The Exponential Ensemble is a mixed chamber music ensemble made up of skilled performers and experienced teaching artists. They perform classic masterworks alongside contemporary masterpieces, expanding your musical horizon. Bring your lawn chair, and join for this outdoor event! PROGRAM: Matyas SEIBER / Novelty Foxtrot Eugene BOZZA / Trois pièces pour une musique de Nuit Valerie COLEMAN (a […]
Music Director Andreas Delfs opens the program with Richard Wagner’s Dawn & Siegfried’s Rhine Journey. Jennifer Higdon’s (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) award-winning Violin Concerto, praised as “an attractive, colourful work, scored most imaginatively and with great finesse” (Gramophone), features soloist Benjamin Beilman. Despite taking the composer over a decade to complete, Johann Brahms’s First Symphony was worth […]
Coloratura soprano Louise Toppin performs a recital of art songs and spirituals of the African Diaspora featuring works by women composers such as Margaret Bonds, Harriette Davison and Rosephanye Powell; and a world premiere song cycle, "For Terry," by Maria Corley. Also included in the program are compositions by the celebrated composer Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer). […]
ReMembering: Singing Water is an original choral film that explores Minnesota as a place of both home and exile for immigrants, LGBTQ people, and Indigenous people. Interconnected stories are brought to life through choral music, spoken word, animation, and life size puppets. ReMembering is a collaboration with water protector Sharon Day; puppeteer Sandy Spieler; singer-songwriter Sara Thomsen; and features performances […]
Premier of Open Flame Theatre's THE GARDEN - an original queer, surrealist opera. After the initial postponement of Open Flame Theatre's 2020 premiere at the Southern, they will be premiering THE GARDEN at Philadelphia Community Farm from Friday, September 24, 2021 to Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 7 PM CT each night. Content warnings for […]
Salastina's season-opener centers around themes of transcendence, renewal, sublimation, and growth. They will play the music of four guest composers who dropped into the group’s virtual series — Michi and Paul Wiancko, Kenji Bunch (an innova artist), and Judd Greenstein (a ChoralQuest composer)— along with a chamber classic, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. These in-person performances will […]
The acclaimed ensemble loadbang celebrates the release of “Plays Well With Others”, a New Focus Recordings project, with a live concert featuring members Jeffrey Gavett (baritone voice), Andrew Kozar (trumpet), William Lang (trombone) and Adrián Sandí (clarinet). The program will include works by composers Eve Beglarian, Taylor Brook, Reiko Füting, Paula Matthusen, Heather Stebbins, and […]
Chicago Fringe Opera presents a spotlight series concert as part of the Ear Taxi Festival featuring song cycles of Gwyneth Walker, Libby Larsen (ACF's co-founder and a BandQuest composer), and Dominick Argento. This unique collaboration features singers Jennifer Schuler, Bridget Skaggs, and David Govertsen, with pianist Mark Bilyeu. Stage direction by CFO Artistic Director George […]
Chicago Fringe Opera presents a spotlight series concert as part of the Ear Taxi Festival featuring song cycles of Gwyneth Walker, Libby Larsen (ACF's co-founder and a BandQuest composer), and Dominick Argento. This unique collaboration features singers Jennifer Schuler, Bridget Skaggs, and David Govertsen, with pianist Mark Bilyeu. Stage direction by CFO Artistic Director George […]
ACME presents a suite of pieces that reflect upon the Autumn Equinox; from here forward, the days are getting shorter and colder as winter approaches. These works invite contemplation and quiet thoughtfulness as we welcome the new season. Jóhann Jóhannsson – selections of works for strings Max Richter – On the Nature of Daylight Schubert […]
Premier of Open Flame Theatre's THE GARDEN - an original queer, surrealist opera. After the initial postponement of Open Flame Theatre's 2020 premiere at the Southern, they will be premiering THE GARDEN at Philadelphia Community Farm from Friday, September 24, 2021 to Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 7 PM CT each night. Content warnings for […]
