 15th with Dream Variation at the California African American Museum in L.A. The celebration features performances of works by composers of African descent throughout history, performed by some of opera's most exciting Black artists of today, followed by pairings of upscale comfort foods and fine wines.
African-American Composers Will Be Highlighted in New Concert in Brooklyn
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 11, 2020
AURAL COMPASS PROJECTS - On Friday, February 7th, 2020 at 7:30pm, Aural Compass Projects presents Lift Every Voice, a celebration of African-American composers of the last century. Featured cycles on the program are John Carter's Cantata, a five-part work of sophisticated arrangements of spirituals; Jacqueline Hairston's On Consciousness Streams, a song cycle with text by Ms. Hairston, a translation of text by Ludwig van Beethoven, and an excerpt from Dr. Howard Thurman's Meditations of the Heart; Margaret Bonds' Three Dream Portraits, which uses poems by Langston Hughes; and H. Leslie Adams' Nightsongs, using the words of five African-American poets. Soprano Meroë Khalia Adeeb, mezzo-soprano Tesia Kwarteng, and tenor Elliott Paige all make their ACP debuts, joined by Artistic Director and pianist Michael Lewis.
The Dessoff Choirs to Present Works by Gregg Smith and John Rutter
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 9, 2020
The 50-member Dessoff Choirs continues its 95th season with a program dedicated to two of choral music's most influential composers, Britain's John Rutter and American Gregg Smith. Accompanied by pianist Steven Ryan, Dessoff performs two unforgettable choral gems: Rutter's The Sprig of Thyme, a collection of charming British folk songs for chorus, and Smith's The Continental Harmonist along with spirituals by Florence Price and Margaret Bonds sung by Dessoff's maestro, Malcolm J. Merriweather.
The Dessoff Choirs Begins Its 2019-20 Season on October 26
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 16, 2019
Hailed as a?oeone of the great amateur choruses of our timea?? (New York Today) for its a?oefull-bodied sound and supplenessa?? (The New York Times), the 50-member Dessoff Choirs begins its 2019-20 season highlighting choral works by esteemed composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring full orchestra, and soloists Laquita Mitchell (soprano) and Donovan Singletary (baritone), the program is centered around the original 1893 version of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, the composer's masterpiece. Complementing the Requiem is Ich lasse dich nicht, a motet attributed to J.S. Bach, William Schuman's evocative Prelude for Voices, and the a?oeKyriea?? from Louis Vierne's Messe solennelle.
Opera On Tap Stages Interactive Immersive Historic Walk And Performs Rare Piece This July
by A.A. Cristi
- Jun 26, 2019
Opera on Tap in partnership with The Old Stone House, The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, and Anti-Social Music and in association with Sing For Hope and with support from the Park Slope Civic Council, will stage an interactive musical walk through America's volatile political history the weekends of July 5th and July 12th entitled This Is The Ground. With curatorial support from famed song historian Paul Sperry, music will include a diverse array of songs spanning popular and classical styles ranging from the 1790s to now. Billed as a site-specific, interactive musical journey mapping an American refusal to surrender, the experience has been developed and directed by renowned theatre-makers, Latrelle Bright and Jerre Dye.
Pianist/Composer Dr. Nnenna Ogwo Returns To Joe's Pub For Annual Juneteenth Celebration
by A.A. Cristi
- Jun 13, 2019
Pianist/Composer Dr. Nnenna Ogwo returns to Joe's Pub for her annual Juneteenth Celebration, an event which takes its name from the announcement of the emancipation of slaves on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas. Known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, Nnenna marks the occasion by reveling in the music of those that took their freedom and made art.
Dessoff Choirs Announces 2019-20 Season
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 5, 2019
Hailed as "one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its "full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times)," The Dessoff Choirs today announced its 2019-20 season. The Dessoff Choirs celebrates its 95th season with performances of choral masterworks by both 20th century luminaries and today's most innovative composers. In addition to Dessoff's popular holiday concerts, the season features the New York premiere of Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard, a reprise performance and CD release of Margaret Bond's The Ballad of the Brown King, and the Faure Requiem in the original 1893 version. (The complete season schedule is below.)
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