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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performances in New York and Washington, D.C.
New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will present two free concerts by the touring Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra on August 18 and 19 at Damrosch Park. The orchestra,...
August 8, 2022
New Music USA awards Organizational Development Fund grants to 100 U.S. groups
New Music USA has awarded a total of $678,000 to 100 organizations through its 2022 Organizational Development Fund, which supports groups nationwide that work regularly with, and support the development...
August 4, 2022
Wilmington Symphony to perform with The Queen’s Cartoonists
On October 22, North Carolina’s Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center with The Queen’s Cartoonists, who perform music from classic cartoons...
August 3, 2022
Cincinnati Symphony and CCM announce Diversity Fellowship Program achievements
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have announced recent successes of its CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Program, established in 2015 with a grant from The Mellon Foundation. Four CSO/CCM...
August 2, 2022
Buffalo Philharmonic to honor composer and conductor Lukas Foss at Carnegie Hall
The Buffalo Philharmonic will perform at Carnegie Hall on October 3 in a tribute concert to Lukas Foss (1922-2009) honoring the composer and conductor’s 100th anniversary. Music Director JoAnn...
August 1, 2022
Illinois Philharmonic’s new three-year musicians contract through 2024-25 season
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, based in Park Forest, announced that it has reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, effective through the 2024-25 season. Highlights of...
July 29, 2022
Grant Park Music Festival in August: world premieres, Haydn’s “Creation,” mariachi music, choral music
The Grant Park Music Festival’s free concerts at Chicago’s Millennium Park this August will include a program marking the 60th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus, a night of...
July 28, 2022
Pacific Symphony to present “Concert for Healing” following May 15 church shooting
California’s Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale will perform a “Concert for Healing” on August 3 at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California. The concert will open with the...
July 27, 2022
Canton Symphony performances at area winery and city plaza
The Canton Symphony presented the first of two summer “Symphony Uncorked” performances on July 19 at Gervasi Vineyard in Canton, Ohio. A string quartet from the orchestra—violinists Erin Redhead...
July 26, 2022
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra receives $300K grant; will perform and record music by emerging composers
The Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, has received a $300,00 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support its community-centered programming over the next three years. In announcing...
July 25, 2022
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