Tulsa Opera Announces Additional Performance and
Live-Stream
Due to high demand, Tulsa Opera has announced a second
performance of
Greenwood Overcomes featuring a program of works by 23
living Black composers performed by eight Black artists to commemorate the
centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The performances will be Saturday,
May 1 at 7:30 p.m. CT and Sunday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m. CT at the Tulsa Performing
Arts Center. Additionally, the Saturday performance will be live-streamed free
on Tulsa Opera’s website,
https://tulsaopera.com/.
Greenwood Overcomes is part of a citywide commemoration
effort spearheaded by the concert’s co-producer, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Centennial Commission (Tulsa2021.org), which is dedicated to producing and
promoting projects that further the remembrance and honor the legacy of Black
Wall Street, the Greenwood neighborhood that was razed by mobs of white residents
on May 31–June 1, 1921.
--Jennifer Scott, Shuman Associates
What Soes YPC's Gala Support?
Young People’s Chorus of New York City uses music as the
unifying force to connect children from all cultural and economic backgrounds.
We are proud to provide full scholarships to 85% of our 2,000 choristers, which
allows every child the opportunity to participate in YPC's life-changing music
education and mentorship programs along with academic and social support. The
contributions of our YPC supporters strengthen our ability to create a space in
which all young people can find themselves in a song and create lifelong
memories.
By supporting YPC’s Gala (May 10), you are supporting our
scholarship program. Support our Gala here:
https://ypc.org/event/gala-2021/
--Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Beethoven in Beijing
“Great Performances: Beethoven in Beijing” premieres
Friday, April 16 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings),
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/, and
the PBS Video app.
The documentary spotlights the resurgence of classical
music in China through the legacy of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the first
American orchestra to perform in China in 1973. Following the end of China’s
Cultural Revolution, when Western classical music was banned in favor of politically
themed works, the onset of “Beethoven fever” began. Narrated by American and
Chinese musicians and historians, the film explores the impact of the
Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic tour on China both then and now and
incorporates interviews with renowned musicians including Academy Award-winning
composer Tan Dun, famed classical pianist Lang Lang, Philadelphia Orchestra and
Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and more.
--Elizabeth Boone, WNET
The Argus Quartet in noise/SILENCE
Five Boroughs Music Festival and The Noguchi Museum
co-present the daring and innovative Argus Quartet in
noise/SILENCE, a
digital world premiere concert, on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 7:30pm ET.
Part of Five Boroughs Music Festival’s 2020-2021 digital
mainstage season,
noise/SILENCE is co-produced by the Argus Quartet and
will be filmed on-site at the Queens-based Noguchi Museum in early April 2021,
exploring the symbiosis of silence and sound through music inspired by and in
response to the art of Isamu Noguchi, the iconic 20th century sculptor.
Noguchi’s sculptures, on display at his eponymous museum, provide a stunning
backdrop to the Argus Quartet’s performances of works by John Cage, Rolf
Wallin, Dorothy Rudd Moore, and Paul Wiancko, who joins the quartet as a guest
performer for his piece, Vox Petra.
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 7:30pm ET
Tickets: Free on the 5BMF YouTube channel
Learn More:
https://5bmf.org/events/noise-silence
--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and Media
West Edge Adds Another Live Performance
West Edge Opera is adding a Snapshot live performance on
Sunday, May 16th, 4pm, at The Bruns Amphitheater. 100 California Shakespeare
Theater Way, Orinda CA. Originally, West Edge Opera was to offer only one live
performance on Saturday May 15th, and to offer a recording of the program
released online for patrons to watch in at home. However, when our box office
opened last Thursday, tickets for the Saturday performance were nearly sold out
within hours.
In response, West Edge Opera has added a live performance
to the Snapshot program on Sunday, May 16th, 4pm, at The Bruns Amphitheater. We
have cancelled our online recording. Tickets for Sunday, May 16th are available
online at
https://www.westedgeopera.org/.
General Admission tickets are $40, and very few Underwriter Tickets are still
available at $200. Underwriters are seated front and center, with best acoustic
sound.
