The Lewis Prize for Music has teamed up with Save The Music Foundation to host youth-led weekly conversations with today’s music leaders starting on Mondays, October 18, 2021 through December 20, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT Music Monday LIVE is an exciting opportunity for youth across the United States to connect with music industry […]
The exuberant string orchestra, ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), teams up with pianist Shai Wosner for “Bach Plus,” an innovative program that interweaves music by J. S. Bach with contemporary composers Andrew Norman, Brett Dean, and Michi Wiancko. Wosner’s “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered) are sure to complement ECCO’s […]
Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen (Metamorphoses) is a memorial to all those that perished in World War II. Kevin Puts’s (a BandQuest composer) tone poem The Brightness of Light is inspired by the tender words and images revealed in the letters of the iconic American writer Georgia O’Keeffe to her husband and accomplished photographer Alfred Stieglitz. The impassioned multi-media journey paints […]
In 2018, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther quickly became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what Super Hero films could be. Rolling Stone raved, “The film lights up the screen with a full-throttle blast of action and fun. That’s to be expected. But what sneaks up and floors you is the film’s racial conscience and […]
In partnership with the Alexandria Film Festival, the ASO presents Homegrown: American Stories in Music and Film. The concert incorporates music from the Americana tradition with original film shorts, including Copland’s Our Town and John Henry, Griffes’ Clouds and William Grant Still’s Manhattan Skyline. The program culminates with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Immediately following Saturday’s performance, stay for an interactive talkback […]
In partnership with the Alexandria Film Festival, the ASO presents Homegrown: American Stories in Music and Film. The concert incorporates music from the Americana tradition with original film shorts, including Copland’s Our Town and John Henry, Griffes’ Clouds and William Grant Still’s Manhattan Skyline. The program culminates with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Immediately following Saturday’s performance, stay for an interactive talkback […]
In 2018, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther quickly became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what Super Hero films could be. Rolling Stone raved, “The film lights up the screen with a full-throttle blast of action and fun. That’s to be expected. But what sneaks up and floors you is the film’s racial conscience and […]
The Fifth makes you feel, vividly – drama, despair, hope, joy – contained in melodies that’ll sweep you off your feet, and that has made this work a favorite of audiences around the world. Plus – enjoy the immense talents of superstar pianist Hélène Grimaud and a program of Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and Valerie Coleman (a BandQuest […]
Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen (Metamorphoses) is a memorial to all those that perished in World War II. Kevin Puts’s (a BandQuest composer) tone poem The Brightness of Light is inspired by the tender words and images revealed in the letters of the iconic American writer Georgia O’Keeffe to her husband and accomplished photographer Alfred Stieglitz. The impassioned multi-media journey paints […]
The Lewis Prize for Music has teamed up with Save The Music Foundation to host youth-led weekly conversations with today’s music leaders starting on Mondays, October 18, 2021 through December 20, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT Music Monday LIVE is an exciting opportunity for youth across the United States to connect with music industry […]
“A star in the making” (Seattle Pi), Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is an outstanding artist of passion, energy and authenticity in the recital and chamber music arenas. A Sphinx MPower Artist Grant Recipient and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a winner and Audience Prize recipient of the 2019 Concert […]
Join for the next JAZZ FEST LIVE scheduled for Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 7:15 PM CST featuring Dave Hagedorn. Vibraphonist Dave Hagedorn has performed with many jazz greats including David Berkman, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Rufus Reid, Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove and Steve Turre. He has also appeared on Prairie Home Companion and Good Evening […]
Former Music Director Peter Bay Returns to the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra November 12 & 13 with the second of our Masterworks Concerts. Our program featurs the sonic splendor of the ASO’s Low Brass in a special concerto just for them (and you). Plus Dvořák’s first big hit symphony (originally listed as #1 but now known as #6) Date & Time: Friday […]
Resonance Works returns to live performance with music by some of today’s most important living composers: Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jessie Montgomery, and Chen Yi (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer). Guest soloist Jeffrey Turner, former principal double bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, joins the Resonance Chamber Orchestra and conductor Maria Sensi Sellner for […]
China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) returns to the David H. Koch Theater this November with Image China - East/West concert which is a celebration of modern and traditional Chinese classical music, featuring Conductor Jindong Cai and New York City Ballet Orchestra, together with standout Bass William Guanbo Su, Violin Shenghua Hu, Erhu (a traditional Chinese two-stringed […]
Lawrence Loh, conductor Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer): An American Port of Call Rachmaninoff : Concerto No. 2 in C minor for piano, featuring Jon Nakamatsu Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Date & Time: Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets here.
Celebrated mandolin player Avi Avital performs the U.S. premiere of Jennifer Higdon‘s (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) Mandolin Concerto, commissioned jointly by the Mobile Symphony, Munich Philharmonic and Chicago Philharmonic. Dates & Times: Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2:30 PM CT Program: Rossini | La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) […]
The Omaha Area Youth Orchestra will start the season with a program featuring all of its ensembles: Youth Symphony, Youth Philharmonic, Youth Concert Strings and the new Percussion Ensemble. Pieces include Dances in the Canebrakes, composed by Florence Price and arranged by William Grant Still, and A Joyous Trilogy by a young composer named Quinn Mason ( a […]
The Omaha Area Youth Orchestra will start the season with a program featuring all of its ensembles: Youth Symphony, Youth Philharmonic, Youth Concert Strings and the new Percussion Ensemble. Pieces include Dances in the Canebrakes, composed by Florence Price and arranged by William Grant Still, and A Joyous Trilogy by a young composer named Quinn Mason ( a […]
The Lewis Prize for Music has teamed up with Save The Music Foundation to host youth-led weekly conversations with today’s music leaders starting on Mondays, October 18, 2021 through December 20, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT Music Monday LIVE is an exciting opportunity for youth across the United States to connect with music industry […]
With host Sean Hartley and musical director Greg Jarrett Featuring Farah Alvin, Kate Baldwin, Eric Comstock, Eddie Cooper, Barbara Fasano, Charlotte Maltby, Jason Robinson, Kirsten Scott, Matthew Scott, Gabrielle Stravelli, Michael Winther and Karen Ziemba Celebrate the great community of musical theatre as NYC re-opens! In the 1920s and 30s, George and Ira Gershwin threw […]
Three renowned visionary artists combine talents in this eclectic new piano trio with WQXR Propulsion Lab artists Conrad Tao, piano, Stefan Jackiw, violin and Jay Campbell, cello. The program includes a public masterclass and performances of recent and new works for the piano trio including a new piece by Special Music School High School composer […]
Conceived by acclaimed concert pianist Anthony de Mare, LIAISONS is a landmark commissioning and concert project that brings together today’s leading classical, jazz, theater, film and indie composers to re-imagine Stephen Sondheim’s songs as solo piano pieces. This remarkable compendium of new music breaks open the boundaries between musical theater and concert music while making […]
Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce and pianist Chien-Lin Lu, the 2019 Marilyn Horne Song Competition winners, will premiere a song cycle written expressly for them by Pulitzer Prize– and Grammy-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer). Wise Moon sets five short poems about the moon in music intended to bring out the unique talents of […]
Join the African American Choral Ensemble and the UGA Wind Ensemble as they share the stage in a combined concert on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET in Hodgson Concert Hall. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival, the program features works by composers Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest […]
Under the baton of Maestro Robert Spano, the ASO has consistently featured new music from contemporary composers alongside more standard classical repertoire. In this special presentation, we celebrate perhaps the fullest incarnation of this, the "Atlanta School of Composers," with a program of works commissioned by the ASO from some of the brightest composers to […]
Zeitgeist’s 10th Annual Early Music Festival explores the powerful contributions of our musical pioneers with a celebration of composer Frederic Rzewski. From the 1960s to today, Rzewski has influenced American music profoundly through his work with minimalism, improvisation, text notation, and politically charged music. Zeitgeist frequently collaborated with Rzewski in the 1980s and he composed […]
At this interactive, multimedia, multidisciplinary performance, New will play with sounds from the in-person and virtual audience, create a telematic music instrument petting zoo, give the in-person audience musical control, and virtually bring in performers from around the U.S. This performance is about all the ways we can and are connected. Trevor New is a […]
Zeitgeist’s 10th Annual Early Music Festival explores the powerful contributions of our musical pioneers with a celebration of composer Frederic Rzewski. From the 1960s to today, Rzewski has influenced American music profoundly through his work with minimalism, improvisation, text notation, and politically charged music. Zeitgeist frequently collaborated with Rzewski in the 1980s and he composed […]
