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11/14/2008
PRISM Saxophone Quartet Perform World Premiere of Bernard Rands' PRISM in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the world premiere of Bernard Rands' PRISM (Memo 6b) on November 21 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the hands of the PRISM Saxophone Quartet. The piece, commissioned by the ensemble, is an adaptation of Rands' Memo 6 for solo alto saxophone, ...
11/14/2008
Morton Subotnick Festival at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College honors Morton Subotnick on his 75th birthday with a full-day festival of his music on November 11, featuring three concert programs, talks with the composer, and the world premiere of a new version of his recently-composed trio, Then and Now and Forever . Premiered at The Martha's ...
11/11/2008
Douglas J. Cuomo's "Arjuna's Dilemma" at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival
Following its run of preview performances in Purchase, New York last August, Douglas J. Cuomo's chamber opera Arjuna's Dilemma comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival on November 5 for its long awaited premiere. A fusion of western and eastern musical idioms, the opera takes its ...
11/06/2008
Alvin Singleton's "Brooklyn Bones" Given World Premiere in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
The Fort Greene Park Conservancy and American Opera Projects present the world premiere on November 15 of Alvin Singleton's Brooklyn Bones , commissioned by the Conservancy with generous support from Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of the City Parks Foundation and the New York City Department ...
10/08/2008
Bernard Rands' "chains like the sea" sees its world premiere this month at the hands of Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic on Wednesday, October 1 in honor of the composer's 75th birthday. Dedicated to Maestro Maazel and the New York Philharmonic and marking Rands' fourth commission ...
10/08/2008
Krzysztof Penderecki turns 75 this year, and organizations around the globe are honoring him with performances of his music. The Philadelphia Orchestra led by conductor Charles Dutoit performs Concerto Grosso No.1 , featuring cellists Han-Na Chang, Daniel Müller-Schott, and Arto Noras on October ...
10/08/2008
Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter , a multi-generational family epic with a libretto by Amy Tan based on her best-selling novel, opened last month at San Francisco Opera to critical acclaim worldwide and a sold out premiere run. Here is a sampling of what the press is saying about the ...
10/08/2008
Alvin Singleton Composer-in-Residence in Albania
The cultural organization Eurynome Corp presents a series of concerts of the music of our very own Alvin Singleton in Tirana, Albania. The Orchestra of Albanian Radio and Television (OART) led by Oleg Arapi and the Orchestra of Opera and Ballet (OOB) under the baton of Zhani Ciko perform the Albanian ...
10/08/2008
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos perform Carl Orff's epic cantata Carmina Burana on November 6 in Boston's Symphony Hall. Joining the BSO in this grand production is the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children's Chorus, and Sequentia: Ensemble ...
09/09/2008
Schott Music is proud to announce the signings of composers Stewart Wallace and Andrew Norman. With Stewart Wallace's multi-faceted background creating works for the grandest of opera stages and Andrew Norman emerging as one of America's premier young composers, Schott Music enthusiastically welcomes ...
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