American Composers Forum

Flying Forms – Virtual Courtroom Concert
2020-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual, United States
This performance will be a new program in the format of a video presentation.
Featuring:
Marc Levine, baroque violin
Tulio Rondón, baroque cello and viola da gamba
Tami Morse, harpsichord
Date & Time: Thursday, November 12, 12:00 pm CST
Find more information here.

New Works Commission Composer Sessions
2020-11-12 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual, United States
The New Works Commission Composer Sessions is hosted by composer and National Sawdust Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Paola Prestini. Designed for composers and free for all to enjoy, these Sessions provide insights and tools for developing evolving entrepreneurial skills and new ways of thinking. As a part of their New Works Commission, these Sessions are an extension of their deep commitment to the mentorship of emerging composers and incubation of new works. For the full details head to https://live.nationalsawdust.org/national-sawdust-composer-series

Schedule:
Marcos Balter – Sept 17th @ 5pm
Steve Smith – Sept 24th @ 5pm
Ellen Reid – Oct 1st @ 5pm
Jeffrey Zeigler – Oct 8th @ 5pm
Andy Bart – Oct 15th @ 5pm
JACK Quartet – Oct 22nd @ 5pm
Chris Grymes – Oct 29th @ 5pm
Pamela Z – Nov 5th @ 5pm
Karen Wong – Nov 12th @ 5pm

Facebook event for series: https://www.facebook.com/events/367495814268074/

Facebook livestream for Marcos Balter: https://www.facebook.com/NationalSawdust/posts/3439687456077856

Facebook announce post: https://www.facebook.com/NationalSawdust/posts/3439673806079221

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHv96ShDWA/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NationalSawdust/status/1305526351777214464?s=20

Brickyard Broadcast by Lisa Bielawa - a spatialized virtual reality musical work presented by NC State
2020-11-12 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
On Thursday, November 12 at 5pm CT / 6pm ET the North Carolina State University Department of Music presents Brickyard Broadcast from acclaimed composer Lisa Bielawa. Brickyard Broadcast, a spatialized work for hundreds of musicians will have its world premiere in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment designed by the digital media teams at the NC State University Libraries. The link to join the event will be posted at https://music.arts.ncsu.edu/brickyard-broadcast. After a pre-show discussion, viewers will enter the VR Brickyard environment built by the NC State University Libraries to experience the world premiere of Brickyard Broadcast, performed by the NC State orchestras (Raleigh Civic Symphony and Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra), the NC State choirs (State Chorale, Vox Accalia and Singing Statesmen), and the Concert Singers of Cary. Following the VR experience of the performance, audience members can join again for a Q&A session.
Brickyard Broadcast represents an energizing and participatory artistic process designed to help address the challenges faced by orchestras and choirs during this prolonged period of social distancing. The piece will be a 20-minute work that viewers can experience either from start to finish in a curated sound experience or in a self-guided modular way. Nine separate musical groups will animate the various areas of the virtual Brickyard, creating an immersive sound experience for anyone who visits the site, accessible either with VR interface or, in a 3-D stereo version, via any personal web device.
The choirs will sing fragments taken from the writings of various thinkers from a broad historical range: Gertrude Stein (“A refusal to sing is one thing, to go on with a song is not wrong.”); H.G. Wells (“It takes a multitude to make such a stillness”); Wallace Stegner (“There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its home and happiness its headquarters”); plus Anne Bradstreet, Phyllis Wheatley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Ives, and Walt Whitman.

Composer Roundtable And Happy Hour
2020-11-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
The Composer Roundtable And Happy Hour, hosted by Elliott Miles McKinley, is a place for composers and music makers to chat, talk shop, and exchange ideas. Some music, time permitted, may be shared.
Register and join on Zoom on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Jupiter Quartet performs Michi Wiancko, George Walker, and Mendelssohn presented by the Middlebury Performing Arts Series
2020-11-13 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
The Jupiter String Quartet is presented for the ninth time by the Middlebury Performing Arts Series. This year’s online performance was recorded at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where the ensemble has been artists-in-residence since 2012. This free performance concludes the Jupiter’s online residency at Middlebury College and will be available online at go.middlebury.edu/digitalstages.
For this performance, the quartet will play 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 George Walker’s “Lyric” from his String Quartet No. 1 and Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12.
Join on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:30pm CDT / 7:30pm EST.
For more information, click here.

