A Sense of Fluid Motion and Complexity Paul Moravec kicks off the New Year with a new work! Grosse Fuge Fantasy premieres on January 23rd performed by the SOLI Chamber Ensemble of San Antonio, TX. The four-and-a-half-minute work is the composer’s personal tribute to Beethoven’s enduring legacy and source of inspiration. “We are thrilled to […]
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Kansas City Prepares for World Premiere of Susan Kander’s The Giver!
New, Thrilling, and the Very Stuff of Opera This month, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s offers the world premiere of Susan Kander’s latest opera The Giver. Co-commissioned with the Minnesota Opera, and directed by Linda Ade Brand, The Giver opens on January 14th conducted by Paula Winans. Based on the award-winning Lois Lowry novel, […]
Kansas City Prepares for World Premiere of Susan Kander’s The Giver!
New, Thrilling, and the Very Stuff of Opera This month, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s offers the world premiere of Susan Kander’s latest opera The Giver. Co-commissioned with the Minnesota Opera, and directed by Linda Ade Brand, The Giver opens on January 14th conducted by Paula Winans. Based on the award-winning Lois Lowry novel, […]
The Most Cherished Memories
It’s hard to believe that ten years have gone by since the 9/11 tragedy. Music has played such an important role in comforting, remembering, and in moving forward. As we pause again to commemorate those who were lost, Stanley Silverman offers his own tribute when the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio gives the world premiere of his Trio […]
Roberto Sierra
“[Roberto Sierra’s] music is extremely appealing,” shared Music from Angel Fire festival artistic director Ida Kavafian on the eve of the festival’s August 24, 2011 premiere of Sierra’s Fuego de ángel. Commissioned by the festival, and scored for piano and strings, the 17-minute chamber work was performed by the Opus One ensemble. Kavafian noted that […]
“Extra-musical” Inspiration
This summer, Dan Locklair traveled around the Mediterranean. This fall, he’s traveling again — first for a composer residency and September 17th performance of Dreamsteps at the Carolina Chamber Music Festival in New Bern, NC, followed by a trip in October to New York for the world premiere of Trumpets of Light on October 23rd. […]
DBR “Dances” at BAM
“Symphonic music has always had an element of ‘dance’ in it….” And so, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) invites audiences to take the floor with him at BAM’s Next Wave Festival, where, on October 13th — 15th, his Symphony for the Dance Floor receives its New York premiere. Directed by D.J. Mendel, Symphony for the Dance […]
Exciting to Choreograph!
“Paul Moravec is a wonderful composer.” That’s what Richard Weiss, artistic director of the Carolina Ballet said about Moravec on the eve of the Carolina Ballet’s revival of “The Time Gallery” which opens on September 15, 2011. Originally premiered in fall 2008, “Time Gallery” runs through October 2, 2011 for 11 performances. Weiss continues, “A […]
Kander’s “Garden” Premiere
On September 9, 2011, Missouri-gal Susan Kander celebrates the 90th birthday of Leslie Laskey — Washington University of St. Louis’ renowned educator — with the world premiere of A Garden’s Time Piece. Scored for soprano and violin, and featuring Kander’s settings of Laskey’s own poetry, performers Christine Johnson and Marc Thayer will premiere the 10-minute […]
European Premiere of Nancy Galbraith Orchestral Work this Summer
European Premiere of Nancy Galbraith’s De profundis ad lucem in the Netherlands July 2, 2011 will feature the European premiere of De profundis ad lucem, a one movement orchestral work by Subito composer Nancy Galbraith. This 20-minute piece will be performed by the Limburg Symphony Orchestra in the Netherlands, and will be conducted by Ed […]