--West Edge Opera
What's Streaming: Classical (Week of April 12-18)
Tuesday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. ET:
Jennifer Koh featured in University of Georgia
conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/ugapresents
or
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiYzutgFY7n82ls2dibTFSA
Thursday, April 15 at 12:00 p.m. GMT / 7:00 a.m. ET:
Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninov's
Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini with Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé orchestra.
https://www.halle.co.uk/booking-information/
riday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. CT:
Minnesota Orchestra, conductor Marc Albrecht, and pianist
Simon Trpceski perform works by Shostakovich and Schumann.
https://minnesotaorchestra.org/
Available now:
James Conlon discusses “Una voce poco fa” from Rossini's
The
Barber of Seville on the Aria Code podcast.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/aria-code/episodes/aria-code-rossini-barber-of-seville-pretty-yende
--Shuman Associates
Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021
The Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021 and the Richmond
Symphony announced today the schedule of events for this year’s Competition,
May 14-23, 2021. After a year of waiting necessitated by the global pandemic,
the Competition welcomes the exceptional young violinists originally selected
to participate in the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020. Finally, they will
have a chance to perform via video recital for the jury, for each other and for
a virtual audience of family, friends, teachers and music lovers around the
globe.
The co-hosts—the City of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond
Symphony, University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and VPM,
Virginia’s home for public media—are looking forward to providing a warm
“virtual” welcome to the young violinists from around the world taking part in
the Competition.
For details, visit
https://2021.menuhincompetition.org/
--Beverly Greenfield, Kirschbaum Associates
Bang on a Can's OneBeat Marathon No. 2
Bang on a Can is excited to present the second OneBeat
Marathon – Live Online – on Sunday, May 2, 2021 from 12PM - 4PM EDT, curated by
Found Sound Nation, its social practice and global collaboration wing. Over
four hours the OneBeat Marathon will share the power of music and tap into the
most urgent and essential sounds of our time. From the Kyrgyz three-stringed
komuz played on the high steppe, to the tranceful marimba de chonta of
Colombia's pacific shore, to the Algerian Amazigh highlands and to the trippy
organic beats of Bombay’s underground scene – OneBeat finds a unifying
possibility of sound that ties us all together.
OneBeat, a cultural diplomacy program of the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and produced
by Found Sound Nation, is redefining intercultural music exchange and
developing methodologies to promote civic engagement through music. Since 2011,
OneBeat residency programs have convened more than 200 young pioneering
musicians from 41 countries to dive into the musical unknown together and build
a global network of artists committed to civic discourse.
For complete information, visit
https://bangonacan.org/
--Maggie Stapleton, Jensen Artists
Valley of the Moon Music Festival Announces 2021 Season
Valley of the Moon Music Festival (VMMF) brings the
captivating sound of period instruments to the world of Classical and Romantic
chamber music for its 2021 season, “Love and Longing: Reaching Across the
Distance.” A series of nine curated programs inspired by the fundamental human
desire to connect, the Festival brings together artists and audiences across
digital platforms and modified in-person live performances, July 17 – August 1,
2021, with a special preview concert on June 24.
RSVP is required and is now open for all virtual events. A
limited number of tickets for the live, outdoor, socially-distanced concerts in
Sonoma County will be available for purchase on or around May 1, 2021. Please
visit
https://valleyofthemoonmusicfestival.org/
to make a seating reservation.
--Lisa Bellamore, Crescent Communications
Lebanese-American Tenor, Amine Hachem, Releases New
Single
“I share with you a song that observes the hardships we’ve
encountered this past year. A worldwide pandemic, the Beirut explosion, natural
disasters across the globe, political instability, loss of livelihoods, and the
complete shut down of many industries including show business have left many of
us reconstructing our lives.
This song has allowed me to reflect deeply and discover
that indeed hard times seem to follow us no matter where we find ourselves in
history. It’s also reinforced in me the understanding of what is important in
life; the fortunate looking out for the less fortunate.
Listen to “Hard Times Come Again No More”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzx1CXTLOWo
--Amine J. Hachem
SOLI Presents “Stories from the Voices Within”
SOLI Chamber Ensemble continues its season on April 25-26,
7:30 pm, at the San Antonio Botanical Garden with “Stories from the Voices
Within” – featuring two world premieres and special guest appearances by San
Antonio Poet Laureate Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and Flamenco artist Tamara
Adira.
