“It’s been a blast for me and the musicians to work on this piece!” Anna Edwards — music director of the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra — gives an enthusiastic peek into the ensemble’s upcoming November 18th West Coast premiere of Leanna Primiani’s Sirens. Based after Homer’s classic “The Odyssey,” the ten-minute work premiered in 2008 at […]
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Sierra: 21st Century Twists and Turns
On June 4 and 6, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s season finale concerts present Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, led by guest conductor Gregory Vajda. The 12-minute piece was commissioned by the National Symphony and received its world premiere in February 2001 conducted by Leonard Slatkin. “It was fun to work on Fandangos,” Gregory Vajda shares. “There are a […]
DBR: Relevant, Exciting and Meaningful
On April 11, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony presents its “Rediscover” concert featuring the music of its artist-in-residence, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). DBR joins the orchestra as soloist, when Artistic Director and CEO Jason Weinberger conducts the composer’s Woodbox Violin Concerto, and presents the premiere of his new work “A Young Person’s GPS for Our […]
Abels: A Connection to this Music
They’re at it again! The Altius Quartet likes Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances so much that, last summer, they performed it at the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango, CO. This season, they’re performing it again on March 12, as part of their Graduate String Quartet Residency at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Music […]
Subito at Minnesota’s “Future Classics”
“It is a pleasure to partner with Subito Music for another year of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Composer Institute.” And so Kevin Smith, Minnesota Orchestra President and CEO, welcomes us back to Minneapolis as we join them for the 2015 Composer Institute. The Composer Institute runs from January 12 – 16, 2015, and culminates with […]
Zaimont: Pure, Cool (Water)
On November 24, Viennese audiences will be treated to the world premiere of Judith Lang Zaimont’s Pure, Cool (Water) Symphony No. 4, performed by the Janacek Philharmonie Ostrava at the Wiener Konzerthaus, conducted by Niels Muus. Commissioned and supported by The Sorel Organization, Pure, Cool (Water) is a 43-minute work written in honor of the […]
Abels: Fresh, Fun and Unique
If you’re in Mobile, AL on November 15 and 16, head on over to Saenger Theatre for the Mobile Symphony’s performances of Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances, featuring the Harlem String Quartet. Scott Speck conducts these performances as part of the orchestra’s “Beethoven and Blue Jeans” series. Harlem String Quartet violinist Melissa White comments, “Delights […]
Sierra: A Wonderful Concert Opener
UPDATE: The Allentown Symphony’s performances of Roberto Sierra’s Montuno were enthusiastically received by audiences and critics. Steve Siegel of The Morning Call noted, “Montuno was a slinky, seductive fusion of Spanish guitar and vocal music…[which] bloomed into a vibrant series of variations, each successively more energetic before coming to an exhilarating close…” Read the […]
Nashville Symphony Rocks with DBR
A Moment Full of Joy and Humor “On October 29, 2007, Senator Barack Obama appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Every guest of the show is invited to dance with DeGeneres, and as Obama made his way downstage to meet her, she met him halfway, and together, they danced.” And so, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) […]
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 […]