Set in a bawdy Victorian music hall, Elizabeth Cree by Kevin Puts (a BandQuest composer and the Director of the MNOrch Composer Institute) is a psychological thriller in which an abused and impoverished woman finally finds a family in a troupe of misfit performers. The action moves with kaleidoscopic energy and wit as the pulitzer- prize […]
Tune in on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET on Philadelphia's radio station WRTI 90.1, and on Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6 PM CT | 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, for a rebroadcast of a concert from The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2014-2015 season. Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the […]
The Boston-based Neave Trio will perform on two concerts presented as part of Bard Music Festival’s 12-concert series, Nadia Boulanger and Her World. On Program Two, “Contemporaries and Colleagues,” August 7 at 1pm, Neave Trio will perform Ravel’s Piano Trio on a concert which traces Nadia Boulanger’s early musical relationships. On Saturday, August 7, 2021 […]
Don't miss Young Women Composers Camp's world premieres concerts featuring works composed by the 2021 members of the camp! Their cohort this year spans across the United States, as well as Canada, Asia, Europe, and the UK, all of whom have composed new works for the andPlay Duo, Mazumal Duo, or Peridot Duo. Each concert […]
Guest composers this year include rising new music stars Nicholas Benavides, Quinn Mason ( a NextNotes creator), Polina Nazaykinskaya, Juri Seo and Joseph Sowa. Their compositions will be performed by the Hausmann Quartet (ensemble in residence at SDSU), soprano Tasha Koontz (frequent soloist with both the San Diego Opera and the San Diego Symphony), and pianist […]
Tune in on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET on Philadelphia's radio station WRTI 90.1, and on Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6 PM CT | 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, for a rebroadcast of a concert from The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2014-2015 season. Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the […]
It’s been so long since we have had friends in our offices! We’ve seen your faces on our computers screens but nothing beats that face-to-face interaction. In the past year so much has changed for many of us and this is certainly true at ACF. There are new names, new programs, and new initiatives. We […]
Brightmusic returns to Live Concerts with ‘Beethoven and Friends’ – Summer Festival concert series mixes old and new. Join the four days of concerts. See each date and time in the program below: Program: Concert No. 1 – Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT Concert No. 2 – Thursday, August 5, 2021 at […]
Guest composers this year include rising new music stars Nicholas Benavides, Quinn Mason ( a NextNotes creator), Polina Nazaykinskaya, Juri Seo and Joseph Sowa. Their compositions will be performed by the Hausmann Quartet (ensemble in residence at SDSU), soprano Tasha Koontz (frequent soloist with both the San Diego Opera and the San Diego Symphony), and pianist […]
For many of us, the land of our ancestors holds a special power, That fascination drew the Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, to the music and culture of Black American, where his forebears had been enslaved. This program presents Colderidge-Taylor's luscious Clarinet Quintet alongside two of his formative influences, the European tradition of composers like Brahms […]
New Music Gathering 2021, co-presented by American Composers Forum, New Music USA will be in Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota on August 12-14, as well as online from August 12-18. Our theme this year is "Money?" - and yes we mean that question mark! Given the economic uncertainty of the arts right now, by naming this […]
Composer, pianist and vocalist Michael Harrison will offer his debut performance of traditional Indian classical music, which he has adapted for piano with tabla accompaniment, presented by Drive East by Navatman. Celebrated tabla player Nitin Mitta will accompany him. Harrison will also perform his own original compositions which are based on the traditional ragas (melodic […]