Great Falls Symphony's 62nd Live Concert Series - 2020-2021 Season
2020-11-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-11-22 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”

How Can We Not Sing?
2020-11-14 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago)
Workshop Description: This workshop will take audiences through the creation process of their most recent work, How Can We Not Sing. Their song was developed in response to the current issue of solidarity between Asian and Black people all over the world. They believe this type of anti-racist collaborative project centers the vital role of art to bring us together. Audience members will engage with music creators and each other to reflect on social justice themes. The performance begins with the musical piece and then take participants through four components: the creation of lyrical content, music composition, the collaboration process, and discussion/taking questions. The Chinese government’s silencing of our people intersects with the silencing of Black people by the United States’ criminal justice system. Though these experiences are different, this connection is where we begin our work of standing against injustice. This project is designed for music creators, artists from other disciplines who want to work with music creators, and people interested in understanding this type of process. This experience will bring these groups together to have a conversation about social justice through art creation.
Join on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10am CDT.
Production Team: Yan Pang is a composer, performer, and scholar. She is currently an adjunct instructor of music at the University of Minnesota, where she received her Ph.D. in Music with a minor in Theater Arts & Dance. Her work focuses on inter-cultural music composition and performance. As part of this interest, she has been commissioned to compose and invited to perform in music festivals throughout the world. Her upcoming performance, “MIXTAPE IV: Now Streaming,” will be performed at the Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts in February 2021. To learn more, please visit www.yanpangcreate.com.
AK is a composer/musician now living in Warsaw, Poland. After finishing a Master’s degree study about the theory of harmony in the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, she moved to Poland. She tended to create music pieces to combine electronic sounds, visual material, and contemporary methods. She works as a freelance musician and has her own band Pomponika. AK composes, produces, sings, and performs different instruments. In her works, the text is as important as the music itself. Topics involve reflections about domestic violence, modern industry, nationalism, homophobia, also some inner thoughts about life, emotion, or death. More of her music can be found on Spotify, YouTube, and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pomponika/.
Annie Liang is a young and unstoppable singer-songwriter, mainly focusing on the pop-rock genre. With her unique voice, she has won the gold medal in the NetEase Cloud Music singing competition. She has also been invited to perform in several music festivals in Los Angeles and Beijing. She is also a talented songwriter whose songs are usually catchy and create an atmosphere that makes people feel powerful.

Rondo Community Music Series 2020
2020-11-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
“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

The Albany Symphony 2020/2021 SEASON RE-IMAGINED!
2020-11-14 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
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.

Red Rocks Music Festival Presents World-Acclaimed Pianist Inna Faliks
2020-11-15 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago)
Red Rocks Music Festival presents world-acclaimed pianist and head of piano area at UCLA, Inna Faliks, in “Dialogues”. This live concert with social-distancing guidelines will take place on Sunday, November 15th, 3:30pm CST / 2:30 pm (MST) at the Sedona Creative Life Center.
The program includes Mozart sonata No.4, K304 with violinist Moshe Bukshpan, Founder/Director of the Red Rocks Music Festival, Beethoven’s Fantasie Op.77, Maya Miro Johnson (a NextNotes creator), Manuscripts, Don’t Burn for speaking pianist, written for Ms. Faliks, Liszt- Mephisto Waltz, A jazzy selection by Billy Childs, Pursuit, written for Inna Faliks, Ravel- Ondine from Gaspard de LA Nuit and Chopin’s Etude Op.25 #7, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 and Scherzo No. 1.
Tickets are $36.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit redrocksmusicfestival.com.

SRS @ HOME
2020-11-15 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
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

AURA: ONE ON ONE
2020-11-16
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

CANTATA FOR A MORE HOPEFUL TOMORROW
2020-11-17 - 2020-12-01
What is it: an innovative new short film directed by Emmy award winning filmmaker Bob Berg that tells a story from despair to hope, inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, set to a new score for virtual chorus commissioned by The Washington Chorus and composed by acclaimed American composer Damien Geter. Sung and recorded virtually by The Washington Chorus, led by Dr. Eugene Rogers.
Collaborators: soloists including Virginia native, soprano Aundi Marie Moore (recently seen in the Metropolitan Opera revival of “Porgy and Bess”), and cellist Seth Parker Woods.
The film is on Demand Streaming now through December 1, 2020.
Tickets: $15 all tickets, on sale now at thewashingtonchorus.ticketspice.com/tickets.

Out of Context Round Table #1
2020-11-17 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it intersects with both Western European-based classical music and the broader social landscape. Commissioned by American Composers Forum and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, the goal of the series is to offer information and diverse perspectives to those seeking to acknowledge historical context, honor cultural traditions that are not their own, and expand their sphere of knowledge with awareness and respect. A culminating collection of these articles and other resources will be shared for continued learning and dialogue.
Join us for as Shruthi Rajasekar moderates a conversation between these authors:
Hon Ki Cheung
Chevall Pryce
Elizabeth A. Baker
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtduurqzwrHtJke0YLwRvIfXZE3SXWMLYo
If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact Laura Krider (lkrider@composersforum.org, 612.314.9228) within 48 hours of the event.

