Sounds From Home
2021-04-10 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
This program, rescheduled from this fall, centers around our complex and ever-evolving sense of home. It 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 the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The piece was written for and will be performed by Principal Oboe Cassie Pilgrim, whose family hails from the same region of China. 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.
Principal Flute Julia Bogorad-Kogan performs a solo work by James Lee III, inspired by his long relationship with Brazilian music. Composer and musician PaviElle French reprises a movement from A Requiem for Zula, a symphony commissioned and premiered by the SPCO that revisits her upbringing in Saint Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. The program closes with Antonín Dvořák’s American String Quartet, a piece written after the composer moved to the United States, that blends Czech influences with popular American music.
Date & Time: Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 8pm CST.
Live stream the event here.

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players' 50th Season
2021-04-10 22:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago)
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players‘ 50th Season Online is in full swing, and at the end of the week, Program 1 will launch with at the CROSSROADS series with the world premiere of Unravel–a new work for solo piano by SF Search for Scores winner Josiah Catalan–alongside Jeff Anderle‘s brilliant performance of Echoes for clarinet and electronics by Contemporary Players’ friend and collaborator Olly Wilson.
Program 1 premieres Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10pm CT | 8pm PT and is available on demand through MAY 10
Program 2 premieres Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10pm CT | 8pm PT and is available on demand through AUG 10, 2021.
Learn more and get tickets here.
PROGRAM 1
Josiah Tayaq Catalan, unravel*
Allegra Chapman, piano
*Winner, SF Search for Scores 2020
Olly Wilson, Echoes
for clarinet and electronics
Jeff Anderle, clarinet

PROGRAM 2
Tomeka Reid, Prospective Dwellers
for string quartet
Tyshawn Sorey, For Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (In Memoriam)* co-commission with Ensemble Intercontemporain / *U.S. premiere
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, harp, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass
Olly Wilson, A City Called Heaven
Flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello

Sharon Isbin: Live in Concert
2021-04-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
American Public Television’s presentation of the acclaimed one-hour documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour has been seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations across the U.S. and abroad. She performed at Ground Zero for the first internationally televised 9/11 memorial, in concert at the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 Grammy Awards. She has been profiled in periodicals from People to Elle, in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, as well as on the cover of over 45 magazines. Her 2010 Grammy-winning Journey to the New World spent 63 consecutive weeks on top Billboard charts. Her Dreams of a World soared onto top classical Billboard charts, edging out The 3 Tenors, and earned her a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist, making her the first classical guitarist to receive a Grammy in 28 years.
Date & Time: Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 2pm CT | 3pm ET
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Featuring:
Sharon Isbin, guitar

Program Overview:
PAOLA PRESTINI | Tango!
OTTORINO RESPIGHI | Ancient Airs and Dances, No. 3
ANTONIO VIVALDI | Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV 93
LUIGI BOCCHERINI | Quintetto IV in re maggiore (G. 448)

