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Events for April 2024
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| Apr 19, 2024 |
| A Magic Flute Experience: The Temple |
| Dates: |
April 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28 |
| Auditorium: |
Secret Downtown Location |
| Contact: |
Opera Columbus |
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United States |
| Phone: |
(614) 461-8101 |
| e-mail: |
pr@operacolumbus.org |
| Web: |
http://www.operacolumbus.org/temple |
This thrilling, immersive performance will be an experience both opera-lovers and operacurious will never forget. Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute, transports audiences to a fantastical world of dragons, princesses, trials and mysteries. Good and evil battle, and truth and resolution are elusive. The Temple will feature a new, English-language libretto updating the opera’s story and characters make it inclusive and accessible to contemporary audiences. This production will be directed by Allegra Libonati and arranged by Que Jones.
This production will be performed in English with English supertitles.
Due to location, you must be 21+ to attend this production. |
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| Album Release of CompCord@40 Anniversary CD Party |
| Dates: |
April 19th, 2024 |
| Sponsor: |
Composers Concordance |
| Auditorium: |
Shapeshifter Lab |
| Contact: |
Gene Pritsker |
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837 Union Street Brooklyn, NY |
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Brooklyn, NY United States |
| Web: |
https://composersconcordance.wixsite.com/2023-24-season/compcord-40-festival |
On April 19th at Shapeshifter Lab, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival begins appropriately with an anniversary CD release party. The new compilation album 'CompCord @ 40,' featuring the music of more than twenty contemporary composers, as well as cover art by Graham Elliott (Living Colour), will be issued on the CCR label, distributed by Naxos. |
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| Brahm's Requiem |
| Dates: |
April 19 and 21 |
| Sponsor: |
Handel and Haydn Society |
| Auditorium: |
Symphony Hall |
| Contact: |
development@handelandhaydn.org |
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301 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Boston, MA United States |
| Phone: |
(617) 262-1815 |
| Web: |
http://handelandhaydn.org/concerts/2023-24-season/brahms-requiem/ |
Savor the richness of Brahms in this profound performance that captures the full shimmering spectrum of human emotion. It’s a perfect showcase for our chorus—almost as if this deeply spiritual music were written just for them. With celebrated period instrument conductor Bernard Labadie at the helm, you’ll take part in the rare thrill of hearing these pieces played on the instruments Brahms knew best, surrounding yourself with the healing sounds that brought him solace following his mother’s death. This majestic offering matches ferocity with tenderness, boldness with beauty, promising goosebumps from start to finish. |
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| Rustic Classical |
| Dates: |
April 19, 2024 |
| Sponsor: |
Musicians of the Old Post Road |
| Auditorium: |
Old South Church, Boston |
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Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street |
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Boston, MA United States |
| Phone: |
7814666694 |
| e-mail: |
musicians@oldpostroad.org |
| Web: |
http://www.oldpostroad.org |
Boisterous chamber works with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings and lively Hungarian dances! Featuring a period arrangement of Mozart’s "Rondo alla Turca" and works by Gyrowetz, Lidl, and other. |
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| Apr 20, 2024 |
| MCDONALD'S GOSPELFEST with SHIRLEY CAESAR, DOTTIE PEOPLES, and BYRON CAGE! |
| Dates: |
Apr. 20 |
| Auditorium: |
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts |
| Contact: |
718-960-8833 |
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250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. |
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Bronx, NY United States |
| Phone: |
718-960-8833 |
| Web: |
http:// https://www.lehmancenter.org/events/mcdonalds-gospelfest. |
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST with the legendary SHIRLEY CAESAR, DOTTIE PEOPLES, and BYRON CAGE on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 8pm.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Tickets for MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 8pm ($100, $75, $65, $50, $35) can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Monday through Friday, 10am–5pm, and beginning at 4pm on the day of the concert), or through online access at https://www.lehmancenter.org/events/mcdonalds-gospelfest.
Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. |
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| MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST |
| Dates: |
Apr.20 |
| Auditorium: |
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts |
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250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468 |
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Bronx, NY United States |
| Phone: |
718-960-8833 |
| Web: |
http:// https://www.lehmancenter.org/events/mcdonalds-gospelfest. |
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST with the legendary SHIRLEY CAESAR, DOTTIE PEOPLES, and BYRON CAGE on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 8pm.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Tickets for MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 8pm ($100, $75, $65, $50, $35) can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Monday through Friday, 10am–5pm, and beginning at 4pm on the day of the concert), or through online access at https://www.lehmancenter.org/events/mcdonalds-gospelfest.
Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. |
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| Pasadena Symphony Presents Vivaldi Four Seasons feat. Violinist Charlotte Marckx |
| Dates: |
April 20 @ 2pm & 8pm |
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United States |
| Web: |
http://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/vivaldi-four-seasons-2/ |
In our long tradition of featuring the stars of tomorrow here today, multiple prize-winning violinist Charlotte Marckx brings Vivaldi’s most cherished concertos to life with her technical chops and expressive panache.
Dudamel Conducting Fellow Linhan Cui leads the orchestra for this season finale of Baroque masterworks and Award-winning Chinese Composer Si-ang Chen’s beautifully sonorous Adagio.
Si-ang Chen Adagio
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Puccini Crisantemi
Vivaldi Four Seasons
Pasadena Symphony
Linhan Cui, conductor
Charlotte Marckx, violin
2:00pm & 8:00pm
Tickets start at $40. |
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| Apr 21, 2024 |
| Rustic Classical |
| Dates: |
April 21, 2024 |
| Sponsor: |
Musicians of the Old Post Road |
| Auditorium: |
Worcester Historical Museum |
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Worcester Historical Museum |
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Worcester, MA United States |
| Phone: |
7814666694 |
| e-mail: |
musicians@oldpostroad.org |
| Web: |
http://www.oldpostroad.org |
Boisterous chamber works with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings and lively Hungarian dances! Featuring a period arrangement of Mozart’s "Rondo alla Turca" and works by Gyrowetz, Lidl, and others. |
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| Apr 23, 2024 |
| 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon: '40 Ounce' |
| Dates: |
April 23rd |
| Auditorium: |
DROM NYC |
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85 Ave. A (NYC) |
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New York City, NY United States |
| Web: |
https://www.facebook.com/events/391183786957207/391183800290539/ |
On April 23rd at DROM NYC, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival continues with the 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon. The event will feature more than 20 composers / performers presenting their four-minute compositions on this year's theme: '40 Ounce', in honor of our 40th anniversary season. The annual marathon focuses on the simple question of 'What kind of music do composers write when they know they are one of the performers?' For 14 years, we have been exploring this question and always find the answer surprising and artistically satisfying. |
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| spectatorship is not neutral |
| Dates: |
April 23 to May 3 |
| Sponsor: |
Canadian Music Centre-Ontario |
| Auditorium: |
Canadian Music Centre-Ontario |
| Contact: |
Colin Tucker |
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20 St. Joseph St |
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Toronto, ON Canada |
| Phone: |
4169616601 |
| e-mail: |
colinltucker@gmail.com |
| Web: |
http://on.cmccanada.org/ https://colintucker.studio/events/not-neutral/ |
spectatorship is not neutral presents new and recent installation works for concert halls by Colin Tucker. The installation focuses on marking the politics of often unmarked defaults of spectatorial concert (“classical”) music, particularly those of silent, seated, focal listening, and of organizing musical practice around closed, immaterial works.
