“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it intersects with both Western European-based classical music and the broader social landscape. Commissioned by American Composers Forum and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, the goal of the series is to offer information and diverse perspectives to those seeking to […]
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 […]
The brainchild of VSO Creative Projects Chair Matt LaRocca, our newest project serves the present moment with streamed chamber ensemble performances, presented from a variety of traditional and unexpected venues around the state. Your VSO will premiere new works from composers of diverse styles and backgrounds, showcase beloved classics, and collaborate with esteemed creative partners […]
Great Falls Symphony announces their 100% FREE concert season this year until May 2021. "All of us at the Great Falls Symphony are fully committed to fulfilling our mission to infuse cultural vibrancy into the Great Falls community through transformative music events and education programs." All live performances will be FREE of charge, but need […]
Apollo Chamber Players, is featuring African-American composer Kimo Williams this Sunday November 22 at 7pm CST /8 pm EST as part of a digital world premiere and live Zoom Q&A. The commission is titled With Malice Toward None and is scored for string quartet and electric violin - the piece connects President Lincoln and Beethoven through their shared Enlightenment ideals. […]
Join Elliott Miles McKinley and two of Mckinley's fellow teachers of music at the college level, Dr. Peter Smucker (Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Stetson University) and Dr. Erich Stem (Associate Professor of Music Composition at Indiana University Southeast) for a free and open panel discussion on the role of music theory at the […]
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 […]
Composer Timothy C. Takach (a past JFund winner and Healing & Hope Through Song composer), is delighted that PBS will air All is Calm across the country. The show has changed quite a bit since they first premiered it as a radio drama in Minneapolis with 3 actors speaking the lines and the 9 members of Cantus […]
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's free event: Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience. Episode 2: Originators and Disrupters (Part 2) Friday, November 27, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET Part 2 brings together the musicians with modern American composers (Libby Larsen, Gary Schocker and Charles Rochester Young) and a Beethoven orchestration by Music Director Manfred Honeck […]
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will center their program over Thanksgiving weekend around their complex and ever-evolving sense of home. Dvořák wrote his American String Quintet after moving to the United States, blending Czech influences with popular American music. The program also features excerpts from Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2, infused with African American dances […]
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will center their program over Thanksgiving weekend around their complex and ever-evolving sense of home. Dvořák wrote his American String Quintet after moving to the United States, blending Czech influences with popular American music. The program also features excerpts from Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2, infused with African American dances […]
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 […]