- CMA: National Chamber Music MonthIt’s May, and…it’s National Chamber Music Month! Sponsored by Chamber Music America (CMA), the month-long celebration raises public awareness of the vibrant chamber music field; and features the many styles of small ensemble music performed and presented to today’s audiences and enthusiasts. Kevin Kwan Loucks- CMA CEO- notes: “May is National Chamber Music Month. During… Read more: CMA: National Chamber Music Month
- James Lee III: Courageous Lights Ancestral Lands“The Nebraskan premiere of James Lee III’s Courageous Lights brings everything much closer to home as we reside on the ancestral lands of many Native American tribes.” English horn-soloist Darci Gamerl offers some insight into her upcoming concert of Lee’s concerto, when she performs the piece again on May 5 – this time with the… Read more: James Lee III: Courageous Lights Ancestral Lands
- Paul Moravec: “Sanctuary Road” comes to Princeton“Why are we doing Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road?” And so, Ryan Brandau – Artistic Director of the Princeton Pro Musica (PPM) (pictured right) – invites us to find out more about the ensemble’s May 5 concert at Princeton University’s Richardson Hall. Sanctuary Road is scored for five soloists, chorus, and orchestra; and Moravec, a Pulitzer… Read more: Paul Moravec: “Sanctuary Road” comes to Princeton
- Roberto Sierra: Full of Life“Roberto Sierra’s [music] is full of life.” Eric Valliere – the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) Artistic Administrator – offers a glimpse of what’s to come in Boston on March 28, 2024, when the orchestra presents the US premiere of Sierra’s Sinfonía No. 6: Reflexión urbana. Domingo Hindoyan conducts (pictured below). The 22-minute work premiered in… Read more: Roberto Sierra: Full of Life
- James Lee III: “Sukkot” goes to PittsburghOn March 22, 2024, the Pittsburgh Symphony presents the regional premiere of James Lee III’s Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula, conducted by Juanjo Mena (pictured below). The ten-minute orchestral work was commissioned by the Sphinx Organization and premiered in October 2011 at the New World Symphony, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Lee describes the piece as… Read more: James Lee III: “Sukkot” goes to Pittsburgh
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