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Two performances in person and streaming: Sat. August 14th and Friday, August. 20th (7:30 PM each day) the operaHarmony, with music by Robert Carl andlibretto by Russell Banks, will be premiered at the Seagle Festival.

The story of Harmony is set in Keene Valley, NY, with numerous Adirondack references, our world premiere opera tells the story of young composer Charles Ives, his love for high-class Harmony Twichell, and the interference of Twichell family friend Mark Twain in their betrothal based on true events.

The Seagle Festival is in theAdirondacks at Schroon Lake.

More information and synopsis can be found here.

Purchase ticket (to attend, or to view online) here.

Artists fromMirror Visions Ensemble performed a full program of songs at Hendricks Chapel in Syracuse as part of their "This Land is Ours" Series.This concert begins at 4:00 p.m. on October 3rd. Works performed included commissioned works from Francine Trester, H. Leslie Adams, Mohammed Fairouz, Adolphus Hailstork, Carlos Simon, and Harold Meltzer.

Now in its 29th season, Mirror Visions Ensemble has championed and fostered the work of new composers, providing a platform for their works to be showcased through the commissioning and performance of over 105 works by more than 35 composers, including Gilda Lyons, Adolphus Hailstork, Tom Cipullo, Scott Wheeler, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Yehudi Wyner. Dedicated to developing the future catalogue of vocal chamber music, the ensemble launched its first-ever Young Composers Competition in the 2015-2016 season, awarding four commissions to early-career composers.

Coming up on May 4th, Journes Arts & Science 2021Transitions Concert presents Nomie Saintandr, violin, in a concert recorded live with violin and electronics. Kyrielle, for violin and fixed media audio (2005) by Alice Shields, will be among the works performed.

Kyrielle is based on Gregorian chants associated with the Virgin Mary: an Agnus Dei, a Magnificat, and the Ave Maris Stella, with an Alleluia. The three main chants form the three sections of the piece. The violin part consists of wide-ranging, shaped melismas surrounding phrases of chant. In the score I include the Latin words of the chants to help guide the violinist to play these phrases as if she or he were a singer capable of singing in the enormous range of the violin.

Program:
Joo Pedro Oliveira: Magma
Anna Rubin: Stolen Gold
Umut Eldem: Bound
Alice Shields: Kyrielle

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York

Robert Cohen Rabbi Schmuley Rides the Cyclone to Heaven
Thomas Parente Pandemia
Dary John Mizelle Passacaglia, Toccata & Fugue

INTERMISSION

Hubert Howe Prelude for Organ
David See Three Hymn Preludes for Organ
Fugue on "St. Ann and Ellacombe"
Little Brown Church (In The Vale)
There's A Song In The Air

World Premiere New York Premiere

Claudia Dumschat, organ

CLAUDIA DUMSCHAThas a distinguished career both as an organist and conductor and has performed concerts throughout the United States and Europe. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Alec Wyton, Frederick Swann, McNeil Robinson, John Walker and Dennis Keene. Since 1999 She has been Organist and Choirmaster at Church of the Transfiguration, where she conducts the Choir of Men & Boys, the oldest such choir in America. She also founded the Transfiguration Camerata, Girls Choir and Cherub Choir there, and she has served as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Arnold Schwartz Memorial Concert Series, which has produced over fifty concerts since its inception in 2004.

A Concert of New Music for Strings & Electronics,Featuring the Klang String Quartet and Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, Little Church Around the Corner, New York City.

Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York

Jacob E. Goodman String Quartet No. 1
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondo

Catherine Neville Mutunkuweap for String Quartet
I. Sanctuary
II. Grafton
III. Mukuntuweap

Debra Kaye Turning in Time for solo violin
Special Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, violin

Timothy L. Miller Three Miniatures for String Trio
I. Going Someplace
II. Having Been There
III. And Back Again

INTERMISSION

Hubert Howe Inharmonic Fantasy No. 9 for cello and electronics

Kevin McCarter Sketches From Nature for solo violin
I. Walking, with Wind and Leaves
II. Along a Stream
III. Among Birds
IV. Flowers
V. Recollections

