08/07/2008
90th Anniversary of Leonard Bernstein
August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990 This month marks 90 years since the birth of one of Boosey and Hawkes’ major composers, Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He t...
08/06/2008
Lang Lang performs Xiaogang Ye's New Piano Concerto at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Celebrated Chinese pianist Lang Lang will perform the world premiere of a new piano concerto by his countryman Xiaogang Ye at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The title of the work translates literally as M...
08/06/2008
Douglas J. Cuomo's "Arjuna's Dilemma" in Preview Performances at SUNY Purchase
The Music-Theatre Group presents three preview performances of Douglas J. Cuomo's chamber opera, Arjuna's Dilemma , at Purchase New York's Pepsico Theater on August 22, 23 and 24 conducted by Alan Johnson and directed by Robin ...
08/06/2008
Morton Subotnick's "Then and Now and Forever" in World Premiere at Martha's Vineyard Festival
Morton Subotnick's new work for clarinet, violin and piano, Then and Now and Forever , sees its world premiere this month at the Martha's Vineyard Festival on August 11. The premiere will be an acoustic performance of the piece...
08/06/2008
Alvin Singleton Featured in Chamber Music Magazine
Our own Alvin Singleton is the "Featured American Composer" in the most recent issue of Chamber Music magazine, a publication of Chamber Music America. Written by composer and music critic Kyle Gann, the Singleton fe...
08/06/2008
Jörg Widmann Composer-in-Residence at Marlboro Music
Jörg Widmann serves as Composer-in-Residence this month at Marlboro Music, the acclaimed music institution in Vermont led by Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida where master artists collaborate with young professionals in stud...
08/04/2008
Technical Training with Czerny
Czerny: 40 Daily Exercises Sheet music - for piano The specific feature of '40 Daily Exercises' is the extraordinary density of musical examples and specific technical problems in this small edition. In mostly o...
08/04/2008
Work of the Week - Peter Eötvös: Love and Other Demons
The world première of Peter Eötvös' new opera Love and Other Demons opens at Glyndebourne on 10 August 2008 . The full length work, directed by Silviu Purcarete, was co-commissioned by Glyndebo...
08/01/2008
Happy Birthday Bossa Nova Sheet music with CD - For guitar 50 years ago, the bossa nova began its triumphant progress. Unlike any other instrument, the guitar was crucial for this style. Reason enough for an ext...
07/28/2008
Work of the Week - Kenneth Hesketh: Graven Image
The culmination of Kenneth Hesketh's tenure as Composer in the House with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic comes on August 1 with the premiere of Graven Image at the BBC Proms. Principal conductor Vasily Petrenko leads th...
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