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“I am so grateful to James Lee III for entrusting me with such an important and outstanding piece of music.” – Alexandra Dariescu On November 9, 2023, pianist Alexandra Dariescu premieres the composer’s new piano concerto Shades of Unbroken Dreams with the Detroit Symphony, led by Fabien Gabel. The three-movement, 34-minute work was commissioned by… Read more: Lee: Important and Outstanding

“It’s a great privilege to bring Omar to San Francisco.” And so notes Matthew Shilvock, General Director of the San Francisco Opera, on the eve of the opera company’s November 5, 2023 performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels – and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning co-composer/librettist Rhiannon Giddens’ – opera, Omar. The work was commissioned by… Read more: Abels: A Great Privilege

On November 5, 2023, composer Dan Locklair conducts his Requiem in Lynchburg, VA. The concert is an All Saints’ Day Concert with the St. John’s Choir, the Cantate Youth and Children’s Choir, soloists, string orchestra and organ, played by Peggy Haas Howell. The nine-movement, 45-minute work is set in English and uses elements of the… Read more: Locklair: A Magical, Musical Partnership

Composer Faye-Ellen Silverman’s October 2023 schedule is full with three world premieres in New York City—one of which features the composer performing her own music! On October 14, Silverman premieres her new solo piano work Embracing the Woman in Red as part of Composers Concordance 40th anniversary season. As a composer/performer, Silverman notes, “Since I… Read more: Silverman: October’s 3 for 3

Welcome back to Composer’s Corner, Subito Music’s informal composer-chat series. This time, we’re featuring Randi Driscoll, an award-winning singer/songwriter whose noted, original songs “What Matters” and “Love is Love” are part of the Yelton Rhodes Music catalog, a collection that features choral music for GALA choruses. Subito Music is the exclusive distributor of Yelton Rhodes… Read more: Driscoll: Composer’s Corner Q & A