A Tour of Iran – Symphony Concert presented by Michael Christie and New West Symphony
2021-04-11 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
A Tour of Iran is a four-day festival of events culminating in a symphony concert featuring the New West Symphony led by Music and Artistic Director Michael Christie. Exploring centuries old traditions of Iranian poetic and musical cultural influences on the western world, award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and Iranian instrumentalists Pejman Hadadi (tombak and daf) and Masoud Rezaei (setar) join the New West Symphony on this musical voyage. Michael Christie leads the orchestra in Western classical masterworks by Handel, Rameau, Gounod, and the timeless overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Iranian composers Behzad Ranjbaran, Masoud Rezaei, and Golfam Khayam share their inspiration from Iranian sites and poetry.
Tickets include three additional programs featuring interviews and cultural context. All four programs will be available on-demand to ticket holders shortly after the initial broadcast ends.
Find more information and get tickets here.
Pre-Concert Talk with David Ravetch Presented Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6pm PT (not available on-demand)
The New West Symphony’s Pre-Concert Talk features UCLA Senior Lecturer, David Ravetch, who explores the music presented in the A Tour of Iran concert in an informative, audience-friendly format.
Culture Insights Premieres Friday, April 9, 2021 at 6pm CT | 7pm PT
In Culture Insights, the New West Symphony offers insights into Southern California – Iranian culture; demonstrations of traditional instruments and dance; and discussions about history, arts and music with distinguished guest artists including Dr. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, a distinguished literary figure and Iranologist who has written dozens of books and hundreds of scholarly articles on poetry and language, Grammy – winning composer, musician and santur player Hamid Saedi, Executive Director of Farhang Foundation Alireza Ardekani, and award – winning choreographer Melieka Fathi.
Meet the Artists Premieres Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 7pm PT
This online edition of Meet the Artists is an expansion of a longstanding New West Symphony tradition that breaks the barrier between the stage and audience seats. Enjoy a combination of biography, artistry and insight into an artist’s process and talent. The guests of the Meet the Artists program include percussionist Pejman Hadidi, setar virtuoso Masoud Rezaei, and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke.
A Tour of Iran Symphony Concert
Premieres Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 5pm CT | 3pm PT
Michael Christie, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Pejman Hadadi, tombak and daf
Masoud Rezaei, setar
Khayam: Seven Valleys of Love for Strings (Simorgh, Murmuration)
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Ranjbaran: Enchanted Garden: Joy Rameau: Suite from Zoroastre
Handel: Xerxes: “Ombra mai fu”
Gounod: Faust: Entr’Acte | “Faites lui mes aveux” (Flower Song) | “Si le bonheur “(When fortune beckons)
Rezaei: Excerpts from Nothingness (2015 album)
“Another Birth” | “Cold Autumn” | “Failure”

EnsembleNEWSRQ announces a “newStart” to its 2020-21 season
2021-04-12 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
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 digital streaming format, and, if the situation allows, to a small in-person audience in 2021. Tickets to the streamed concerts will be “pay what you can.”
The ensemble also aims to increase the diversity of the composers represented during the season, with a concentrated focus on female, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC composers.
Schedule:
It’s About Time – October 19, 2020 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Features MN Orch Composer Institute, Katie Balch; and BandQuest composer, Tania Leon
Solitude and Suffrage – January 18, 2021 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Features NextNotes composer, Quinn Mason
Enter the Vortex – February 15, 2021 at 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT
Digital – March 15, 2021 at 8pm
Body Vessel – April 12, 2021 at 2pm CDT / 3pm EDT
Some works and final programs are still TBD and dependent on COVID situation. Find out more information here.

FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE
2021-04-12 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
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 at 10:40AM CST
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 at 11:30AM CST
Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at 11:30AM CST
Friday, February 5th, 2021 at 10:40AM CST
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Join on Zoom.

WE ARE GOOD: 5 consecutive 90-minute sessions; Deep Listening and story gathering rooted in collective decision making through creative acts. Fosters authentic inquiry among participants of varied social and political back-
grounds, uses Deep Listening to bring strangers together through communal music-making. Each session culminates in a creative act, including the development of new text scores, graphic scores, or other work products.
Mondays, February 8, 22, March 8, 22, April 5, 2021 all sessions 4:30—6:00 p.m. CST
REGISTER AT THIS LINK by February 3rd, 2021.

