American Composers Forum

Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis Woodwind Concert
2021-07-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Carol Barnett BA, 1972; MA, 1976 (a charter member of ACF) has spent her storied career contributing new compositions to the local music scene while living in the Twin Cities community. This summer, a local quintet featuring Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis musicians, including School of Music alumna and Student Services Specialist Rachel Hest (BM, flute performance, 1984) will perform Barnett’s piece “Shaker Suite: Canterbury” outdoors at the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District Park on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 7 PM CT.
Learn more about the performance and Barnett’s career here.

LACO RETURNS LIVE AT THE HUNTINGTON: LACO SUMMERFEST
2021-07-01 21:00 - 22:00
On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 9 PM CT | 7 PM PT, LACO travels to The Huntington in San Marino, to give the first live performance in Rothenberg Hall since it, too, was temporarily shut down due to the pandemic. The centerpiece of the program is the original 1915 version of de Falla’s extraordinary sung ballet El amor brujo conducted by Martín and featuring celebrated mezzo soprano, LA’s own Suzanna Guzmán. Martín also leads Debussy’s iconic Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune” and the world premiere of Kimani Bridges’ (a NextNotes creator) The Flower.
THIS IN-PERSON EVENT IS INVITATION ONLY. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED.
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LACO RETURNS AT THE HUNTINGTON ON JULY 1
2021-07-01 21:00 - 22:00
LACO travels to The Huntington in San Marino, to give the first live performance in Rothenberg Hall since it, too, was temporarily shut down due to the pandemic. The centerpiece of the program is the original 1915 version of de Falla’s extraordinary sung ballet El amor brujo conducted by Martín and featuring celebrated mezzo soprano, LA’s own Suzanna Guzmán. Martín also leads Debussy’s iconic Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune” and the world premiere of Kimani Bridges’ (a NextNotes creator) The Flower.
The program will be recorded for the second season of SummerFest, LACO’s highly regarded digital chamber music series, which will stream weekly beginning in July at no cost on LACO’s YouTube channel.
This event is invitation only. Learn more here.
Date & Time: Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 9 PM CT | 7 PM PT

San Francisco Symphony
2021-07-02 21:00 - 2021-07-05 22:00, 2021-07-04 16:00 - 17:00
The San Francisco Symphony returns for its annual summer performance at Stern Grove Festival, with Edwin Outwater conducting a special Fourth of July concert featuring pianist Aaron Diehl.
Date & Time:

Friday, July 2, 2021 at 9 PM CT | 7 PM PT
Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 4 PM CT | 2 PM PT

Program:
John Williams – Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Gould – Pavanne from American Symphonette No. 2
Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) – Cathedrals from All Things Majestic
Copland – Saturday Night Waltz and Hoedown from Rodeo
Quinn Mason (a NextNotes creator) – Reflections on a Memorial
Carlos Simon – The Block
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
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WHAT THE HEART DESIRES
2021-07-03 16:00 - 17:00
Celebrating diversity in song, this recital co-curated by mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller (Merola ‘05) and tenor Nicholas Phan will explore the many things our hearts desire. Featuring compositions by women and people of color, the program will include selections about romantic desire, physical desire, and the longing for home, for rest, for peace, and for a better world performed by select 2021 Merola young artists.
A trio of works follow: mezzo Gabrielle Beteag will sing Perry’s “Alien,” Graves will perform “Bright Moonlight” by Chinese-American violinist and composer Chen Yi, (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) and baritone and composer Laureano Quant will perform his composition “Ahora hablo de gaitas.” All three artists will be accompanied by Guo.
Date & Time: Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 4 PM CT | 2 PM PT
Learn more here.
Artists:
Bryan Banowetz, piano
Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo-soprano
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano
Edward Graves, tenor
Erica Xiaoyan Guo, piano
Celeste Morales, soprano
Laureano Quant, baritone
Anna Smigelskaya, piano
Shiyu Tan, piano
Marika Yasuda, piano
Tianchi Zhang, tenor

