York Early Music Christmas Festival Unveils 2025 Season

https://operawire.com/york-early-music-christmas-festival-unveils-2025-season/

The York Early Music Christmas Festival announces its programming for 2025. This article only features classical vocal events, Rory McCleery, Artistic Director of The Marian Consort leads a choral workshop for SATB singers. Performance Date: December 6, 2025 Helen Charlston and Sholto Kynoch present works by Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Loewe, and Robert Schumann. Performance Date: December 6, 2025 {…}

News

Katherine Balch to Headline Residency at Mizzou New Music Initiative

https://operawire.com/katherine-balch-to-headline-residency-at-mizzou-new-music-initiative/

Composer Katherine Balch has been invited to participate in a residency at The Mizzou New Music Initiative from Oct. 3–5, 2025. During the event, Balch, whose music has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles worldwide, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, and Ensemble Modern, will give composition lessons, deliver a lecture, and attend a public {…}

Season Announcement

Karen Slack, Sarah Tucker, & Jessica Vosk Among Performers in Newport Classical Music Festival 2025

https://operawire.com/karen-slack-sarah-tucker-jessica-vosk-among-performers-in-newport-classical-music-festival-2025/

The Newport Classical Music Festival announces its 2025 season. This article only features classical voice performances. “Opera Night: An American Tapestry” features sopranos Sarah Tucker and Melissa Joseph, mezzo-soprano Renée Rapier, tenor Dane Suarez, and bass Michael Colman, with pianist and narrator Charlie Kim. The program features English arias from works such as “Porgy and Bess,” “The Ballad of Baby {…}

Business, News

$4.6 Million Sinquefield Gift Will Expand Mizzou New Music Initiative Programs & Staff

https://operawire.com/4-6-million-sinquefield-gift-will-expand-mizzou-new-music-initiative-programs-staff/

A $4.6 million gift from Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield, Rex Sinquefield, and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation will ensure University of Missouri students continue to create new works through the Mizzou New Music Initiative. The funding will expand opportunities for students and faculty, including new festivals, scholarships, awards, and competitions and collaborations designed to connect emerging composers with performers. The new funding {…}

News

Mizzou International Composers Festival Names 2025 Composers in Residence

https://operawire.com/mizzou-international-composers-festival-names-2025-composers-in-residence/

The Mizzou New Music Initiative and Alarm Will Sound have selected eight Resident Composers to participate in the 2025 Mizzou International Composers Festival. The composers are Amy Brandon (Prince Edward Island, Canada,) Chris Thompson (Savannah, GA,) Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (Denton, TX,) Geli Li (Guangzhou, China,) Matt Smith (San Diego, CA,) Parker Callister (Ithaca, NY,) Seda Balci (Eskişehir, Turkey,) and Robert {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: American Soprano Jane Marsh on Her Career & How to Magnetize What You Want in Your Own Career

https://operawire.com/q-a-american-soprano-jane-marsh-on-her-career-how-to-magnetize-what-you-want-in-your-own-career/

When Jane Marsh made her Italian and European début at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy singing the demanding part of Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” she was just past her teens. She had been recommended to Thomas Schippers by the Metropolitan Opera as he was looking for a soprano to sing the role for the opening of {…}

News

Marlon Daniel Appointed Artistic Director & Conductor at Universität Münster

https://operawire.com/marlon-daniel-appointed-artistic-director-conductor-at-universitat-munster/

(Photo credit: Jiyang Chen) The Universität Münster Musikhochschule Orchestra has announced Marlon Daniel as its Artistic Director and Conductor. Daniel has held positions as Associate Conductor of the Praga Sinfonietta, Principal Guest Conductor of the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, and the inaugural Music Director for the Colour of Music Festival. He has guest lecturered with Tafelmusik, OperaAmerica, Lunigiana International Music Festival, {…}

News

Obituary: Conductor Cliff Colnot Dies at 76

https://operawire.com/obituary-conductor-cliff-colnot-dies-at-76/

Conductor Cliff Colnot has died at the age of 76 after a long illness. The orchestra announced the news, noting that he had passed on Feb. 12, 2024 in Chicago. Throughout his career with the CSO, he served in numerous capacities, most notably as a conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the MusicNOW series for more than 20 {…}

News

Pasadena Chorale Opens Calls For Student Composers

https://operawire.com/pasadena-chorale-opens-calls-for-student-composers/

(Photo credit: Pasadena Chorale) The Pasadena Chorale is looking for new students to enroll in its student-mentor composition program – “Listening to the Future.” Pasadena area high school students from ninth through 12th grade are encouraged to enroll in the “Listening to the Future” program that will begin in Nov. 2023 and run through June 2024. The free composition program {…}

107 search results for…

York Early Music Christmas Festival Unveils 2025 Season

Katherine Balch to Headline Residency at Mizzou New Music Initiative

Karen Slack, Sarah Tucker, & Jessica Vosk Among Performers in Newport Classical Music Festival 2025

$4.6 Million Sinquefield Gift Will Expand Mizzou New Music Initiative Programs & Staff

Mizzou International Composers Festival Names 2025 Composers in Residence

Q & A: American Soprano Jane Marsh on Her Career & How to Magnetize What You Want in Your Own Career

Marlon Daniel Appointed Artistic Director & Conductor at Universität Münster

Obituary: Conductor Cliff Colnot Dies at 76

Pasadena Chorale Opens Calls For Student Composers