Grounded in methods of Black and Indigenous studies, the installation investigates how the concert hall’s central subject-position, the Spectator, is always-already relational, and specifically how the Spectator’s sensory capacity depends axiomatically upon the discursive displacement of the exteriority of sensation onto racially-marked figures of sensory incapacity. The featured works map how seemingly routine protocols of concert music are not easily separable from protocols of empire, as a necessary step towards a politicized dismantling of concert music. |
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| Apr 24, 2024 |
| Brilliant Bach |
| Dates: |
Apr 24 to 28 |
| Auditorium: |
Roy Thomson Hall & George Weston Recital Hall |
| Contact: |
Patron Services |
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60 Simcoe St & 5040 Yonge St |
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Toronto, ON Canada |
| Phone: |
416.598.3375 |
| e-mail: |
contactus@tso.ca |
| Web: |
https://rb.gy/kwtjly |
Experience the glorious and invigorating music of J.S. Bach! Filled with exuberance and virtuoso flourish, the Brandenburg Concertos are among the most beloved and inventive masterpieces of the Baroque era and, indeed, all of music. Led by Concertmaster Jonathan Crow and spotlighting the incredible artistry of the TSO’s musicians, these concerts also feature Bach’s exquisite Concerto for Oboe, and the well-known “Double” and “Triple” concertos for violin. |
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| Apr 25, 2024 |
| Simone Dinnerstein: Bach Sinfonias |
| Dates: |
Apr. 25 |
| Sponsor: |
Miller Theatre at Columbia University |
| Auditorium: |
Miller Theatre at Columbia University |
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2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 |
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New York, NY United States |
| Web: |
https://www.millertheatre.com/events/bach-sinfonias |
GRAMMY-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, described by The New York Times as “an utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation,” is presented by Miller Theatre at Columbia University in three performances over March and April as part of Miller Theatre’s 2023-2024 Bach Concert Series. On April 25, Simone Dinnerstein performs a thrilling program of solo works for piano, rooted in the Baroque era, with J.S. Bach’s collection of 15 Sinfonias. |
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| Apr 26, 2024 |
| Madame Butterfly |
| Dates: |
Apr 26 - May 5 |
| Sponsor: |
Opera Philadelphia |
| Auditorium: |
Academy of Music |
| Contact: |
tix@operaphila.org, 2157328400 |
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240 S Broad St |
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Philadelphia, PA United States |
| Phone: |
2157328400 |
| e-mail: |
tix@operaphila.org |
| Web: |
http://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/in-theaters-2023-2024/madame-butterfly/ |
Fri, Apr 26 8:00 p.m.
Sun, Apr 28 2:00 p.m.
Fri, May 3 8:00 p.m.
Sun, May 5 2:00 p.m.
Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including one 20-minute intermission.
Is it true love or just a fantasy? The achingly beautiful score and heartbreaking tragedy at the core of Puccini’s masterpiece explode in a new production by designer Yuki Izumihara and director Ethan Heard that transcends stereotypes, empowering the young protagonist Cio Cio San with new agency over her story.
Soprano Karen Chia-ling Ho and tenor Anthony Ciaramitaro make their company debuts as the lovelorn geisha and her reckless American husband, Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, who sees her as a toy he can purchase, play with, and abandon. Anthony Clark Evans (Rigoletto, 2022), returns as the cautionary American consul Sharpless, with mezzo Kristen Choi (The Raven, 2022) as the steadfast maid Suzuki. |
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| Newport Classical Presents: Balourdet Quartet Plays Schubert and Haydn |
| Dates: |
Apr 26 |
| Auditorium: |
Newport Classical Recital Hall |
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42 Dearborn Street, Newport, RI, 02840 |
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Newport, RI United States |
| Phone: |
401.846.1133 x1 |
| e-mail: |
info@newportclassical.org |
| Web: |
http://newportclassical.org/event/balourdet-quartet/ |
The Boston-based Balourdet Quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition; the top prize awarded in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy; and the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff Competition. Their program opens with Haydn’s signature humor and tone painting in The Bird, and the modern-day Hungarian bard Kurtág ponders the cycle of life in tribute to musicians meaningful to him, none more so than Schubert in Six Moments Musicaux. Newport Classical presents its nine-concert Chamber Series from September 2023 to June 2024 at its home venue, Newport Classical Recital Hall, bringing timeless music for today to Newport year round. |
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| Apr 27, 2024 |
| '1984' featuring CompCord Ensemble |
| Dates: |
April 27th |
| Auditorium: |
LOFT393 |
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393 Broadway, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10013 |
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Manhattan, NY United States |
| e-mail: |
genepritsker@gmail.com |
| Web: |
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/composersconcordance/1216757 |
On April 27th at 7pm at LOFT393, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival continues with a concert featuring new music compositions which reflect upon the year 1984, when the Composers Concordance series was founded in New York City by composers Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish.
