For its 2024-25 home season, Ensemble for These Times presents “Women in Transit.” This article only includes vocal performances. Opening the 17th anniversary season is “In Motion.” The concert features world premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, as well as works by Benjamin Britten, York Bowen, Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian, with {…}
Brooklyn College has announced the creation of the Tania León Chair of Music, the institution’s first-ever endowed chair of music. The inaugural incumbent will be conductor and educator Malcolm J. Merriweather. The chair is named in honor of León, who taught at Brooklyn College beginning in 1985 before becoming Tow Distinguished Professor in 2000 and then eventually retiring as Professor {…}
(Photo credit: Dario Acosta) Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and Ensemble Modern will give two concerts on an upcoming U.S. tour. Giunta and the vocal quartet amarcord join Ensemble Modern on its first US tour since 2011. The focus of the tour dedicated to “Weimar” is Kurt Weill’s “Die Sieben Todsünden.” Together they present a new version for chamber ensemble of the {…}
Cuban composer Tania León has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work “Stride.” The jury called the work a “musical journey full of surprise, with powerful brass and rhythmic motifs that incorporate Black music traditions from the U.S. and the Caribbean into a Western orchestral fabric.” “Stride” premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in February 2020. {…}
Tulsa Opera has announced an additional performance of its “Greenwood Overcomes” program on May 2, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. CT. The program is also being performed on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. That first showcase will be streamed on the company’s official website. In a press release, the company cited “high demand” as the reason for adding its {…}