On June 5-8, Composer in Residence James Lee III unveils the world premiere of his BSO-commissioned Concerto for Orchestra, channeling his own love of Baltimore in a daring and evocative new work. Concerto for Orchestra is the last work of James to be commissioned and performed during his time as the Composer in Residence with […]
On May 16, 17 & 18 the New Jersey Symphony will perform Delights and Dances, the imaginative, bluesy work for solo string quartet and string orchestra by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels. Xian Zhang, the GRAMMY and Emmy Award winning music director of the New Jersey Symphony, conducts the program, which also features the music […]
The musicians of the Kansas City Symphony will be presenting a concert on Wednesday, May 14 featuring two pieces by famous jazz trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. A Fiddler’s Tale includes a tango and a “devil’s dance” and finishes with “The Blues on Top,” while At the Octaroon Balls sports movement titles like “Creole Contradanzas,” “Blue Lights on the Bayou” and […]
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 7pm at Cossin Theater in Chinatown, Composers Concordance will present the concert event entitled String Quartet +. The program will feature the world premiere of Faye-Ellen Silverman’s ‘From Eve’s Perspective’ for soprano and string quartet on words by Mark Twain. The CompCord String Quartet, which consists of Mark Zaki, Lynn Bechtold (violins), […]
On May 3,4 newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will premiere Susan Kander’s new CMA commission, a 16-minute work for seven players titled Melodies Lost and Found. newEar performs chamber music (2-10 players) of living composers in and around the Kansas City metro area. A Kansas City native herself, Susan Kander grew up in Kansas City and has continued […]
On May 1, renowned American pianist Joel Sachs will present an invigorating program of new music for solo piano by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra and the young Mexican composer-singer Diana Syrse. As part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival, the citywide celebration of Latin culture in the United States, Joel Sachs presents a program of recently-composed music from Latin […]
On May 5, the Oratorio Society of New York, under Maestro Kent Tritle, will give the world premiere of Paul Moravec’s and Mark Campbell’s ALL SHALL RISE at Carnegie Hall. ALL SHALL RISE concludes their American Voices trilogy of choral works—this one about the history of voting rights in the US. The earlier segments of […]
Currently serving as Composer in Residence for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (2024-2025 Season), James Lee III brings his new arrangement of the well-known spiritual “Deep River” to GospelFest on April 3, 2025. His arrangement will be performed by the talented members of the Morgan State Gospel Choir, the Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University, and […]
On Sunday, March 16, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra brought the beloved stories of Frederick’s Fables to life in conjunction with the Milwaukee Public Library. Combining the music of composer Michael Abels, the words and artwork of children’s author and illustrator Leo Lionni, and the dramatic contributions of Milwaukee’s own First Stage using multiple art forms, […]
This weekend will mark the Pacific Northwest Premiere of The Shining, in four SOLD OUT performances of the electrifying new opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Mark Campbell! The critically acclaimed opera is directly based on celebrated author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel. Called “…impressively creative [and] maximally effective, (OperaNews),” The Shining was […]