Jupiter String Quartet Makes Debut with Chamber Music Northwest
2021-07-03 21:30 - 23:30, 2021-07-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-17 21:30 - 23:30
On Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 9:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM PT & Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 6 PM CT | 4 PM PT, Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents a collaboration between the Jupiter String Quartet and East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), highlighting the quartet in a performance of Jessie Montgomery’s Banner for quartet and orchestra. The performances on July 3 and 4 will take place in person at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium (3203 SE Woodstock Blvd). These live festival concerts will be professionally recorded and streamed online beginning two weeks later, on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 9:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM PT, as part of CMNW’s AT-HOME Series, remaining online for ticket holders until August 31, 2021.
Get tickets here.
In addition to the Montgomery, ECCO will perform Barber’s Adagio from the String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11; Elgar’s Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20; Hanna Benn’s Where Springs Not Fail; Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz.113. “Three of the Jupiters are founding members of ECCO, so getting to play together at CMNW will be a happy reunion between musicians that have known each other for more than two decades,” says Jupiter Quartet’s violist Liz Freivogel. “It will be a joyful and celebratory way to kickstart a return to live performances.”
Preceding these performances, the Jupiter Quartet will perform as members of ECCO on July 1 and 2, 2021, opening CMNW’s 2021 festival with performances of Bach’s Cantata 180: “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”, BWV 180; Mendelssohn’s; Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4; and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48.

Fort Worth Symphony celebrates 245 years of America in Fourth of July concert
2021-07-04 19:00 - 20:00
The one-night-only performance will feature more than 60 minutes of music performed by the FWSO, soprano Latonia Moore, bass Morris Robinson, and will feature works by leading Black and Latin American composers, including Kevin Day, Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer), and Jimmy Lopez. Miguel Harth-Bedoya will conduct this celebration of the best America has to offer in his final season with the orchestra.
Date & Time: Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 7 PM CT
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The 2021 Festival The Year of the Festival Artist
2021-07-07 - 2021-08-01
This will be a live and in person gathering.
Wintergreen Music is happy to announce that they are planning an exciting and safe 2021 Festival, designed to maximize your experience and maximize your safety. From July 7 through August 1, they will welcome musicians, students, and patrons in person (from the mountain top!) and virtually to find inspiration in music from Johann Sebastian Bach to Samuel Coleridge Taylor — with a little Elvis thrown in, too.
To celebrate their musicians — those members of their community who we have missed so much — 2021 will be the Year of the Festival Artist! Our Festival Artists come from top orchestras, chamber music societies, and faculty rosters around the country, and welcoming them back for a triumphant return to music-making will bring joy to us all. Expect to be wowed by their top notch musicianship, virtuosic skill, diversity of musical interests, and dedication to the Wintergreen community (for over 25 years!).
On July 15, “Reboot & Refresh: A Walk Through Nature” will offer different perspectives on the American landscape by Virginia composers Adolphus Hailstork (a BQ composer) and Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda. Music by Haydn also will be included.
Date & Time: July 7 – August 1, 2021
Learn more on the website here.

ACF Artist Equity Study Group: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2021-07-08 16:00 - 17:00
For this month’s ACF Artist Equity Study Group, we will take a look at the Netflix documentary, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. The film explores the life of the American musical innovator who had a huge international impact, delving into his early work, the impact of American racism, and his ever evolving sound.
Date & Time: Thursday, July, 8, 2021 at 4 PM CT
From the producers:
Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart.
The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It made him a star—it also made him incredibly difficult to live with, for the people who loved him most. Again and again, in music and in life, Miles broke with convention—and when he thought his work came to represent a new convention, he changed it again. Miles’s bold disregard for tradition, his clarity of vision, his relentless drive, and constant thirst for new experiences made him an inspiring collaborator to fellow musicians and a cultural icon to generations of listeners. It made him an innovator in music—from bebop to “cool jazz,” modern quintets, orchestral music, jazz fusion, rock ‘n’ roll, and even hip-hop.
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes, and rare photos, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular talent and unpacks the man behind the horn.
Register for the event here.
ADA language: If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact Laura Krider (lkrider@composersforum, 612.314.9228) at least 48 hours before the event.

America/Beautiful: Min Kwon, In the Catacombs
2021-07-08 17:00 - 19:30, 2021-07-08 18:30 - 21:00, 2021-07-09 17:00 - 19:30, 2021-07-09 18:30 - 21:00
Last year, as America reckoned with the pandemic, racial protests, and political upheaval, pianist Min Kwon looked at her two daughters — whose birthdays fall on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July — and asked herself what kind of a country they would grow up in. Out of that reflection came America/Beautiful, a project where she commissioned more than seventy of the leading composers in the United States to each write a variation on America the Beautiful.
The result is a sonic picture of Kwon’s adopted country, painted in all of its sprawling complexity, which ultimately seeks to find the beauty at the heart of the American experiment, and to realize its credo of e pluribus unum (out of many, one).
Dates & Times:

Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 6 PM ET, 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET
Friday, July 9, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 6 PM ET, 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET

July 8 features variations by: Bruce Adolphe, Leila Adu-Gilmore, Andrew Bambridge, Victoria Bond, Charles Coleman, Huang Ruo, David Serkin Ludwig, Jessica Meyer, Patricio Molina, John Musto, Qasim Naqvi, Greg Sandow, Juri Seo, Chris Trapani, Trevor Weston, and Wang Jie

July 9 features variations by: Timo Andres, Sebastian Currier, Tyson Davis, Fred Hersch, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Paul Moravec, Nico Muhly, Paola Prestini, Gity Razaz (a JFund recipient), Robert Sirota, and Melinda Wagner
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World Premiere of Composer Robert Sirota’s Two Variations on America the Beautiful, Commissioned by Min Kwon for her America/Beautiful Project
2021-07-09 17:00 - 20:00
On Friday, July 9, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 6 PM ET, pianist Min Kwon will give the world premiere of composer Robert Sirota’s Two Variations on America the Beautiful, presented by Death of Classical’s Angel’s Share series at Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th St., Brooklyn, NY). Sirota composed these variations – “. . . alabaster cities . . .” and “. . . God mend thine every flaw . . .” – as part of Min Kwon’s project America/Beautiful, for which she commissioned a diverse group of more than 70 of today’s leading American composers to each compose a variation on America the Beautiful. In addition to Sirota, the composers on July 9 include Timo Andres, Sebastian Currier, Tyson Davis, Fred Hersch, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Paul Moravec, Nico Muhly, Paola Prestini, Gity Razaz, and Melinda Wagner.
Tickets and more information here.
Kwon’s goal was to paint a sonic picture of her adopted country in all of its sprawling complexity, and ultimately try to find the beauty at the core of the American experiment and its credo of e pluribus unum (out of many, one). She explains, “Ultimately this project is about embracing our diversity, and remembering that by understanding, appreciating, and celebrating our differences, we become stronger both as individuals and as a country. The fact that 70 composers can hear the same song in a completely different way is, to me, something truly beautiful.” The 70+ world premiere performances that make up America/Beautiful will take place over six days, beginning July 4, 2021, with a series of free streamed video performances by Kwon followed by discussions with the composers.
Of his Two Variations on America the Beautiful, Sirota says, “Every new work presents particular challenges. In this case, the challenge is composing short variations intended as part of a large communal work. Given that the subject is America, the form of this project could not be more appropriate. Our country is supposed to be about creating unity out of diversity; about making sure that all voices are heard, that no single voice shouts the others down. To do this while celebrating the beauty and distinctiveness of every individual voice is what we are working towards. ‘ . . . alabaster cities . . .’ is a view of our country as seen from 30,000 feet. A dream, an ideal, an aspiration, never to be completely achieved, always to be striven for. ‘. . . God mend thine every flaw . . .’ brings that aspiration down to ground level, where the real work goes on every day to form a ‘more perfect union.”
Each performance on July 9 begins with an hour-long reception featuring a complimentary whiskey tasting. The journey to and from the Catacombs for the musical performance takes approximately 20-30 minutes, which includes walking over hilly and uneven terrain; proper footwear is recommended. The program inside the Catacombs will run for approximately one hour with no intermission. Health and safety protocols will be strictly enforced, including wearing a mask and keeping a distance of at least 6 feet from those not in your party. Attendees must provide a negative COVID test result or proof of completed vaccination and fill out a health survey in advance of the event.