DEEP LISTENING JAM SESSION: The residency culminates in a Deep Listening Jam, which includes the creative work and dialogue captured throughout the 5 WE ARE GOOD sessions.
Monday, April 12, 2021 at 4:30—6:00 p.m. CST
REGISTER AT THIS LINK by April 7th, 2021.
ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME WORKSHOPS will be offered in chamber music, entrepreneurship, and music composition between February 15 and May 5. If you are interested in these workshops, please email musicdept@augsburg.edu to be added to the reservation list. You will receive advance information with dates, times, and the Zoom link. Additional information about the Deep Listening and We Are Good experiences is available on the Fifth House

Cutting Edge Concerts presents: Art of the 21st Century Trombone
2021-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
The Art of the 21st Century Trombone features the New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist Joseph Alessi, and others from the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombone sections: John Romero, George Curran and Collin Williams. Each will perform the the premiere of a work written expressly for them.
Beaming in remotely from Kansas City, JoDee Davis, trombone professor at University of Missouri-KC, performs The Voices of Air, by Victoria Bond, which she recently recorded for Albany Records.
Program details are at the Cutting Edge Concerts website. The performance will be available on demand after the premiere, and access is free.
Date & Time: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:30pm CST | 7:30pm EST
Learn more here.

The Trailblazers: Women Creators and Game Changers
2021-04-14 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-04-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-04-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-04-18 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer), Hildegard von Bingen, Jocelyn Hagen, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Maya Angelou and more.
Since 2017, the Stephen Paulus (ACF’s co-founder; a BQ and CQ composer) Emerging Composers Competition has led to the creation of dozens of new works and the premiere of three outstanding winners. This year’s entries use texts from suffrage movement leaders.
YOU the audience play a key role in hearing this new work as it enters the world!
Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:30pm
Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:30pm
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 5:30pm
Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 5:30pm
Video Concert: May 7-21, 2021
Get tickets and more information here.

This is America
2021-04-17 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Conductor Edwin Outwater returns to lead an all-American Music program, featuring today’s leading voices across the nation. Vocalist, pianist and composer PaviElle French makes her NWS debut performing her own A Requiem for Zula, a symphony dedicated to her mother. Viet Cuong’s Wax and Wire is inspired by sculptor Michael Gard, and Gabriella Smith‘s Riprap is a mini-concerto for marimba. French’s piece A Requiem for Zula was developed with support from an ACF Create grant funded by the Jerome Foundation.
Date & Time: Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET
Program:

Smith : Riprap
Cerrone : The Night Mare
Castro : Festival Quintet
Cuong : Wax and Wire
French : A Requiem for Zula

Get tickets here.

Fresno Philharmonic presents their Digital Masterworks Series.
2021-04-17 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
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: Hailstork and Haydn
On Valley Public Radio, KVPR FM89: Tuesday January 26th at 10PM CST | 8PM PST
American composer William Bolcom‘s Commedia is a witty commentary on the classical symphonic style of Haydn. The music of Adolphus Hailstork (a BQ composer), hailed as the dean of African-American composers, is also steeped in the classical tradition.
American Visions: Copland Appalachian Spring
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
The varieties of American music are on display in this program combining new voices with Aaron Copland‘s popular ballet score Appalachian Spring. Joan Tower‘s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman sets the stage for our musical exploration of American identity featuring recent works by Jessie Montgomery and Chickasaw Nation composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (a ChoralQuest composer).
Vive la France: Ibert Divertissement
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
Alons-y! This program is a Francophile’s delight culminating in the charming insouciance of Jacques Ibert‘s Divertissement. Our season-long exploration of contemporary African-American composers continues with Jasmine Barnes‘ timely Resistance Brass Quintet.
Bach to the Future: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 7:30pm CST | 5:30pm PST
The Masterworks Series concludes with a celebration of the influence of Baroque music across five centuries. Gabrieli’s music written for St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice was an important for the turn from the Renaissance to the Baroque musical style. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 exemplifies the high Baroque style, while works by Beethoven, Villa-Lobos and Kevin Day testify to the Baroque’s lingering inspiration down to the present.
Check out their YouTube page on these dates and times to listen to each program.

