New Music Gathering 2021, co-presented by American Composers Forum, New Music USA will be in Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota on August 12-14, as well as online from August 12-18. Our theme this year is "Money?" - and yes we mean that question mark! Given the economic uncertainty of the arts right now, by naming this […]
The imprint of the past carries on in the work of composers today. This chamber orchestra program features compositions which look to the past with fresh eyes, from the dazzling baroque-inspired counterpoint of Steve Reich's Duet to Caroline Shaw's 'Watermark,' which expertly weaves strands and patches from Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. As a finale, Sergei […]
Join Riverwalk Theatre, Happendance, Lansing Children’s Choir, The Curtainless Theatre and Habibi Dancers at the Salt Shed at Adado Park in Downtown Lansing from Saturday, August 21, 2021 - Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 2 PM CT | 3 PM ET for performances reflecting a message of hope, optimism and reopening. The festival will showcase […]
The “Pago a la Tierra” (tribute to the earth) is an ancient Andean ritual of thanksgiving for nature’s bounty. In this spirit, the Lakes Area Music Festival closes its season with a celebration of the gifts we have all enjoyed. A world premier by Peruvian-American composer Jimmy López is followed by the Second Symphony of […]
Lakewold Gardens' Music from Home in-person concerts are back! Pianist, Kim Davenport is the featured performer on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 2 PM CT | 3 PM ET. Kim will play music from Chevalier de Saint-George, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Jasmine Barnes, Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer), Jonathan Bailey Holland, Robert Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still & […]
Join Riverwalk Theatre, Happendance, Lansing Children’s Choir, The Curtainless Theatre and Habibi Dancers at the Salt Shed at Adado Park in Downtown Lansing from Saturday, August 21, 2021 - Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 2 PM CT | 3 PM ET for performances reflecting a message of hope, optimism and reopening. The festival will showcase […]
Composer Robert Sirota launches the inaugural season of a new concert series, Muzzy Ridge Concerts, with two performances in August. Both concerts will take place in the studio where Sirota has composed much of his music over the past 35 years, in Searsmont, Maine. Concerts will be approximately 60 minutes long, without intermission. Indoor seating […]
On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 7 PM CT, the Larry McDonough Quartet (Larry McDonough is an ACF Showcase composer) performs “Kind of Bill, the Musical Life of Bill Evans” and his associations with Tony Bennett, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian, Miles Davis, Jim Hall, Eddie Gómez, Eliot Zigmund, Marc Johnson, and Joe LaBarbera, at East […]
Spend the last four Thursdays of summer lounging or lunching on Northrop Plaza while listening to music by spectacular Minnesota artists! A collaboration between Northrop, Radio K, Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music, Amplifying Solidarity is a program of free outdoor concerts with the intent to use music to lift the voices of people who have been […]
Krasl Art Center (KAC) is thrilled to host musicians from the SMSO for a FREE outdoor concert series every Thursday in August. Enjoy different musical selections inspired by opera mythology, pop culture, storytelling, and collaboration. On August 26, Kassia and Sam Martin’s program explores the connections between music and storytelling. They will play pieces inspired […]
The Cantilena Chamber Choir will present a concert on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 6 PM ET in the Chinese Garden at Naumkeag, the Trustees property at 5 Prospect Hill Road. Doors open at 5:30 PM ET. The program will include the choir's best music from the past few seasons, including […]
Sextet in E-flat Major, Op.81b • Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 • Johannes Brahms Door County Concerto • Quinn Mason, 2021 Composer-in-Residence Fellow Musicians TBA Quinn Mason is one of Midsummer’s 2021 Emerging Composers Initiative Fellows & a NextNotes creator. Dates & Times: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 7 PM CT; […]
Join for Midsummer's Music's free Coffee Talk programs—informal presentations on music topics by our ensemble members and friends. Quinn Mason is one of Midsummer’s 2021 Emerging Composers Initiative Fellows & a NextNotes creator. Midsummer’s will play the world premiere of his Door County Concerto during the Make No Small Plans program starting August 26. Date & Time: Saturday, […]
Join Midsummer’s Music for their free Coffee Talk programs—informal presentations on music topics by our ensemble members and friends. Quinn Mason ( a NextNotes creator) is one of Midsummer’s 2021 Emerging Composers Initiative Fellows. Midsummer’s will play the world premiere of his Door County Concerto during the Make No Small Plans program starting August 26. Date & Time: Saturday, […]
Sextet in E-flat Major, Op.81b • Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 • Johannes Brahms Door County Concerto • Quinn Mason, 2021 Composer-in-Residence Fellow Musicians TBA Quinn Mason is one of Midsummer’s 2021 Emerging Composers Initiative Fellows & a NextNotes creator. Dates & Times: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 7 PM CT; […]
Spend the last four Thursdays of summer lounging or lunching on Northrop Plaza while listening to music by spectacular Minnesota artists! A collaboration between Northrop, Radio K, Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music, Amplifying Solidarity is a program of free outdoor concerts with the intent to use music to lift the voices of people who have been […]
Join the Berkshire Concert Choir, Northern Berkshire Chorale, Cantilena Chamber Choir, and the Stockbridge Festival Singers as they SING AGAIN in the Berkshires. Unaffiliated Singers welcome! Registration link below! (The registration fee is to off-set the cost of liability insurance through Shakespeare and Co. Date & Time: Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 12:30 PM CT […]
Composer Gene Pritsker's 50th Birthday concert featuring performances of his music. Composer Gene Pritsker's 50th Birthday concert featuring performances of his music. Premieres include ‘Prelude & Fugue #4’, ‘Cold Gin Variations’, a quartet for brass and tap dancer, as well as performances of ‘Iguana’, ‘A Certain Degree of Neurosis’, ‘There’s Not Enough Pain In The […]