OUTSIDE VOICES: HALE FARM
2021-07-09 18:30 - 19:30
The Akron Symphony Orchestra presents its Outside Voices Concert Series at Hale Farm & Village on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET
The free concert will feature the Akron Symphony Strings performing works by Clarice Assad (a McKnight Visiting Composer), Julia Perry, Antonín Dvořák and Quinn Mason (a NextNotes creator).
The Outside Voices Concert Series focuses on the music of under-represented composers who are “outside” of the standard repertoire, along with numerous audience favorites. The series presents an opportunity for the ASO to expand its musical offerings and share a diversity of composers with the Northeast Ohio community.
RSVP for tickets here.

Distant Voyages: Jeffrey Swann
2021-07-10 19:00 - 20:00
Folklore, mystery, and the natural world collide in this atmospheric program showcasing masterpieces of the western tradition. From the complex interiority of Schumann’s Sonata in F# minor, Op. 11 to Liszt’s evocative Années de Pèlerinage and Debussy’s shimmering l’isle Joyeuse, renowned pianist Jeffrey Swann takes the listener on a thrilling journey through the inner and outer world.
This concert will be followed by a reception.
Date & Time: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 7 PM CT | 8 PM ET
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Steven Takasugi's "Sideshow"
2021-07-10 21:00 - 22:00
The 2021 Twin Cities New Music Festival presents “Sideshow” by Steven Takasugi, under the direction of Perry So.
Based on the dark sideshows of Coney Islands amusement parks in the early part of the 20th century, “Sideshow” is a meditation on the virtuosity, freak shows, entertainment, spectacle, business, and the sacrifices one makes to survive in the world. A cycle of aphorisms by the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus runs as a subtext through the work.
Date & Time: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 9 PM CT
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Full Program here.

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players' 50th Season
2021-07-10 22:00 - 23:00
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players‘ 50th Season Online is in full swing, and at the end of the week, Program 1 will launch with at the CROSSROADS series with the world premiere of Unravel–a new work for solo piano by SF Search for Scores winner Josiah Catalan–alongside Jeff Anderle‘s brilliant performance of Echoes for clarinet and electronics by Contemporary Players’ friend and collaborator Olly Wilson.
Program 1 premieres Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10pm CT | 8pm PT and is available on demand through MAY 10
Program 2 premieres Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10pm CT | 8pm PT and is available on demand through AUG 10, 2021.
Learn more and get tickets here.
PROGRAM 1
Josiah Tayaq Catalan, unravel*
Allegra Chapman, piano
*Winner, SF Search for Scores 2020
Olly Wilson, Echoes
for clarinet and electronics
Jeff Anderle, clarinet

