American Composers Forum

ACF & ACO co-presents professional development workshops: Composer to Composer Talk with William Bolcom, Gabriela Lena Frank, John Corigliano & Mason Bates
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and more.
Tune in to gain insight into the genesis, sound, and influence on the American orchestral canon of the featured work, and have the opportunity to ask questions of the artists.
Composer to Composer Talks are live-streamed on ACO’s Facebook and YouTube channels. If you register, you will receive the featured recordings in advance as well as the direct links to join the event.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 4pm CST | 5pm ET, Gabriela Lena Frank talks with William Bolcom about his Symphony No. 9, from 2012, of which Bolcom writes, “Today our greatest enemy is our inability to listen to each other, which seems to worsen with time. All we hear now is shouting, and nobody is listening because the din is so great. Yet there is a ‘still, small voice’ that refuses to disappear…I pin my hope on that voice. I search for it daily in life and in music – and possibly the ‘Ninth Symphony’ is a search for that soft sound.”
On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 4pm CST | 5pm ET, Mason Bates talks with John Corigliano about Corigliano’s work Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3 for Large Wind Ensemble) from 2004. Corigliano writes of the piece, “The Circus Maximus of ancient Rome was the largest arena in the world. 300,000 spectators were entertained by chariot races, hunts, and battles. The Roman need for grander and wilder amusement grew as its empire declined. The parallels between the high decadence of Rome and our present time are obvious. Entertainment dominates our reality, and ever-more-extreme ‘reality’ shows dominate our entertainment.”
Register to these events via the links above in correspondence to the event date.
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

OPERA America: New Works Forum
2021-01-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-01-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2021-01-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-01-26 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
VIRTUAL WINTER MEETING:
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10am, 2pm CST | 11am, 3pm EST and
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 10am, 2pm CST | 11am, 3pm EST
Register now for the New Works Forum, the pre-eminent national convening dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of new American opera. Producers, creative artists, publishers, and other stakeholders working to develop, support, and promote new work are all invited to attend.
This 2021 New Works Forum is designed to advance the field’s commitment to racial justice in and through new work development, and it will be guided by four priorities: equity, inclusion, diversity, and power-sharing.
This year’s forum will be held online over the course of four meetings, the first taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 26 and 27 (see schedule below).
REGISTER NOW
REGISTRATION DETAILS
The winter meeting of the New Works Forum is open to OPERA America members and non-members with registration.

OPERA America Member (Org. Staff and Individuals) — $25
OPERA America Artist Member — $10
Non-Member — $40
Artist Non-Member — $15
Student — $5

To access member pricing, log in to the New Works Forum page. If you are currently facing financial hardship that will impact your ability to pay the registration fee and attend the forum, contact us at Artistic@operaamerica.org or 646.699.5240.

Quiet Art: Bach’s Goldberg Variations
2021-01-27, 2021-01-26, 2021-01-25, 2021-01-24
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Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the program is J.S. Bach’s monumental keyboard work, Goldberg Variations, which Kinetic will perform in a new string ensemble arrangement. Quiet Art offers an intimate, yet invigorating musical musing that speaks to the solitary state of our current times.
This concert will be presented as a virtual live stream performance on Sunday January 24, at 7:30 PM CT.
After the live stream concludes, the concert recording will be available On Demand until Sunday, February 7, 2021.
Learn more here.

Program

Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer): Quiet Art for string quartet
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, arr. by Giancarlo Latta

Performers

Natalie Lin Douglas, violin
Samuel Park, violin
Mary Grace Johnson, violin
Jacob Schafer, violin
Natalie Lee, violin
Sergein Yap, viola
Tonya Burton, viola
Sebastian Stefanovic, viola
David Olson, cello
Bree Ahern, cello
John Belk, cello
Mas Podgorny, bass

