Resonance Works Announces 2024-25 Season

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(Photo by Alisa Innocenti) Resonance Works has announced its 2024-25 season celebrating its 12th season In a statement, Founder and Artistic & General Director, Maria Sensi Sellner said, “Our 2024/25 season reflects what Resonance Works is all about: intentional programming that invites people from all walks of life to enjoy classical music in new ways that engage, delight, and surprise them. {…}

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Boston Symphony Orchestra Names New Concertmaster

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons have announced the appointment of violinist Nathan Cole as the orchestra’s new concertmaster. Cole will take the Charles Munch chair at the start of the BSO’s 2024 Tanglewood season in July, becoming the orchestra’s 11th concertmaster since its founding in 1881. He will succeed Malcolm Lowe, who retired in 2019 after {…}

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Resonance Works to Present ‘La Donna del Lago’

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Pittsburgh’s Resonance Works is set to present Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago.” The performances will be held at Charity Randall Theatre on June 28 and 30, 2024, and will mark the first time the work is performed in the United States since the Metropolitan Opera’s 2015 production. “Today, Rossini is best known for his comedies, but he left a rich {…}

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Obituary: Sir Andrew Davis Dies at 80

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On April 20, 2024, Sir Andrew Davis died at the age of 80. According to reports, he died of Leukemia for which he had been diagnosed last year. Born in Ashridge, England on Feb. 2, 1944, Davis grew up in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and in Watford where he attended Watford Boys’ Grammar School. During his time at the school, he studied {…}

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Obituary: Conductor Paul Vermel Dies at 99

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Conductor Paul Vermel has died at the age of 99. The musician who was also an orchestra builder, teacher, mentor, husband, father, and friend, passed away on Feb. 14, 2024, just five days before his 100th birthday. Born in Paris on Feb. 19, 1924, he was raised in Paris and spent summers in Deauville until the outbreak of World War {…}

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Waco Symphony Orchestra Names New Music Director

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The Waco Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors has announced that Lawrence Loh will be its new Music Director and Conductor. Loh was selected from four finalists following a long Music Director search. In a statement, Stephen Heyde, Music Director Emeritus, Waco Symphony Orchestra, said, “I am very pleased with the announcement of Maestro Lawrence Loh as the new Music Director {…}

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Justin Austin Stars in New York Premiere of Damien Geter’s ‘COTTON’

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(Photo credit: Gillian Riesen & Rachel Hadiashar) Justin Austin, the 2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner, is set to star in the New York premiere of Damien Geter’s “COTTON.” The multimedia work presents African American stories through song, poetry, and photography. It is inspired by photographer John E. Dowell’s haunting images of South Carolina cotton fields, captured in his 2018 {…}

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Kellen Gray Joins Knight Classical for Management

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Kellen Gray has signed with Knight Classical for Worldwide General Management.Gray is Scotland-based American conductor Kellen Gray who is the Associate Artist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In a statement, Gray said, “I’m delighted with the announcement that Kellen Gray will be represented by Knight Classical. Working with Kellen at the RSNO over the past two and a half {…}

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Resonance Works Announces 2023-24 Season

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Pittsburgh’s Resonance Works has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Pauline Viardot’s “Cinderella” at the Studio at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie. Soprano Emily Pulley directs the production and stars as the Fairy Godmother/Viardot. Shannon Jennings and Donovan Elliot Smith star as Cinderella and Prince Charming alongside Katy Lindhart as sassy stepsister Maguelonne and {…}

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Resonance Works Announces 2024-25 Season

Boston Symphony Orchestra Names New Concertmaster

Resonance Works to Present ‘La Donna del Lago’

Obituary: Sir Andrew Davis Dies at 80

Obituary: Conductor Paul Vermel Dies at 99

Waco Symphony Orchestra Names New Music Director

Justin Austin Stars in New York Premiere of Damien Geter’s ‘COTTON’

Kellen Gray Joins Knight Classical for Management

Resonance Works Announces 2023-24 Season