PROGRAM 2
Tomeka Reid, Prospective Dwellers
for string quartet
Tyshawn Sorey, For Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (In Memoriam)* co-commission with Ensemble Intercontemporain / *U.S. premiere
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, harp, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass
Olly Wilson, A City Called Heaven
Flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at the CROSSROADS series. PostScript to the Future
2021-07-10 22:00 - 23:00
This year’s at the CROSSROADS series reflects an ongoing exploration of music that exists in the innovative realms of cross-genre connectivity. The Contemporary Players join their trans-Atlantic compatriots at Ensemble Intercontemporain by co-commissioning a new work from NYC-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey, whose fluency across stylistic streams has distinguished him as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary music today. Connecting the threads to a figure that Sorey has long considered a key inspiration for his work, we spotlight the life and legacy of composer and longtime Bay Area resident Olly Wilson, a close friend and collaborator of the Contemporary Players for years. Jazz-trained cellist and composer Tomeka Reid (an ACF board member) joins the conversation, along with the premiere of our annual SF Search for Scores winning composition, framing an emerging generation of composers whose work launches out on divergent paths along the same cross-genre trajectories.
PROGRAM 2
Premiere Date & Time: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10pm CT | 8pm PT
Program runs from July 10 – Aug 10
runtime: 45 minutes
Tomeka Reid, Prospective Dwellers
for string quartet
Tyshawn Sorey, For Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (In Memoriam)* co-commission with Ensemble Intercontemporain / *U.S. premiere
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, harp, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass
Olly Wilson, A City Called Heaven
Flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
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What Do You Hear?
2021-07-14 18:30 - 20:00
For the cellist Rebecca Merblum, music has never been a standalone art. For her, sound and listening have always had topography. Each is connected to experiences and relationships. And then the pandemic emerged, and Merblum’s relationship to performance and music drastically shifted. So began the “Conversations for Duet with Cello.”
Over the past year, Rebecca led evolving virtual conversations with the artist and landscape architect Rebecca Krinke, the museum professional Lesley Kaddish, and her cello. The question they asked was: what happens if the separation between the performer and the audience is broken? If, instead of playing for the audience, Rebecca would have a direct 1×1 conversation with each one of the public? What will we hear then?
This event is the culmination of this year-long conversation. Moderated by the poet Mwatabu Okantah, part performance, part interactive experiment, part discussion panel, it will ask the attendees to engage in a conversation with the presenters and explore the question: what do we hear?
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT
Register for the zoom event here.

COINCIDENT: Episode 4 Premiere + Virtual Reception
2021-07-15 19:30 - 20:30
Zeitgeist presents the premiere of COINCIDENT Episode 4 (approximately 10 minutes), followed by a virtual reception (bring your own refreshments!) with Scott L. Miller and members of Zeitgeist.
COINCIDENT is a telematic, multi-episode, audiovisual collaboration between Zeitgeist, composer Scott L. Miller (a McKnight fellow), visual artist Carole Kim, and an evolving list of artists. Each artist performs from their home studio, and they connect to each other through specialized software that facilitates real-time performance with greatly reduced latency issues (lag in time due to internet connection). Because latency is reduced, but not gone, the music embraces a certain amount of asynchronicity; individual events can occur at different times without compromising the musical idea.
If you missed the first three episodes, watch here!
Date & Time: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 7:30 PM CDT
Free, donations accepted
Join online via Zoom: click here to join!
Details at zeitgeistnewmusic.org/coincident.
Meeting ID: 843 7826 7486
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Click to join

Greater Hartford Jazz Festival
2021-07-16 - 2021-07-18
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz will be back in Bushnell Park this summer after being quieted by COVID last year.

The festival, running Friday, July 16, 2021 to Sunday, July 18, 2021 brings back many of the artists slated for the canceled 2020 fest, including Liviu Pop, Kevin Powell, Adam Hawley, Eric Darius, Eric Roberson, McKeyz and the Brubeck Brothers (Chris Brubeck is a BandQuest composer). Given that national acts are only just beginning to tour again, the festival has arranged an exceptional lineup that includes Dennis Edwards Temptations Revue, Hiroshima and the Brubeck Brothers Quartet.
Learn more here.

