Date & Time: March 4, 2021 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST Virtual performance filmed in Merkin Hall Featuring 7th and 8th grade performers from Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School, the country’s only K-12 public school that teaches music as a core subject during the school day. Learn more and get tickets here. About […]
Artist Director Finalist, Robert Franz will curate this concert of Signature Symphony musicians featured in a more intimate and personal setting, allowing them to perform safely with physical distancing guidelines in place. The streaming nature of these concerts will give you (our patrons) an up-close vantage point not possible in a full orchestra concert in […]
Morten Lauridsen’s "O magnum mysterium" has become one of the world’s most performed and recorded compositions since its 1994 premiere. Experience the composer's own brass arrangement of this "quiet song of profound inner joy." Michael Daugherty's (a BandQuest composer) "Asclepius" refers to the Greek God of medicine. This majestic fanfare for brass and percussion celebrates […]
Inspired by her own mixed-race heritage and career-long engagement with diverse musical traditions, pianist Lara Downes creates and curates a new digital recording venture, Rising Sun Music, that sheds a bright light on the music and stories of Black composers over the past 200 years. Featuring a wide range of leading instrumentalists and vocalists (including […]
First Fridays with Robert Black is a monthly series of virtual mini-concerts featuring new music for solo double bass, streaming from his home studio in Hartford, Connecticut, at 12pm ET. The performance is designed to fit any time and place – whether it’s with morning coffee in Los Angeles, lunch in New York, happy hour […]
The Choirs of Idaho State University will present the ISU Choirs Mid-Winter Concert. Scott Anderson, ISU director of choral activities, will conduct the Chamber Choir and Concert Choir, and pianist Natalia Lauk will play for both groups in the presentation of a wide variety of choral styles and genres. Anderson will lead the 43 voice […]
Join us for the world premiere of NEW MUSIC written by our elementary singers of Sister Cities Girlchoir and The Music & Motion Choir. The compositions were created during a short-term residency with composer, Erin Busch (in ACF's Philly chapter) sponsored by the American Composers Forum. Alysia Lee (a ChoralQuest collaborator) of SCGC will also […]
In 1964, Terry Riley kicked off a revolution with his landmark piece, In C. In 2001, Bang on a Can released a recording of their interpretation of the minimalist classic with a singular combination of amplified instruments from around the globe, propelling Riley’s transcendental masterpiece into the future. This recording on Cantaloupe Music was on […]
On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 2pm CST | 3pm EST, Bang on a Can presents the video premiere of Bang on a Can All-Star Vicky Chow’s performance of Michael Gordon’s Sonatra as a Watch Party. The program will include a Q & A about the work with Chow and Gordon, moderated by Ethan Iverson, […]
Low-Key Chamber Concert Series An eclectic concert series, ensemble, record label, and presenting organization for music with a 34-year history of premiering good music that is pushing the boundaries of sound and composition. Saturdays, February 6 through March 14, 2021 at 4pm CST | 5pm EST Live-streamed on the Composers Concordance Facebook page. Event listing: […]
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY MUSIC in collaboration with MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC invites you to share virtually with the FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE Deep Listening: 5 consecutive 15-minute sessions; guided meditations, daily rituals, improvised text scores, and movement exercises; Deep Listening provides multiple tools for mindfulness, creativity, and communal music making. Friday, January 29, 2021 […]
Valley Beth Shalom Member and composer Sergio Barer received a McKnight Visiting Composer Residency in 2019 from the American Composers Forum to conduct interviews with members of the Mexican immigrant community in Minneapolis. The Immigrants is a moving four-part choral composition based on the experiences of those immigrants as depicted through their powerful interviews. Valley […]