Tania León Named 2025 Recipient of the William Schuman Award

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(Photo credit: Rob Davidson) Columbia University School of the Arts announced that composer Tania León is the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award. León is the tenth recipient of the award that recognizes the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance. She will receive an unrestricted {…}

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Loadbang to Give World Premiere of Hersch’s ‘that I wanted to find you here’

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Loadbang is set to give the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s new vocal cycle, ‘that I wanted to find you here.’ This 30-minute score was written in the period immediately following the composers recovery from a near-death experience early last year. The work sets texts by Abdellatif Laâbi, Anja Utler, Stav Poleg, and Shane McCrae. Of this piece Hersch says, {…}

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Rutgers Presbyterian Church to Host ‘Remembering Gheorghe Costinescu’

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The Rutgers Presbyterian Church will be the site of “Remembering Gheorghe Costinescu” on Dec. 7, 2024. The showcase will shine the spotlight on the composer, conductor, pianist, musicologist, and artist with live performance and live performance videos featuring a number of artists. Soprano Lucy Shelton will appear in a live performance video of “Jublius” and there will also be a {…}

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Lyric Opera of Orange County to Showcase Menotti Double Bill

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The Lyric Opera of Orange County will present “The Menotti Radio Hour,” a double bill featuring “The Medium” and “The Old Maid and the Thief.” The production, which opens on Oct. 25 and runs through the 27 for a total of three showcases at the OC Music and Dance, will be directed by Jen Stephenson and features Christopher Walters, Leeza {…}

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Carolyn Jack to Publish Debut Novel ‘The Changing of Keys’

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(Photo credit: Kevin Rabito) Carolyn Jack’s debut novel, “The Changing of Keys” will be released on Sept. 17 by Regal House Publishing. The novel explores the cutthroat world of classical opera, grief, and coming-of-age. The plot follows a gifted, fourteen-year-old pianist, whose father has died. He himself sent away from his Caribbean home against his will, to study classical music {…}

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Obituary: Harold Meltzer Passes Away

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(Photo credit: Daniel Lin) American composer Harold Meltzer passed away at 58, due to complications from a stroke. Meltzer was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1966, and grew up in Long Island, where he studied piano and had instruction in music theory from Morton Estrin. He studied composition, piano, and bassoon at Amherst College, where he graduated summa cum {…}

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Miller Theatre Launches 25th Anniversary of ‘Composer Portraits’ With Courtney Bryan

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(Photo credit: Rob Davidson) The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 25th anniversary of “Composer Portraits” will open with Courtney Bryan. The “Composer Portraits” series offers audiences a full-evening immersions into a single composer’s work, along with onstage conversations on the creative process. This year’s series is devoted to five stylistically diverse composers. The {…}

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Jennifer Patten Appointed Executive Director of The Diller-Quaile School of Music

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Jennifer Patten, an educator, administrator, cellist, and dancer based in New York City, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of The Diller-Quaile School of Music. Patten begins her role on August 12. The appointment was announced by the School’s Board of Directors following an extensive search process conducted in partnership with the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. Kirsten {…}

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‘The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language’ to Be Presented at Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival

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Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, in collaboration with American Opera Projects and The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life, will present “The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language.” The concert premiere of the new chamber opera is set to take place on May 4 at South Oxford Space in Brooklyn, NY. The work tells the story of {…}

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Tania León Named 2025 Recipient of the William Schuman Award

Loadbang to Give World Premiere of Hersch’s ‘that I wanted to find you here’

Rutgers Presbyterian Church to Host ‘Remembering Gheorghe Costinescu’

Lyric Opera of Orange County to Showcase Menotti Double Bill

Carolyn Jack to Publish Debut Novel ‘The Changing of Keys’

Obituary: Harold Meltzer Passes Away

Miller Theatre Launches 25th Anniversary of ‘Composer Portraits’ With Courtney Bryan

Jennifer Patten Appointed Executive Director of The Diller-Quaile School of Music

‘The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language’ to Be Presented at Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival