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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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Obituary: Famed Fiery Musicologist Richard Taruskin Has Died at Age 77

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Renowned musicologist Richard Taruskin died from cancer at age 77 on July 1, 2022. Taruskin was the author of the monumental “The Oxford History of Western Music,” a six volume set tracing Western music from around 800 CE to the late-20th century. The Washington Post called Taruskin’s massive 4,000 page narrative history “Erudite, engaging, and suffused throughout with a mixture {…}
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Miller Theatre to Present Stile Antico this February

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Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is set to present Stile Antico on on February 19,  2022. The ensemble will present a program of sacred music by such composers as Allegri, Byrd, de Lassus, Monteverdi, Muhly, Sheppard, Tallis, and Taverner, among many others. “We look forward to welcoming Stile Antico back to our Early Music series and onstage at Miller Theatre for {…}
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English composer Hannah Kendall Receives Hindemith Prize

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(Credit: Hannah Kendall official website) The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival has announced that English composer Hannah Kendall will receive the prestigious Hindemith Prize in 2022, along with a cash amount of 20,000 euros. Hannah Kendall is currently doing her doctorate in composition at Columbia University in New York. She has composed the chamber opera “The Knife of Dawn,” choral works and {…}
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Kati Agócs to Premiere New Song Cycle ‘Voices of the Immaculate’

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On December 9th, 2021 at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York City, composer Kati Agócs will premiere a brand new song cycle, “Voices of the Immaculate.” The new song cycle will be performed by mezzo-soprano Lucy Dhegrae, with whom it was closely developed, and the chamber ensemble Third Sound. The evening will also feature Agócs’s “Immutable Dreams,” {…}
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Obituary: Composer & Pianist James Primosch Passes at 65

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(Credit: https://jamesprimosch.com/biography/) James Primosch, composer, producer, and pianist, passed away on April 26, 2021, at the age of 65. Primosch was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1956 and studied at Cleveland State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. He was an active pianist and studied jazz piano and worked as a liturgical musician with leading artists and ensembles {…}

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