Week of Events
Dracula, A Thrilling Adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Classic Horror Story
In Theaters Now! With darkly gothic sets and costumes, Northern Ballet’s resurrection of Bram Stoker’s classic horror story is played out through a unique blend of sensuous dancing and gripping theatre. This is ballet with a dramatic bite. Created by Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director David Nixon OBE, with atmospheric music by Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, […]
AURA: ONE ON ONE
AURA: One on One is a video series featuring performances of exciting solo works by members of AURA Contemporary Ensemble. The music to be performed has been written by some of today’s most innovative composers, who will be interviewed by the performers at the end of each video. Beginning on October 5th, new episodes are presented […]
The Crossing Votes: 2020 a Pre-Election Project of Four New Films
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
FREE ASSEMBLY
Metropolis Ensemble’s Debut Digital Festival Bringing together creative artists to develop newly commissioned projects outside of physical space, Free Assembly presents a collaborative platform for artists who might otherwise never meet. Curated by Metropolis Ensemble artists Immanuel Wilkins, Erika Dohi, Daniel Anastasio, and Ryan Francis and hosted by House of Yes and (Le) Poisson Rouge, […]
The Crossing Votes: 2020 a Pre-Election Project of Four New Films
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
Lunchtime Concert Series – Autumn 2020 features black composers
The University of Liverpool presents some of their very best instrumental tutors performing an exciting range of repertoire in our flagship SSL Studio. The concerts also showcase the continuation and creativity of their partnerships with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Solem Quartet. In celebration of Black History Month this October you can also find […]
Lisa Bielawa – Voters’ Broadcast (Virtual Premiere)
Lisa Bielawa's Voters’ Broadcast is a broadly participatory musical performance meant to “broadcast” the thoughts, hopes, fears, passions, petitions, and questions of a wide spectrum of Americans. Virtual premiere co-presented by the University of Michigan and Kaufman Music Center. Get tickets for the show on Wednesday, October 28 at 2pm CDT / 3pm EDT
Voters’ Broadcast
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
Performance as Process with Conrad Tao
A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance As Process events on Thursday evenings from September through April will invite audiences to Conrad Tao's, 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence, creative practice as he develops programming for his May 6 Ecstatic Music concert in Merkin Hall. Streamed from his home in Manhattan, these events will give the audience a deeper look […]
Ensemble Pi: Reparations NOW! A premier concert on reparations for the African-American community
Reparations NOW! is Ensemble Pi’s new project, inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ congressional testimony and Ibram X. Kendi’s best-seller book, How to Be an Antiracist – both of which offer powerful and compelling arguments in support of reparations for the African-American community. On Thursday, October 29 at 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT, the streamed concert will […]
The Crossing Votes: 2020 a Pre-Election Project of Four New Films
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]