April 23, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“The docket of those incredible folks who we have had the privilege to honor include people like Margaret McDermott, Matrice Ellis Kirk, Margot Perot, (and) former mayor Mike Rawlings,” says Maura Sheffler, the Donna Wilhelm Family President and Executive Director of TACA – The Arts Community Alliance – naming a few of the 88 honorees… Read more »
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Hear an excerpt from the most fantastical and kaleidoscopic orchestral works of our time.
April 21, 2023 by
With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.
April 20, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“It’s music that is this mixture of contemporary classical music, with jazz, with R&B, with hip hop, with fusion,” says Kevin Day, describing his Pulitzer Prize-nominated Concerto for Wind Ensemble. “It’s just telling a narrative about how fun this music is – It’s meant to be fun, it’s meant to be enjoyable.” The Dallas Winds… Read more »
April 14, 2023 by Justin Bowers
Let the new music sextet yMusic serenade you with a light-as-air track from a forthcoming album.
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National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is reshaping the ensemble’s sound with the help of 17th and 18th century instruments he purchased secretly.
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The five-time Grammy winner has mounted two operas at the Metropolitan Opera, which until 2021 had never staged a work by a Black composer. Hear him discuss the future of opera with Lara Downes.
April 12, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“This work has been in progress – and in process – for three years,” says Sam Brukhman, founding Artistic Director of the Verdigris Ensemble, speaking of their world premiere of “SHAMS.” The production includes poetry of Rumi, set to original music by internationally recognized composer Sahba Aminikia and improvisational art by Kevork Mourad. Hear Sam… Read more »
April 8, 2023 by Justin Bowers
Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.
April 7, 2023 by Justin Bowers
Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.