Fresno Philharmonic presents their Digital Masterworks Series.
2021-01-26 22:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago)
For 2021, the Fresno Philharmonic is presenting a series of online performances in their Digital Masterworks Series. Each concert will premier on YouTube, and will later be broadcast on Valley Public Radio on the 2nd Tuesday following each YouTube premier. Join host David Aus and conductor Rei Hotoda for this series of special broadcasts.
Intersections of Past and Present: Hailstork and Haydn
On Valley Public Radio, KVPR FM89: Tuesday January 26th at 10PM CST | 8PM PST
American composer William Bolcom‘s Commedia is a witty commentary on the classical symphonic style of Haydn. The music of Adolphus Hailstork (a BQ composer), hailed as the dean of African-American composers, is also steeped in the classical tradition.
American Visions: Copland Appalachian Spring
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
The varieties of American music are on display in this program combining new voices with Aaron Copland‘s popular ballet score Appalachian Spring. Joan Tower‘s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman sets the stage for our musical exploration of American identity featuring recent works by Jessie Montgomery and Chickasaw Nation composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (a ChoralQuest composer).
Vive la France: Ibert Divertissement
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
Alons-y! This program is a Francophile’s delight culminating in the charming insouciance of Jacques Ibert‘s Divertissement. Our season-long exploration of contemporary African-American composers continues with Jasmine Barnes‘ timely Resistance Brass Quintet.
Bach to the Future: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
The Masterworks Series concludes with a celebration of the influence of Baroque music across five centuries. Gabrieli’s music written for St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice was an important for the turn from the Renaissance to the Baroque musical style. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 exemplifies the high Baroque style, while works by Beethoven, Villa-Lobos and Kevin Day testify to the Baroque’s lingering inspiration down to the present.
Check out their YouTube page on these dates and times to listen to each program.

Digital Premiere—They Will Take My Island
2021-01-26 18:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
Unreleased scenes and highly personal short films by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) are given original new musical scores by Armenian American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian (a board member and ACF Connect composer) in the world premiere of this MetLiveArts digital commission. Egoyan’s films and excerpts on the life of abstract painter Arshile Gorky are infused with themes of family and immigration.
Watch on Facebook or YouTube. Note: No login required.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST
Visit their website to learn more.

Glorious Mendelssohn & Strauss
2021-01-24 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-01-23 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
On Saturday & Sunday, January 23 & 24, 2021 at 7:30pm CST, conductor Delta David Gier and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (Sioux Falls, SD) will perform the World Premiere of New York City-based composer Frank J. Oteri’s (former ACF Board member, Delta David Geier) Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow, written in the last months of 2020.
The concerts will be presented to a limited in-person audience. The January 23rd concert will also be live-streamed on the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s Facebook page, as well as the South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s website at 5:30pm PST/7:30pm CST/8:30pm EST.
Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow, an 11-minute work for full orchestra, ruminates on the catharsis and empathy needed surrounding loss. Oteri improvised music that would become part of this work on the piano the morning after his mother passed away from Covid-19 in early April 2020, completing the other sections and orchestrating it after months of quarantining at home in October 2020.
This World Premiere by the SDSO marks a rare opportunity for live orchestral music—and new music—over the past year.
Learn more on their website here.

Jupiter Quartet presented by the Austin Chamber Music Center
2021-01-23 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
The Jupiter String Quartet is presented by Austin Chamber Music Center (ACMC) in a program entitled Inspiration. This online performance was recorded exclusively for this event at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where the ensemble has been artists-in-residence since 2012.
The program includes Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Uncharted Shores, a recent commission for them by Bay Chamber Concerts with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, alongside Mendelssohn’s exuberant Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12.
On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 7:30pm CST, the musicians will join the audience in a live chat when the event, and will give a pre-concert talk at 7:45pm CST. The performance will begin at 8pm CST.
Learn more here.

Virtual Opera Screening: The Golden Ass & Libretto
2021-01-23 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Virtual Opera Screening
The Golden Ass by Tiffany M. Skidmore (a past Jfund and McKnight winner)
Libretto by Patrick Gallagher, Apuleius, and C’hu Yuan
Featuring Quince Vocal Ensemble, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Psyche, Elizabeth Pearse, Venus, Anna Elder, Chorus, Kayleigh Butcher, Chorus
Adam Zahller, Cupid/Chorus, Justin Anthony Spenner, Father/Cupid, Anthony R Green, Cello, Joey Crane, Cello
Betsy McCann, Conductor, Joey Crane, Stage Director, Michael Duffy, Live Mixing/Tech
The Golden Ass is a modern setting of the Cupid and Psyche myth that focuses primarily on the relationship between Psyche and her jealous mother-in-law, Venus, and both their relationships to society. Psyche is a dissociating young girl (in no stars), a reluctant new bride (in shuangxi or “double happiness”), and both the daughter of one man and the wife of another who no longer value their partners as their partners begin to age (grow old). Venus encapsulates her own concerns about aging and the fear of being supplanted by a younger, more “viable” woman in mais mes mains (or “but my hands”). Society watches Psyche’s life unfold—at times silently failing to speak on her behalf, while at other times, amplifying the malignant voices that surround her.
WATCH on YouTube on Saturday, January 23, 2021, 7:30PM CST.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT

2021-01-23 17:15 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
The University of Georgia Wind Bands will host JanFest: the 71st Annual UGA January High School Band Festival on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 5:15pm CST | 6:15pm EST.
At any rate, this is a virtual event that begins the evening with a chat with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser (more info available at musicforall.org/who-we-are/bios/dr-tim-lautzenheiser).
Then, there are video performances from Central-Carroll High School Symphonic Band, Dutchtown High School Wind Symphony, Woodland High School Wind Symphony, plus a video concert from Hodgson Wind Ensemble and Friends. Conductor H. Robert Reynolds (University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music) will host a talk named “What Makes a Great Conductor Great?” and the night will close out at 9 p.m. with a chat among composers Jennifer Jolley and Alex Shapiro (a BQ composer), and soprano Lindsay Kesselman.
For more information, visit their Facebook page here.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.
2021-01-22 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
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.

Dance, Rhythm, & Blues
2021-01-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
From Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat to the ragtime riffs of Joplin’s The Entertainer, this wide-ranging program features dance music from French and American Impressionism to jazz, blues and swing. Iowa composer Michael Daugherty’s (a BQ composer) Sinatra Shag kicks off the program with swirling chromatic grooves; D’Indy’s spirited Chanson et Danses evokes the French countryside. Milhaud’s Brazilian-influenced Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra features Principal Percussionist Aaron Williams as soloist, while Piazzolla’s Libertango evokes Argentinian tango salons. Finally, the works of two Black American composers, William Grant Still and Scott Joplin, conclude the concert with notes of jazz, blues, and ragtime.
Date & time: Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7pm CST
Tickets are $20 and you can get it here.

Composers At Home, Maybe Drinking Coffee: S3, E2: Timothy Mahr
2021-01-21 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Join a live discussion with composer and conductor Dr. Timothy Mahr, Professor of music and director of bands at St. Olaf College. We’ll talk about his musical journey, share some music, the world of band music, and more.
Questions and comments are welcome during the show from our viewers. The stream will be hosted on YouTube as well as Facebook via the Composers At Home, Maybe Drinking Coffee page
Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST

**RESCHEDULED TBD** ACF & ACO's Next Professional Development Panel: Entrepreneurship & Ensembles for Composers
2021-01-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
**RESCHEDULED EVENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK TO FIND A NEW DATE & TIME**
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and more.
Panelists:
Afa Dworkin, Sphinx Organization
Nadia Sirota, yMusic
Sugar Vendil, The Nouveau Classical Project
How can composers help guide their own careers? What part does creating an ensemble play in that? Composer Frank J. Oteri, composer advocate at New Music USA and editor of NewMusicBox, moderates an interactive online Zoom panel exploring topics of entrepreneurship and career advancement as a composer with a group of innovative ensemble creators. Register for free access, and have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel and join in the discussion.
Register here.
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

Professional Development Webinars co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF),
2021-01-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and more.
Volume One runs from October 14, 2020 through February 3, 2021. All Professional Development Webinars are free of charge, with registration required.
Schedule:

Monday, November 9, 2020 at 2pm CDT / 3pm ET: Fundraising via Supportive Individuals
Learn how to raise funds for your next project by leveraging the support of generous individuals. ACO Acting President and Director of Development Lyndsay Werking leads a panel of artists and administrators fluent in grassroots fundraising. Q&A with audience will follow.
Panelists: Bonnie Marshall, American Composers Forum VP of Development; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Dafnis Prieto, drummer, composer, and educator; Somi Kakoma, vocalist & songwriter

If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact Laura Krider via lkrider@composersforum.org within 48 hours of the event.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 2pm CDT / 3pm ET: Entrepreneurship & Ensembles for Composers
How can composers help guide their own careers? What part does creating an ensemble play in that? Frank J. Oteri moderates a panel of innovative ensemble creators to explore topics of entrepreneurship and career advancement as a composer. Q&A with audience will follow.
Panelists: Afa Dworkin, Sphinx Organization; Nadia Sirota, yMusic; Sugar Vendil, The Nouveau Classical Project

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2pm CDT / 3pm ET: Finding Your Voice Online
How can composers find their true artistic message and convey that effectively online? Dameun Strange, Director of Community and Belonging at ACF, moderates a panel and Q&A exploring topics of authenticity and effectiveness online.
Panelists: Anthony R. Green, composer & performer; Mary Prescott, composer and interdisciplinary artist; Beth Stewart, Verismo Communications founder

The Greatest Good, by Jocelyn Hagen
2021-01-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
“The Greatest Good” is the fourth movement from Jocelyn Hagen‘s multimedia symphony THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI.
This virtual choir features performers from all over the country, and was created by C. Scott Company Multimedia Production.
For more information on this multimedia symphony, visit: https://www.jocelynhagen.com/davinci/​ Check out Jocelyn’s Tedx Talk titled “Composing for Choir, Orchestra, and Video Projections” on YouTube
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 19, at 7:30pm CST

