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Angel Blue To Open American Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season

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The American Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 season is set to open with “A Walt Whitman Sampler.” The concert, scheduled for Oct. 17, 2018, at Carnegie Hall will star rising American soprano Angel Blue in the New York premiere of Franz Schreker’s “Vom ewigen Leben.” The concert will also feature Canadian baritone Elliot Madore as a guest soloist for the New York {…}
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American Symphony Orchestra To Do US Premiere of Martinu Opera During 2018-19 Season

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The American Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2018-19 season at Carnegie Hall. The upcoming series of performances will feature a number of operatic and vocal works, which will be the focus of this article. The season kicks off with “A Walt Whitman Sampler,” which includes the US premiere of Otham Schoeck’s “Tommelschläge,” the New York premiere of Kurt Weill’s “Four {…}
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The American Symphony Orchestra To Perform ‘Intolleranza 1960’

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Leon Botstein will lead the American Symphony Orchestra in Luigi Nono’s opera “Intolleranza 1960.” The performance will mark the final one of the ASO’s four-concert Vanguard series, on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Carnegie Hall. The program is part of the series’ season-long theme examining the music composers have created under varied political leaderships. In “Intolleranza,” composer Luigi Nono attempted {…}
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American Symphony Orchestra Opening Night Concert Set To Include ‘Sounds of Democracy’

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The American Symphony Orchestra will open its 57th season of its Vanguard series at Carnegie Hall with a program titled “The Sounds of Democracy.” The concert will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 8 p.m. beginning a four-concert series comprising of three at Carnegie Hall and one at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. The series about American Democracy was shaped {…}
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American Symphony Orchestra To Showcase Luigi Nono Opera ‘Intolleranza’ in 2017-18 Season

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The American Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2017-18 season, which will feature a rarely performed opera among other vocal treats. The season’s main aim is to focus on music composed under a wide range of political regimes ranging from fascist to communist to democratic. Luigi Nono’s one-act opera “Intolleranza” will be showcased at the tail-end of the season on March {…}
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The Gilmore & Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Set Date for World Premiere of ‘American Sputnik’

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The Gilmore and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra have announced that “American Sputnik” is set to premiere on May 1, 2026. The co-commission for baritone, piano, and orchestra by composer Evan Mack and Pulitzer Prize– and Grammy Award–winning librettist Mark Campbell centers on American pianist Van Cliburn and his early international success. The premiere will take place at the 2026 Gilmore {…}
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Ryan Speedo Green and Jose Luis Gomez Headline Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Old American Songs’

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The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has announced that its “Old American Songs” concert will be joined by Grammy Award-winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and conductor Jose Luis Gomez. The concert, which will run on April 2 and 3, 2022, will center on Copland’s “Old American Songs,” and will also include Barber’s overture for “The School for Scandal,” and Dvorak’s “Symphony No. {…}
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Joelle Harvey to Headline Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Fridays on the Farm: American Masters’

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The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will present “Fridays on the Farm: American Masters” on July 2, 2021. The performance, which will take place at The Venue at Goebberts in Pinegree Grove, Illinois will feature soprano Joelle Harvey as she takes on Barber’s iconic “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” Harvey is an internationally renowned soprano who has performed at {…}
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Richmond Symphony Appoints Joe Jaxson as Next Composer-in-Residence

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(Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Jaxson) The Richmond Symphony has announced the appointment of composer Joe Jaxson as its next Composer-in-Residence. During his residency, Jaxson, who will succeed Damien Geter, will compose a new work for the Symphony’s 2026–2027 season, inspired by the Symphony Series finale featuring “Carmina Burana.” He will also contribute to education initiatives with the Richmond Symphony {…}

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