SongFest provides the United States’ premier art song festivals and training programs: our summer institute held each June at The Colburn School in Los Angeles and a new winter intensive at Hidden Valley in Carmel Valley. SongFest attracts an internationally distinguished roster of artist teachers as well as students from some of the nation’s topContinue reading “News from SongFest 2017: David Conte and Juliana Hall”
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ECS Publishing Group receives Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence
Established in 1964 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the first music engraving in American by the famous silversmith Paul Revere, these awards were initially given as a means of alerting the music industry to the advantages of providing the best possible publication from the viewpoint of engraving, graphic arts and production standards. TodayContinue reading “ECS Publishing Group receives Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence”
Featured Recording: Jane Wang Considers the Dragonfly, music by Elena Ruehr
A delightful recording of Elena Ruher’s Chamber Works. Called a “composer to watch” by Opera News, Elena Ruehr’s music has been performed by the Borremeo String Quartet, the Shanghai String Quartet, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (where she was composer in residence from 2000-2005), and the Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Dr. Ruehr was a fellowContinue reading “Featured Recording: Jane Wang Considers the Dragonfly, music by Elena Ruehr”
Kareem Roustom: Dutch premiere by New European Ensemble
Oriental Landscapes is a five-city contemporary oriental music festival. The artistic vision of Oriental Landscapes reflects on the history of oriental music and searches for a common ground for the future of shared musical heritage. On the 17th of June Oriental Landscapes travels to Utrecht, and presents a mini festival in Hertz and the K.F.Continue reading “Kareem Roustom: Dutch premiere by New European Ensemble “
Review of Seven Last Words by Michael John Trotta — Choral Scholar
In his famous Poetics of Music of 1939, Stravinsky observes, “A real tradition is not the relic of a past that is irretrievably gone; it is a living force that animates and informs the present.” Michael J. Trotta’s Seven Last Words is a work solidly grounded in tradition, yet incorporates a musical language that, in GeorgeContinue reading “Review of Seven Last Words by Michael John Trotta — Choral Scholar”
Review of Lady Bird by Henry Mollicone — 21st Century Music Takes
Written by: Susan Hall – May 13, 2017 Hunter College Opera NY Opera Fest 2017 Kaye Playhouse New York, New York May 12, 2017 Lady Bird: First Lady of the Land (ECS #8506) Composed by: Henry Mollicone Libretto by: Sheldon Harnick Our current First Lady is MIA. It is good to have a former firstContinue reading “Review of Lady Bird by Henry Mollicone — 21st Century Music Takes”
Frankenstein by Libby Larsen — West Edge Opera
West Edge Opera, formerly Berkeley Opera, is a leading Bay Area opera company. As part of their 2017 – 2018 season, they will be staging Libby Larsen’s Frankenstein. New archetypes aren’t minted very often, but Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is certainly among them. Two hundred years after the publication of the novel, West Edge presents Libby Larsen’sContinue reading “Frankenstein by Libby Larsen — West Edge Opera”
Stanley Hoffman – work selected by Association of Irish Choirs
Stanley M. Hoffman’s arrangement of Claude Debussy’s Beau Soir (ECS #7689 for SATB chorus and piano) has been selected by the Association of Irish Choirs for their Summer 2017 season. The Association of Irish Choirs supports and promotes excellence in choral music in Ireland. They do this by providing information and advice and presenting aContinue reading “Stanley Hoffman – work selected by Association of Irish Choirs”
Schola Cantorum on Hudson premieres music by Robert Schuneman
Schola Cantorum on Hudson (Schola), an independent non-profit organization, was founded in 1995 by Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, and performs its full concert season in both Montclair, NJ, and Manhattan. Its members have been drawn together by a shared love of great choral music and by dedication to the highest standard of performance of thatContinue reading “Schola Cantorum on Hudson premieres music by Robert Schuneman”
Clare Shore – commission for flute & piano
Clare Shore has been commissioned by a consortium of three USA flutists, Tammy Evans Yonce (Midwest), Cathie Apple (West Coast), and Misty Theisen (East Coast) to write a work for flute and piano. Clare Shore, the second woman to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from The Juilliard School (1984), has receivedContinue reading “Clare Shore – commission for flute & piano”
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