Bang on a Can Marathon - All Commissions, All World Premieres - Live Online
2021-04-18 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
All 15 pieces on this virtual Bang on a Can Marathon will be world premiere performances of newly commissioned works, streamed from musicians’ homes around the country and across the world. The four-hour live Marathon will be hosted by Bang on a Can Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe.
Date & Time: Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 12pm CT | 1pm ET
Visit website here.
Andy Akiho new work (world premiere) for himself
Anton Batagov Chaconne in A minor (world premiere) for himself
Carman Moore STALLION (world premiere) for Robert Black
Joan La Barbara ad astra…for cellist who sings (world premiere) for Iva Casian-Lakos
John Hollenbeck Persuasion (world premiere) for David Cossin
Jonathan Bailey Holland new work (world premiere) for Mark Stewart
Kelly Moran new work (world premiere) for herself
Leyla McCalla new work (world premiere) for Arlen Hlusko
Matana Roberts new work (world premiere) for herself
Michael Abels Anguish from Falling Sky (world premiere) for Vicky Chow
Michael Daugherty Six Riffs after Ovid for solo oboe (world premiere) for Titus Underwood
Michael Fiday Song for Eric (world premiere) for Jeff Anderle
Rudresh Mahanthappa new work (world premiere) for Ken Thomson
Soo Yeon Lyuh new work (world premiere) for herself
Timo Andres House Calls (world premiere) for David Byrd-Marrow

Neave Trio Performs in Person in Nashua at The First Church, Presented by First Music Concert Series
2021-04-18 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 2pm CT | 3pm ET, the Boston-based Neave Trio is presented by the First Music Concert Series in Nashua. The concert will be held at The First Church (1 Concord St.) for an in person, reduced capacity audience. Entry to the church building is through the sole entrance currently used, in the courtyard between the old and new buildings at the rear. Wearing masks is a requirement inside the church building for all attendees. First Music operates with full social-distancing principles and air exchange in the Sanctuary, for the safety and comfort of its patrons.
Neave Trio’s program includes Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17, Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps, and Astor Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. The Schumann and Boulanger are part of a collection of works by women composers, spanning the Romantic era through the modern day, that Neave Trio has been performing around the U.S and worldwide.
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Telegraph Quartet Gives Virtual Concert Presented by Crowden Music Center
2021-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
The Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) will give a virtual performance featuring the music of Britten, Beethoven, and Brahms, on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 4pm PT presented by Crowden Music Center as part of its Sundays@Four Concert Series. The performance is free to watch online with advance reservations and will be available for on-demand viewing for one week.
The Telegraph Quartet’s program features Britten’s Three Divertimenti; Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1; and Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2.
Date & Time: Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 6pm CT | 4pm PT
Learn more here.

Cutting Edge Concerts presents: Immigrant Dreams
2021-04-19 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
The New York premiere of Philip Glass‘s Annunciation leads the program. Paul Barnes performs his own arrangement of the work for solo piano, as well as the world premiere of Victoria Bond‘s Enite ton Kyrion and the New York premiere of a work by David von Kampen.
Native American flutist Ron Warren joins Barnes for the regional premiere of his work, Beads, and Barnes gives the world premiere of Distances Between 2, also by Warren.
Program details are at the Cutting Edge Concerts website. The performance will be available on demand after the premiere, and access is free.
Date & Time: Monday, April 19 at 6:30pm CDT | 7:30pm EDT
Learn more here.

Professional Development Panel: Recording Law & Licensing for Composers
2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago)
The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF).
Chris Campbell, Director of Recordings at Innova Recordings, leads a panel covering the basics of recording law and licensing. The panel will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Panelists:

Meerenai Shim, flutist, artist, record producer, music educator, movement coach
Ari Solotoff, Esq., entertainment lawyer / Founder & Managing Attorney, Solotoff Law Group, PLLC
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 12pm CT | 1pm ET
Register and get tickets here.

If you require an interpreter, closed-captioning, or any other accommodations to fully engage, please contact ACF’s Laura Krider within 48 hours of the webinar (lkrider@composersforum.org or 612.314.9228).

