American Composers Forum

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.
2020-12-18 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | MN
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 in a salute to a bouquet of Pittsburgh path breakers who defied their times and boundaries: Rachel Carson (environmentalist and writer), Martha Graham (choreographer), Thaddeus Mosley (sculptor), Fred Rogers (television creator) and Andy Warhol (multi-media artist).
Episode 3: Finding Your Song Friday, December 4, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Pops Conductor Byron Stripling as a featured artist and conductor, Finding Your Song explores the journeys of artists and how they come to find their voice, song, inspiration and connection to the world. Finding Your Song travels from Heinz Hall to Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild to The Andy Warhol Museum, and includes the Pittsburgh Symphony debuts of composer Gabriela Lena Frank and composer Hannah Ishizaki.
Episode 4: Tapestry of Light: A Holiday Celebration. Friday, December 18, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
Enjoy the magic and excitement of the holiday season with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra AND Principal Pops Conductor/Soloist Byron Stripling! Perfect for all ages
Episode 5: For the People (Part 1). Friday, January 22, 2021 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET. (Part 2). Friday, January 29, 2021 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
A constellation of five female composers (Jennifer Higdon, a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer, Libby Larsen, ACF’s co-found and BandQuest composer, Jessie Montgomery, Florence Price and Joan Tower).
More information can be found on their website.

Americas Society presents...counter)induction: nueva música
2020-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
counter)induction returns to Music of the Americas with music by Latin American female composers.
Celebrating its 21st season, the adventurous composer-performer collective counter)induction returns to Music of the Americas after over a decade with a program highlighting the widely diverse world of contemporary music by Latin American female composers.
Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
Less like a livestream and more like a concert film, “nueva música” will feature world premieres as well as new arrangements prepared expressly for counter)induction, interwoven with interviews with all of the composers.
DM R‘s “Studies for violin and cello” explores the extremes of timbre and texture on strings, while Villanueva’s “Plancto” uses contrasting, expressive gestures for a sparse and dramatic lament. Areal provides a hypnotic series of chords that players choose how to interact with in “Holsa”, while Arditto creates a fun atmosphere that focuses on the sounds and gestures we make beyond what the instruments themselves can do. After Villanueva and Solomonoff revisit inspirations found in childhood and in Debussy respectively, the program culminates with Lopez delving into her new-found love for Hip-hop.
Learn more here.

Performance as Process with Conrad Tao
2020-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
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 into his work in piano, electronics, composition and improvisation as the program for his Merkin Hall debut comes into focus.
Performance as Process events will be streamed on Kaufman Music Center’s Facebook page at 6pm CDT / 7pm EST on September 24, October 29, November 19, December 17, January 28, February 25, March 25 and April 29.

Kaufman Music Center – Piano Dialogues: Adam Tendler
2020-12-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
ROBERT SCHUMANN – Carnaval Op. 9 (1834-1835)
CHRISTIAN WOLFF – FANTAIL (22 pieces for a pianist) (2020) World Premiere!
Pianist Adam Tendler premieres FANTAIL, a new major work by iconic American composer Christian Wolff. Commissioned by the pianist, FANTAIL is a 22 movement, unofficial response to Robert Schumann’s Carnaval, and like Schumann’s legendary set, a tour of Wolff’s musical laboratory and universe. Tendler will intersperse the world premiere of Wolff’s FANTAIL with Schumann’s Carnaval in a mash-up that puts both complete works, and their composers, in a fresh dialogue – reframing, blurring, even challenging our notions of what is classical and what is contemporary.
Learn more and get tickets here.

Rondo Community Music Series 2020
2020-12-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
“The Rondo Community Music Series wrapped up last winter with outstanding performances by Ashley DuBose, the Kevin Washington Quintet; Robert Robinson, Debbie Duncan and William Duncan, and DeSean Jones. Though we’re unable to hold in-person dates, this year we remain dedicated to bringing you hope, healing and joy through the power of music.
We have moved to virtual music performances so that we can continue social distancing protocols. We kicked off the series this September with a virtual concert from We Are King, which was viewed in 36 states, 13 countries, and has over over 6k views online.”
Join on Crowdcast for each date: crowdcast.io/walkerwest
Schedule:
DeSean Jones
Saturday, November 7th at 7pm CDT
Duncan, Duncan & Robinson
Saturday, November 14th at 7pm CDT
Ashley DuBose
Saturday, December 5th at 7pm CDT