SOLI will present the world premiere of Pulitzer
Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ Elegy for those we lost. Originally
written as a solo piano work in collaboration with filmmaker Esther Shubinski
and released on YouTube as a memorial to victims of COVID-19, Kernis has
arranged the work for violin and piano for SOLI musicians Ertan Torgul and
Carolyn True.
The centerpiece of the concert will be the world premiere
of San Antonio-native Darian Donovan Thomas’ ((HERE)), an extended work for
SOLI, electronics, vocalist (singing, rapping, and narrating), and androgynous
dancer. Thomas sources texts and song material from San Antonio Poet Laureate
and Hip-Hop artist Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, who collaborated with Thomas on
the commission.
Tickets start at $15. Seating is limited at the Betty
Kelso Center and Greehey Lawn and advance purchase is strongly recommended.
Click here to reserve your seat today!
Details:
https://www.solichamberensemble.com/voices-within/
--Anne Schellenge, SOLI Chamber Ensemble
“Music with a View” Concert No.7
We are proud to announce and invite you to our next “Music
with a View” Concert Livestream featuring Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal
French Hornist, David Cooper, with distinguished pianist Kuang-Hao Huang. All
of our “Music with a View” concerts are professionally recorded and archived
for your continued enjoyment.
Ticket prices start at just $15 on IN.LIVE, the world's
best new platform for live streaming. Featuring easy sign-on, and ultimate audio
and video quality, this livestream concert experience is second-to-none.
“Music with a View” subscribers will receive a separate
email with a PROMO code to enable you to enter and view the live stream event
for free, so please mark your calendars and stay tuned.
More information:
https://sheridanmusicstudio.com/music-with-a-view
--Sheridan Music Studio
Los Angeles Master Chorale's Oratorio Project
Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Voices Within Oratorio
Project, now in its 10th year, culminates in the digital premiere of “Naia: The
Spirit of Hoyo Negro,” an original oratorio written by approximately 80 Van
Nuys High School students who participated in the 20-week program remotely and
virtually during the 2020-21 academic school year.
“Naia: The Spirit of Hoyo Negro” will be premiered as a
series of digital episodes, Monday - Thursday, May 3 - 6, 2021, culminating in
the digital release of the complete work on Friday, May 7, 2021.
Mon. - Fri., May 3 - 7, 2021 at 10 a.m. PST:
https://lamasterchorale.org/
--Lisa Bellamore, Crescent Communications
Concours Musical International de Montréal
From April 26 – May 14, the Concours Musical International
de Montréal (CMIM) will hold its triennial piano edition in a virtual format
after a one-year postponement due to COVID-19.
A preliminary jury has selected from among 229 candidates twenty-six
semifinalists aged 21-30 who represent 11 different countries including Canada,
China, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, the United
States and Uzbekistan to compete for over $230,000 in prizes and awards.
In addition to a grand prize of $30,000 from the city of
Montréal and the $50,000 Joseph Rouleau Career Development Grant offered by the
Azrieli Foundation, the first prize winner will also be offered a concert tour
in three North American cities (sponsored by Sarah Beauchamp), an artist
residency at Canada’s Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, a concerto
performance with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in an upcoming season
and a solo album recording on the Steinway & Sons label with a launch event
at Steinway Hall in New York City.
All stages of the competition will be available for free,
on-demand listening on CMIM’s website,
https://www.concoursmontreal.ca/en/.
--Bucklesweet/Rebecca Davis PR
The Atterbury Sessions Continue with Nella
Nella is a new voice hailing from the Venezuelan island of
Margarita.
In a short time, she went from Berklee College of Music
graduate to winner of the 2019 Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist. That
same year, her full-length debut, “Voy (I Go)” received acclaim from NPR and
yielded the hit “Me Llaman Nella.”
Merging the folklore roots of Venezuela, modern
production, and Andalusian inspirations, her sound resounds in every corner of
the globe. She has sold out venues throughout the United States, Venezuela,
Mexico, Spain, and the UK. At the beginning of 2020 Nella signed with Sony
Music Records and will release her next album in late spring.
Livestream is Saturday April 10 at 5 PM EST, and will be
available for one week thereafter. Please join us:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imc_LiRPut0
--Lara St. John