Boulanger Initiative Hosts WoCo Fest 2023: Awaken Featuring Roomful of Teeth

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The Boulanger Initiative will host WoCo Fest 2023: Awaken on May 5 -6 in Washington D.C. The Grammy® award-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth headline. The fifth annual event will feature the Stone Ridge Upper School Chorus and other multi-genre performances. Presentations include Dr. Leah Claiborne on Black American Women composers, a panel discussion on Boulanger Initiative’s new database, and yoga {…}

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Roomful of Teeth Announces Concert at Rice University

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Roomful of Teeth is set to present a free concert at Rice University’s Morrison Theater inside Brockman Hall for Opera on Feb. 24, 2023. The showcase kicks off at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti’s “On Stochastic Wave Behavior,” as well as Caroline Shaw’s “The Isle” and her Pulitzer Prize-winning composition “Partita for 8 Voices;” Shaw is {…}

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Paulina Francisco, Shelén Hughes, Jacqueline Echols, Justin Austin, Amanda Forsythe Headline Caramoor 2024 Season

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Caramoor has announced its summer 2024 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Kicking things off is a Pride Month celebration with tenor Jasmine Rice LaBeija, presented in collaboration with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center. Performance Date: June 13, 2024 Roomful of Teeth will present works by Caroline Shaw, Angelica Negrón, Peter Shin, William Brittelle, and {…}

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Katelyn Morton, Kirsten Kunkle, Mark Billy to Headline World Premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate‘s ‘Shell Shaker’

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The Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra is set to world premiere “Shell Shaker,” a new opera by Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate on. Feb. 24, 2023 at Prat Hall in Massachusetts. The opera is based on the ancient legend of the Chickasaw people who received turtle shells as a traditional percussion instrument. The opera will be entirely in Chickasaw language and will star {…}

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Estelí Gomez to Headline A Far Cry’s ‘México Lindo y Querido’

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A Far Cry is set to present “México Lindo y Querido” on Nov. 18, 2022 at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. The showcase will be headlined by soprano Estelí Gomez in a program featuring Julián Carrillo’s “En Secreto,” Silvestre Revueltas’ “Cuauhnáhuac,” and Gabriela Ortiz’s “La Calaca.”There will also be a suite of popular Mexican music arranged by Alex Fortes. {…}

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The Curtis Institute Names Four Composers to its Faculty

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The Curtis Institute has appointed four composers to its faculty. The composers include Nick DiBerardino, Amy Beth Kirsten, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Steven Mackey. They will begin their respective tenures during the 2022-23 school year. The quartet will all work with Curtis students and current faculty member Richard Danielpour to develop the composition through lessons, seminars, and coachings. “I am {…}

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Dashon Burton & David Fung to Present Recital for Caramoor

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(Image Provided by San Francisco Performances) Dashon Burton and David Fung are set to present a recital on March 21 for Livestreams from the Music Room at Caramoor. An original member of the innovative Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, bass-baritone Dashon Burton will perform a wide-ranging program including Schumann’s complete “Dichterliebe” and works by John Dowland, Charles Brown, Florence {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Commissions Four New Works

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Opera Philadelphia Channel has commissioned four of today’s most dynamic composers to create and premiere new works to be streamed on the channel. The company announced the news ahead of its digital platform launch. The first premiere, slated for January 2021, will be composed by Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Tyshawn Sorey. Subsequent premieres will be composed by Courtney Bryan, Puerto Rican-born composer {…}

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Kate Lindsey, Erin Morley & J’Nai Bridges Lead New York Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

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The New York Philharmonic has announced its new 2020-21 season, featuring number of orchestral and vocal works. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on vocal works. Here is a look: In time for the holiday season, Fabio Biondi conducts concert performances of Händel’s “Messiah” with soloists soprano Liv Redpath, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, tenor John Matthew Myers {…}

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Boulanger Initiative Hosts WoCo Fest 2023: Awaken Featuring Roomful of Teeth

Roomful of Teeth Announces Concert at Rice University

Paulina Francisco, Shelén Hughes, Jacqueline Echols, Justin Austin, Amanda Forsythe Headline Caramoor 2024 Season

Katelyn Morton, Kirsten Kunkle, Mark Billy to Headline World Premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate‘s ‘Shell Shaker’

Estelí Gomez to Headline A Far Cry’s ‘México Lindo y Querido’

The Curtis Institute Names Four Composers to its Faculty

Dashon Burton & David Fung to Present Recital for Caramoor

Opera Philadelphia Commissions Four New Works

Kate Lindsey, Erin Morley & J’Nai Bridges Lead New York Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season