Review: RISING at Warner Classics/Erato Label
by Erica Miner
- Jun 2, 2023
A veritable cornucopia of African American talent from multiple generations. One could hardly imagine a more comprehensive collection. Not to be missed.
The Harlem Chamber Players to Present HARLEM SONGFEST II in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 23, 2023
The Harlem Chamber Players will mark its 15th Anniversary and Black Music Month with a musical extravaganza Harlem Songfest II, celebrating Black opera singers and the music of Black composers, including women, on Friday, June 9, at 7 p.m. at Miller Theatre at Columbia University.
Judith Lynn Stillman to Join Met Opera Baritone Will Liverman in Rhode Island Debut
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 14, 2023
Rhode Island College's Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts will present ART SONG TO ARIA featuring RIC's Artist-in-Residence Judith Lynn Stillman, pianist, with GRAMMY Award-winning, Metropolitan Opera superstar baritone Will Liverman in his first appearance in Rhode Island, on Sunday, June 4th at 3pm.
Orlando Sings to Present Second Annual Choral Festival
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 13, 2023
Orlando Sings, one of Central Florida's newest professional arts organizations, is gearing up to end their successful second season with a three-concert series in downtown Orlando. The second annual Orlando Sings Choral Festival will take place at First United Methodist Church of Orlando.
Review: RISING at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic
- Mar 29, 2023
Acclaimed Tenor Lawrence Brownlee treated his audience, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with an afternoon of engaging, sensitive vocal interpretations of some of the world’s most talented African American composers. This invigorating program, entitled Rising, increased in vocal nuance, and beautifully intonated clarity as it ran the gamut of spiritual, romantic, jazzy, contemplative, and socially conscious original compositions by this illustrious and very talented roster of creative composers.
The Cecilia Chorus of New York Presents SKYE, BARTOK, VON MARTINES, AND MOZART, April 28 In Stern Auditorium
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 28, 2023
In a harmonic convergence that crosses cultural frontiers and breaks a centuries-old glass ceiling, The Cecilia Chorus of New York presents Skye, Bartók, von Martines, and Mozart, April 28 at 8:00 PM in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall on 57th Street in Manhattan. The performance will be with chorus, soloists, children's choir, and orchestra. All three soloists will make their Carnegie Hall debut, including 2023 Houston Grand Opera winner Natalie Lewis.
Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus Presents MESSIAH
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 24, 2023
Orlando Sings presents a one-night-only performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in beautiful Steinmetz Hall on March 30th. Conducted by executive and artistic director Dr. Andrew Minear and featuring world-class soloists and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Sings hopes that this will be the first of many more Messiah's to come for the organization.
Caramoor Announces Summer Season Lineup Featuring Six-Time Tony-Winner Audra McDonald And More
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 1, 2023
Caramoor – long a byword for the transformative power of live music coupled with spectacular open-air venues, intimate indoor spaces, and world-renowned artists – officially opens its 2023 summer season (June 17–Aug 18; grounds open June 4) with a very special concert featuring stellar vocalist Audra McDonald, with Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) led by Andy Einhorn.
Photos: Damien Sneed's OUR SONG, OUR STORY �" THE NEW GENERATION OF BLACK VOICES at Hamilton College
by Blair Ingenthron
- Feb 26, 2023
Our Song, Our Story is an evening of music highlighting some of the world's most well-known operatic arias, art songs, and spirituals. The concert brought together two of today's most exciting operatic voices in a diverse and powerful event featuring Janinah Burnett and Justin Austin, accompanied by Damien Sneed on piano and the Griot String Quartet; Dr. Amyr Joyner on violin, Justus Ross on violin, Edward W. Hardy (The Woodsman) on viola, and Boubacar Diallo on cello. See photos here!
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