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ChamberQUEER & Luna Composition Lab to Present ‘The Nebula Project, Volume 1: Little Gems’

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ChamberQUEER and Luna Composition Lab are set to introduce the first volume of works from “The Nebula Project” on Nov. 4, 2024. For each presentation as part of “The Nebula Project,” a minimum of two Luna Lab alums will be commissioned to create new work for ChamberQUEER performers. This inaugural event, titled “Little Gems” will feature a ChamberQUEER-curated ensemble of {…}
IndieOpera

Ensemble For These Times With Luna Composition Lab Announces Winners Of 2023 Call For Scores

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Following its successful 15th anniversary season, Ensemble for These Times (E4TT), an award-winning San Francisco-based contemporary chamber group, in partnership with Luna Composition Lab, has unveiled the winners of its 2023 Call for Scores. During the selection phase, the E4TT was presented with 22 scores from 13 emerging women and nonbinary composers. From this pool, they chose six outstanding pieces {…}
News

New York Festival of Song to Present ‘Poulenc/Sondheim’ at Merkin Hall

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The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will present “Poulenc/Sondheim” on April 7, 2026 at 8 p.m. at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York. Soprano Christine Taylor Price and baritone Theo Hoffman will be featured alongside pianists and NYFOS curators Steven Blier, Artistic Director of NYFOS, and Bénédicte Jourdois, Associate Artistic Director. “Francis Poulenc’s songs conjure up {…}
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Visconti Arts Announces Three New Signings

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Visconti Arts has announced the signing of conductors Kazem Abdullah and Chia-Hsuan Lin and composer Brian Raphael Nabors to its international roster. Abdullah joins following a run of landmark engagements, most recently opening the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season with Anthony Davis’s “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” His 2025-26 season includes debut appearances with the Naples Philharmonic, Kansas {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Margarita Gritskova, Veronika Rovná, & Samueol Park Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear rare pieces by Massenet, and Donizetti as well as Ethel Smyth, Bartok and Mark Abel. Massenet: Songs With Orchestra II Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Julien Henric, and Thomas Dolié lead an album cenetered on more than twenty mélodies {…}
News

New Music USA Announces 2025 Organization Fund Awardees

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New Music USA has released the names of the 83 awardees for the 2025 New Music Organization Fund. The organization provides grants to outstanding organizations that work regularly with and support the development of music creators and artists, offering crucial resources to their community. Totaling $584,000 in awards, the program funds organizations working in a variety of genres to help {…}
IndieOpera, Season Announcement

Ensemble for These Times Unveils 2025-26 Home Season

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(Photo credit: Martyn Selman) Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) announces its 2025-26 and 18th home season. This article only features vocal concerts.  “Lines, Circles + Spirals” features works by Karim Al-Zand, Clarice Assad, Anna Clyne, inti figgis-vizueta, Hannah Ishizaki, and more. Soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, pianist Margaret Halbig, and violinist Maya Victoria perform. Performance Date: November 7, 2025 {…}
News

Belmont Music Publisher Destroyed in Pacific Palisades Fire

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The Belmont Music Publisher has lost its full inventory during the fires in the Pacific Palisades. The publisher said, “Unfortunately Belmont Music was a victim of the Pacific Palisades fire. We have lost our full inventory of sales and rental materials. We hope that in the near future we will be able to “rise from the ashes” in a completely {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Freddie De Tommaso, Diana Damrau, Florian Sempey & Karine Deshayes Lead New Holiday CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear and see new holiday albums, a Puccini album, and rarely performed works. Here is a look at what to buy this season. Puccini The celebrated tenor Freddie De Tommaso celebrates Puccini in a new album with {…}

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