Danielle De Niese, Anna Dennis, Anthony Gregory, Bethany Horak-Hallett Headline London Händel Festival 2022

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) The London Händel Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, which will be entitled “New Beginnings.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances only. Opening Night will feature Laurence Cummings leading the Academy of Ancient Music and the National Youth Choir of Great Britten as well as the Chamber Choir {…}

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Boulder Bach Festival to Present Zachary Carrettín’s Handel’s ‘Messiah’ & Corelli’s ‘Concerto Noel’

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Boulder Bach Festival is set to present a double bill of Zachary’s Carrettín’s arrangement of Handel’s “Messiah” and Arcangel Corelli’s “Concerto Noel” at the Broomfield Auditorium in Broomfield, CO on Dec. 17 and 19. This unique arrangement of “Messiah” will be performed with one-per-part by instrumental and vocal soloists. Carrenttín will lead the COmpass REsonance (CORE Ensemble) featuring soloists soprano Mara {…}

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Obituary: Mezzo-Soprano Pamela Helen Stephen dies at 57

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(Credit: Chris Gloag) Mezzo Pamela Helen Stephen has died at the age of 57. Born in Solihull in 1964, Stephen grew up in Scotland and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in musical performance in 1986. She later studied opera, lieder, and oratorio singing, at the Opera Theater Center at {…}

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Boulder Bach Festival Announces 2021-22 Season

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Boulder Bach Festival in Colorado has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on operatic and vocal performances. First up will be a series of performances of Händel’s “Messiah” starring Mara Riley, Claire McCahan, Dan Hutchings, and Adam Ewing. The showcase will also feature Corelli’s Concerto Noel. Performance Dates: Dec. 17 & {…}

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Composer Derrick Skye Wins 2021 Princess Grace Award

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(Credit: Hannah Arista) The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’ Artistic Advisor Derrick Skye has won the Princess Grace Award. Skye is the creator of such works as “Mother of Bravery” for septet and narrator as well as “Mind the Rhythm” and his oeuvre has been performed by such organizations as Skye’s the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Dayton {…}

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Nathan Hall and Alan Olejniczak’s ‘Unbound’ Set for August Premiere

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(Photo credits: Nathan Hall/Lewis Neff, Alan Olejniczak/Christopher Turner) Composer and multimedia artist Nathan Hall has teamed up with librettist Alan Olejniczak in creating “Unbound.” The opera will receive its world premiere at Studio Friction in Denver Colorado in late August 2021. Hall’s works, shaped by his experiences as a gay man, create a more intimate connection between performer, place, and {…}

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Megan Marino & Michael Mayes Take on Crossover Project at The Midnight Cricket Club

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Michael Mayes and Megan Marino will join forces with two bluegrass artists to perform as a new band at The Midnight Cricket Club between May 25 through 30. Marino and Mayes, billed as “genre-mixing opera singing spouses by trade,” will team up with KC Groves and Jason Hicks as a new band. Groves will perform vocals, mandolin, guitar, and bass {…}

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Artist of the Week: Rafael Davila

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As Europe gets back to performing opera productions in unique and innovative ways, the United States continues to cancel or stream performances. However, this week the Northern Light Festival in Minnesota is taking its chances and presenting the first operatic production since the COVID-19 crisis in a new socially-distanced production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The festival has assembled an all-star cast {…}

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Composer Profile: George Walker, A Historic Pulitzer-Prize Winner

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George Walker was one of the great Black composers of all time. Born on June 27, 1922, in Washington D.C., his mother Rosa King supervised his first piano lessons when he was but five years of age. By the time he was 14-years-old and a student of Howard University, Walker hosted his first recital. He was then admitted into the {…}

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Danielle De Niese, Anna Dennis, Anthony Gregory, Bethany Horak-Hallett Headline London Händel Festival 2022

Boulder Bach Festival to Present Zachary Carrettín’s Handel’s ‘Messiah’ & Corelli’s ‘Concerto Noel’

Obituary: Mezzo-Soprano Pamela Helen Stephen dies at 57

Boulder Bach Festival Announces 2021-22 Season

Composer Derrick Skye Wins 2021 Princess Grace Award

Nathan Hall and Alan Olejniczak’s ‘Unbound’ Set for August Premiere

Megan Marino & Michael Mayes Take on Crossover Project at The Midnight Cricket Club

Artist of the Week: Rafael Davila

Composer Profile: George Walker, A Historic Pulitzer-Prize Winner