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The Crossing @ Christmas to Feature World Premiere of Caroline Shaw’s ‘Ochre’

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Grammy Award-winning ensemble The Crossing Choir will make the world premiere of  Caroline Shaw’s “Ochre” at its annual Crossing @ Christmas concert. Donald Nally will conduct Shaw’s new work and Mason Bates’s “Mass Transmission” for organ and electronics. Scott Dettra joins on the organ. In The Crossing tradition, these holiday concerts explore relationships, humanity, sorrow, treatment of the earth, and {…}

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Renée Fleming, Caroline Shaw, Aundi Marie Moore Headline Fortas Chamber Music Concerts’ 2022-23 Season

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The Kenned Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Concerts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Vocalist Caroline Shaw will join So Percussion for music by Angélica Negrón, Julia Wolfe, and Caroline Shaw. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2023 The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, under Tito Muñoz, will perform alongside the EXIGENCE {…}

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John Holiday to Headline Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Save the Boys’ on Opera Philadelphia Channel

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Opera Philadelphia is set to present Tyshawn Sorey’s “Save the Boys” on Feb. 12, 2021. The showcase will feature countertenor John Holiday, who in addition to a heralded operatic career, has recently made major headlines by his star turn on NBC’s “The Voice.” “Save the Boys” was inspired by an 1887 poem of the same name by Frances Ellen Watkins {…}

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Chelsea Music Festival Announces 2024 Season

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The Chelsea Music Festival has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Austrian duo baritone Daniel Gutmann and pianist Maximilian Kromer will perform a recital. Performance Dates: June 24, 2024 at High Line Nine Austrian duo baritone Daniel Gutmann and pianist Maximilian Kromer perform Schumann Lieder. The evening will also see music by Antonín Dvořák, {…}

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Death of Classical Announces Upcoming ‘Crypt & Catacombs’ Programming

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Death of Classical has released the May throughout Sept. programming for the “Crypt & Catacombs” series. This article features vocal related works only. The Miró Quartet perform a program featuring selections from its new album, “Home,” which centers around Caroline Shaw’s “Microfictions [vol. 1].” Performance Date: May 4, 2024 (Crypt Chapel of Harlem’s Church of the Intercession) “Sound & Silence” {…}

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Pacific Chorale Unveils 2024-25 Season

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(Photo Credit Jamie Pham) Pacific Chorale has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is the 16th annual Choral Festival at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Performance Date: August 11, 2024 Then comes “To the Hands,” a theatrical performance directed by Marty Austin Lamar. Robert Istad conducts. The showcase features works by Caroline Shaw, Buxxtahude, Moira Smiley, Sarah Mclachlan, Kevin Siegfried, {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly Stars in the 2024 Pažaislis Music Festival

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Details of the 2024 Pažaislis Music Festival have been announced. This article only features vocal works. Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly performs the works of Berlioz and Ravel with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Chief Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius. She is joined by the Kaunas State Choir. Performance date: May 31, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Vilija Mikštaitė and tenor Mindaugas {…}

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Death of Classical & The Green-Wood Cemetery Announce Season 6 of ‘The Angel’s Share’

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Death of Classical and the Green-Wood Cemetery announce “The Angel’s Share,” the organizations’ sixth season of collaborations. The season opens May 24. Each performance will begin with a pre-show spirits tasting with whiskey, mezcal, and more before audiences take a twilight walk through the Cemetery to the Catacombs. This article features vocal works only. The Fourth Wall Ensemble performs Caroline {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo & Fleur Barron Star in San Francisco Performances’ 2024-25 Season

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San Francisco Performances has announced its 2024-25 season. This article features vocal pieces only. For the company’s 45th Anniversary Gala tenor Nicholas Phan and composer and pianist Jake Heggie take the stage. Performance Date: October 4, 2024 Opening the “Art of Song” series is the world premiere of new works by Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane. Performance Date: November 14, {…}