Shai Wosner continues his month-long journey through Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. He started with the theme-a waltz by Anton Diabelli-on Tuesday, September 8, and he continues to perform and provide insight into one variation per day until he has completed all 33. This is a daily event starting on Monday, September 28 to Sunday, October 4. […]
ACF's Study Group opens our staff and board conversations and anti-racism training to our colleagues and friends. Please use this Zoom link as we will be meeting remotely due to Covid-19. Our next study group will be Tuesday, September 29th at 4 pm CST. For this month’s group we’ll be discussing Spike Lee’s 1989 film “Do The Right Thing”. Written, produced, […]
Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer Jen Shyu performs and discusses new works influenced by quarantine and the Black Lives Matter movement in her upcoming livestream "Mentorship, Creativity, and an Artist's Pivot in Times of COVID-19," presented by the University of Michigan's Center for World Music Studies as part of its virtual series PERFORMING THE MOVEMENT, […]
International Contemporary Ensemble’s cellist Katinka Kleijn is joined by cellist, composer, and improviser Aliya Ultan in a performance-discussion on pushing the boundaries of cello performance, using other sonic materials to vibrate and interact with the cello. New sound worlds emerge, interrogating how people interact with their environment and found objects. Ultan explores the sonic phenomena […]
Tulsa Opera's Staying Alive series continues with soprano Sarah Coburn. Tulsa Opera keeps the music alive amidst the shutdowns with its Staying Alive video series-bringing to viewers at-home performances from the company's featured artists every week. On Wednesday, September 30, soprano and Tulsa native Sarah Coburn, accompanied by Lyndon Meyer, sings "How Fair This Spot" […]
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 […]
Wu Man joins Kronos Quartet to perform in the Philharmonic Society of Orange County's virtual celebration of the Mid-Autumn "Moon" Festival, a thousand-year-old Chinese tradition marked by family gatherings, paper lanterns, and moon cakes. The program includes pieces for pipa, as well as other Chinese instruments, and a world premiere of a new work by […]
A special “virtual concert” is planned to raise funds to benefit those affected by the August derecho storm that devastated areas of East Central Iowa. The Iowa Concert of Hope will air on KCRG-TV 9.2 and stream at www.iowahope.com on Thursday, October 1st at 7pm, featuring performances and appearances by national and local talent, from the worlds of […]
On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 6pm CDT / 4pm PDT, Peninsula Women’s Chorus Presents an online livestream concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the accomplishments of women’s suffrage champion Alice Paul. On the agenda is other works from the 3-year Trailblazers Project honoring pioneering women, as well as highlights from recent PWC […]
Visit Icehouse this Tuesday, October 6 at 7pm CDT for a live improvised music in a socially-distanced, mask up, and outdoor event! Schedule: 7:00 - Krissy Bergmark and Paul Metzger 8:00 - Krissy Bergmark and Anthony Cox, Lara Hanson, Nathan Hanson, Tom Nordlund There is a $20 cover and the show is open to all […]
The centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment provides an opportunity for the American Composers Forum (ACF) and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN (ICIYL) to celebrate this historic moment while highlighting the complexity of women’s suffrage and exclusion to participation, even in 2020. From August 18 (the ratification date) through the presidential election […]
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 […]
Join acclaimed performer, composer, and producer, Ralph Farris, for a series of timely conversations about the current state of creative collaboration. On Friday October 9th, starting at 9 AM PT / 11 AM CDT, Ralph will lead a series of four Zoom sessions designed to explore how artists of all disciplines can continue to collaborate […]
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 […]
The Music in Bloom 2020 Virtual Festival will present 10 world premiere performances by world-class classical musicians in 4 virtual concerts. The Music in Bloom Festival is taking the concert stage online this October by presenting 4 virtual world premiere performances of works by living composers. The five Music in Bloom solo artists, along with […]
Lot of Strings Music Festival features four of the most exciting and critically acclaimed string quartets over the course of four Thursday evenings atop the Morris Museum’s elevated parking lot. Enjoy the thrill of live music, and stunning sunsets from the comfort of your own socially distant 8’x8’ block. Bring your own chairs and refreshments […]
