American Composers Alliance

The concert premiere of ZHAOJUN - The Woman Who Saved the World will take place on Nov. 20, 2018, 7:30 pm at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, presented by APNM - The Association for the Promotion of New Music and Ensemble Pi.  Alice's new opera theme is preserving the earth's natural environment by bringing down the patriarchy and forcing leaders to practice compassion.  For two singers and seven instruments, with soprano Sharon Harms, baritone Jeremy Huw Williams, conductor Carl Bettendorf, director Ashley Tata and the musicians of Ensemple Pi. Please come if you can.

This year's Abravanel Distinguished Visiting Composers Series will feature David Froom who was a former professor at the University of Utah. As a composer, Froom's music has been performed extensively around the world including performances by the Chesapeake Symphony Orchestras, the United States Marine and Navy Bands, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 21st Century Consort, Boston Musica Viva, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, and the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet. The events will include a lecture and concert, featuring Froom's Piano Trio #2, “Grenzen" played by Curtis Macomber, violin, Chris Finckel, cello; and Stephen Gosling, piano.