This Women’s History Month marks the 100th year since the landmark victory of the women’s suffrage movement. To celebrate this milestone, Chamber Music on the Fox has invited a quartet of women from the Lyric Opera Orchestra to perform a program featuring all female, all American composers, from the classical to the Romantic to the […]
A discussion on the identity and future of contemporary music A diverse panel of scholars, curators, and artists respond to the Ensemble Modern’s concert, “Afro-Modernism in Contemporary Music,” with reference to recent cultural issues around classical and contemporary music’s understanding of its identity and future. The protracted silence within avantgarde music that surrounds composers of […]
Why is diversity, equity, and inclusion crucial to the future of orchestral music? How can organizations and artists integrate it into their work? ACO’s Director of Emerging Composers and Diversity, Aiden Feltkamp, leads a panel of experts in this professional development webinar. A Q&A with the audience will follow. Date & Time: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at […]
In this webinar, Elliott Miles McKinley will share his experience and the things he has learned in the world of academia. Topics will include the job search, interview process, contract negotiation, how to read a job description, what to ask for, different levels of jobs, workload, expectations, the tenure process, and more. Open to those […]
TRILLOQUY co-host and ACF board member facilitates a discussion about Beyoncé's groundbreaking performance piece Homecoming and her unique compositional style with insight from special guest and soloing member of Beyoncé K Lady Jess. Register here in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Date […]
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 […]
C4 presents our seventh #C4GoesRemote livestream concert: Illumination. Join us on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:30pm CT | 8:30pm ET! Our program will include the following pieces: Nocturne by Adolphus Hailstork Thirst Trap by Perry Townsend - world premiere Grateful by Jamie Klenetsky Fay - world premiere Lux Aeterna by Stephanie K. Andrews - […]
Virtual Online Event: Livestream (Running time: 2 hours) Date & Time: Friday, March 26, 2021 from 3-5pm CDT | 4-6PM EDT About this Event: LISTENING PARTY starts at 4PM with: Kurt Gottschalk, Master of Ceremonies (NYC Jazz, Stereophile, the Wire, WFMU) String Noise: Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris, Violins Composers: Caleb Burhans, Jessie Cox, […]
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 […]
To round out MIOSM, the free Young Composers Concert will take place, and feature winning compositions from the 2020 NAfME Student Composers Competition. The Akropolis Reed Quintet will be performing, and you and your students do not want to miss this event! Date & Time: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST Register here. […]
The Composer to Composer series features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions, moderated by ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel, begin by exploring a single work with one composer interviewing the other. Attendees will gain insight to each work’s genesis, sound, influence on […]
In One Giant Leap, Cantus celebrates the allure of outward exploration, the triumph of the human spirit, and the striving for excellence through innovation and technology. Cantus looked to the night sky to shape One Giant Leap, which the acclaimed men’s chorus toured in 2019–20 in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission […]