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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… Read more: World Premiere of New James Lee III Orchestral Work by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra!

Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with three electrifying performances this May in am exciting program highlighting Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, in Dublin, Liverpool and London. Roberto Sierra wrote Fandangos in 2000 on commission for the National Symphony Orchestra and its music director Leonard Slatkin, who gave the world premiere in Washington, D.C., on February 28,… Read more: Roberto Sierra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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… Read more: New Jersey Symphony Performs Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances!

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… Read more: Kansas City Symphony Presents the Music of Wynton Marsalis!

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),… Read more: Composers Concordance to Present Faye-Ellen Silverman World Premiere!