The Pink Triangle Project, a multi-national collaboration, will feature the world premiere of a new composition commemorating the homosexual victims of the Holocaust. Written by noted German composer Stefan Heucke, who will also attend the premiere, the work will feature Holocaust scholar and professional oboist Susan Eischeid, pianist Maila Gutierrez-Springfield, and the select mens chorus […]
Continue readingEvery year the Chopin Foundation celebrates Chopin’s birthday with a concert by a distinguished pianist. In the past we have welcomed such pianists as Gabriela Montera (who played at President Obama’s inauguration), Garrick Ohlsson, Kevin Kenner and many other artists from around the world. This year the prize-winning and internationally renowned pianist Esther Keel performs […]
Continue readingEver have a tune you couldnt get out of your head? aThe composers of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra find themselves returning to Ernesto de Curtiss Return to Sorrento (1902) in Return to Return to Sorrento, evoking a sunny, post-El-Nino world of musical fact and fantasy from John Bilotta, Philip Freihofner, David Graves, Loren […]
Continue readingFormed in 1984 to present the music of living American composers, Composers Inc. seeks to increase public awareness of contemporary American music. This concert will feature the first US performance of Seven Faces of the World by Joseph Kolkovich, winner of the Lee Ettelson Composers Award. This rich and fascinating work for string trio will […]
Continue readingCompositions and improvisations by Annie Lewandowski, Anagamin Ensemble, Zeina Nasr, Grex, Gretchen Jude, Lona Kozik and Julia MacDonaldFrom the sublime to the challenging, current and former graduate students from Mills College present a mix of primarily acoustic solo and group improvisations and compositions and everything in between. From prepared piano to extended vocal techniques to […]
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