The program will showcase the tour-de-force musicianship of the CompCord Ensemble: Melanie Mitrano - soprano, Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet, Daniel Schnyder - saxophone, David Taylor - bass trombone, Gene Pritsker and Jane Getter - guitars, Max Pollak - cajon-tap dancer-body percussion, and Robert C. Ford - recitation, conducted by Peter Jarvis.
Featured compositions include '1984 - A Year In Music' by Gene Pritsker; 'Everyone Else' by Melanie Mitrano; 'Reminiscing' by Peter Jarvis, 'Detour' by Jane Getter, 'Swathe Cozen' by David Taylor, and 'Mole's Eye Recall' by Max Pollak, plus music by Marina Vesic, Ginka Mizuki, Dan Cooper, David Saperstein, and Daniel Schnyder. |
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| 95 Years of Music to Speak to Our Time- Dr. Samuel Adler |
| Dates: |
April 27th, 3:30pm |
| Auditorium: |
Livestream |
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Livestream |
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Lifestream, MA United States |
| Phone: |
5082402400 |
| e-mail: |
lindsey@artsmempoweringlife.org |
| Web: |
https://performingartscentercapecod.org/95-years-of-music-to-speak-to-our-time-part-iii/ |
About this Four-Part Lecture:
PART 3- The Eastman and Julliard Years
At age ten Samuel Adler narrowly escaped Nazi Germany during Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass.” As he and his father collected sheet music in the loft of the synagogue, saving all that they could on that terrifying night, soldiers heard them from down below. It was the sudden collapse of the pipe organ that allowed Adler and his father to run and escape through an underground tunnel. His family took the last train out of Germany with their bags full of sheet music, paving the way for Adler to study and nurture his musical gifts in America. At age ninety-five, he continues to compose, sharing his prolific musical gifts. Known for building bridges through the international language of music, as well as his optimism and “life-affirming spirit,” he is uniquely positioned TO SPEAK TO OUR TIME. |
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| Dvorák Masterpieces |
| Dates: |
Apr 27 - 28 (2 Performances) |
| Auditorium: |
Knowles Memorial Chapel |
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1000 Holt Avenue |
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Winter Park, FL United States |
| Phone: |
4076462182 |
| e-mail: |
info@bachfestivalflorida.org |
| Web: |
http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/dvorak-masterpieces-2024-1 |
John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra
Camille Thomas, cello; Mary Wilson, soprano; Patricia Thompson, mezzo soprano; Kyle Stegall, tenor; Michael Dean, bass
Composed in response to personal tragedy – the deaths of his three children – Dvorák’s powerful, emotional, and deeply moving Stabat Mater is among the most substantial of Stabat Mater settings. It is Dvorák’s choral music at its best.