New York Youth Symphony opens their Season Opening Concert with Valerie Coleman (a BandQuest composer). $30 tickets available to purchase starting on September 15th @ carnegiehall.org. Date & Time: Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 1 PM CT | 2 PM ET Valerie Coleman: Umoja: Anthem for Unity Patrick O'Malley: Obliviana Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Chamber Music Society of Utica will present the Neave Trio performing “Her Voice — Piano Trios by Women Composers,” on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM CT | 2:30 PM ET at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St. Music will be by Louise Farrenc, Amy Beach, Cecile Chaminade and Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and […]
Melodia Women's Choir, conducted by Cynthia Powell, Artistic Director, present an afternoon of 20th and 21st century music celebrating the sun, moon, and stars. Works by Imant Raminsh, Morten Lauridsen, and Randall Thompson are among the rich repertoire. With Taisiya Pushkar, piano; strings and flute. Date & Time: Sunday, November 21 2021 at 3 PM […]
The Lewis Prize for Music has teamed up with Save The Music Foundation to host youth-led weekly conversations with today’s music leaders starting on Mondays, October 18, 2021 through December 20, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT Music Monday LIVE is an exciting opportunity for youth across the United States to connect with music industry […]
The Lewis Prize for Music has teamed up with Save The Music Foundation to host youth-led weekly conversations with today’s music leaders starting on Mondays, October 18, 2021 through December 20, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT Music Monday LIVE is an exciting opportunity for youth across the United States to connect with music industry […]
Celebrate Hanukkah on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 6 PM CT | 7 PM ET with 88.1 WVPE Public Radio. Eternal Echoes for Hanukkah Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Jewish music scholar and performer Hankus Netsky (a BandQuest composer) join host James David Jacobs for an hour of songs and stories celebrating the holiday known as "The […]
Composers Concordance Presents: ‘Humbug Jitterbug’ The CompCord Big Band The CompCord Big band takes on the Jitterbug; throw in a literary word-play and you have brand new big band music by many of today's leading composers. Guest soloist featuring: Valery Ponomarev - trumpet and Gerry Brown - drums Composers: John Clark, Dan Cooper, Louis Jordan, Melanie Mitrano/Gerson […]
Cathedral Choral Society's esteemed Music Director Steven Fox has renewed his contract with the Cathedral Choral Society through June of 2025. He has served as our Music Director since 2018, and we’re excited about his continued leadership in our upcoming performances and collaborations. As the pandemic continues to shift, Steven looks forward to honoring the […]
The Heartland Symphony Orchestra presents its winter concert series with the theme “A Concerto for the Holidays.” In addition to holiday favorites, HSO will feature the world premiere of the 2020 composer competition winner Quinn Mason’s overture in a classical style and Hilary Lowery from Bemidji State University. See dates and locations below: Thursday, December […]
The Glen Ellyn Wheaton Chorale presents "Wintersong 2021: Merry and Bright" on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT and Saturday, December 4, 2021 3 PM CT at College Church, 335 E. Seminary in Wheaton, IL. According to Music Director Jennifer Whiting's "Director's Notes," guest organist Kevin Lange will open the concert with Andrew Carter's […]
Concordia University-St Paul student Kolton Ascheman will hold his senior composition recital at the Buetow Music Center Auditorium (300 Hamline Ave, St Paul, MN) on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 3 PM CT. Having experience with computers and technology, Ascheman will be presenting his work as both live performances and digital music. The pieces are […]
The Glen Ellyn Wheaton Chorale presents "Wintersong 2021: Merry and Bright" on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT and Saturday, December 4, 2021 3 PM CT at College Church, 335 E. Seminary in Wheaton, IL. According to Music Director Jennifer Whiting's "Director's Notes," guest organist Kevin Lange will open the concert with Andrew Carter's […]
LancasterChorale, central Ohio’s premier professional chamber choir, will perform its annual “prelude to Christmas” concerts in late November and early December in Lancaster and Columbus. Carols arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Stephen Paulus (ACF's co-founder, a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) as well as original American carols by Alfred Burt will round out the program […]
The Heartland Symphony Orchestra presents its winter concert series with the theme “A Concerto for the Holidays.” In addition to holiday favorites, HSO will feature the world premiere of the 2020 composer competition winner Quinn Mason’s overture in a classical style and Hilary Lowery from Bemidji State University. See dates and locations below: Thursday, December […]
The premier ensemble of YWCP, the Young Women’s Chorus, opens its season as a guest artist on the Old First Concert Series. Start your holiday season with an exquisite candle-lit concert that includes Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols performed in full with harpist Meredith Clark, as well as music by Hildegard von Bingen, Rachmaninoff, Busto, Randall […]