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 […]
"Shawnee, Ohio" will have its premiere screening at the Wexner Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 4pm CST | 5pm EST. It is free, and will run through March 16. Learn more and get tickets here. Harnetty's "Shawnee, Ohio" -- presented here in a newly edited film version -- weaves together […]
The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). 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, […]
The Issam Rafea and Gao Hong (ACF Board Member) duo performs live improvisations blending Chinese and Arabic techniques. Songlines Magazine in the U.K. called their collaboration “…engaging, deeply contemplative, and culturally resonant.” Each performance is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and audiences have the opportunity to witness singular creations that come to life before their eyes and ears, but are […]
An immersive 45-minute work combining multi-screen animation, live camera and contemporary jazz music. It will be developed and presented by visual artist Shiyi Li, British jazz musicians James Owston and Daniel Kemshell and American percussionists Lindsey Eastham and Gloria Yehilevsky. Date & Time: Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 1pm CST | 8pm MGT (London) Learn […]
Twenty-six artists collaborate to bring you a live, online song cycle called Swell, weaving together ten original, new music compositions by ten composers drawing from their personal histories as immigrants and children of immigrants. Hailing from Mexico, India, Israel, Japan, Trinidad, the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan, the composers’ unique, surprising, and deeply human stories are […]
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 […]
On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 7:30pm CST, Penelope Freeh, alongside collaborator Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, will perform LIVE for an audience of cameras. Their concert can then be accessed on demand through Sunday, March 14. Please note: Ticket purchasing for Opening Night closes at 5:30pm CST! This performance was originally slated to happen one year ago. […]
The Grand Forks Master Chorale is presenting a concert, “Renascent,” to bring us together from darkness to light on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 8pm CST at St. Michael’s Church (504 5th Ave N.) The program also includes “Drei Geistliche Gesange (Three Sacred Hymns),” by Alfred Schnittke; “Elijah Rock,” arranged by Moses Hogan; “O Lux […]
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 […]
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: […]
The Cal Poly Choirs will present “Breathe in Hope,” a virtual winter concert that will feature a variety of selections on the theme of perseverance and hope Date & Time: Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 9:30pm CST | 7:30pm PST PolyPhonics will perform music by Camille Saint-Saëns and influential African American composer Adolphus Hailstork (a […]
