Eric Owens & Singers From the Curtis Opera Theatre To be Performed at 92nd Street Y

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The 92nd Street Y, New York is set to present Eric Owens and singers from the Curtis Opera Theatre. The concert, which is set to be presented on Oct. 25, will be performed at the Kaufmann Concert Hall. Additionally, audiences will be able to watch the performance online for 72 hours from the time of broadcast. Owens {…}

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The Curtis Institute Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Curtis Institute has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. The season kicks off with a concert featuring the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin as he showcases the rising stars of the Curtis Opera in a musical tour of France. The showcase will feature numerous opera favorites {…}

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The Curtis Institute Names Four Composers to its Faculty

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The Curtis Institute has appointed four composers to its faculty. The composers include Nick DiBerardino, Amy Beth Kirsten, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Steven Mackey. They will begin their respective tenures during the 2022-23 school year. The quartet will all work with Curtis students and current faculty member Richard Danielpour to develop the composition through lessons, seminars, and coachings. “I am {…}

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Musical Society Fund of Philadelphia to Present Four World Premieres in 200th Anniversary Concert

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On May 1, 2022, the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia will celebrate their 200th anniversary with a concert featuring the world premiere of four new works. Selected from a pool of over 50 prominent, American composers through The Society’s Edwin G. McCollin Fund competition, four winners were commissioned and will work with partnering ensembles to present their works. The winning {…}

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The Grand Teton Music Festival Announces The 2020 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition

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(Image Source: Donald Runnicles Official Website) The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced the 2020 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition. The scholarship competition is open to high school seniors from Wyoming, Idaho and Montana who intend to pursue degrees in music (classical, jazz, or other) at an accredited four-year college with a music program recognized by the National Association {…}

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Q & A: Met Opera Concertmaster Benjamin Bowman On Falling In Love With Music, Performing Opera & Ballet

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The singers, the director, and the conductor are usually the ones to get the major spotlight in the opera world. And yet, in many respects, they wouldn’t be doing anything if not for the people that bring the musical score (the single most important document when it comes to interpreting opera)to life. That task falls on the orchestra and among {…}

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Curtis Opera, Kimmel Center And Opera Philadelphia Team Up For New Partnership

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The Curtis Institute of Music, Opera Philadelphia, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts have announced a new partnership to establish Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman. The partnership will feature a spring series featuring two Curtis Opera Theatre productions at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. For its first year, the series will include a March {…}

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Cooper Bott Wins Top Prize at Schmidt Vocal Arts’ Fifth Annual National Vocal Competition

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(Photo Credit: Jati Lindsay) Schmidt Vocal Arts has announced the winners of its Fifth Annual National Vocal Competition for high school singers. Baritone Cooper Bott, from Marengo, Iowa, took first place and a $10,000 prize. Soprano Eva Capron, from New York, New York, earned second place and $7,500. Bass-baritone James Williams, from Pearland, Texas, received third place and $5,000. Bott {…}

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Berkshire Opera Festival to Present Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Flower and Hawk’

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Berkshire Opera Festival will present Carlisle Floyd’s monodrama “Flower and Hawk” on Saturday, May 2 at Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum in Lenox, Massachusetts. Soprano Ashley Marie Robillard, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and recipient of awards from the Gerda Lissner Foundation and Opera Index, takes on the role of Eleanor of Aquitaine. She is {…}

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Eric Owens & Singers From the Curtis Opera Theatre To be Performed at 92nd Street Y

The Curtis Institute Announces 2022-23 Season

The Curtis Institute Names Four Composers to its Faculty

Musical Society Fund of Philadelphia to Present Four World Premieres in 200th Anniversary Concert

The Grand Teton Music Festival Announces The 2020 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition

Q & A: Met Opera Concertmaster Benjamin Bowman On Falling In Love With Music, Performing Opera & Ballet

Curtis Opera, Kimmel Center And Opera Philadelphia Team Up For New Partnership

Cooper Bott Wins Top Prize at Schmidt Vocal Arts’ Fifth Annual National Vocal Competition

Berkshire Opera Festival to Present Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Flower and Hawk’