Bass-baritone Joseph Parrish is headed to Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall as part of the Young Concert Artists (YCA) series. The recital, set for March 25, 2025, will feature Parish alongside the Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir under Artistic Director Michele Fowlin. The performance includes music by Mahler, Moses Hogan, Schubert, Harry T. Burleigh, Brahms, spirituals, and {…}
The 53rd George and Nora London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers has announced the winners. A total of $74,000 was Of 12 finalists, five were named winners with a prize of $12,000 each. The remaining seven singers were awarded the George London Encouragement Awards of $2,000 each. The winners included tenor Alec Carlson, soprano Shelén Hughes, {…}
New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, is set to open its mainstage season with “My Brother’s Keeper” on Nov. 19, 2024 at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Conceived by baritone Justin Austin, the program tells a story of brotherly love, caretaking, and community among Black men in America through art song, soul, gospel, and {…}
The Oratorio Society of New York has announced its 2024-25 season. Soprano Eva Martinez makes her Carnegie Hall debut in “Carmina Burana.” She is joined by tenor John Riesen, baritone John Brancy, choristers of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and pianists Amir Farid and Blair McMillen. The concert features works by Orff, Brahms, Oliver Caplan, and Libby Larsen. {…}
(Photo credit: Cedric Angeles & The Kennedy Center) The Association of Performing Arts Professionals has released the lineup for its 67th annual conference “APAP|NYC 2024.” The Emerging Leadership Institute New Cohort Meeting kicks off the conference. Performance Date: January 12, 2024 Networking forums, affinity groups, info sessions, and learning sessions take place. Performance Date: January 12-15, 2024 EXPO booths are {…}
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) will present a special recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Jan. 15, 2023. The showcase will spotlight five soloists from the Young Performers Career Advancement Program. Amongst these soloists is bass-baritone Joseph Parrish, who has performed with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, American Classical Orchestra, Festival Napa Valley, City Lyric {…}
Photo credit: YCA Bass-baritone Joseph Parrish takes the stage at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Dec. 2, 2023. In part of the Freda and Aaron Silberman Recital Series, Parrish offers a program of Donizetti, Donaudy, Enrique Granados, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Wolf, Ravel, and more paired with works by Margaret Bonds, Charles Brown, H. Leslie, Adams, and Harry Burleigh. Parrish was name {…}
Photo credit: YCA Bass-baritone Joseph Parrish opens Death of Classical’s “The Crypt Sessions,” put on in partnership with Young Concert Artists. Parrish will perform the works of Moses Hogan, Charles Brown, B. Telson, H. T. Burleigh, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler, and Johannes Brahms in the Crypt Chapel under the Church of the Intercession in Harlem. Two performances will be held, {…}
Carnegie Hall Citywide has unveiled its 2023-24 series of free performances across New York City. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is “Mother, let me live!’ starring soprano Alexandra Nowakowski and pianist Michał Biel. The duet will present a program of works by Massenet, Szymanowski, Toldrá, Falla, Obradors, Dvorak, Debussy, and Granados. Performance {…}
Young Concert Artists (YCA) revealed its 2023-2024 season, including debuts of four new artists in New York and a co-presentation with the New York Festival of Song. The season will feature YCA Auditions and a Winners Concert, both live-streamed, four noontime performances, and a grand finale at Carnegie Hall. Four YCA artists will also showcase their talent at the Kennedy {…}
The New York Festival of Songs has announced the lineup for the 2023-24 season. “100 Years of Broadway Love” is presented by soprano Kerrigan Bigelow, mezzo-soprano Sophia Baete, and baritone Shavon Lloyd, with Steven Blier as pianist following a weeklong residency in Orient, NY. Performance Dates: August 21-27, 2023 Kicking off its 36th season mainstage season is curators and co-pianists {…}