After a two-year delay because of the pandemic, Aural Compass Projects will present “Lift Every Voice,” a concert celebrating African American composers, at Trinity Center for Urban Life in Center City Philadelphia, on April 1, 2022. The concert features music by Jacqueline Hairston, John Carter, Marcus Norris, Colin Lett, Undine Smith Moore, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, H. Leslie Adams, and {…}
In honor of the 2021 Atlanta shooting and International Women’s Day, Wear Yellow Proudly will present a concert titled “Girls of Yellow Diamonds: Songs of Asian-American Women” The performance will take place on Mar. 11, 2022, at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts. With the alarming rise of violence against Asian-American women, the concert aims to raise awareness and present {…}
Wear Yellow Proudly (WYP), an arts and advocacy initiative founded to counter anti-Asian sentiment in the pandemic’s wake, has announced its first in-person concert, “Songs to the Moon.” The concert is set to take place on Oct. 30, 2021, at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music in New York City. The concert will feature folk songs from China, the Philippines, {…}
As part of its Wear Yellow Proudly initiative, Aural Compass Projects has announced its upcoming benefit concert #StopAsianHate in response to the precipitous rise in violence against Asians. The concert will stream on Tuesday, April 27th, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. EDT via the Wear Yellow Proudly Facebook page and YouTube channel. #StopAsianHate is produced in partnership with the Asian American {…}
Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and Grammy® Award-nominated pianist Myra Huang will perform an all-Asian digital concert with Aural Compass Projects entitled, “On Belonging.” The recital premieres on February 21 and features a program including Aural Compass Projects’ first commissioned work, “Bright Fear” with music by Raymond Yiu and text by Mary Jean Chan. Presented in partnership with Cincinnati Song Initiative and {…}
Aural Compass Projects invites emerging composers to submit art song compositions for a chance to win a $250 cash prize and the opportunity for the work to be produced, performed, and recorded as part of a future ACP project. The music organization’s 1st Annual Emerging Composers Competition opened for submissions on September 1 and will close at 11:59 p.m. ET {…}