Considered to be “the greatest of all cello concertos”, Dvorák’s Concerto for Cello in b minor is a nostalgic reflection on his native Bohemia and is full of some of his most inspired moments. The charismatic artistry of Camille Thomas, the young Franco-Belgian cellist, is driven by a passion for life and a desire to inspire others to open their hearts to the wonder and emotion of classical music. Camille Thomas plays the famous “Feuermann” Stradivarius (1730) cello, which in on loan to her from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Tickets start at $15 |
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| Titan: A Celebration of the TSYO’s 50th Anniversary! |
| Dates: |
April 27 |
| Auditorium: |
Roy Thomson Hall |
| Contact: |
Patron Services |
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60 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 |
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Toronto, ON Canada |
| Phone: |
416.598.3375 |
| e-mail: |
contactus@tso.ca |
| Web: |
http://rb.gy/zgqlmq |
Join us for the epic conclusion to the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s golden jubilee season. Throughout its 50 year history, the TSYO has taught young musicians to be the best versions of themselves, both inside and outside the concert hall. TSYO musicians have seen their share of trials and tribulations, but they have always emerged triumphant, just like the featured piece in this milestone concert—Mahler’s First Symphony. |
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| Apr 28, 2024 |
| A Messiah for Our Time |
| Dates: |
April 28, 2024 |
| Sponsor: |
New England Philharmonic and Cantata Singers |
| Auditorium: |
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory |
| Contact: |
manager@nephilharmonic.org |
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30 Gainsborough St |
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Boston, MA United States |
| Phone: |
855-463-7445 |
| e-mail: |
info@nephilharmonic.org |
| Web: |
https://nephilharmonic.org/ |
In a fitting conclusion for a city that hosted the American premiere of Handel’s Messiah in 1818, NEP joins forces with Cantata Singers and vocal soloists on Sunday, April 28, at 3 pm in Jordan Hall to present A Messiah for Our Time. Sven-David Sandström’s dramatic 2009 setting of the Messiah’s well-known text will be performed for the first time on the East Coast. Co-conducted by Tianhui Ng and Cantata Singers Music Director Noah Horn, the season finale marks the first collaboration between the two organizations. Maggie Finnegan (soprano), Maria Dominique Lopez (mezzo-soprano), Dylan Morrongiello (tenor), and Leroy David (bass-baritone) join as soloists. |
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| Newport Classical: Empire Wild |
| Dates: |
Apr 28 |
| Auditorium: |
Newport Craft Brewing |
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293 JT Connell Highway Newport, RI 02840 |
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Newport, RI United States |
| Phone: |
401.846.1133 |
| e-mail: |
info@newportclassical.org |
| Web: |
https://newportclassical.org/event/empire-wild/ |
Newport Classical presents Empire Wild as part of their spring Community Concerts. Empire Wild brings a genre-bending musical experience to Newport Craft Brewing, where audiences can purchase beer and bites during the performance. Empire Wild channels their love for musical exploration into their sound, fusing pop, folk, jazz, and more. In this program, the group puts its own spin on music by composers whose work has endured the test of time. Hear classics by Beethoven, Ravel, Bach, and more brought to new life in the trio’s unique arrangements. This is a free concert – fun for listeners of all ages. |
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| Apr 29, 2024 |
| Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players dig into Folk Roots |
| Dates: |
April 29 |
| Sponsor: |
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players |
| Auditorium: |
Good Shepherd Church |
| Contact: |
Mei Ying |
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152 West 66 St |
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New York, NY United States |
| Phone: |
212-799-1259 |
| e-mail: |
admin@jupitersymphony.com |
| Web: |
http://www.jupitersymphony.com |
Prizewinners pianist Avery Gagliano, violinist Itamar Zorman, violist Paul Neubauer, and 8 Jupiterians will perform works based on or inspired by folk elements: Miniatures by William Grant Still, the "Dean of African American Composers"; Florence Price's Piano Quintet, unmistakably inspired by African-American spirituals, folk tunes, ragtime, and the rhythmic juba dance from the slave plantations of the Deep South; and Antonín Dvo?ák's "Double Bass" String Quintet No. 2, with seductive melodies evocative of Bohemian folk music.
It's Out of This World: Dedicated to acknowledge and perpetuate the legacy of the late Jens Nygaard—founder of the Jupiter Symphony—the chamber music series celebrates a legacy that denotes musical excellence, gives performance opportunities to outstanding musicians, and imparts a love of and enthusiasm for music through interesting and unusual programs of works in the standard repertoire, as well as pieces by lesser known composers that deserve to be heard. |
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