Live from Columbia: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
2020-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
VIDEO PREMIERE Co-presented with Columbia University School of the Arts
Simone Dinnerstein’s “majestic originality of vision” (The Independent) has made her one of today’s most sought-after pianists. The frequent Miller collaborator performs a solo recital highlighting her thoughtful interpretation and signature expressive elegance.
The virtual concerts in the Live from Columbia series are filmed live and premiered throughout the 2020-21 season at millertheatre.com/live-from-columbia. On-demand streaming will be available immediately after.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6pm CST / 7pm EST.
Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

Simone Dinnerstein: Pop-Ups in the Lantern
2020-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Celebrated pianist Simone Dinnerstein returns to the Miller Theater at Columbia University for a solo recital as part of their Pop-Ups in the Lantern concert series. Dinnerstein will perform Phillip Glass‘s Etude No. 2 (1994) and Franz Schubert‘s molto moderato from Piano Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 (1828). The virtual concert is free and will be filmed live and premiered at millertheatre.com/live-from-columbia. On-demand streaming will be available immediately after.
Join on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
Learn more here.

Minnesota Music Coalition's Web Workshop: How to Avoid Bad Band Breakups – Conflict Resolution
2020-12-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | MN
A one-hour interactive presentation on the underlying causes of conflict, simple skills you can use to help manage disputes when they arise, and how mediation can help when you just can’t talk to your bandmates (or others you’re having a dispute with).
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 4 pm
Get tickets to this free online Only via Zoom event.
Presented by Dawn Zugay, Mendoza Law
About the Presenter: Dawn is a Senior Counsel and Mediator at Mendoza Law, LLC. Dawn’s extensive background in conflict resolution provides clients valuable skills and perspectives that help resolve their problems. Dawn’s skills are available to assist a variety of clients and matters, including business disputes, employment conflicts, housing disputes, large and small scale community conflict, organizational conflict, litigation, and non-profit organizations.
As a mediator, Dawn has over ten years of experience, including mediation, conflict coaching, conducting conflict assessments, designing dispute resolution processes for multi-party disputes, and facilitating community comment processes. As an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, Dawn managed and taught the Community Mediation Clinic. She also taught the 30-Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation Training Course for the Conflict Resolution Center, and she designs and teaches advanced mediation training classes for practitioners to enhance their mediation skills. She is a Rule 114 Qualified Civil and Family Mediator and holds a Certificate from the Harvard Program on Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Management Executive Education Course. She also trained with the Minnesota Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution (OCDR) in Constructive Problem Solving.

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 airs on PBS this holiday season
2020-12-15 | MN
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 singing the songs, but it has received rave reviews both in it’s off-Broadway run last year and across the country in over 100 performances, and the creative team is excited to bring the show to a wider audience.
“A beautiful musical recounting of a World War I cease-fire
of gifts, poetry, and melody.”
– The New York Times
All is calm premieres November 27 and you can stream it on December 15.
So keep your eye out for All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 this season on PBS!

Our Voices: Gabriella Reyes, Jennifer Higdon, Adolphus Hailstork Headline New York Choral Society’s 2020-21 Season
2020-12-15 | Virtual, United States
The New York Choral Society has announced “Our Voices,” a digital 2020-21 season between November and May.
“The challenge of social distancing – so ‘unchoral’ – has prompted us to consider new ways of creating performances of choral music,” said NY Choral Society’s Music Director David Hayes in a press release. “The digital media space is an exciting opportunity for us to re-imagine performances of acapella choral works in collaboration with contemporary artists and community arts organizations,” he continues. “Although all of our collaborators will be creating and recording their contributions to the productions remotely and without the benefit of in-person workshops and rehearsals, this process will challenge collaborators and audiences to reconsider the simplicity and power of these choral works. I look forward to offering a new form of choral performance with this multitude of “voices” from around New York to bring new ways of discovering the relevance and beauty of these choral works”.
The schedule kicks off with “Peace unto Zion,” a collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Joyce McDonald that reimagines the Shaker hymn.
Streaming Date: Nov. 11, 2020
Next up will be the premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s “Carol for All Children.” The choir will work alongside visual artist and dancemaker Brendan Fernandes. Adolphus is a BQ composer and Jennifer is a BQ and CQ composer.
Streaming Date: Dec. 15, 2020
Alice Parker’s “God is Seen” will kick off the 2021 portion of the season. This work will feature a collaboration with Princess Grace Award recipient and choreographer Claudia Schreier.
Streaming Date: Feb. 23, 2021
Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” will feature a collaboration with American composer Undine Eliza Anna Smith Moore, soprano Gabriella Reyes, and choreographer Danielle Russo.
Streaming Date: March 16, 2021
The season draws to a close with “Invitation to Love,” a choral setting of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem by composer Jennifer Higdon. The showcase will feature a collaboration with Gordon Hall.
All films will be released on this website and The New York Choral Society’s YouTube channel.

