Varo String Quartet Returns to Rosehill Cemetery
Varo String Quartet presents their second multi-genre concert at the Horatio N May Chapel in Rosehill Cemetery. Blending sounds ranging from the traditional to the terrifying, VSQ will present works by Luis Fernando Amaya, Jonathan Hannau, Joseph Haydn, and Gyorgy Ligeti in a smorgasbord of spooky sounds. Contemporary works by Amaya and Hannau, a string… Read more »
Sep 21, 2024
Composers Concordance Presents Interpretations of Art @ Ki Smith Gallery Feat. CompCord Ensemble
For Immediate Release – New York, NY – On Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 7:30pm, Composers Concordance presents 'Interpretations of Art @ Ki Smith Gallery' Feat. CompCord Ensemble. New music and poetry will be premiered that are inspired by art from the Lower East Side gallery. Featured compositions and poems include 'Mugshot' music by Gene… Read more »
Sep 21, 2024
Kronos Quartet
Two events took place during NJPAC’s inaugural season (1997-98) that boldly announced what the vision of this new arts center would be. The first, a performance by the boundary-pushing chamber group Kronos Quartet. The second, a tribute to gospel singer and activist Mahalia Jackson. Now, the Kronos Quartet returns to NJPAC to explore the inspiring… Read more »
Sep 20, 2024
Jams: A Late 90’s + 2000’s R&B, Pop, and Hip-Hop Party
11:00 PM doors & party (21+) Herbert Holler of the legendary Freedom Party® presents Jams, a new late night party celebrating the best of late 90's + 2000's R&B, pop, and hip-hop with classics and deep cuts from TLC, 112, Aaliyah, Jagged Edge, Justin Timberlake, Destiny's Child, and more. Hosted by Savior Elmundo.
Sep 20, 2024
FUTURE TRAVEL – David Rosenboom with HEX Trio singers: Molly Pease, Fahad Siadat & Scott Graff
Presented by Highways Performance Space Executive Director, Leo Garcia & Artistic Director, Patrick Kennelly, this performance with live electronics/computer, voices, film/video, piano/keyboard, 5-string electric violin, and more celebrates the new, expanded reissue by Black Truffle Records of composer-performer David Rosenboom's classic 1981 journey in sonic imagery, Future Travel, with new music derived from it in… Read more »
Sep 19, 2024
Loksi’ Shaali’ (Shell Shaker): A Chickasaw Opera
In his two-act opera Loksi' Shaali' (Shell Shaker), Tate depicts the Chickasaw origin story of the tribe’s sacred turtle shell shakers, used in traditional stomp dancing and social songs. The first opera composed entirely in an American Indian language, Shell Shaker makes its world premiere with Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, conducted by… Read more »
Sep 19, 2024
Piano Sonatas of Galina Ustvolskaya with Conor Hanick
Other Minds welcomes Conor Hanick for a performance of the complete piano sonatas of Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) at The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Monday, October 28, 2024. The performance will be preceded by a talk on Ustvolskaya’s music by musicologist and 20th Century Russian and Soviet music specialist Simon Morrison. Born in Petrograd… Read more »
Sep 18, 2024
Lampo: TAK Ensemble
TAK Ensemble visits Lampo for two days—performing works by Tyshawn Sorey, Ashkan Behzadi, Eric Wubbels, Bethany Younge, and their first collective work on October 19; and guiding a public workshop on October 20. The Saturday performance features Tyshawn Sorey’s For Jaimie Branch (2022); Ashkan Behzadi’s La Granada from Love, Crystal and Stone (2017); Eric Wubbels’… Read more »
Sep 18, 2024
Lampo: Jason Nazary
Jason Nazary has been working on new series of compositions for drum set and synths. In "Trust In Its Novel Repetition," he premieres various concise studies that are equal parts clatter and blurp. Nazary creates a shared language between the instruments, gradually revealing complexity through the exploration of simple ideas. Jason Nazary (b.1984, Aviano, Italy)… Read more »
Sep 18, 2024
A Night of Ecstatic Song and Story
From the original Woodstock to India’s Kumbh Mela festivals from Bhakti fests to Shakti fests and more Fantuzzi’s energy transforms and uplifts. A unique combination of spiritually inspired mystic rhythms Latin reggae funk and heart songs Fantuzzi's sound is sure to elevate your soul and move your body. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience… Read more »
