About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
The Friday Harbor Film Festival presents “In Search of the Great Song,” an extraordinary musical documentary series directed by Michael and Doris Laesser Stillwater who were inspired by their “dedication to the underlying source of music and song.” Watch online on Monday, February 1, 2021 through the 17th at fhff.org. Screen Individual movies for $3.95 […]
A performance series created in 2018 by Twin Cities musicians Sam Bergman and Carrie Henneman Shaw, Outpost comes out of hibernation with a brand-new winter show commissioned by The Great Northern Festival. Outpost is a curated mix of live chamber music by living composers and spoken word performances by some of Minnesota’s finest writers, comics, […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
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 […]
Why do artists release their work as albums? What’s the process behind creating an album with or without a record label? How do recording projects come to fruition? Find out on February 2nd! Ensemble members Jacob Greenberg and Wendy Richman join Audio Engineer Ryan Streber (Oktaven Audio) for a deep dive into the process behind […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; Recording Law and Practice; Project Production and Recording; and more. […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
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 […]
Bang on a Can and BOMB Magazine, in collaboration with the Jewish Museum, present musicians Laraaji and L’Rain on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST. This bill showcases a pair of artists, both long champions of NYC’s DIY music scene, who represent two distinct voices in the evolution of ambient music. […]
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective presents our sixth #C4GoesRemote livestream concert: Where Water Meets Sky. Our program will include the following pieces: Blue from Cromosaturación, by Germán Barboza Snow, by Misa Ogasawara Sunset from Watercolors, by Christopher Fludd La cuidad sumergida (The Submerged City), by Adrienne Inglis The Campers at Kitty Hawk, by Michael Dellaira […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
Release Dates: Friday, February 5, 2021 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 Tuesday, February. 16, 2021 Tiny operas, big ideas. This program features newly commissioned 8-10-minute operas from Minnesota artists with a variety of creative backgrounds. The MN Opera new works team will collaborate with four pairs of artists selected through a competitive application […]
J’Nai Bridges is set to world premiere “TULSA 1921,” a Narrative work for Mezzo and String Ensemble by Adolphus Hailstork, a BandQuest composer, set to text by Herbert Martin. The performance will be filmed on Friday, February 5, 2021 and will feature the Harlem Chamber Players. The livestream premiere will take place on YouTube in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a free, digitally delivered four-part concert series featuring the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music’s Jupiter String Quartet. The tight-knit ensemble consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law) is in their […]
"Nouveau: new music for violin" is an at-home, DIY, highly imperfect production by composer, conductor, violinist, Curtis student, and interdisciplinary performer Maya Miro Johnson (a NextNotes creator), dedicated to the belief that promoting contemporary work as a household value is the salvation of arts organizations everywhere in this time of crisis. Nouveau is a full-length […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
About Kinetic is back at MATCH with Quiet Art, our first concert of 2021, live-streamed from Matchbox 4. Opening with Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art for string quartet, a work reflecting on the solitude in which artists create their work, this program draws us into a deeply introspective and intimate musical space. The centerpiece of the […]
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 […]
Release Dates: Friday, February 5, 2021 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 Tuesday, February. 16, 2021 Tiny operas, big ideas. This program features newly commissioned 8-10-minute operas from Minnesota artists with a variety of creative backgrounds. The MN Opera new works team will collaborate with four pairs of artists selected through a competitive application […]
Joshua Frankel and Judd Greenstein (a ChoralQuest composer) will discuss their multimedia opera, A Marvelous Order, which explores the epic struggle between Robert Moses, master builder, and Jane Jacobs, self-taught oracle of urban insight, over the fate of New York City in the mid-twentieth century. The conversation will include a video featuring highlights of their work […]
This concerts will be presented online and will be available for viewing on Schubert Club’s website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page (with no live audience present) on their originally scheduled dates, and will be free to watch for a month following the performance date unless otherwise specified. deVon Russell Gray (Past ACF McKnight Fellow) Date […]
Date & Time: Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 6pm CST | 4pm PT The virtual program, filmed in Zipper Hall at The Colburn School in Los Angeles, includes LACO artists performing new works by teen composers Olivia Bennett (age 18, a NextNotes creator), KiMani Bridges (age 18, a NextNotes creator), Madeline Clara Cheng (age 16), […]
Avant Chamber Ballet presents a new was to experience the performing arts in the comfort of your home, featuring new as well as beloved productions with live music and exceptional dancing. This holiday classic is designed to take the whole family on a magical trip to the Land of Sweets through Clara’s eyes with Tchaikovsky’s […]
Release Dates: Friday, February 5, 2021 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 Tuesday, February. 16, 2021 Tiny operas, big ideas. This program features newly commissioned 8-10-minute operas from Minnesota artists with a variety of creative backgrounds. The MN Opera new works team will collaborate with four pairs of artists selected through a competitive application […]
Joshua Frankel and Judd Greenstein (a ChoralQuest composer) will discuss their multimedia opera, A Marvelous Order, which explores the epic struggle between Robert Moses, master builder, and Jane Jacobs, self-taught oracle of urban insight, over the fate of New York City in the mid-twentieth century. The conversation will include a video featuring highlights of their work […]
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a free, digitally delivered four-part concert series featuring the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music’s Jupiter String Quartet. The tight-knit ensemble consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law) is in their […]
Simone Dinnerstein’s virtual concert for Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington features music from her latest album, A Character of Quiet, released in fall 2020 by Orange Mountain Music. The album and concert include Philip Glass’s Etudes No. 16 and No. 2 paired with Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B-flat […]
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 […]
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: […]