Live from Columbia: Mariel Roberts, cello
2020-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
VIDEO PREMIERE Co-presented with Columbia University School of the Arts
“Listeners should come running,” declares WQXR regarding the work of gifted cellist Mariel Roberts. For this solo recital, she performs a diverse and thrilling program, including one of her own compositions and excerpts from the beloved sixth Cello Suite by J.S. Bach.
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, November 17, 2020 at 6pm CST / 7pm EST.
Get more information here.

Breaking Barriers in Classical Music
2020-11-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2020 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities. Among notable Heinz Award recipients (in multiple categories) over the past 25 years, the other composers have been John Luther Adams, Mason Bates, and John Harbison.
Gaby will be leading a discussion/performance session called Breaking Barriers in Classical Music this coming Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 2pm CST / 3PM ET, which is free and open to the public.
Speakers include:
–Dr. Gabriela Lena Frank, Recipient of the 2020 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities
–Dr. Eric Moe, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh
With performances by:
–Dawn Posey, violinist
–Kelly Guerra, mezzo-soprano
–Eric Sedgwick, pianist
–Iman Habibi, composer and pianist
–Deborah Grimmett, pianist
RSVP using this link: https://pm1pro.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6WyJfkjtQfGpzpnfGDfrUg
Click on this link to view online announcement of this year’s winners: http://heinzawards.net/2020-recipients/

American Composers Orchestra's Composer to Composer Talk: George Lewis with Courtney Bryan and Damon Holzborn
2020-11-18 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) presents its inaugural Composer to Composer Talk online on Thursday, November 18 at 2pm CT / 3pm ET, with composers George Lewis, Courtney Bryan, and Damon Holzborn. The talk will be live-streamed and available for on-demand viewing for seven days. Tickets are free; registration is highly encouraged. Registrants will receive links to recordings of featured works in advance of the event.
On November 18, Courtney Bryan and Damon Holzborn will talk with George Lewis about his Virtual Concerto from 2004, a piece for improvising computer piano soloist and orchestra, written for ACO.
Volume One of ACO’s Composer to Composer Talks runs through January 27, 2021. Future talks include Chen Yi (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer) Zhou Long, and Kerwin Young (December 2); William Bolcom and Gabriela Lena Frank (January 13); and John Corigliano and Mason Bates (January 27).
Volume Two, to be announced in January 2021, will include composers Missy Mazzoli and Meredith Monk, among others.
Find more information on this link.

Horacio Contreras, cello & Ana María Otamendi, piano – Virtual Courtroom Concert
2020-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual, United States
This performance will be an archival program in the format of an audio presentation.
Program to include Samuel Barber’s Cello Sonata Op. 6, as well as works by Ricardo Lorenz and Ramón Delgado Palacios. Their concert will also feature Diáspora for cello and piano by Reinaldo Moya, Schubert Club Composer-in-Residence from 2017-2019.
Date & Time: Thursday, November 19, 12:00 pm CT
Find more information here.

Out of Context Round Table #2
2020-11-19 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
“Out of Context” is a 10-part series that addresses the topic of cultural appropriation as it intersects with both Western European-based classical music and the broader social landscape. Commissioned by American Composers Forum and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, the goal of the series is to offer information and diverse perspectives to those seeking to acknowledge historical context, honor cultural traditions that are not their own, and expand their sphere of knowledge with awareness and respect. A culminating collection of these articles and other resources will be shared for continued learning and dialogue.
Join us as Kori Hill moderates a conversation between these authors:
Anthony Tan
Aisha Staggers
inti figgis-vizueta
Nick Benavides
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIodeqhrTIsGdJyxk6IfMbG74icQbjL6WJA
If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact Laura Krider (lkrider@composersforum.org, 612.314.9228) within 48 hours of the event.

Performance as Process with Conrad Tao
2020-11-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
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.

Music for Days Like This
2020-11-21 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
The brainchild of VSO Creative Projects Chair Matt LaRocca, our newest project serves the present moment with streamed chamber ensemble performances, presented from a variety of traditional and unexpected venues around the state. Your VSO will premiere new works from composers of diverse styles and backgrounds, showcase beloved classics, and collaborate with esteemed creative partners from Vermont and beyond. In a performance season like no other, we’re thrilled to share this music with you!
This concert will feature a string quintet and pianist and will be performed from Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester
Saturday, November 21, 2020, 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm ET
Brooke Quiggins and Jane Kittredge, violins
Stefanie Taylor, viola
John Dunlop, cello
Luke Baker, bass
Mary Jane Austin, piano
Hosted by VSO New Music Advisor David Ludwig
Get tickets here.

