A presentation of works for solo percussion performed by Jonathan Hepfer featuring works by Alvin Lucier, John Cage, and a performance of James Tenney’s "Having Never Written a Note for Percussion." Date & Time: Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 9 PM CT | 7 PM PT Learn more and get tickets here.
The NYC Winter Jazzfest will return to form in 2022, with 10 nights of programming in Manhattan and Brooklyn beginning on Thursday, January 13, 2022 to Saturday, Jenuary 22, 2022. There will be over 100 groups, 500 musicians including Jen Shyu (a ChoralQuest composer), and across 12 venues. NYC Winter Jazzfest will partner with BBC […]
As many organizations look to explore diversity equity and inclusion, what does it mean to do this work responsibly? During this study group, we will use the Classical Music UK article The Long View which examines the idea of responsible DEI work and responsibility in DEI work. On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 4:00 PM CT, […]
The chorus will make its return to live performance with “Love in Action.” The concert of choral music will bring together works of eight contemporary American composers including Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), Rosephanye Powell (a ChoralQuest composer), Abbie Betinis (a ChoralQuest composer), Morten Lauridsen, and others to explore universal themes of reflection, […]
Violinist, Tai Murray (“superb,” N Y Times), joins violist, Melissa Reardon (“virtuosic,” Classical Voice); cellist, Raman Ramakrishnanan (“admired,” New Yorker); bassist, Doug Balliett; and Artistic Director Aaron Wunsch for a program of quintets, traditional and contemporary. Schubert’s beloved “Trout” Quintet accompanies Xhosa composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s Intlanzi Yase Mzantsi (The Fish From South Africa, based on […]
ERNEST BLOCH – From Jewish Life (1925) FAZIL SAY – 4 Cities Cello Sonata (2012) ERNEST BLOCH – Nigun (Improvisation from Baal Shem) (1923) L.D. MALASHKIN – Romance ‘I met you’ ERNEST BLOCH – Méditation hébraïque (1924) FAZIL SAY – Song Yiğidim Aslanım (My Brave, My Lion) The ideas of east meeting west, Islamic to […]
World Premieres by Tomeka Reid, Ken Thomson and Fred Frith New Arrangements of Works by Nick Dunston, Aeryn Santillan, Jeffrey Brooks, Trevor Weston and Soo Yeon Lyuh Bang on a Can’s annual People’s Commissioning Fund Concert returns with a high-octane concert of world premieres and an expanded nine-piece Bang on a Can All-Stars lineup! Jen […]
An introduction to the dream and message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—created especially for young listeners. With music by more than a century of Black composers including Florence Price, William Grant Still, Undine Smith Moore, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, and Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer). Music of freedom, of triumph, of inspiration. This concert features the recent winner of the […]
Troubled by the onslaught of killings of unarmed Black men, Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Thompson wrote his Seven Last Words of the Unarmed in 2015, after finding Brooklyn-based journalist and artist Shirin Barghi’s #lastwords project on the same subject. The piece that resulted has resounded strongly in the choral world, and Musica Viva NY and the Aeolus Quartet are honored […]
The program includes the rescheduled and highly anticipated world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s (a McKnight fellow) work celebrating women’s voices and written in commemoration of the centenary of women’s suffrage. Featuring illuminated portraits and the words of 47 different women from around the world and across time, this work tells the story of the importance of finding—and using—your […]
The program includes the rescheduled and highly anticipated world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s (a McKnight fellow) work celebrating women’s voices and written in commemoration of the centenary of women’s suffrage. Featuring illuminated portraits and the words of 47 different women from around the world and across time, this work tells the story of the importance of finding—and using—your […]
Marin Symphony's favorite Joyce Yang returns for Tchaikovsky’s beloved 1st Piano Concerto, along with colorful masterpieces by Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) and Igor Stravinsky. Date & Time: Saturday, January, 29, 2022 at 10 PM CT | 8 PM PT Sunday, January, 30, 2022 at 5 PM CT | 3 PM PT PROGRAM: […]