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| Sep 2, 2017 |
| Shanghai String Quartet performs at Music Mountain |
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Saturday welcomes the Shanghai String Quartet performing Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 12; Yi-Wen Jiang: Selections from Chinasong; and Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 51 #1. The Quartet’s most popular disc, Chinasong, is a collection of Chinese folk songs arranged by Violinist Yi-Wen Jiang reflecting on his childhood memories of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique and multicultural innovations, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. Its elegant style melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire, allowing it to traverse musical genres including traditional Chinese folk music, masterpieces of Western music and cutting-edge contemporary works. |
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| Sep 3, 2017 |
| Shanghai String Quartet performs at Music Mountain |
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Music Mountain’s Labor Day Benefit Concert & Reception is Sunday afternoon! Join the Shanghai String Quartet with guest artist Qing Jiang, piano, as they present a special concert featuring Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18 #6; Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 #2; and Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Opus 25.
Renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique and multicultural innovations, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. Its elegant style melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire, allowing it to traverse musical genres including traditional Chinese folk music, masterpieces of Western music and cutting-edge contemporary works. |
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| Sep 5, 2017 |
| Essential Voices USA Auditions |
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September 5th |
| Sponsor: |
Essential Voices USA |
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Pearl Studios |
| Contact: |
Dorie Casper, Audition Coordinator |
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New York, NY United States |
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212-879-4412 |
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http://www.essentialvoicesusa.com |
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Hailed as one of New York’s premiere ensembles, EVUSA will perform in performances this fall, with the New York Pops, on the Carnegie Hall Subscription series. Throughout the concert year, the group will sing in various performances in NYC and Washington D.C.
E-mail auditions.evusa@gmail.com to schedule an audition. Singers should prepare a classical song or aria and a musical theater selection. For further information, visit www.essentialvoicesusa.com. |
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| Sep 9, 2017 |
| Universal Studios Favorites |
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Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking. Concert begins at 7:30pm at the LA County Arboretum
Ticket prices start at $25
Michael Feinstein, Principal Pops Conductor, Tom and Erika Girardi Chair
Jordan Donica, soloist
Rachel York, soloist
Madelyn Baillio, soloist
Michael Feinstein delivers treasures from his personal archives, such as ” Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I Got Rhythm,” and “Embraceable You,” plus gems from Gershwin’s contemporaries like Kern, Bernstein, and Copland. |
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| Sep 10, 2017 |
| Artists at Noguchi | Bang on a Can: Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy |
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Bang on a Can's summer music series concludes at The Noguchi Museum as violinists Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy join forces with percussionist Rich Stein to create music that stretches across continents, bringing new perspectives to time-honored traditions. Drawing from Carnatic and Western classical music, jazz, folk and contemporary improvisation, Basu and Ramamurthy will perform original compositions and arrangements that explore the beauty found at the intersections of their musical paths. Concerts, free with museum admission, take place in the Museum's outdoor sculpture garden, or in the galleries in case of rain. |
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| Sep 10, 2017 |
| Amernet String Quartet performs at Music Mountain |
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Amernet String Quartet with guest artist Vivek Kamath, Viola, offers an all-Beethoven program on Sunday afternoon. The distinctive program will feature: Piano Sonata #8 in C Minor, Opus 13 “Pathétique" (1798), arranged for String Quartet (2016) by Jeffery Briggs (1957- ); String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135; and Viola Quintet in C Major, Opus 29 “Storm.”
Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets. Guest artist Vivek Kamath is a member of the prestigious New York Philharmonic. |
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| Sep 10, 2017 |
| 2017–2018 T. Gordon Parks Concerto Competition |
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The Arapahoe Philharmonic of Littleton, Colorado (a Denver suburb), in support of its ongoing mission to give recognition to young talent in the classical music field, announces the opening of its 47th T. Gordon Parks Collegiate Concerto Competition.
This season's competition is for orchestral string players (violin, viola, cello, bass) and harp between the ages of 18 and 25 as of February 10, 2018. Only full-time high school seniors and college undergraduate/graduate students from schools in Colorado and its seven surrounding states (Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma) are eligible to apply.
The first application round is a recorded submission. The final round is live held on Saturday, November 11, 2017, in Littleton, Colorado. View full requirements on the Arapahoe Philharmonic's website. |
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| Sep 13, 2017 |
| New Amsterdam Singers To Celebrate 50 Years Of Leadership Under Music Director Clara Longstreth In 2017–18 Season |
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The New Amsterdam Singers will celebrate 50 years of leadership under its Music Director Clara Longstreth in the 2017–18 season, with three sets of concerts and three world-premiere commissioned works. The concerts will take place December 8 and 10, 2017; March 9 and 11, 2018; and May 30, 2018, with commissions by Carol Barnett (December); Lisa Bielawa (March); and Ben Moore (May), in addition to other works.
For further information call (914) 712-8708 or go online to www.nasingers.org. |
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| Sep 14, 2017 |
| Sonnambula at BPAC |
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Sonnambula
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Musician in Paris
September 14, 2017 7:30pm
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue (25th st. b/w 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
Praised as "superb" by The New Yorker, Sonnambula is a Renaissance ensemble that brings to light unknown music for with the lush sound of the viol and other early instruments. The program features works by the Parisienne composer Jacquet de La Guerre, Henri Dumont, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. |
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| Sep 14, 2017 |
| Singing Sacred Text |
| Dates: |
Sept 14 |
| Sponsor: |
Centro Primo Levi, the Jewish Museum of Rome, Yeshiva University Museum & the Center for Jewish History |
| Auditorium: |
Center for Jewish History |
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15 West 16th Street |
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New York, NY United States |
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2122948301 |
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press@cjh.org |
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http://cjh.org |
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Rav Alberto Funaro, the cantor of the Spanish Temple of Rome, will lead a workshop on the High Holidays melodies of the oldest Jewish community in the Western world. Learn how to sing the beautiful music of Roman and Italian liturgy. |
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