Salastina's season-opener centers around themes of transcendence, renewal, sublimation, and growth. They will play the music of four guest composers who dropped into the group’s virtual series — Michi and Paul Wiancko, Kenji Bunch (an innova artist), and Judd Greenstein (a ChoralQuest composer)— along with a chamber classic, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. These in-person performances will […]
ACO musicians including violinist Karen Kim, cellist Eugene Moye, pianist Christopher Oldfather, flutist Laura Conwesser, clarinetist Liam Burke, and percussionist Javier Diaz will perform music by a broad array of composers, many of whom are close to the orchestra – including current and former ACO Board of Directors members Alvin Singleton (a BandQuest composer), Augusta Gross, Melinda Wagner, Robert Beaser, and Jonathan Bailey Holland. The program features the […]
The percussion quartet known as Recap– Arlene Acevedo, Alexis Carter, Tiahna Sterling, and Aline Vasquez –celebrates the release of their debut album “Count to Five”, out Friday, September 24 on Innova Recordings. To develop the album, Recap worked closely with composers Angélica Negrón, Allison Loggins-Hull, Ellen Reid, Lesley Flanigan, Mary Kouyoumdjian (an ACF board member, […]
Fırat Erdim & Paula Matthusen & Olivia Valentine Panel Discussion LOOM · ROOM · HARP weaves together inside and outside, near and far, visible and invisible, artifacts of the past and actions in the present, through the infilled colonnade of the Anderson Gallery at Drake University, in Des Moines, Iowa. This site-specific installation and series […]
Collective Chilean-Canadian piano trio "Family Plan" (featuring Andrew Boudreau on piano, Simón Willson on bass, and Vicente Hansen on drums) releases their debut CD at Green Oasis garden in New York City. Official release is September 24th, via Endectomorph Music Date & Time: Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 5:30 PM CT | 6:30 PM ET […]
The Gustavus Department of Music presents Returning Color to Our World with the Chatterton-McCright Duo. Longtime musical partners Linda Chatterton, flute, and Matthew McCright, piano, present a colorful and joyous program to help us emerge from the gloom of pandemic life. The concert will be presented on Friday, October 1st, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT. in Jussi Björling […]
The season launches with two giants from the symphonic repertoire: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Described as a “compelling, sparkling virtuoso,” Michelle Cann will grace the ASO stage with Gershwin’s Rhapsody. The concert also features Copland’s inspired Fanfare for the Common Man and Umoja by Valerie Coleman (a BandQuest composer), recently commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Dates […]
Fresh from winning its first Grammy Award, Experiential Orchestra (EXO), led by Music Director James Blachly, opens its 2021-22 season with a concert highlighting its partnership with the African Diaspora Music Project (ADMP). Featuring ADMP Founder and Editor, celebrated soprano Dr. Louise Toppin, the program includes two New York premieres by 20th century African-American composer […]
Louisville native Valerie Coleman (a BandQuest composer) wrote her piece and titled it “UMOJA” as a gesture of love between good friends. As we strive to create unity within our families, our city, our nation, and our world, we present this concert as an embrace and lifting up of the joys and sorrows of our […]
The World Doctors Orchestra, formed in 2008, is an ensemble of physicians from all over the world who meet three to four times a year to perform concerts raising money for medical charities. They are delighted to be making their first appearance on a UK stage with Dame Evelyn Glennie, raising money for Pathway UK who support […]
Outdoor concert featuring music, songs and poetry by vocalist/soprano Alicia Waller, and writer/performer Judith Sloan with guest singers. Alicia Waller is recognized for her work as bandleader for the jazz fusion ensemble Alicia Waller & The Excursion and Judith Sloan is known for her veteran contributions to the New York City performance scene, most recently […]
The season launches with two giants from the symphonic repertoire: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Described as a “compelling, sparkling virtuoso,” Michelle Cann will grace the ASO stage with Gershwin’s Rhapsody. The concert also features Copland’s inspired Fanfare for the Common Man and Umoja by Valerie Coleman (a BandQuest composer), recently commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Dates […]