Pianist Sarah Cahill Performs Rarely-Heard Works by Women Composers presented by Old First Concerts - Hybrid In-Person / Livestream Concert
2021-07-16 22:00 - 23:00
On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 10 PM CT | 8 PM PT, Sarah Cahill, described as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times, returns to Old First Concerts to perform selections from her project, The Future is Female. This is a hybrid concert – seating is limited to 100 people at Old First Church (1751 Sacramento Street), and general admission is $25. The concert will also be available to watch online as a livestream with a suggested donation of $20.
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The Future is Female is a curation and performance project featuring more than sixty compositions by women around the globe, ranging from the 18th century to the present day. For this performance, Cahill presents an evening-length version of the project including many rarely-heard works by Baroque composer Anna Bon, Leokadiya Kashperova (best known as Stravinsky’s piano teacher), Ajerbaijani composer Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, American composer and civil rights activist Zenobia Powell Perry, with selections from Madeleine Dring’s Colour Suite and Hannah Kendall’s On the Chequer’d Field Array’d, a musical depiction of a chess game.
Perhaps most notably, Cahill will perform the Piano Sonata by Hungarian composer-pianist Ági Jámbor, who survived a harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and dedicated this work to the victims of Auschwitz. In preparation for this performance, Cahill has been working closely with Jámbor’s publication editor. Cahill explains, “The score for Ági Jámbor’s Sonata says that it was a gift to John DesMarteau, MD, and he helped with the Sonata’s publication. I figured he would have insights into the Sonata – the score doesn’t even have a date when it was written. I saw that he was on LinkedIn and messaged him, and we set up a Zoom meeting. He lives in Washington DC. He told me the Sonata was written in 1949 – that was also the year her husband died, weakened by their ordeal and escape – and when he knew Jámbor she was already suffering from dementia, but pointed out passages in the music that represented tanks invading Hungary and citizens fleeing from them, and that the second movement is an elegy for victims of the Holocaust. I went through the whole piece with him, asking him about various spots, and he compared the published score with his Finale version (he has the manuscript somewhere, but needs to locate it). We spent an hour and a half together, and it means so much to work with him when he worked on this Sonata with Ági Jámbor!”
Sarah Cahill’s full program on July 16, 2021:
Anna Bon: Sonata No. 6 (1757)
Leokadiya Kashperova: selections from Au sein de la Nature (1910)
Ági Jámbor: Sonata (1949)
Zenobia Powell Perry: Rhapsody (1960)
Madeleine Dring: excerpts from Colour Suite (1963)
Frangiz Ali-Zadeh: Music for Piano (1989/1997)
Hannah Kendall: On the Chequer’d Field Array’d (2013)
With this physical manifestation of her lifetime dedication to supporting the artistic work of women, in The Future is Female Cahill illuminates works by women composers worldwide – Chinese, Azerbaijani, Afro-Cuban, African American, Czech, Lithuanian, Polish, and Venezuelan, among others – some who are alive and prolific and others who have passed but live on through their music. The San Diego Tribune describes Cahill as “a vessel through which musical ideas can pass, a communicator whose technique is put at the service of empathy and understanding.” Other recent and upcoming performances of The Future is Female include North Dakota Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Bowling Green New Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, Carolina Performing Arts, the University of Iowa, and the Barbican Centre.

LMQ Show “Kind of Bill - The Musical Life of Bill Evans” Comes to Brix in Stillwater
2021-07-17 19:30 - 22:30
Performance of “Kind of Bill – The Musical Life of Bill Evans” and his associations with Tony Bennett, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian, Miles Davis, Jim Hall, Eddie Gómez, Eliot Zigmund, Marc Johnson, and Joe LaBarbera.
Date & Time: Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT
Location:
Brix Music Café, 423 Main St. S.
Stillwater, MN 55082
(651) 342-0672
https://www.brixmusiccafe.com/
Program:
Larry McDonough (an ACF Showcase composer) Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano and voice
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass,
Dean White, drums
Families and students are welcome.
Learn more here.

