Miller Theatre at Columbia University has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Stile Antico returns with “Polyphonic Postcards,” a program of Renaissance polyphony alongside a world premiere by Christopher Cerrone, commissioned by Miller Theatre. Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2026, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York Then comes the concert premiere of Suzanne Farrin’s {…}
( Photo by Aleksandr Karjaka / Karjaka Studios) Miller Theatre in New York City will present Quince Ensemble on Nov. 18, 2025. The program will feature works from their recent studio album “Dust Bowl,” including the New York premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s “Destierros” (2025), Evan Williams’ “Dust Bowl” (2021), Carrie Henneman Shaw’s “the smallest gap” (2019), Eliza Brown’s “Cassandra, IL” {…}
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre announces its line up for the 2025-26 season. This article only features classical voice works. The season opens with a special concert in honor of Tania León, the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award given by Columbia University School of the Arts. The program showcases her body of work. Sorpanos Rachel Doehring Jackson and Sophie {…}
(Credit: Firedog) Miller Theatre has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is a showcase featuring the works of Courtney Bryan as part of the “Composer Portraits” series. The program features three works, including “Requiem” and “Blessed.” The performance will showcase vocalists Damian Norfleet and Alice Teyssier as well as {…}
(Photo credit: Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre) Columbia University’s Miller Theatre featured “John Zorn at 70,” with works by avant-garde and experimental composer and conductor John Zorn on November 16, 2023 to a sold out audience. Zorn, well-known for his “deliberate category resistance,” is one of New York’s most important composers. His support for his artistic community is unconditional and {…}
Miller Theatre is set to present a composer portrait of Suzanne Farrin on Feb. 2, 2023. The showcase will feature the world premiere of “Their Hearts are Columns” as well as performances of “dolce la morte: unico spirto, come serpe, veggio, l’onde della non vostra, rendete,” “Il Suono,”” “corpo di terra,” “polvere et ombra,” and “Time is a Cage.” Performers {…}
The Miller Theatre has announced the return of its POP-UP CONCERTS in the new year. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. New York-based ensemble Ekmeles will present Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” which the composer called “meditative music. Time is suspended…In the beauty of things sensual shines the beauty of things eternal.” Performance Date: {…}
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal and operatic performances. Countertenor Reginald Mobley will appear alongside pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the Ensemble Baroklyn for music by Bach. Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2022 Vox Luminis will perform a program of sacred {…}
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 2021-22 season. “I am so excited that we are able to resume concerts at Miller Theatre! It has been an enormous effort to get to this result, and there is yet an enormous effort ahead of us. But we are ready for the challenge. Miller Theatre is, {…}
(Credit: Chris Terry) The Miller Theatre is set to showcase Dai Fujikara as part of its Composer Portraits on March 5, 2020. The showcase, which will feature prominent works by the composer, including “Minina,” “silence seeking solace,” “secret forest,” and “abandoned time,” will also present the world premiere of “Gliding Wings,” which was commissioned by the Miller Theatre. Soprano Alice {…}
The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of Arts is set to open its 2019-20 Early Music series with a performance by Vox Luminis on Oct. 19, 2019. The showcase, entitled “Stabat Mater,” will take place at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York City. The event will feature music by Scarlatti, Della Ciaia, Monteverdi, Lotti, and {…}