SRS @ HOME
2020-12-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
In October, November and December, members of the Santa Rosa Symphony (SRS) orchestra and Francesco Lecce-Chong will gather on stage for three spectacular concerts with rich, dynamic programming to replace the originally planned live concerts. This will be new and different, we know, but we are very excited to share these virtual performances with you.
A professional video production team will get you closer than ever before to the orchestra, Francesco, individual musicians you’ve come to know and love, and even take you backstage! You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in a post-concert Q & A with Francesco—all in the comfort of your home.
Upcoming Schedule:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 at 5pm CST / 3 PM PDT on YouTube: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Bruch, Scott Joplin, Chen Yi (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) & more
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 at 5pm CST / 3 PM PDT on YouTube: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams & more

SFCM Faculty Artist Series: Sarah Cahill
2020-12-13 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Sarah Cahill, called a “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by the New York Times, performs an online concert from Sol Joseph Recital Hall, in a concert that features the world premiere of Up for two pianos by Riley Nicholson (an alumnus of SFCM), performed with Regina Myers; George Lewis’s Endless Shout; Aida Shirazi’s Albumblatt; Reena Esmail’s Rang de Basant; and Regina Harris Baiocchi’s Piano Poems. The concert is free to view, but sign up is required to receive the Live Stream link.
Sunday, December 13 at 4pm CST / 2pm PST
Register here.

SFCM Faculty Artist Series: Sarah Cahill
2020-12-13 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Sarah Cahill, called a “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by the New York Times, performs an online concert from Sol Joseph Recital Hall, in a concert that features the world premiere of Up for two pianos by Riley Nicholson (an alumnus of SFCM), performed with Regina Myers; George Lewis’s Endless Shout; Aida Shirazi’s Albumblatt; Reena Esmail’s Rang de Basant; and Regina Harris Baiocchi’s Piano Poems.
The concert is free to view, but sign up is required to receive the Live Stream link. Learn more here.

Join this concert on Saturday, December 13, 2020 at 4pm CST / 2pm PST.

The Albany Symphony 2020/2021 SEASON RE-IMAGINED!
2020-12-12 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | MN
The Albany Symphony unveiled its reimagined 2020-2021 season, which will include world premieres and concertos with brilliant soloists, as well as iconic masterworks. Curated by conductor David Alan Miller, the season brings to life an array of new and recent works by a panoply of living composers forging new ways to create art reflecting our time and place, with major masterpieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and others, and dazzling solo performances by artists including Inon Barnatan, Melissa White, Karen Hosmer and Grace Shryock.
The newly reimagined season will be presented virtually. As restrictions are lifted, live audiences will be invited back into the concert hall. All concerts will be performed live, in real time, on Capital Region stages, by Albany Symphony musicians conducted by Music Director, David Alan Miller.
The season kicks off on Oct. 24 at 7:30pm EDT, with a program featuring Michael Daugherty’s This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. Michael Daugherty is a BandQuest composer.
Performances run through June 2021. Find the schedule here and below.
ROMANTIC BRAHMS – Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST
A socially distanced performance for digital stream with Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Narrator; SIR WILLIAM WALTON: Facade; TYSON DAVIS (a NextNotes creator): (new work) JOHANNES BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1
RACHMANINOFF’S THIRD – Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST
A socially distanced performance for digital stream with Inon Barnatan, Piano; OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Trittico Botticelliano; CARLOS BANDERA: (new work); SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 (chamber orchestra version)
HAYDN & SCHUBERT – Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST
A socially distanced performance for digital stream with Melissa White, Violin; FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 46; GEORGE TSONTAKIS: Violin Concerto No. 2; TANNER PORTER: (new work) FRANZ SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5
AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL–TRAILBLAZE! – Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST
A socially distanced performance for digital stream with Brasil Guitar Duo; NINA SHEKHAR: (new work); CLARICE ASSAD: Folk Tales, Double Guitar Concerto; MOLLY JOYCE/CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Songs; ALEXIS LAMB: (new work)
For more information, and to watch the concerts, subscribe and get tickets on their website: www.albanysymphony.com.