Dark Music Days: Works by Anthony Braxton & Bergrun Snæbjörnsdóttir
2021-04-21 16:00 - 2021-04-22 17:00 (America/Chicago)
The International Contemporary Ensemble has been working with Tri-Centric Foundation and Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology on structuring multi-site collaborations. This research will be put into action with a livestream performance of work by Anthony Braxton, under the direction of James Fei, and a world premiere of Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir’s Ecognosis. Ensemble members will be joined by special guests Fay Victor and Darius Jones as well as musicians in Reykjavik, Skerpla Ensemble from Iceland University of the Arts (IUA), for this synchronous livestream.
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4pm CT | 5pm ET
Pre-show panel discussion on April 20th about Anthony Braxton’s works
Register for free here.

ACF | create Application Information Session
2021-04-22 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Information session regarding 2021 ACF | create Application Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services.
Are you a music creator living in Minnesota of five boroughs ofNew York City seeking funding for a commission? Or are you an ensemble seeking funding to commission a composer who lives in Minnesota of five boroughs of NewYork City? Five music creators will be awarded up to $8,000 for the composer or primary artist’s time to create the work, and up to $3,000 to help with production and promotion support.
Date & Time: Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6pm CT
Register here.
Application deadline is 11:59PM Central on Monday, May 10, 2021.
For complete information and the application, click here.

Kaufman Music Center – Performance as Process with Conrad Tao
2021-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Performance as Process events will be streamed on Kaufman Music Center’s Facebook page on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6pm CDT | 7pm EDT
Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Conrad Tao is a pianist, composer, Avery Fisher, Career Grant winner and alumnus of Special Music School. A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance As Process events on Thursday evenings invites audiences into his creative practice as he develops programming for his May 6 Ecstatic Music performance 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 May concert comes into focus.
Learn more and get tickets here.

2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
2021-04-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with SFJAZZ, will host a special free online-only concert in honor of the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters—Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Henry Threadgill and Phil Schaap. 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater and actor Delroy Lindo will co-host this event, featuring recorded performances and tributes by acclaimed jazz musicians from all over the world including from iconic venues like Preservation Hall in New Orleans, and The Village Vanguard in New York.
With music director Miguel Zenón, the concert will include performances by NEA Jazz Masters Wynton Marsalis and Jason Marsalis (2011) and Dianne Reeves (2018), as well as Obed Calvaire, Avishai Cohen, Roman Filiu, Vince Giordano, Christopher Hoffman, Joe Lovano, Pedrito Martinez, Linda May Han Oh, Dan Nimmer, Danilo Pérez, David Virelles, Lizz Wright, and the SFJAZZ High School All Stars.
The event will also include video testimonials from NEA Jazz Masters Herbie Hancock (2004), Charles Lloyd (2015), and Wayne Shorter (1998), as well as Jon Faddis, Michelle Kinney, Jason Moran, and James Mtume.
HOW TO WATCH
The 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert will broadcast on Thursday, April 22 at 7pm CT| 5pm PT | 8pm ET from arts.gov and SFJAZZ.org,as well as the websites for All About Jazz and Jazz Near You, Berklee College of Music, BMI, The Carr Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz Journalists Association, JazzTimes, KKJZ, National Endowment for the Humanities,NPR Music, Smithsonian Jazz, Voice of America’s Khmer and Chinese services, WBGO, WDCB, and WRTI. The concert will also be available via radio broadcast on SiriusXM Channel 67, Real Jazz, in California on KCSM 91.1FM, and in Washington, DC on WPFW 89.3 FM.
To learn more, visit their website.