Transcendent Beethoven, Digital World Premiere featuring Tracy Silverman
2020-11-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Apollo Chamber Players, is featuring African-American composer Kimo Williams this Sunday November 22 at 7pm CST /8 pm EST as part of a digital world premiere and live Zoom Q&A.
The commission is titled With Malice Toward None and is scored for string quartet and electric violin – the piece connects President Lincoln and Beethoven through their shared Enlightenment ideals. Kimo is also a veteran and dedicated this piece to the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis.
Join on Facebook.
Register and join for the Q &A on Zoom.

Rethinking Music Theory Pedagogy: A Panel Discussion (Composers Coffee Break)
2020-11-23 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Join Elliott Miles McKinley and two of Mckinley’s fellow teachers of music at the college level, Dr. Peter Smucker (Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Stetson University) and Dr. Erich Stem (Associate Professor of Music Composition at Indiana University Southeast) for a free and open panel discussion on the role of music theory at the undergraduate college/university level.
They will explore problems in both past and current methodologies, and discuss ways to imagine a path forward in our own pedagogy to better serve the needs of students in our programs. They invite discussion and questions from the audience, especially those who are also teachers and students of music.
Join them LIVE on Facebook or on Youtube on Monday, November 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM CST.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble Virtual Concerts
2020-11-25 - 2020-12-09
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Department of Music brings music straight to your home this November with a variety of virtual concerts.

Two of these virtual events include the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) concert conducted by Glenn Hayes Ph.D., and the Whitewater Symphony Orchestra (WSO) conducted by Christopher Ramaekers, Ph.D.

SWE will be performing “Canzona” by Peter Mennin, “Divertimento for Band” by Vincent Persichetti, movement II of “Four Abstractions for Band” by Robert Ward,” Prelude and Fugue in A-flat” by Bach (arranged by Roland Moehlmann), movement II of “Dragon Rhyme” by Chen Yi, and “Mysterium” by Jennifer Higdon (Chen Yi and Jennifer Higdon are both BandQuest and ChoralQuest composers).

The content will be available for viewing on Wednesday, November 25 through Wednesday, December 9.
Single viewer tickets are $13 and family viewing tickets are $26.
For more information on tickets to each concert, you can call (262) 472-2222 or by going to tickets.uww.edu.

Lunchtime Concert Series - Autumn 2020 features black composers
2020-11-25 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Chicago)
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.

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 airs on PBS this holiday season
2020-11-27
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!

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience.
2020-11-27 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).
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Sounds From Home
2020-11-28 20:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-29 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will center their program over Thanksgiving weekend around their complex and ever-evolving sense of home. Dvořák wrote his American String Quintet after moving to the United States, blending Czech influences with popular American music. The program also features excerpts from Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2, infused with African American dances and Black idioms of the mid-20th century. SPCO Principal Flute Julia Bogorad-Kogan performs a solo work by James Lee III, inspired by his long relationship with Brazilian music and Saint Paul composer PaviElle (ACF | create awardee and a McKnight Composition Fellow) French reprises a movement from A Requiem for Zula, a piece commissioned and premiered by the SPCO as part of its 2019 Tapestry 19 Festival, which explored the concept of home from the perspectives of a diverse set of composers and artists. The program opens with the world premiere of Elegy for Solo Oboe by composer Chen Yi (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer), who was born in Guangzhou, China and settled in the United States, where she is a Professor of Composition at University of Missouri-Kansas City. The piece was written for and will be performed by SPCO Principal Oboe Cassie Pilgrim, whose family hails from the same region of China.
Dates and streaming links:
Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 8pm CST. Streamed from the Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul
Stream online on November 28th here.
Sunday, November 29, at 2pm CST (rebroadcast of live stream)
Stream online on November 29th here.

The Fall 2020 Digital Season is completely free of charge — no tickets necessary!
Stream online for free at thespco.org/live. SPCO musicians will perform from the Ordway Concert Hall with no audience on site, and this performance will be streamed through the organization’s free online Concert Library. Live streams will occur every other week at 8:00pm on Saturdays, with a 2:00pm rebroadcast the following day.
For a complete listing of the Fall 2020 Digital Season, including upcoming live streams and additional encore broadcasts, visit thespco.org/live.