Neave Trio performs Glinka, Eric Nathan, and Dale Trumbore presented by the Longy School of Music
2020-12-12 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
The Neave Trio, Faculty Ensemble‑in‑Residence at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, presents Finding What is Lost, a livestream performance on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm EST. The trio will perform live in Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall and the stream will be available to watch online with advance registration. Registrants will receive the link to the event in the order confirmation email, and in a reminder email before the event begins. Finding What is Lost pairs Missing Words V (2018) by Eric Nathan and Another Chance by Dale Trumbore (both premiered by Neave Trio), with Glinka’s Trio pathetique (1832).
Learn more here.

Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) World Premieres: Duo Concerts & Conversations
2020-12-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2020-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
This event takes place on ZOOM. You must RSVP to receive ZOOM link.
Experience six world premieres born from the new initiative Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³), a revolutionary model of mentorship created in March and launched in June 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
Hosted by M³ Editor-in-Chief Jordannah Elizabeth, each premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the audience about its creative process.
Created by co-founders Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa along with Jordannah Elizabeth, M³ is a think tank for new ways to connect, collaborate, support, create, and empower womxn musicians worldwide including BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and musicians of all abilities across generations. More information: https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org/
Part One: Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
Romarna Campbell + Val Jeanty
Caroline Davis + Maya Keren
Jen Shyu + Sumi Tonooka
Part Two: Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
Eden Girma + Anjna Swaminathan
Erica Lindsay + Sara Serpa
Lesley Mok + Tomeka Reid

Border CrosSing’s “El Mesias”
2020-12-11 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
The bilingual choir presents a mashup of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” with Argentine composer Ariel Ramirez’s cantata “Navidad Nuestra.” It’s also a hybrid of live performance, recordings from past years, and a collaboration with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Watch on Friday, December 11 at 8pm CST for free.
Visit their website here to learn more.

“Lessons and Carols for Our Time” by Cantus
2020-12-11 19:30 - 2020-12-13 20:30 (America/Chicago) | MN
This eight-man vocal group puts its own spin on the King’s College “Nine Lessons and Carols” tradition, with a different 50-minute concert streamed each weekend (taped at Ordway Concert Hall).
Part one, streaming next weekend, features Cantus’ arrangements of traditional carols, while the following weekend includes works from such local composers as Jocelyn Hagen, a McKnight composer, and Abbie Betinis, a ChoralQuest composer and McKnight composer, and the group’s signature song, Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria.”
December 11-13, 2020 (Part I) at 7:30pm CST
December 18-20, 2020 (Part II) at 7:30pm CST
Learn more and get tickets here.

New Works Commission Concert: JACK Quartet
2020-12-11 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
In unprecedented times, new evolving models and ways of thinking are necessary. National Sawdust has responded to the pandemic by creating the New Works Commission, and awarding twenty composers the resources to create a new work for streamed performance.
This is the second of two online performances of the commissioned works, hosted by the composers themselves, we will hear about their experience with the commission, and how it has impacted their work during this time. They will give us an overview of the music, their process, and technical elements within the work, and what it means for them to be an artist at this time.
The performance will feature the JACK Quartet performing music by 10 composers by Eddie Codrington, Jessie Cox, Yaz Lancaster, Ted Moore, Daniel Sabzghabaei, Golnaz Shariatzadeh, Nina Shekhar, Rajna Swaminathan, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa and Nicholas Tran.
This event will take place on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 4 PM CST.
Watch on Facebook Live here.

Beats by Girlz invites you to the Virtual Music Tech Party
2020-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Beats by Girlz invites you to the Virtual Music Tech Party on Thursday, December 10 from 7pm-9pm PT / 8pm-10pm ET!
Instead of the three parties they typically throw in NYC, LA and Boston, this year they’ve got one big virtual event that everyone can come to.
You’ll see performances from their BBG teaching artists who are also newly minted Ableton Certified Trainers, accompanied with visual artists to create a sensory experience with sound and technology. The virtual party features:

Daiza (Danielle Thwaites) – Producer, Singer-Songwriter and Programmer

video artist Zeeze Louise!

dolltr!ck (Claire Lim) – Multi-instrumentalist, Singer-Songwriter, Producer and DJ

video artist Shawna Lee

Aimerie (Kaite Watson) – Producer and DJ

video artist Callie Chapman

8pm – 9pm EST: performances from artists in tandem with their virtual silent auction and raffle, with items from top music tech developers and manufacturers.
9pm – 10pm EST: party with a DJ set by Aimerie. Don’t miss your chance to win some even more prizes from their partners and sponsors.
To register and for more information, click here.