EnsembleNEWSRQ announces a “newStart” to its 2020-21 season
2021-01-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
EnsembleNEWSRQ announces a “newStart” to its 2020-21 season, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chamber music group, now in its fifth season, will take a cautious approach to reintroducing live musical performance, with its five upcoming programs gradually increasing in size as pandemic and vaccine news is monitored.
Concerts will be offered in a digital streaming format, and, if the situation allows, to a small in-person audience in 2021. Tickets to the streamed concerts will be “pay what you can.”
The ensemble also aims to increase the diversity of the composers represented during the season, with a concentrated focus on female, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC composers.
Schedule:
It’s About Time – October 19, 2020 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Features MN Orch Composer Institute, Katie Balch; and BandQuest composer, Tania Leon
Solitude and Suffrage – January 18, 2021 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Features NextNotes composer, Quinn Mason
Enter the Vortex – February 15, 2021 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Digital – March 15, 2021 at 8pm
Body Vessel – April 12, 2021 at 2pm CDT / 3pm EDT
Some works and final programs are still TBD and dependent on COVID situation. Find out more information here.

Music That Travels Through Space, Chamber Series
2021-01-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored by Harris N. Miller, NatPhil Board Chair and Deborah A. Kahn
Alas, we can’t all become astronauts, but this concert offers the next best thing. Seven talented NatPhil instrumentalists bring us on a musical journey through space, exploring the universe, the moon, and the stars in a way that will make you feel like out of this world! Accompanying images and videos supplied by NASA complete the experience.
Date & Time: Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 1pm CST | 2 pm EST
Laura Colgate, violin,
Julius Wirth, viola,
Lori Barnet, cello,
Chris Gekker, trumpet,
Suzanne Gekker, clarinet,
Elizabeth Hill, piano,
Alistair Coleman (a NextNotes creator), Acquainted with the Night
Lili Boulanger, Nocturne pour violon et piano
Osvaldo Golijov, Tenebrae arranged for string quartet
Manuel Ponce, 2 Canciones Mexicanas II. Estrellita arranged By Jascha Heifetz for violin and piano
Luise Adolpha Le Beau, Drei Stücke for viola and piano, op. 26, I. Nachtstück
Alistair Coleman, Nova (2014)
Carson Cooman, Moon Marked
Claude Debussy, Beau Soir arranged by Jascha Heifetz for cello and piano
Visit their website here.

Darkness Sounding: Jiji & Gulli Bjornson and richard valitutto
2021-01-17 08:58 - 19:08, 2021-01-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 7pm CST | 5pm PST | 8pm EST
Guitartists Jiji and Gulli Bjornson, represented by avatars, will improvise to prompts generated by a digital Magic 8 Ball in response to questions from the online audience. The cyber-psychedelic desert space, designed by virtual reality architect Drew Busmire, will remain up online, with drones by the collaborators, for the duration of the festival.
Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 8:58am – 7:08pm CST | 6:58am – 5:08pm PST | 9:58am – 8:08pm EST
richard valitutto performs an all-day virtual house concert, a livestream lasting from LA’s sunrise to sunset. He marks the passing hours in pianistic solitude — playing music of long durations and gentle contemplation, full of silences, simplicity, and quietude. Featuring works by Ann Southam (Simple Lines of Enquiry), Federico Mompou (Música callada), Valentin Silvestrov (Silent Songs), Alvin Curran (Inner Cities), and many others.
Learn more about both events here.

BORN ON THE WATER
2021-01-17 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Boston Children’s Chorus unites its voices to honor the resilience of a people that have formed the backbone of this country’s cultural heritage. In 1619, the first slave-bearing ship, the White Lion, arrived on the shores of North America, marking the onset of centuries-long injustice borne by black Americans. Drawing upon a rich artistic legacy, we share music that underscores the history of the African American experience and reflect on the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Features arrangements are by ChoralQuest composer Rollo Dilworth.
Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 3pm CST | 4pm EST
Watch live on their website.

Great Falls Symphony's 62nd Live Concert Series - 2020-2021 Season
2021-01-16 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-01-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver)
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”

ACF's January Study Group: Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
2021-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
ACF’s Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends.
For our January study group, we will be discussing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. Praised by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” the book is a personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone)
Don’t have a chance to read the book? No problem! Check out this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceoy3Nte-5k and join us!
Date & Time: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 4pm CST
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocemtrj0pH9WTB12MSLZDBOlJbjcCT-a8
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
**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