Join us at the Sandrell Rivers Theater on Saturday, February 13 at 6pm CST | 7pm EST for a night that explores a range of Western classical music by composers of African descent by merging engaging visual elements and sound. Sacred Fire is a chronological musical journey from Afro-British to Afro-Brazilian music, narrated with poetic […]
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 Julius Quartet presents a virtual concert by nine composers participating in the EMERGE: Winter Workshop & Performance. This exciting performance is a culmination of a 3-day virtual workshop that offers in depth workshops, masterclasses, reading sessions and daily rehearsals. This concert will be presented as a virtual live stream performance on Monday, February 15, […]
Release Dates: Friday, February 5, 2021 Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 Tuesday, February. 16, 2021 Tiny operas, big ideas. This program features newly commissioned 8-10-minute operas from Minnesota artists with a variety of creative backgrounds. The MN Opera new works team will collaborate with four pairs of artists selected through a competitive application […]
Join Grammy®-nominated singer and composer Theo Bleckmann and New York-based brass quartet The Westerlies for a live virtual listening party for their new album, "This Land," with John Schaefer, host of WNYC's New Sounds. Relix describes “This Land” as Bleckmann's "most potent and important project to date," and DOWNBEAT praises the album for "stretch our […]
The following Professional Development Webinars are co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF), and feature panel discussions by esteemed professionals in the industry about topics including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Entrepreneurship and Creating an Ensemble; Film Composition; Fundraising via Supportive Individuals; Programming and Digital Curation; Publishing, Self-Publishing, and Management; […]
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. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 4pm CST for […]
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a free, digitally delivered four-part concert series featuring the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music’s Jupiter String Quartet. The tight-knit ensemble consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law) is in their […]
Live Opera Performance Music by John Young with a libretto by Alan Olejniczak Based on the novella by Leo Tolstoy. World premiere production in partnership with Thompson Street Opera Company. Sung in English. Estimated run time is one hour and 15 minutes with no intermission. Pre-show drinks and appetizers included, as well as post-show drinks […]
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 […]
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: […]
From 113 (One Thirteen), this event is a video show featuring work by Elizabeth A. Baker, Joey Crane, Anthony R Green, Joe Horton, Sam Krahn, Heather Mease, Joshua Musikantow, Tiffany M. Skidmore, and Bethany Younge. Program details will be provided in the YouTube video description. Join on YouTube for a live chat during the show! Date […]
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: […]
New Year! New Hope! New Commissions! Bang on a Can presents an entire marathon of PREMIERES! 16 brand new works by 16 pioneering composers. Tune in to hear 4 hours of nonconformist, noncommercial, mind-blowing music. Alvin Lucier! Jennifer Walshe! Matthew Shipp! Ingrid Laubrock! Gabriel Kahane! and many many more. This concert is FREE! But please […]
The Framingham Public Library will host Jason Amos and Betsy Hinkle of the Boston Public Quartet on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 2pm CST | 3pm EST and will be viewed on Facebook Live The Boston Public Quartet was created to connect, inspire and innovate as an ensemble-in-residence in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The quartet is dedicated […]
Zeitgeist is pleased to present the debut of a new multi-episode audiovisual collaboration on February 21 in an online release event with a live artist Q&A session. COINCIDENT is a telematic, multi-episode, audiovisual collaboration between Zeitgeist, composer Scott L. Miller, visual artist Carole Kim, and an evolving list of artists. Each artist performs from their home studio, and […]
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 […]
The New York Choral Society has announced “Our Voices,” a digital 2020-21 season between November and May. “The challenge of social distancing – so ‘unchoral’ – has prompted us to consider new ways of creating performances of choral music,” said NY Choral Society’s Music Director David Hayes in a press release. “The digital media space […]
In mid-February, the International Contemporary Ensemble will be in-residence at Mount Tremper Arts (MTA) for a variety of projects. Ensemble members are workshopping a new work by Rick Burkhardt and recording the first portrait album of works by members of the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA). See what we’ve been up to at this upstate artist sanctuary for […]
American Composers Orchestra’s Composer to Composer series features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions will begin by exploring a single work with one composer interviewing the other. Attendees will gain insight to each work’s genesis, sound, influence on the American orchestral canon, […]
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 […]
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a free, digitally delivered four-part concert series featuring the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music’s Jupiter String Quartet. The tight-knit ensemble consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law) is in their […]
Join us for our next streaming event featuring live networked performances by the Versipel Collective! This concert will feature world premieres by Matt Wright and Philip Schuessler as well as works by Jennifer Walshe, Jennifer Higdon, Mathias Pincher and Lillian Jammes! Date & Time: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 8 PM CST Visit website to […]
UBC BANDS: WINTER SHOWCASE UBC Concert Winds Christin Reardon MacLellan, conductor UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble Robert Taylor, conductor Minna Stelzner, conductor Music by Jodie Blackshaw (a BandQuest composer), Frank Ticheli, Antonín Dvořák, Kurt Weill, Gustav Holst, and more Date & Time: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 9pm CST | 7pm PST Watch the performance on […]
"Make an appointment with your radio for the weekend of Saturday & Sunday, February 27-28, 2021 from 8pm - 4:30pm CST as the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will present a special concert in honor of Black History Month on KWTU (88.7 FM). The concert was recorded live in the Tulsa PAC’s Chapman Music Hall and will […]
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: […]
Gonzaga University Choirs presents a livestreamed concert, “Can You See?” to celebrate Black History Month. This program features historical music by R. Nathaniel Dett, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, and new music from living Black composers, Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer), Mark Miller, Zanaida Robles, and Joel Thompson. Concert Choir and Discantus Treble Chorus join […]