New Works Commission Concert: National Sawdust Ensemble
2020-12-10 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
In unprecedented times, new evolving models and ways of thinking are necessary. National Sawdust has responded to the pandemic by creating the New Works Commission, and awarding twenty composers the resources to create a new work for streamed performance.
This is the first of two online performances of the commissioned works, hosted by the composers themselves, we will hear about their experience with the commission, and how it has impacted their work during this time. They will give us an overview of the music, their process, and technical elements within the work, and what it means for them to be an artist at this time.
The performance will feature the National Sawdust Ensemble performing music by the 10 composers Michele Cheng, James Diaz, Baldwin Giang, Clifton Joey Guidry III, Julie Herndon, Mario Layne Fabrizio, Finola Merivale, Kelley Sheehan, Bethany Younge and Manjing Zhang.
This event will take place on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 4 PM CST.
Watch on Facebook Live here.

Danny Clay: McKnight Visiting Composer Residency
2020-12-10 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Join for the culminating event of Danny Clay’s 2019 McKnight Visiting Composer Residency with MPLS (imPulse) and ComMUSICation, which will take place on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 4pm CST via this link.
Over the past two months, Danny worked virtually with MPLS (imPulse) and ComMUSICation from San Francisco with the ensembles located in the Twin Cities. Danny facilitated a collaborative musical dialogue between the professional vocalists and the youth community chorus program in which both groups used graphic notation to invent their own sonic language and compose a series of pieces for the other ensemble to perform. The resulting collection of lovingly crafted squiggles, wiggles, blobs and doodles will be premiered as an animated score with accompanying footage of the creative process. This is an exciting event to hear and see the works that have been created and to learn more about the collaboration!

CHARTS: The New 21st Century Fake Book
2020-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Composers Concordance Presents a LIVE-Stream Event, CHARTS: The New 21st Century Fake Book.
Performing a set of compositions written as lead sheets or charts. Music includes the premieres of Gene Pritsker‘s ‘Kinda Charts’ (an ACF awardee) and Daniel Schnyder‘s ode to Bassam Saba as well as compostions by Jay Rodriguez, Mark Kostabi, Dan Cooper and Max Pollak.
CompCord Ensemble
Daniel Schnyder – soprano sax
Jay Rodriguez – tenor sax
Franz Hackl – trumpet
Gene Pritsker – guitar
Mark Kostabi – piano
Paul Nowinski – bass
Max Pollak – drums/percussion
Wednesday, December 9th at 6pm CST
Live Stream From Kostabi World on Facebook or the other sites below:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/HotIndieMediaPresents/live
https://www.youtube.com/hotindiemedia
https://www.twitch.tv/hotindiemedia

Lunchtime Concert Series - Autumn 2020 features black composers
2020-12-09 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
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 works by Black composers running right throughout the Series.
All concerts start at 7am CDT / 1pm in London, UK and last appropriately 35 minutes. They are FREE to watch and there’s no need to pre-register. The University of Liverpool Lunchtime Concerts will be available to view on the following platforms:

Department of Music website
Facebook
YouTube

Schedule:
14 October: University of Liverpool Instrumental Teachers Lockdown Band
Jump aboard Strayhorn’s Take the A Train and cool down with Water from An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim (fka Dollar Brand) in this set of jazz classics.
Abdullah Ibrahim – Water from An Ancient Well, Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man, Billy Strayhorn – Take the A Train, Theolonius Monk – Blue Monk, Blue Mitchell – Fungii Mama
21 October: Members of the 18th Sinfonia
Igantius Sancho was an 18th century composer and social reformer and the first person of African descent to vote in a British general election. These short, characterful dances are performed on Baroque violin, cello and harpsichord.
Igantius Sancho – Minuets etc
28 October: Tom Kimmance (piano)
Lucien Lambert (snr) came from a family dynasty of fine musicians. Born as a free person of colour in New Orleans in the late 19th century he emigrated to France, then Brazil. This Grand Valse is a sparkling, Romantic work.
Lucien Lambert (snr) – Bresiliana: Grand Valse Brilliante
25 November: Mandy Burvill (clarinet)
Hailstork is an internationally renowned American composer and Professor of Music at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Smiles for Tracey humorously explores the range of the clarinet.
Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer) – Smile for Tracey (no.3)
9 December: Solem Quartet
Florence Price was the first noted African American female composer to gain national status. Recently, much of her music was rediscovered in an abandoned house that was once her home. A Summer Moon is an arrangement of a piano piece Price composed for her pupil the singer, jazz pianist, and social activist, Memry Midgett.
Florence Price – A Summer Moon
If you would like to join our Music Events mailing list or have further questions about the Series please email helen.thomas@liverpool.ac.uk.

