Category: Premieres
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Best of 2018! BBC International Women’s Day Orchestral Concert
One of the most important events in music of 2018 was the BBC’s International Women’s Day broadcasts and live concerts. Performances and recordings were aired based on special research aimed at bringing to light unknown music composed by women. The highlight of the day was this concert by the BBC Concert Orchestra. We wanted to…
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Chen Yi and Zhou Long honored by SAM
Timothy Diovanni concludes his reporting on the Society for American Music conference by joining with Liane Curtis and offering insights on the on the Vivian Perlis Concert in Honor of Chen Yi and Zhou Long. Zhou Long and Chen Yi are are Chinese-American composers who were honored with the Society of American Music’s distinguished Honorary…
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Speaking Her Truth: A Discussion with Jessica Rudman and Kendra Preston Leonard
We are delighted to share this conversation between Jessica Rudman (JR) and Kendra Preston Leonard (KPL) as they discuss the upcoming Hartford Opera Theater and Hartford Independence Chamber Orchestra’s program “Speaking Her Truth,” which includes Rudman’s micro-opera Trigger, Rudman and Leonard’s song cycle Four Songs for Lady Macbeth, and their opera Marie Curie Learns to…
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Dora Pejačević — another composer whose time has come?
With two upcoming performances of music by Dora Pejačević taking place in the next few weeks, we wonder if this remarkable but little-known composer, who was writing powerful orchestral works a century ago, is finally ready for rediscovery. [Wondering how to pronounce Pejačević?] A recipient of our Performance Grant, the Willamette Falls Symphony, will be performing…