Sep 18, 2024
Sacred and Profane: Sheree Clement & Bob Sirota
Composers Robert Sirota and Sheree Clement present Sacred and Profane, a performance that invites audiences to explore the dual narratives of conflict and reconciliation. A unique blend of chamber music and opera, Sirota and Clement’s music grapples with the human condition through the lenses of comedy, drama, and lyricism. The evening will feature an all-star… Read more »
Sep 17, 2024
New Music Ensemble Concert
First concert of the Jacobs School of Music's New Music Ensemble in the fall 2024 semester. Repertoire includes the following works: – Charles Ives, Set for Theatre Orchestra – Julia Wolfe, A Wild Furze – Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Barbaverde – Pascal Le Boeuf, Imprints
Sep 17, 2024
Julia Perry Centennial Concert
In celebration of Julia Perry’s 100th birthyear on September 27 at Tanglewood Castle of our Skins will present a tribute concert, featuring newly available and long forgotten gems by Perry – including her most beloved Stabat Mater – and the women who inspired her. Featured Artists: Sarah Bob, piano | Annie Rabbat, violin | Matthew… Read more »
Sep 17, 2024
Kinetic Ensemble presents “The Strangers’ Case”
The first of two chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Strangers’ Case features a preview performance of a new work for voice and strings by the phenomenal Houston composer Karim Al-Zand. Firecracker performer Alexandra Smither, who last sang with Kinetic in May 2023, returns to sing the Al-Zand premiere, along with… Read more »
Sep 16, 2024
“how fragile, we bloom” Opening Ceremony
Join Chromic Duo (Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao) for the launch of "how fragile, we bloom", an immersive soundwalk created for Wave Hill in collaboration with its Art, Community, Education and Science (ACES) youth interns using Augmented Reality (AR). Alongside Chromic Duo's sound design, narration and composition, stories from the ACES have been incorporated into… Read more »
Sep 16, 2024
Thompsonia: Cajun, blues and old-time Americana – family style!
Thompsonia combines Suzy & Eric Thompson’s deep devotion to old-time, Cajun, acoustic blues and bluegrass with daughter Allegra’s fresh perspective, creating feel-good music that ricochets between the rowdy and the sentimental, with an abundance of groove and a bit of a quirky edge. The band features the genetically-matched vocals of Suzy and Allegra (Geoff Muldaur… Read more »
Sep 13, 2024
“The Last Word” (premiere) // “Forever” – a double bill of new operas
Thompson Street Opera Company, Chicago's home for new opera, opens the fall season with a double bill of new works, including one world premiere and one Chicago premiere. THE LAST WORD – music by Craig Carnahan, libretto by James Broughton FOREVER – music by Elizabeth Gartman, libretto by Melisa Tien Please join us in The… Read more »
Sep 13, 2024
Gershwin Brothers’ Two Political Satire Musicals in Concert In Boston, Oct 12
Hailed by The New York Times as “one of the nation’s most intriguing opera companies,” Odyssey Opera, in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), presents a rare Boston showing of the Gershwin brothers’ two political musicals at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. With scores by George… Read more »
Sep 13, 2024
Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 2
E4TT emerita pianist extraordinaire Dale Tsang returns to perform works chosen from our second Call for Scores for solo piano, from 2024. The 11 composers and their works: Alexa Canales: "(un)ravel" Michael Coleman: "Eastern Shore Rag" Albert de la Fuente : Sonata, Movement 1 Lilyanne Dorilas: "Black Amber" George N. Gianopoulos: "Fughetta on Monk's 'Well… Read more »
Sep 13, 2024
Midnight Serenades: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers
The sixth edition of E4TT's annual favorite and the Second Year of E4TT's Collaboration with Luna Composition Lab. Featuring works by chosen from E4TT's 2023 Call for Scores with Luna Composition Lab alums: Three submitted scores by: Olivia Bennett, Gabriella Carrido, and Devon Lee Three commissioned World Premieres by: Lucy Chen, Madeline Clara Cheng, and… Read more »