2021 Los Angeles Master Chorale’s annual High School Choir Festival
2021-04-23
The Los Angeles Master Chorale has proudly presented its annual High School Choir Festival since 1989, offering students a chance to deepen their exposure and understanding of the choral art through a year-long experience leading up to the celebratory Festival Day.
They’ll release this year’s festival video on their website and on social media. Thanks to the 26 partner schools, you’ll get to enjoy three brand new virtual choir performances by hundreds of talented high school students: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, “Resilience” by Abbie Betinis (a ChoralQuest composer and McKnight fellow), and “Es Tu Tiempo” by Francisco Núñez.
Date & Time: Friday, April 23, 2021
Visit website for more information here.
2021 Participating High School Choirs
Arroyo High School,
Azusa High School,
Baldwin Park High School,
Bellflower High School,
Birmingham Community Charter,
California High School,
Crescenta Valley High School,
El Camino Real Charter High School,
El Monte High School,
Glendora High School,
Granada Hills Charter,
Hamilton High School,
Herbert Hoover High School,
Lakewood High School,
Marshall Fundamental Secondary School,
Mira Costa High School,
Montebello High School,
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School,
Paramount High School,
Ramon C. Cortines School of VAPA,
Rosemead High School,
Rubidoux High School,
Taft Charter High School,
Torres East L.A. Performing Arts Magnet School,
Van Nuys High School,
Venice High School

Neave Trio Gives Virtual Concert of Music by Women Composers, Presented by Asheville Chamber Music Series
2021-04-23 18:30 - 20:30, 2021-04-24 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Neave has performed at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 92nd Street Y, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Series (United Kingdom), and the Samoylov and Rimsky Korsakow Museums’ Chamber Music Series in St. Petersburg (Russia). The trio has also appeared frequently as soloists for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with orchestras across the country and held residency positions at Brown University, University of Virginia, San Diego State University as the first ever Fisch/Axelrod Trio-in Residence, and the Banff Centre (Canada), among many other institutions. In the fall of 2017, the Trio joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College as Alumni Artists, Faculty Ensemble‑in Residence.

PROGRAM
LOUISE FARRENC: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 33
REBECCA CLARKE: Piano Trio (1921)
CECILE CHAMINADE: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11 (1881)
Date & Time:

Friday, April 23, 2021 at 6:30pm ET | 7:30pm
Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6:30pm ET |7:30pm
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 2pm ET | 3pm

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Paul Klee : Painted Songs - Spring 2021 - Digital Revue
2021-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
A presentation of new premieres, features, live commentary and Q&A with Jonathan Posthuma, composer and creator of “Paul Klee : Painted Songs.”
Date & Time: Friday, April 23, 2021 at 7pm CT
Join live on Youtube here.
*Premieres*
“Fugue in Red” (No. 4b)
Kurt Hattenberger, saxophone
“Sealed Woman” (No. 65) and “The Billy Goat” (No. 66)
Susan Miranda, oboe
“Senecio” (No. 104) and “Revolution of the Viaducts” (No. 106)
Shannon Murphy, organ
“The Mask with the Little Flag” (No. 84) and “Tropical Twilight” (No. 85)
Ryan Schneider, tuba
“White-Framed Polyphonically” (No. 3b)
Drew Joseph Hosler, saxophone
“At the Core” (No. 98)
Wick Simmons, cello
*Features*
“Like a Window Pane” (No. 155)
Free improvisation with pre-recorded samples from a dozen of local Twin Cities musicians.
Support the artists featured in this event:
https://www.paypal.com/donate…
Support this ongoing project through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paulkleepaintedsongs

UNA Opera: The Silver Fox
2021-04-23 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
UNA Opera presents American composer Libby Larsen‘s (ACF’s co-founder, and a CQ and BQ composer) The Silver Fox. This mystical opera is based on the bayou legend of a young girl who transforms into a silver fox to use her magical powers.
The one-act performance will take place in the Norton Courtyard on Friday, April 23, 2021 at 7:30 p.m CT and Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 2:00 p.m CT.*
UNA Students, you can register for a free UNA Student ticket by visiting tinyurl.com/silverfoxopera.
Learn more here.
*Masks/face coverings and social distancing will be required for attendees.