Rushaniya Nizamutdinova The Sun and Immersion for electronics

Eric Heilner SQrt: Season 1, Episode 2 for String Quartet

World Premiere New York Premiere US Premiere

Featuring the Klang String Quartet
Gregor Kitzis, violin; Katie Thomas, violin
Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello

Special Guest Soloist, Kinga Augustyn, violin

Composer Scott L. Miller announces the release of SonAR II, a soundwalk app offering users an immersive audio experience at Minnehaha Regional Park in Minneapolis. Miller composed new music using the environmental sounds of Minnehaha Falls and the surrounding park as inspiration for the public to interactively experience while on a self-guided walk through the park.

Using GPS, users follow a map on the app with a recommended path and start location. With headphones in, they hear Millers composition layered over the ambient sounds of the park while exploring the path. Each persons unique movement, Millers composition, and the sounds of the park, combine to create a unique experience.The SonAR II app will be available to the public on June 25th through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

For more information about SonAR II, a preview of the app, and to download the app upon relesae, visit:scottlmiller.net/sonar-ii.

05 IX represents a year of telematic musiking between UK-based new music stalwarts rarescale and US-based composer/electronic musician Scott L. Miller. Miller and rarescalefeaturing flutist Carla Rees and clarinetist Sarah Wattshave a history of collaboration dating back to 2009. This collaboration, fruitful as it has been, was limited by geography, particularly as Millers approach frequently involves hands-on experimentation with real-time interactive electronics and a performance space shared between the performers, microphones, and speakers. While the lockdown of the COVID era eliminated any such possibilities, it opened a door to a new opportunity: telematic music.

Tune into the virtual album release event on June 20th. At the release, Scott and rarescale willtalk about long-distance music-making, share tracks and graphic scores, and answeryour own questions about the process.

Reserve your free ticket here on eventbrite.

Adam Vidiksis and Sam Wells are among the fearless who said "Yes!" when composer Scott L. Miller askedif they wanted to experiment with telematic music in Spring 2020. The trio has since that time recorded music for trumpet, percussion, and electronics. Their debut recording has been released on Bandcamp, featuring the epic, two part work "What Would John Chowning Do?" and rounded out with the astonishingly introspective "Worst Impulses."

The trio is hoping that someday they will be able to perform together in the same room!

Scott L. Miller, kyma
Adam Vidiksis, drum set
Sam Wells, trumpet

Recorded telematically on March 4 & 25, 2021 in Otsego, MN, Wilmington, DE, and Los Angeles, CA.

Edited, Mixed, and Mastered by Scott L. Miller
Liner Note by Adam Vidiksis
Artwork and Graphic Design by Sam Wells
Photography by John Fowler

Phoenix Symphony concertmaster Steven Moeckel is coming back to Tucson on Sunday, Sept 12to help the St. Andrews Bach Society close out its 2021 concert series.

Having Moeckel, concertmaster for the Phoenix Symphony and the Santa Fe Opera orchestra in New Mexico, on a Tucson stage is reason enough to celebrate. But throw in a world-premiere of a work that Moeckel commissioned from Arizona composer Glenn Stallcopduring the pandemic, and the celebration takes on a whole new level of wow.

During next Sundays concert with harpist Stephen Hartman, Moeckel will perform the premiere of The Unreal Dwelling After Basho, composed by Phoenix Symphonydouble-bassist Glenn Stallcop.

What: Steven Moeckel in concert with harpist Stephen Hartman

Presented by: St. Andrew's Bach Society

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12

Where: Grace St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St.

Tickets: $15, $10 for students through standrewsbach.org/tickets

Program

Vaughan-Williams"The Lark Ascending," arranged by Stephen Hartman

Glenn Stallcop"Unreal Dwelling" for Solo Violin (world premiere)

Korngold"Romanze" from Concerto for Violin, arranged by Hartman

Carlos Salzedo"Minuet, Siciliana and Seguidilla" for Solo Harp

YsayeSolo sonata for violin No 3, Ballade'

Saint-Saens"Fantasie" for Violin and Harp

Et cetera: "Sei Solo, Looking Within" comes out on vinyl and digital download on Thursday, Sept. 9.