CULTIVATING CREATIVITY: RANEE, APARNA, AND ASHWINI RAMASWAMY ON ARTS AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
2020-12-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Ragamala Artistic Directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy and Choreographic Associate Ashwini Ramaswamy share their decades of experience building an arts nonprofit in the Twin Cities and provide vital insights for the next generation of leaders in Minnesota’s arts and culture sector.
Join this live artist talk either in-person and physically distanced at Northrop or via live stream. Online and in-person attendees will be invited to share their questions and help shape this conversation.
Presented in partnership with The Coven, and the Master of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural Leadership
Join this event on Monday, December 7, 2002 at 7pm CST
This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to learn more.

Great Falls Symphony's 62nd Live Concert Series - 2020-2021 Season
2020-12-06 19:30 - 20:30, 2020-12-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | MN
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 be picked up in advance at the Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts box office. Two performances are offered during each GFSA concert in order to accommodate two smaller, socially distanced live audience. Venue location will vary – detailed information can be found at gfsymphony.org.
All performances will be recorded and broadcast later on the KRTV app so patrons can enjoy a virtual concert experience.
Virtual concerts will be broadcast to the general public one week after each live performance date. See schedule here.
See the upcoming schedule:
Fri OCT 9, 7:00pm “Native Views” Cascade Quartet
Sat NOV 7, 3:00pm “Vistas” *PREVIEW Thu NOV 5
Sat NOV 7, 7:30pm EVOCATIVE MUSIC OF OPEN SPACES
Fri NOV13, 7:00pm “Innovators” Chinook Winds
Sun NOV 22, 3:00pm FallConcert Youth Orchestra AND Sinfonia
Sun DEC 6, 3:00pm “Christmas” *PREVIEW Thu DEC 3
Sun DEC 6, 7:30pm HOLIDAY MUSIC FAVORITES
Sat JAN16, 3:00pm “Virtuoso” *PREVIEW Thu JAN 14
Sat JAN16, 7:30pm FEATURING Dorian Antipa, BASSOON
Fri JAN 29, 7:00pm “ViolaPower” Cascade Quartet
Sat FEB 13, 3:00pm “Heart Strings” *PREVIEW Thu FEB 11
Sat FEB 13, 7:30pm FEATURING Luis Angel Salazar, VIOLIN & Alyssa Roggow, VIOLA
Fri FEB 19, 7:00pm “Greatest Hits” Chinook Winds
Fri MAR 12, 7:00pm “Voices” Cascade Quartet
Sun MAR 28, 3:00pm SpringConcert Youth Orchestra AND Sinfonia
Sat APR 24, 3:00pm “Testament” *PREVIEW Thu, APR 22
Sat APR 24, 7:30pm FEATURING Supaman
Fri MAY14, 7:00pm “Together Again”

Simone Dinnerstein presents World Premiere of An American Mosaic with Oregon Bach Festival
2020-12-06 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Celebrated pianist Simone Dinnerstein presents the world premiere of Richard Danielpour‘s An American Mosaic, commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival. An American Mosaic is a series of 15 miniatures, commemorating segments of the American population that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including parents, caretakers and those who have lost their lives to the virus. Los Angeles-based Danielpour and New York-based Dinnerstein will present the premiere virtually.
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 4pm CST / 2pm PST.
Learn more here.

AURA: One on One
2020-12-06 | MN
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 every Monday at 12pm CDT, and daily at 12pm CDT from November 30 – December 6.

Videos will be posted to Facebook and Youtube:
www.facebook.com/AURAUH/
www.youtube.com/AURAUH/
The series will feature solo works by Ryan Brown, Alejandro Cardona, Melissa Dunphy, Marti Epstein, Matt Ingalls, Misook Kim, HyeKyung Lee, Matthew McConnell, Mike McFerron, Aulon Naci, Natalie Nicolas, Chad Robinson, Nina Shekhar, & Fabian Svensson.

Learn more about AURA: www.uh.edu/aura