2021-04-24 - 2021-05-24
The Winston-Salem Symphony will present “The World Beloved” on demand for 30 days beginning Thursday, April 24, 2021 at 6:30pm CT | 7:30 p.m. ET Bluegrass stars Hank, Pattie & The Current join the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus to lend energetic bluegrass rhythms to the sacred liturgy in Carol Barnett’s (a charter member of ACF) The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass.
“The World Beloved” will stream on demand both on the Symphony’s Stage Pass and on Artarie, the world’s newest streaming platform for arts and culture. Artarie is available at artarie.com and as an app on iOS, Android, AppleTV, Roku, and FireTV.
For more information on how to stream the concert, please visit wssymphony.org.
This concert will be conducted by Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus Director Christopher Gilliam and will be performed at Reynolds Auditorium. Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass first premiered in 2007 and blends the classical mass, modern choral sophistication, touching poetry, and traditional bluegrass instrumentation into an exhilarating musical experience.

Great Falls Symphony's 62nd Live Concert Series - 2020-2021 Season
2021-04-24 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”

Music of The Unsung America: One Night Two Premieres
2021-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Music of the Unsung America, a new concert and conversation series featuring Black artists of history and today that explores the deep roots and extraordinary range of music created and performed by Black musicians, reveals a beautiful truth about our history. “Music of The Unsung America: One Night Two Premieres” will occur at the Historic St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6pm CT | 7pm ET.
Visit website here.
The program:
The performance will culminate in an audience talk-back with conductor-composer, Joseph Jones, discussing his life, music, and journey in the arts. Tickets for the in-person performance can be purchased in advance for $10 on Eventbrite using this link, https://tinyurl.com/TwoPremiereOneNights; tickets at the door are $15. Music of the Unsung America will also stream the performance virtually. At home viewers can register for the “virtual experience” online using this link, https://tinyurl.com/TwoPremieres. For more information, visit www.americaunsung.org or on Facebook @ Music of The Unsung America.
The New Canon Chamber Collective string orchestra and chamber choir, featuring some of the best and brightest performing artists in South Florida, will perform the concert under the baton of Joseph Jones. The New Canon Chamber Collective Ensemble roster includes Vocalists, Christine Jobson, soprano; Christine Jobson Soprano- Soloist; Erica Williams, Soprano; Isis Roberts, Mezzo; Jania Harden, Mezzo; Andres Lasaga, Tenor; Albert Lee, Tenor; Angel Refuse, Bass – Soloist; Rohan Smith, Bass; Instrumentalists: Chelsea Sharpe, Violin; Victoria Joseph, Violin; Lakeisha Frith, Violin; Sheena Gutierrez, Violin; Vishnu Ramankutty, Viola; Alexandra D’Amico, Viola; Chava Appiah, Cello; Benjamin Bush, Cello; Portia Dunkley, Double Bass; and Kevin Wayne Bumpers, Piano.
Music of the Unsung is an annual multi-event concert and conversation series that features a wide spectrum of Black musicians from the classical arts for and from the South Florida community, including Joseph Jones and Dwight Banks’ works. Working with the American Composers Forum (ACF) – as part of their ACF I connect program – Music of the Unsung launched a call for scores to identify Jones and Banks for this opportunity. ACF is offering creative and administrative support for the development and launch of the full series over the next year. As a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge winner with lead funding from the John S. and James L Knight Foundation, Music of the Unsung America was launched by double bassist and entrepreneur Portia Dunkley. The mission of Music of the Unsung is to address the need for more diverse representation in South Florida in classical music arts. In 2021, Portia Dunkley co-founded, with AngelRefuse’, The New Canon Chamber Collective Inc., a non-profit, South Florida-based chamber ensemble, to further this mission.
The New Canon Chamber collective is committed to social justice by creating an artistic platform that truly prioritizes building community through the classical music arts and genuinely reflects the rich cultural landscape of South Florida.
