The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk, CT) is one of North America’s oldest active summer music festivals. On August 19, the Norfolk festival featured a Choral Festival, directed by Simon Carrington. This remarkable program complete with a first-rate choir and chamber orchestra has always been a highlight of the Norfolk summer. The concert featured threeContinue reading “Simon Carrington conducts music by Ferko, Gregorio, & Larsen”
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UI Press | Denise Von Glahn | Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life
The fullness of a life lived allegro. Denise Von Glahn, Curtis Mayes Orpheus Professor of Musicology at Florida State University, is the author of Libby Larsen‘s biography, Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life. Von Glahn is also the director for the Center for Music of the Americas and wrote three award-winning books prior to this publication. The bookContinue reading “UI Press | Denise Von Glahn | Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life”
Daron Hagen – Wintergreen Festival Orchestra performs work for orchestra
The Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Russell Smith, recently performed Daron Hagen‘s Postcards from America (1996). The performance took place as part of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival on August 5, 2017. This work received its premiere in 1996 and was co-commissioned by the Oakland East Bay and Waukesha Symphony Orchestra. Postcards from America isContinue reading “Daron Hagen – Wintergreen Festival Orchestra performs work for orchestra”
Trinity Wall Street & Julian Wachner embark on European Tour
This month, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Julian Wachner begin an impressive tour with a three-concert stop in Norway, followed by two performances in the Netherlands. Norway The Grammy-nominated choir presents a series of early works while in attendance at the Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival with the music of Bach, Byrd, and Palestrina. Since 1991,Continue reading “Trinity Wall Street & Julian Wachner embark on European Tour”
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