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 {…}
(Photo credit: Chris Sorenson) Ryedale Festival has announced its lineup for the 2025 season. This article features vocal concerts only. Soprano Claire Booth is joined by violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist Christopher Glynn for the Yorkshire premiere of Gavin Higgins’ “Speak of the North.” They also perform Grieg’s “Haugtussa,” along with other works. Performance Date: July 12, 2025 Soprano Claire {…}
(Credit: Eduardus Lee) Stile Antico will celebrate its 20th season by honoring the 500th anniversary of Renaissance polyphony, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The concert will be presented on March 29 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and will include some of the composer’s most beloved and timeless motets, gems by other leading composers active in Rome at that {…}
(Credit: Kaupo Kikkas) On April 13, British vocal ensemble Stile Antico will return to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin for a program entitled “A Divine Hope: Dante’s Journey from Inferno to Paradise.” The program will tell the story of Dante Alighieri’s “La Comedia (Divine Comedy),” a masterpiece in the Western canon that has influenced our perception of the {…}
(Photo credit: Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre at Columbia University) The vocal performances included in the 2023-24 season at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts are listed below. “John Zorn at 70” is a three-concert celebration for the composer’s birthday. Each performance in the series explores a different facet of Zorn’s canon. Soprano Barbara Hannigan will perform many {…}
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is set to present Stile Antico on on February 19, 2022. The ensemble will present a program of sacred music by such composers as Allegri, Byrd, de Lassus, Monteverdi, Muhly, Sheppard, Tallis, and Taverner, among many others. “We look forward to welcoming Stile Antico back to our Early Music series and onstage at Miller Theatre for {…}
Dartington International Summer School & Festival has announced its 2019 concert program. The festival will take place from July 27 – August 24, 2019. In her fifth and final year as Artistic Director, Joanna MacGregor “is gifting Dartington audiences a personal and intimate series of performances” featuring composers and music that she has found “profoundly influential.” For the purposes of {…}