Hal Leonard Supports the University of Michigan Choral Conducting Symposium
2021-07-19 - 2021-07-21
Redesigned for 2021, this choral conducting workshop will be an abbreviated version of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) Choral Conducting Symposium. Students will participate in daily lessons with SMTD faculty, gain access to daily lessons specific to choral conducting, and gain an introduction to the SMTD Choral Conducting Program.
All sessions will be online, allowing participants to engage with SMTD faculty from the comfort from their own home! Click here for a sample schedule, required repertoire, and more.
Session Dates: July 19 – July 21, 2021
Application Deadline: July 10, 2021
Learn more here.
Program Tuition: $250
Faculty:
Eugene Rogers (ACF’s CQ series editor), Director of Choral Activities, University of Michigan
Julie Skadsem, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of Michigan
Alysia Lee ( past CQ collaborator), Founder / Conductor of the Sister City Girlchoir & Maryland State Department of Education

Jupiter String Quartet presented by Bowdoin International Music Festival on Livestream Concert
2021-07-19 18:30 - 19:30
The Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violinists; Liz Freivogel, viola; and Daniel McDonough, cello) returns to the Bowdoin International Music Festival as a faculty ensemble, performing concerts on July 19 and August 2 in Studzinski Recital Hall. The Bowdoin International Music Festival is set to return to Brunswick this summer, gathering world-renowned musicians and students for an intensive schedule of chamber music study and performance. Only Festival students will be permitted inside the recital hall for live concerts, due to campus COVID policies. However, concerts will be livestreamed online from Studzinski Hall, free to community members and viewers around the world. Individuals are encouraged to RSVP in advance at www.bowdoinfestival.org/rsvp, and will receive day-of concert reminder emails with direct viewing links.
On Monday, July 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET the Jupiter Quartet joins forces with two members of the Ying Quartet. They will perform Alexander Zemlinsky’s String Quintet in D Minor with violist Phillip Ying and Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956 with cellist David Ying.
Learn more and register here.

AACM in Conversation with The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker
2021-07-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual, United States
AACM in Conversation with The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker Moderated by Dameun Strange on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 3PM CT
Join artist and AACM president Coco Elysses and New Renaissance Artist The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker’s discussion of the work Elizabeth has developed for AACM through our ACF l connect program. We’ll learn about Elizabeth’s inspiration for the electronically driven creation and the process of composing this piece for this iconic Chicago-based ensemble that has worldwide reach – moderated by Dameun Strange.
Learn about our ACF | connect program here.
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If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact Laura Krider (lkrider@composersforum, 612.314.9228) at least 48 hours before the event.
American Composers Forum’s ACF | connect program is made possible with the outstanding generosity of the following individuals: Jane Anfinson, Thomas Arneson, Suzanne Asher, Carol Barnett, Pearl and Bob Bergad, Margee and Will Bracken, Karen Brooks, Richard Cisek and Kay Fredericks, Dee Ann and Kent Crossley, Julia W. Dayton, C. Lee Essrig, Rosemary & David Good Family Foundation, Katherine Goodale, Jeff and Hyun Mee Graves, Mike and Kay McCarthy, Carol Heen, Steve Heitzeg and Gwen Pappas, Kathleen Henschel and John Dewes, Linda and Jack Hoeschler, Leaetta Hough and Bob Muschewske, Sam Hsu and Sally Cheng, Hella Mears Hueg Estate Gift, Thelma Hunter Estate Gift, John and Ruth Huss, George Frederick Jewett Foundation East, Art and Martha Kaemmer, Jon Lewis and Lisa Merklin, Greg McNeely, Alfred and Ann Moore, Louis and Gloria Nuechterlein, John Nuechterlein and Dan Monson, John and Debbie Orenstein, I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation in memory of Thelma Hunter, David and Judy Ranheim, Denice Rippentrop, Vanessa Rose, Bill and Susan Sands, Gale Sharpe, Doug and Kathy Skor, Dan and Ellie Thomas, Stephen and Jayne Usery, Kathleen van Bergen, Janika Vandervelde, Jim Wafler, and Margaret and Angus Wurtele.
