Tag: 2014 Performance Grant
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Lansing Symphony Performs Helms
The Lansing Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will present Seven Ascents for Flute and Orchestra by Marjan Helms this weekend. Helms is the composer in residence at Michigan State University Community Music School and worked with LSO’s principal flautist, Richard Sherman, in composing the work. It was commissioned and premiered by the Jackson Symphony last…
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Virginia Symphony Premieres Larsen
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will give the World Premiere of a new version of Libby Larsen’s Four on the Floor this weekend. Originally composed for violin, cello, double bass and piano, Larsen has re-orchestrated the work for string orchestra and piano. JoAnn Falletta, conductor of the Virginia Symphony, worked closely with Libby…
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Lancaster Symphony is Honoring Tina Davidson
This weekend one of our Performance Grant winners, the Lancaster Symphony in Pennsylvania, will honor the life and work of Tina Davidson, recipient of this year’s Composer Award, given annually by the Lancaster Symphony to a contemporary classical composer for the past 55 years. The concert will feature a collaboration with local strings students on First…
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A Weekend of Music by Women
This coming weekend will see three different performances of 2014 Performance Grant winners! The Sheboygan Symphony will perform three works by Ana Milosavljevic on February 7 – Red (2013) for orchestra, the World Premiere of Reflections (2013) for violin and orchestra, and the World Premiere of Viper Concerto (2014) for Viper electric violin and orchestra, which was commissioned by the…