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Richard Tucker Foundation Announces Career & Study Grants

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The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the career and study grants for 2025. The foundation said that mezzo-sopranos Meridian Prall and Nikola Printz, and baritone Ricardo José Rivera have been selected recipients of the 2025 Richard Tucker Career Grant. Recipients will receive a grant of $10,000 each. Meanwhile, the 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant recipients are tenors Daniel Luis Espinal and Ben Reisinger, {…}

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The Cleveland Orchestra to Host Free Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert

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(Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni) The Cleveland Orchestra is set host its 45th annual concert honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Soprano Laquita Mitchell and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus are slated to perform with The Cleveland Orchestra. Associate Conductor Daniel Reith conducts. Dr. William Henry Caldwell directs the all-volunteer community chorus. Aseelah Shareef, {…}

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Black Leadership Arts Collective To Present Inaugural Gala

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On August 23, the Black Leadership Arts Collective (B.L.A.C.) will present an Inaugural Gala. The evening will feature musical favorites at Manhattan School of Music, featuring members of B.L.A.C. and Grammy-nominated pianist Kevin Miller hosted by Terrance McKnight. Soloists will include Russell Thomas, Morris Robinson, Laquita Mitchell, J’Nai Bridges, Kenneth Kellogg, Kenneth Overton, Nicole Heaston, and Lawrence Brownlee. The proceeds {…}

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Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2024 Career & Study Grant Recipients

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The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the Career and Study grant. The foundation noted that Anthony Léon, Luke Sutliff, and Elena Villalón have been selected recipients of the 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant. Recipients receive unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. Sutliff and  were previously awarded the 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant. They join past Career Grant recipients Leah Hawkins, Aryeh Nussbaum {…}

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The Cleveland Orchestra & Composer Allison Loggins-Hu Announce Concert Series

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The Cleveland Orchestra will present a series of concerts in collaboration with Cleveland community partners. The series, which is also produced by the orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow Allison Loggins-Hu, will feature four performances with one of particular interest for opera lovers. On April 24, 2024, audiences will see “Faith,” a performance featuring music by Andrea Clearfield, Damien Sneed, {…}

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The Julia Perry Centenary Celebration & Festival Schedule Announced

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The Experiential Orchestra and Videmus present the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival in New York City. Julia Perry (1924-79) was an African-American composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Akron, Ohio. She spent two summers at the Berkshire Music Center, studied with Luigi Dallapiccola and briefly with Nadia Boulanger. She won the Prix Fontainebleau and two Guggenheim Fellowships, {…}

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The Oratorio Society of New York Announces its 2023-24 Season & 150th Anniversary Celebrations

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The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, has released its lineup for its 2023-24 season and special concerts for the 150th Anniversary celebrations. The season kicks off with “Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem.” Joining the Orchestra of the Society as soloists are soprano Laquita Mitchell, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Eric Carey, and bass Adam Lau. {…}

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Elisse Albian Takes First Prize at Oratorio Society of New York’s Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert

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The Oratorio Society of New York’s Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert has announced its winners. First place went to Elisse Albian with second prize going to Elijah McCormack, and third to Nicholas Burns. Albian will receive a $7,000 cash prize along with the Richard Pace Award while McCormack takes home $5,000 and the Meyerson/Zwanger. Burns gets the Robert and {…}