Moeckel and Hartman will perform a live-streamed event with The Way Back Sessions at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. Find it at The Way Back Sessions YouTube channel, tinyurl.com/m8z7spmh

Upcoming:

Thursday, September 30, 2021Live broadcast on Facebook and Youtube (check back here for concert links soon.)

8:00pm EDT; 7:00pm CDT; 6:00pm MDT; 5:00pm MST;
5:00pm PDT; 4:00pm Alaska; 2:00pm Hawaii

The Frahm-Lewis Trio with Baritone Andrew White
University of Nebraska at Kearney

Program:

Elizabeth R. Austin:Good-Bye My Fancy!
Burton Beerman: fromAs I Feel"I cannot hear the wind cry"
John D. McDonald:Calpentyn Alternatives
Scott L. Miller: Introduction and Dance
Darleen Mitchell: City of Dreams
Daniel Perlongo: Breezes at Yellow Creek
Beth Wiemann:Chemistry of Common Things
Mark Zuckerman: Mankind Rises

Artists:

Andrew White, Baritone
Nathan Buckner, piano

Frahm-Lewis Trio:
Ting-Lan Chen, violin
Noah Turner Rogoff, cello
Nathan Buckner, piano

The Iowa Composers Forum Digital Summer Festival of New Music presents a series of concerts and zoom social hours June 11-20, 2021. The first concert, Temporal Excavationswill include Robert Scott Thompson'sElegy of the Eremocene, performed by cellist Craig Hultgren.

Tune in Friday, June 11th at 7:00 CST (8:00 EST) at the Iowa Composers Forum YouTube Channelto listen.

Tonight and Wednesday afternoon,the music of Robert Scott Thompson will be presented as part of both the 2021 Western Illinois University New Music Festival and the Decorah, Iowa Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Virtual Lenten Music Series.Cellist Craig Hultgren, for whom Robert wrote the work, will be bringing his new solo Elegy of the Eremoceneto both programs. Follow the links below to tune in:

Mon. 3/8 at 7:30 p.m. CST - stream the WIU New Music Festival on YouTube or Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfAsJbg26wdJ5WUSJwitQQ
https://www.facebook.com/WesternIllinoismusic/

Wed. 3/10 at 12:15 p.m. CST - stream the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Virtual Lenten Music Series from the link on their website:
https://www.goodshepherddecorah.org/virtual-lenten-music.../

This week in Italy, at the Castle di Ceri near Rome, a concert in honor of Dante. The Namaste Quartet (clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, and piano) with Duska Bisconti will present works by David Mecionis, Robert Carl, and Raoul Pleskow. Guido Arbonelli and Natalia Benedetti will play "Table Canon for Two Clarinetists, No. 2" written for them by David Mecionis. Robert Carl's Namaste Dante and Pleskow's 2021 work Frammentiare also on the program.

Pianist Eunmi Ko, saxophonist Katherine Weintraub, and percussionists Robert McCormick and Zachary Hale will performan evening of new music, including a worldpremiere of David LiptaksHocketand music by Hilary Tann, Ingrid Stlzel, and more. All proceeds will go to fund the initiatives of the brand-new organization, the Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP).

This event will be held both in-person in Tampa, FL and streamed live. You can watch the stream on Sat. 10/9/21at 7:00 p.m. EST on CAMP'sYouTube channel here.

The Jacob Edwards Library presents an online recital by classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan. Free and open to the public via Zoom.

May 13, 2021 06:30 PM EST

Program:

PROGRAM:
TWO PIECES by J.S. Bach
THREE NEW LULLABIES by Ricardo Odriozola, Francine Trester, and Brian Schober*
THREE PIECES BY Agustin Barrios
LAMENT* for Guitar BY Luis Javier Obregon
DOWN WITH THOSE GUITARS by Alejandro Rutty
VERANO PORTENO by Astor Piazzolla
*world premiere

Registration at this link is required. Watching instructions will be sent upon registration.

*This program is Sponsored by The Southbridge Cultural Council. The Southbridge Cultural Council is a local agency funded by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Aaron Larget-Caplan is a riveting artist, writes the Washington Post, and the Boston Musical Intelligencer says he has astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy. Aaron Larget-Caplan is an international recording and touring guitarist, who connects with audiences with Bernstein-esque ease. Aaron has premiered over 80 compositions, many written for him, and Edition Peters and Stone Records publish his groundbreaking arrangements and recording of the music of John Cage. He has six critically acclaimed solo albums with a sixth coming in spring 2021. A multi-volume anthology of scores featuring works written for his New Lullaby Project is published by the American Composers Alliance beginning in 2021. Aaron received an award from the Socit Acadmique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France for his trailblazing work in music, and was Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Aaron is on faculty at University of Massachusetts Boston. He plays Hannabach strings exclusively.

Throughout the pandemic, ACAs Shelter Music initiative kept both composers and performing musicians alike at work while the world stood still. We now offer a look back on some of the music that was made under such stressful conditions through the thoughtful eyes of composer and presenter Seth Boustead. Join us online at either of the links below on Friday, April 16th at 7:30 ET as Seth guides us through a few of his favorite selections and invites the musicians involved to provide their own unique shelter-in-place settings as a backdrop to the marvelous performances from which they came.

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Program:

Glenn Stallcop - Restless in Loops
Sarah Walder, cello

Robert Scott Thompson - Elegy of the Eremocene
Craig Hultgren, cello

Alison Nowak - Constancy
Andrea Schultz, violin; Mike Finckel, cello

Allan Blank - Six Miniatures for B-Flat Clarinet
Bixby Kennedy, clarinet

Edward Jacobs - On Balance
Eliot Heaton & Ran Cheng, violins

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Friday, April 16th, 2021
7:30 p.m. ET
Stream live on Facebook
Stream live on YouTube

This year's SCI National Conference goes virtual with performances by JACK Quartet, Talea Ensemble, and more. Transient Canvas is the featured ensemble on Friday night (May 7)during the weekend-long festival, which starts on May 6th.

Friday's concert listings:

PROGRAM:
Lansing McLoskey Agitprop
Rain Worthington Message Exchange
Orlando Jacinto Garcia Afternoon Tea with Satie
Wolfgang Scheitinger flutters and murmurs of an irregular heart and curious mind *
Charles Nichols It Does Not Shy Away from the Sword
Philip Carlsen EPHEMERA *

* World Premiere

2021 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the wonderful duo of Transient Canvas - bass clarinet and marimba

Francine Trester's "A Walk In Her Shoes," a setting of text by the composer, was premiered by Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston, on Friday, Septmeber 3rd, 2021. With soloists Carrie Cheron and Brianna Robinson, the piece highlights women who lived along the Boston Women's Heritage Trail - Dorchester and their contributions to society. Movements:
i. Geraldine Pindell Trotter
ii. Anna Clapp Harris Smith
iii. Alice Stone Blackwell
iv. Ann and Betty
v. Clapp Farm

Other works performed by Ives, Gershwin, Still, and more. Full program here

Dorothy Rudd Moore's Transcension: I have been to the mountaintop, for chamber ensemble, will be performed by musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Ken-David Masur, music director, on Saturday, March 6th and will be available online thereafter. The work title headlines the concert, which also includes music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edmund Finnis, and Paul Hindemith.Dedicated to the memory of Dr. King, the piece is set in two movements one slow, one fast and scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, and strings.

Sat. March 6, 2021 at 7:30 pm CST (through Vimeo), and available on-demand following the performance, also through Vimeo. This subscribers-only concert can be accessed via Vimeo OTT.

Alison Nowak's Piece for Strings was performed by Sage City Symphony, Nov. 14 at the Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA Building at Bennington College. The program also included Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life), by Beethoven; and Serenade in C minor (Nachtmusik) for wind octet, by Mozart.

Sage City Symphony is a community orchestra based in Bennington, Vermont, that tackles ambitious works from the traditional repertoire as well as commissions new works. It was formed in 1972 by its first musical director, noted composer Louis Calabro, who was on the faculty of Bennington College. Current Music Director is Michael Finckel, who served as principal cellist during Sage City Symphony's early years in the 1970s, and later as a commissioned composer and cello soloist.