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Saturday, September 17, 2022
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ACF’s annual Artist Equity Summit centers music creators and examines themes related to equity that impact the field and beyond. This September 17, we invite you to join us for music, dialogue, and community as we focus on “Lifting Up our Youth.” REGISTER HERE.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
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Program Description: The SongFest 2022 Composer Mentorship program will be a focused week of study for five emerging female or female identifying composers on full scholarship nestled into our second week of programming for all students, focused on American song. Composers will be chosen through an application process to work…
Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Program Description: The SongFest 2022 Composer Mentorship program will be a focused week of study for five emerging female or female identifying composers on full scholarship nestled into our second week of programming for all students, focused on American song. Composers will be chosen through an application process to work…
Thursday, June 9, 2022
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2020 ACF | Create awardee Mary Prescott joins ACF Equity Study with a series about the progress of her project Tida. The discussions will be focused on themes of isolation, oral traditions, and food. Prescott writes: “Tida weaves music, storytelling, movement, and film into an hour-long…
Monday, June 6, 2022
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Program Description: The SongFest 2022 Composer Mentorship program will be a focused week of study for five emerging female or female identifying composers on full scholarship nestled into our second week of programming for all students, focused on American song. Composers will be chosen through an application process to work…
Sunday, May 22, 2022
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The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis (Central Park Five) and directed by Tony-nominee Robert O’Hara (Slave Play, a BandQuest composer) features a jazz ensemble incorporated into…
Thursday, May 19, 2022
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The Pend Oreille Arts Council is thrilled to announce its first full season of live performances since the COVID Pandemic cut short the 2019-2020 season. POAC’s 2021-22 season will include eclectic performances ranging from flamenco fusion and classic jazz to live theater and local dance, all taking place onstage at…
Thursday, May 19, 2022
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The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis (Central Park Five) and directed by Tony-nominee Robert O’Hara (Slave Play, a BandQuest composer) features a jazz ensemble incorporated into…
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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Stephanie Chou’s music combines classical and Chinese influences with Western jazz and pop to create an entirely original, unique musical world. Tonight she will present a bilingual (English and Mandarin) show, including fresh takes on Chinese folk songs and tongue-twisters (from her album “Asymptote”), excerpts from her evening-length jazz-opera “Comfort…
Saturday, May 14, 2022
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Chen Yi’s intense, high-spirited, and hopeful composition, Ge Xu (Antiphony), is a tribute to Southern China’s Zhuang minority people and their celebratory song styles. Claude Debussy accesses playful emotions in Children’s Corner, dedicated to his young daughter and her favorite toys. He turns to an impressionistic sensuality in his tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon…
Saturday, May 14, 2022
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The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis (Central Park Five) and directed by Tony-nominee Robert O’Hara (Slave Play, a BandQuest composer) features a jazz ensemble incorporated into…
Thursday, May 12, 2022
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On Christmas Day 2019, composer/performer Gina Williams found herself on Ukrainian television performing in front of a national audience. This month for our Equity Study Group, the Jamaican Canadian-born, boundless musical creator shares the story of how she got there along with stories of her family and background growing up…
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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This info session for Innova Recordings National Call program is for anyone who may be curious about this program and its mission, applying to the program, Innova’s curatorial process, and even the process of recording and releasing music in general. Click the link to register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvc-CqrD0uEtduq8GeuwIzuVt_QMXI1KeN The Innova’s…
Thursday, April 14, 2022
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ACF Board Member, poet, performer, and librettist; Douglas Kearney joins us for our April Equity Study Group to discuss his book, Sho, a National Book Award, Pen American, and Minnesota Book Award finalist. Join the conversation as we discuss his poetry and use of typography. “Eschewing performative typography, Douglas Kearney’s…
Sunday, April 10, 2022
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents their Symphonic series with Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody: Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), Respighi, and Rachmaninoff. Date & Time: Friday – Sunday, April 8 – 10, 2022 at 7:30 PM &…
Sunday, April 10, 2022
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“What’s up, Doc?” An enormously fun blend of classical music and classic animation! Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals return to Heinz Hall for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony! The world’s most iconic Looney Tunes — from What’s Opera, Doc? to The Rabbit of Seville and a dozen others…
Saturday, April 9, 2022
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents their Symphonic series with Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody: Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), Respighi, and Rachmaninoff. Date & Time: Friday – Sunday, April 8 – 10, 2022 at 7:30 PM &…
Saturday, April 9, 2022
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“What’s up, Doc?” An enormously fun blend of classical music and classic animation! Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals return to Heinz Hall for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony! The world’s most iconic Looney Tunes — from What’s Opera, Doc? to The Rabbit of Seville and a dozen others…
Friday, April 8, 2022
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents their Symphonic series with Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody: Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), Respighi, and Rachmaninoff. Date & Time: Friday – Sunday, April 8 – 10, 2022 at 7:30 PM &…
Friday, April 8, 2022
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“What’s up, Doc?” An enormously fun blend of classical music and classic animation! Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals return to Heinz Hall for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony! The world’s most iconic Looney Tunes — from What’s Opera, Doc? to The Rabbit of Seville and a dozen others…
Sunday, April 3, 2022
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This April 3, Gao Hong will be celebrating her 50th year of being a performer; her accomplishments as a composer, improviser, and educator; and the 100th anniversary of her late teacher, Lin Shicheng’s birth. The celebration will showcase her deep connections and collaborations with an array of diverse cultures and…
Friday, March 25, 2022
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ACO returns to Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall for Sanctuary, a concert that explores the places, company, and states of mind in which composers seek inviolable refuge, led by conductor Marin Alsop and featuring violin soloist Jennifer Koh. The program includes the New York premiere of Lisa Bielawa’s (a JFund and MN Orchestra Composer Institute…
Monday, March 21, 2022
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Join soprano vocalist and bandleader Alicia Waller for an adventurous performance that will celebrate some of the most iconic female voices of the African Diaspora: Cesária Évora (Cape Verde), Abbey Lincoln (USA), and Miriam Makeba (South Africa). This program is presented as opening night of the annual Women’s Jazz Festival…
Sunday, March 20, 2022
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Two extraordinary settings of sacred texts demonstrate the range of spiritual expression made possible through music. Handel’s Dixit Dominus, one of the composer’s earliest works, is full of vocal fireworks and virtuosity reflecting the composer’s youthful passion. Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum is music of profound humility and faith, conveying inner peace through the…