Week of Events
Innova Recordings Spring National Call Info Session
Innova Recordings Spring National Call Info Session
This info session for Innova Recordings National Call program is for anyone who may be curious about this program and its mission, applying to the program, Innova’s curatorial process, and […]
Equity Study Group: Gina Williams on her musical journey and the Ukraine she knows
Equity Study Group: Gina Williams on her musical journey and the Ukraine she knows
On Christmas Day 2019, composer/performer Gina Williams found herself on Ukrainian television performing in front of a national audience. This month for our Equity Study Group, the Jamaican Canadian-born, boundless musical creator shares the story of how she got there along with stories of her family and background growing up as an outsider in the […]
X, LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X
X, LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X
The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis (Central Park Five) and directed by Tony-nominee Robert O’Hara (Slave Play, a BandQuest composer) features a jazz ensemble incorporated into the orchestra and MOT 21-22 […]
Signature Concert #5 Intense, Playful & Serene
Signature Concert #5 Intense, Playful & Serene
Chen Yi’s intense, high-spirited, and hopeful composition, Ge Xu (Antiphony), is a tribute to Southern China’s Zhuang minority people and their celebratory song styles. Claude Debussy accesses playful emotions in Children’s Corner, dedicated to his young daughter and her favorite toys. He turns to an impressionistic sensuality in his tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Finally, Robert Schumann […]