Celebrate ACF-LA's 20 years with friends and colleagues from our new-music communities. Gather with composers and new music creators in this Zoom celebration where we will spotlight moments from the past, sharing thoughts and thanks. Bring a beverage of your choice to this cocktail hour event to toast ACF-LA and those who have worked toward […]
Sharing music to build bridges between communities. A conversation with the musicians of Maithree and members of the American Composers Forum. ACF Board members Nirmala Rajasekar and V Srinivasan as well as ACF staff Vanessa Rose and Amanda Cook will be featured. Add this Zoom event on Sunday, October 11 at 12pm CDT / 1pm […]
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 […]
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 […]
A virtual one-hour discussion panel focusing on race equity, inclusion, and diversity in classical music. Free Admission. Quinteto Latino proudly presents a free virtual Quinteto Latino Seminario Webinar on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, from 12pm - 1pm CDT / 10:00-11:00am PT. The Webinar will feature a comprehensive presentation focusing on the diversity of the United […]
Join ACF and American Composers Orchestra’s first Professional Development Webinar on Wednesday, October 14 at 2pm CDT / 3pm ET! ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel will facilitate a conversation about new orchestral music and effective collaboration strategies for composers and musicians, including parts writing, email communication, and in-person working sessions. Panelists include: Wayne Dumaine, trumpet, […]
In October, ACF’s Racial Equity Study Group will feature Tiffany Cross’ new book Say It Louder! Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy in a discussion with the book’s editor, Patrik Henry Bass, Senior Editor, Amistad at HarperCollins Publishers. Say It Louder! is Tiffany Cross’ explosive examination of how America’s composition was designed to exclude Black voters, but […]
This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host a series of Zoom roundtable discussions on gender equity in the contemporary arts as part of our shared UNEVEN MEASURES series. Through interviews, collaborative essays, artist-curated playlists, and live discussions, UNEVEN MEASURES marks the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th […]
Ekmeles returns to live-streaming with another free event creatively mixing live and pre-recorded elements. The performance will go live on October 16th at 7PM CDT / 8PM ET, and will stay online for a week following. Charlotte Mundy and Elisa Sutherland will perform a work of Saariaho with both live and pre-recorded video elements; Steven […]
The Music in Bloom 2020 Virtual Festival will present 10 world premiere performances by world-class classical musicians in 4 virtual concerts. The Music in Bloom Festival is taking the concert stage online this October by presenting 4 virtual world premiere performances of works by living composers. The five Music in Bloom solo artists, along with […]
"Compose With Me: A Marathon for Beirut" is a 12-hour livestream fundraiser to raise money for LGBTQ+ & Migrant Worker communities in Beirut, two groups who are most likely to be neglected for aid. Throughout the day on Saturday, October 17 at 8am CDT / 9am EDT, and with the help of their musical community […]
Lot of Strings Music Festival features four of the most exciting and critically acclaimed string quartets over the course of four Thursday evenings atop the Morris Museum’s elevated parking lot. Enjoy the thrill of live music, and stunning sunsets from the comfort of your own socially distant 8’x8’ block. Bring your own chairs and refreshments […]
SIX NONSTOP HOURS OF LIVE STREAMING MUSIC! On Saturday, October 18 from 2pm - 8pm CDT / 3pm - 9pm EDT, Bang on a Can re-ignites with 6 hours of nonconformist, noncommercial, boundary-smashing music. Kick off is at 2pm/3pm with a special birthday tribute to master composer George Crumb (91 years young!) and close off with a […]
Join VocalEssence for a special online musical event to commemorate the passing of the 19th Amendment—a critical milestone in the centuries-long struggle to let the voices of women be heard. VocalEssence lifts up those voices through music composed by women from the past 100 years—including Mabel Daniels, Alice Parker, Rosephanye Powell, and Jocelyn Hagen—who took the risk and shared their dreams. Guiding us on the journey will be acclaimed actor Sally Wingert and […]
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 […]
In Theaters Now! With darkly gothic sets and costumes, Northern Ballet’s resurrection of Bram Stoker’s classic horror story is played out through a unique blend of sensuous dancing and gripping theatre. This is ballet with a dramatic bite. Created by Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director David Nixon OBE, with atmospheric music by Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, […]
Dr. Chris Granias, along with fellow composers and musicians, have worked hard to make the 4th Annual Kalo Taxidi Concert a fun and memorable experience! Although the format will look a little different this year, it is important to remember that MS does not stop because of this pandemic, and neither will we. People living […]
