On February 15 and 16, Subito Music is off to Harvard Square to participate in the 2013 Harvard Women’s Choral Festival. With over 350 singers from around the US, the festival highlights concerts, seminars, panel discussions, and reading sessions of new works for women’s chorus. Grammy-nominee and internationally acclaimed a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in […]
This February, Nancy Galbraith will be honored by her alma mater Ohio University, and her new dance collaboration “Whispers of Light” premieres in Pittsburgh with the Bodiography Contemporary Ballet. “We are so excited to welcome Nancy back on campus in celebration of her music and career,” notes Dr. Andrew Trachsel, Ohio University Director of Bands […]
How would you tell a musical story in six minutes? On February 8, Roberto Sierra tells his newest story by way of Latin dance, when Mark Scatterday leads the Eastman Wind Ensemble in the world premiere of Mambo metálico. Commissioned by the ensemble, the six-minute work is scored for brass, percussion, and piano. “The mambo […]
May is National Chamber Music Month! Designated by Chamber Music America (CMA), May 2013 is a celebration of the many styles of small ensemble music performed and presented to today’s audiences and enthusiasts. “Chamber music is a vibrant and diverse field,” notes Margaret M. Lioi, CEO of CMA. “It includes contemporary music, jazz, world music, […]
“Dan Locklair’s Hues (for Orchestra) is just gorgeous and a lot of fun to play.” Amanda Preston, violist of the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra (and Music Department Production and Promotion Assistant), gives a glimpse into rehearsals for the school’s upcoming February 21 concert. Music director Tara Villa conducts the three-movement, 12-minute work. Preston continues, “Hues is […]
It’s 2013, and here are just a few highlights from Subito’s upcoming events. Michael Abels’ celebrated Global Warming will be performed in January by the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra. In February, the St. Louis Symphony features Dance for Martin’s Dream and Outburst as part of its Black History Month Celebrations. Roberto Sierra has another world […]
On December 13 and 14, soprano Heidi Grant Murphy joins Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony for the world premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Navidad en la montaña (Christmas in the Mountains). Written as a cantata for solo voice and orchestra, the 30-minute, 8-movement work features texts by Virginia Sierra, and was written for Murphy […]
“Nancy Galbraith’s Effervescent Air is a piece that has her musical signature all over it: exciting and full of life.” Pianist Luz Manriquez introduces the composer’s new chamber work for amplified Baroque flute and amplified piano, with accompanying strings and two percussion players. The three-movement, 15-minute piece premieres on November 18th in Pittsburgh, as Manriquez […]
“….The sky became black as all the magpies and crows on earth flew off toward the Silvery River. With their wings spread wide, the birds formed a bridge across the river. When Kyonu and Chiknyo realized what the birds had done, they stopped crying and rushed to each other across the feathery bridge. They held […]
“When Chatter considered presenting a special concert in celebration of the statehood of New Mexico, Roberto Sierra was the first thought of everyone around the table!” And so, Pamela Michaelis of Chatter 20-21 Ensemble (and president of Ensemble Music New Mexico) introduces us to Sierra’s newest chamber work Caprichos. Scored for Pierrot ensemble (flute, clarinet, […]
