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Michael Tilson Thomas, Ahmad Sarmast, and Simon Estes among honorees at Juilliard’s 2022 commencement
Michael Tilson Thomas—co-founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony, music director laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra—will give the...
May 20, 2022
National Philharmonic’s 2022-23: world premieres by Hailstork and Dehlinger, works with chorus, pops, chamber music
The National Philharmonic and Music Director Piotr Gajewski have announced details of its 2022-2023 season, which will feature two world premieres: Henry Dehlinger’s Cosmic Cycles, presented in partnership with...
May 23, 2022
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival 2022: mix of new and old
This summer’s Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival in Long Island will take place from July 24 to August 21 and feature music by 12 living composers as well as works...
May 19, 2022
Albany Symphony’s 2022 American Music Festival: TrailBlaze NY
This year, the theme of the Albany Symphony Orchestra’s annual American Music Festival, a month-long new-music event in New York’s Capital Region and Upper Hudson, is “TrailBlaze NY.” The...
May 18, 2022
New Music USA’s “Amplifying Voices,” multi-orchestra commissions by Contreras, Iyer, León, Montgomery, Nabors, Shekhar, Sorey, Washington
New Music USA is presenting “Amplifying Voices” programs throughout 2022, featuring orchestral world premieres by Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, Jessie Montgomery, Brian Raphael Labors,...
May 17, 2022
Antoine Clark to conduct Cincinnati Symphony in program highlighting Black culture in American music
On June 11, conductor Antoine T. Clark—the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 MAC Music Innovator—will lead the CSO in a concert at Cincinnati’s Word of Deliverance Ministries highlighting Black culture...
May 16, 2022
Experiential Orchestra to perform immersive concert featuring music by Dawson and Montgomery
The Experiential Orchestra will present an immersive performance of William Levi Dawson’s 1934 “Negro Folk” Symphony on May 13 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan, led...
May 13, 2022
Montreal Symphony to tour South Korea and Europe
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has announced its first tour performances with Music Director Rafael Payare. From July 5 to 8, the orchestra will tour South Korea, performing in Seoul,...
May 12, 2022
Toledo Symphony wraps up season with two world premieres
On June 3, Ohio’s Toledo Symphony Orchestra will perform two world premieres at its final Masterworks concert of the 2021-22 season. The program at the Toledo Museum of Art’s...
May 11, 2022
New York Philharmonic dedicates annual Memorial Day concert to people of Ukraine
On May 30, the New York Philharmonic will perform its annual free Memorial Day concert at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, this year to be dedicated to...
May 10, 2022