(Photo credit: Rob Davidson) Columbia University School of the Arts announced that composer Tania León is the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award. León is the tenth recipient of the award that recognizes the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance. She will receive an unrestricted {…}
Columbia University School of the Arts is set to present Weill and Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera.” The work has been adapted by Leah Plante-Wiener and features additional music and orchestration by Nate Weida as well as a translation by Weida and Benjamin Viertel. Viertel, who has worked on several off-Broadway productions, will direct the production as part of his Directing {…}
(Photo credit: Rob Davidson) The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 25th anniversary of “Composer Portraits” will open with Courtney Bryan. The “Composer Portraits” series offers audiences a full-evening immersions into a single composer’s work, along with onstage conversations on the creative process. This year’s series is devoted to five stylistically diverse composers. The {…}