This month, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and American Composers Forum will host a series of Zoom roundtable discussions on gender equity in the contemporary arts as part of our shared UNEVEN MEASURES series. Through interviews, collaborative essays, artist-curated playlists, and live discussions, UNEVEN MEASURES marks the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kaufman Music Center's 2020 Gala has been rescheduled as a virtual event on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 6pm CDT / 7pm EST. Presenting the Creative Arts Award to Desmond Child Grammy-winning / Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee. Featuring performances by Conrad Tao and Seth Parker Woods, Kaufman Music Center Artists-in-Residence. The 2020 virtual Gala will be an […]
The Music in Bloom 2020 Virtual Festival will present 10 world premiere performances by world-class classical musicians in 4 virtual concerts. The Music in Bloom Festival is taking the concert stage online this October by presenting 4 virtual world premiere performances of works by living composers. The five Music in Bloom solo artists, along with […]
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
InterMusic SF presents the 13th edition of its free annual music festival, in a special online format on Sunday, October 25, 2020 from 2pm - 8pm CDT / 12pm to 6pm PDT. The free streamed event features premiere performances by ten San Francisco Bay Area jazz, classical, chamber, and global music ensembles, professionally pre-recorded in […]
Chamber Music Tulsa is pleased to be among the group of elite presenters commissioning a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts (a BQ composer). This work, Home, will be performed by the Miró Quartet during their Sunday Afternoon Virtual Concert. This concert weekend will include two pre-concert lectures by Kevin Puts, a Q&A and a […]
Nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) teams up with today's foremost jazz, classical, and global artists alongside preeminent speakers for a "get out the vote" initiative, Notes 4 Votes, to be broadcasted on ALJA's Facebook page facebook.com/afrolatinjazzalliance on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 7:30pm CST / 8:30pm EST. Notes 4 Votes features a diverse roster of […]
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 […]
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
Metropolis Ensemble’s Debut Digital Festival Bringing together creative artists to develop newly commissioned projects outside of physical space, Free Assembly presents a collaborative platform for artists who might otherwise never meet. Curated by Metropolis Ensemble artists Immanuel Wilkins, Erika Dohi, Daniel Anastasio, and Ryan Francis and hosted by House of Yes and (Le) Poisson Rouge, […]
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
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 […]
Voters’ Broadcast is a transformative and broadly participatory musical performance for flexible ensembles of musicians. The work is directed, conceived and composed by Rome Prize and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award-winner, composer and 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa, with text taken from celebrated artist Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say. Lisa Bielawa’s mission with Voters’ Broadcast is to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reparations NOW! is Ensemble Pi’s new project, inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ congressional testimony and Ibram X. Kendi’s best-seller book, How to Be an Antiracist – both of which offer powerful and compelling arguments in support of reparations for the African-American community. On Thursday, October 29 at 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT, the streamed concert will […]
To report and respond: because words matter. New works of Robert Maggio, Ayanna Woods, Nicholas Cline, and David Lang addressing issues in the national discourse leading to Election Day, November 3rd. Featuring Echoes, a new amplification system @ The Crossing designed for socially-distant singing They have been working on four new short films, with two world […]
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an agent for change. The AACM is celebrating their 55th anniversary this year, and is finding ways to perform and share their art despite pandemic-related restrictions. On October 31st at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Central Time, the AACM will premiere, […]
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an agent for change. The AACM is celebrating their 55th anniversary this year, and is finding ways to perform and share their art despite pandemic-related restrictions. On October 31st at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Central Time, the AACM will premiere, […]