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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
Louisville Orchestra’s initial Creators Corps residencies go to composers Lisa Bielawa, TJ Cole, and Tyler Taylor
“Three artists are joining Louisville Orchestra for its 2022-2023 performance season as part of the organization’s new commissioning initiative called ‘Creators Corps,’ ” reports Stephanie Wolf in Monday’s (7/25)...
July 27, 2022
Nashville Symphony taps Baltimore Symphony’s Tonya McBride Robles as COO
“The Nashville Symphony has hired Tonya McBride Robles as chief operating officer,” reads an unsigned article in Friday’s (7/22) Nashville Post (TN). “According to a release, McBride Robles replaces outgoing COO and long-time Nashville Symphony...
July 27, 2022
Carlos Simon’s new “Requiem for the Enslaved”
“In 1838, Georgetown University was facing bankruptcy. Their solution? To raise funds by selling 272 enslaved men, women and children of African descent to sugarcane plantations in Louisiana,” writes...
July 27, 2022
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony’s 2022-23 season
“The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has announced their 2022-23 season, ‘Journeys and Soundscapes,’ featuring world-class soloists, innovative experiences and symphonic music spanning Bach through Prokofiev,” writes Stephi Wild in...
July 27, 2022
New “Black Hole Symphony” at Boston Museum of Science planetarium
“When the world stopped in awe last week to gaze at the photos released from the James Webb Space Telescope, the snapshots accomplished a challenging feat: they made astronomy...
July 27, 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
Films-with-orchestra: entry points for audiences, revenue for orchestras
“At a recent orchestra rehearsal in Heinz Hall, a raptor sprang from the shadows repeatedly to the sounds of bellowing brass and squealing strings,” writes Jeremy Reynolds in Monday’s...
July 26, 2022
Three-week piano festival in Cleveland, including pop-up concert-truck performances
“Piano Days is coming to Cleveland. The festival comes courtesy of the folks behind the quadrennial Cleveland International Piano Competition,” writes Marc Bona in Thursday’s (7/24) Plain Dealer (Cleveland)....
July 26, 2022
Printed programs increasingly being replaced by digital programs
“These past few months… patrons are once again filling up the rows of concert halls and theaters,” writes Michael Andor Brodeur in Saturday’s (7/23) Washington Post. But “the rich,...
July 26, 2022
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