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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Virtual Watch Party | LYRIC Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 8:00PM CDT / 6:00PM PT Attend the Virtual Watch Party with the musicians of San Fransisco's conductor-less chamber orchestra, One Found Sound! Filmed and performed in-person (and at a social distance!), their season kickoff will feature a special music video project along with a conversation with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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" […]
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 […]
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. […]
In this livestream performance, we’re shining a spotlight on extraordinary women composers, past and present. The program starts with music of Reena Esmail, whose compositions have been hailed as “crystal clear, beautiful, thought-provoking, and unlike anything I’ve ever heard before” (Los Angeles Times). Then, hear Florence Price’s exuberant String Quartet in A minor and Ethel […]