Every Singer Performing at the Aspen Music Festival 2017

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We have just entered the Winter season, but the Aspen Music Festival is already getting people pumped for the season, announcing its performance slate for the months of June, July and August. Opera aficionados will find a lot to marvel at including a number of recitals. Michelle De Young will give a concert on July 25, 2017 featuring “Timothy Collins’ {…}

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Aspen Music Festival and School New Name for Music Tent

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Aspen Music Festival and School has announced that the Music Tent will now be known as the “Michael Klein Music Tent.” The new name reflects Klein’s dedication to the festival and for his support over the past few years. “This gift reflects the deepest belief in the mission and work of the AMFS, from one of the world’s most generous {…}

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Robert Spano Named Music Director of Washington National Opera

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The Washington National Opera has announced the appointment of conductor Robert Spano as Music Director of the WNO, beginning in the 2025–2026 season. Spano will become the music director designate, effective immediately until his initial three-year term begins in September 2025. In the new position, Spano will provide musical leadership for the company, overseeing the Washington National Opera Orchestra, Chorus, {…}

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Prague Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

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The Prague Symphony Orchestra has announced that Tomáš Netopil will be the new Music Director starting during the 2025-26 season. Netopil will succeed his present Chief Conductor Tomáš Brauner. In a statement, the conductor said, “Prague has always been an enormously rich source of culture and music for me. The Prague Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make an outstanding contribution {…}

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West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has named Maurice Cohn its new Music Director. Cohn is a two-time recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award and previously served as the Assistant Conductor for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He recently conducted the Cincinnati Symphony, Utah Symphony, Amarillo Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, and Symphoria New York. He was also Assistant Conductor of {…}

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Stephanie Lamprea to Present ‘Quaking Aspen’ at Roulette in NYC

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Stephanie Lamprea is set to present “Quaking Aspen” at Roulette in Brooklyn on Sept. 6, 2022. The showcase features “ wordless avant-garde soundscapes to spurts of operatic flourishes and electronic poetic loops.” She will be accompanied by Alex Van Gils on electronics. Lamprea is a Colombian-American soprano based in New York and Glasgow. In addition to previous appearances with Roulette, Lamprea {…}

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New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices Announces First of Nine New Co-Commissioned Works to Premiere Spring-Summer 2022

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New Music USA Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has announced the first of nine new co-commissioned works by women and BIPOC composers to be performed by over thirty orchestras across the United States. The orchestras will present the works over three years, from 2022 to 2025. The first of the {…}

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Orpheus Music Project to Stream ‘SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing’

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Minneapolis-based Orpheus Music Project will premiere “SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing,” a virtual vocal concert, on Vimeo on March 21, 2021. The 90-minute concert will be presented in collaboration with Minnesota Community Care, which provides humanitarian-based healthcare to members of the Minneapolis community. The showcase will feature soprano Riley Cardona and bass Brian Haase alongside pianist Bryon Wilson as they {…}

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Miah Im Appointed Head Coach of New Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program

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The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced that Miah Im has been appointed as head coach for their new Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program. Currently, Im is also the new Opera Studies director at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, as well as the studio music director of Houston Grand Opera. An alumnus of AMFS, Im has also {…}

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Every Singer Performing at the Aspen Music Festival 2017

Aspen Music Festival and School New Name for Music Tent

Robert Spano Named Music Director of Washington National Opera

Prague Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director

Stephanie Lamprea to Present ‘Quaking Aspen’ at Roulette in NYC

New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices Announces First of Nine New Co-Commissioned Works to Premiere Spring-Summer 2022

Orpheus Music Project to Stream ‘SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing’

Miah Im Appointed Head Coach of New Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program