Week of Events
SFCMP MASTERCLASS series
In San Francisco Contemporary Music Players' (SFCMP) ongoing Masterclass series, they interact with some of the most talented Bay Area pre-professional musicians in a live performance and feedback session with one of their renowned ensemble members. Students bring selected works to the stage while being mentored in the techniques, skills, and myriad styles of contemporary […]
Symphony Thursdays @7pm – Lauridsen & Daugherty
PacificSymphony+ is a new way to experience your Symphony online and on-demand. Enjoy the magic of music whenever and wherever you can. Symphony Thursdays continues on March 4, 2021 at 5pm CST | 7pm PST with music for brass ensemble: Morten Lauridsen’s "O Magnum Mysterium" has become one of the world’s most performed and recorded compositions […]
Native American Musical Culture: Jerod Tate
Explore the intersection between classical music and Native American musical cultures. Curated by composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (a ChoralQuest composer), with SF Symphony musicians. Tickets are $15. Date: Thursday, April 1, 2021 Learn more here.
Lara Downes’ new digital recording: Rising Sun Music
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 […]
National Association for Music Education Student Composition Winners with the Akropolis Reed Quintet
National Association for Music Education Student Composition Winners with the Akropolis Reed Quintet
To round out MIOSM, the free Young Composers Concert will take place, and feature winning compositions from the 2020 NAfME Student Composers Competition. The Akropolis Reed Quintet will be performing, and you […]
Composer-to-Composer Talks: Meredith Monk and Missy Mazzoli Presented by American Composers Orchestra
Composer-to-Composer Talks: Meredith Monk and Missy Mazzoli Presented by American Composers Orchestra
The Composer to Composer series features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions, moderated by ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel, begin by exploring a single work with one composer interviewing the other. Attendees will gain insight to each work’s genesis, sound, influence on […]
Cantus One Giant Leap
Cantus One Giant Leap
In One Giant Leap, Cantus celebrates the allure of outward exploration, the triumph of the human spirit, and the striving for excellence through innovation and technology. Cantus looked to the night sky to shape One Giant Leap, which the acclaimed men’s chorus toured in 2019–20 in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission […]
Innova Bay Area Pilot: Info Session
Innova Bay Area Pilot: Info Session
This info session for Innova's Bay Area Pilot program is for anyone who may be curious about this program and its mission, applying to the program, Innova's curatorial process, and even the process of recording and releasing music in general.
First Fridays with Robert Black (Bang on a Can All-Star Bassist)
First Fridays with Robert Black (Bang on a Can All-Star Bassist)
April’s First Fridays with Robert Black brings you large music from small countries. Experience pieces from Iceland’s Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Lithuania’s Žibuokle Martinaitytė, and Latvia’s Krists Auznieks. Deep oceans - expansive skies - dazzling lights – music that shares a fascination with ethereal sounds and earthly sonics. Chill with the aural aurora, celebrate at […]
Lisa Bielawa’s online world premiere of Broadcast at the Crossroads, presented in collaboration with DePauw University
Lisa Bielawa’s online world premiere of Broadcast at the Crossroads, presented in collaboration with DePauw University
Composer and producer Lisa Bielawa, in collaboration with the DePauw University School of Music, presents the online world premiere of Broadcast at the Crossroads on Friday, April 2, 2021 at 6:30pm CDT | 7:30pm ET. The video will remain online to watch after its initial premiere, available at www.lisabielawa.net/broadcast-at-the-crossroads and on DePauw University School of […]
Jupiter String Quartet Gives Virtual Concert presented by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Jupiter String Quartet Gives Virtual Concert presented by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Beginning on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 11am CT | 10am MST the Jupiter String Quartet is presented by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music in a virtual concert featuring the world premiere of Stephen Andrew Taylor’s Chaconne/Labyrinth. This performance was recorded exclusively for this online event in Smith Memorial Recital Hall at the University of […]
April 2021 | Great Lakes Concerts
April 2021 | Great Lakes Concerts
On Saturdays, April 3–24, at 12pm CT on 90.5 FM & streaming online, listen to a variety of music from regional orchestras and professional classical musicians from around the state of Michigan. April 3 Violinist Samuel Arakelyan and pianist Kevin Rhodes play Beethoven’s “Spring” Sonata, and Baroque on Beaver Festival Orchestra and Chorus perform the Mozart Requiem. […]