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Thomas Cooley & Clara Osowski Headline Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ With Salastina

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Photo credit: Paul Foster-Williams & Martin Walz Salastina has announced tenor Thomas Cooley and mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski as soloists in Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Cooley and Osowski in collaboration with co-artistic directors Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White on violin will present Arnold Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde.” The six-movement song cycle will be {…}

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Salastina to World Premiere Vid Guerrerio’s ‘OC Fan Tutte’

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Los Angeles-based company Salastina is set to end its 2021-22 season with a production of Vid Guerrerio’s “OC Fan Tutte.” The new work, which will be receiving its world premiere, aims to present an alternative to “Così fan tutte” and its “tired, dated misogyny of the original with contemporary issues of gender equality, gay marriage, and the friction between the {…}

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Sparks & Wiry Cries and National Sawdust Present Eighth Annual ‘songSLAM’

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Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, together with National Sawdust present the eighth annual “songSLAM.” The “songSLAM” is fashioned after traditional poetry slams and storytelling events like “The Moth.” Teams present world premieres of art song and compete for audience-awarded cash prizes totaling up to $2,000 and a performance of the 2023 songSLAM Commission Prize Winner. This year’s {…}

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National Sawdust Announces 2024 Winter/Spring Lineup

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National Sawdust has released the details of its 2024 Winter/Spring programming. First up is “How does it feel to look at nothing” by composers and performers yuniya edi kwon and Holland Andrews. Performance Date: January 12, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski and pianist Erika Switzer perform the world premiere of songSLAM commission prize-winner “Anger in Open Mouths: Three Sweet Songs” by {…}

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Chamber Music Los Angeles to Present ‘Music Box’

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Chamber Music Los Angeles is set to present “Music Box” on August 28, 2022. The 75-minute program will feature performances by a wide range of ensembles including Salastina, the Colburn School, Jacaranda Music, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Pacifica, and Pittance Chamber Music. Soprano Liv Redpath will be the lone vocal soloist in the program, performing Schubert’s “Shepherd on {…}

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Composer Derrick Skye Wins 2021 Princess Grace Award

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(Credit: Hannah Arista) The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’ Artistic Advisor Derrick Skye has won the Princess Grace Award. Skye is the creator of such works as “Mother of Bravery” for septet and narrator as well as “Mind the Rhythm” and his oeuvre has been performed by such organizations as Skye’s the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Dayton {…}