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Australasian Computer Music Conference will welcome Robert Scott Thompson and his workNullius in Verbato their program on August 31st.Nullius in Verbatranslates from the Latin as on the word of no one. This acousmatic composition incorporates field and studio recordings and their transformation and elaboration. Sound sources include vocal, percussion, flute and cello sources together with mechanical and environmental sounds. The music is conceived as a kind of song without words inspired by Mendelssohn's philosophy on the genre: What the music I love expresses to me, is not thought too indefinite to be put into words, but on the contrary, too definite. Techniques used for the work include ambisonic spatialization and spectral transformation methods. Tools used include Kyma, Csound, Metasynth, Cecelia, Trajectory and Spat Revolution.

Nullius in Verbawas featured on ACA's album of electroacoustic music,Currents, and will make its Oceanic debut in Wellington, New Zealand.

SOUNDINGS: PAST & PRESENT -Saturday, April 23, 2022; 7:30 pm
VANCE BRAND CIVIC AUDITORIUM, 600 E MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE, LONGMONT, CO

Featuring a World Premiere performance of "Ancient Echoes" a newly commissioned work for percussion and orchestra by renowned composer and Longmont resident Michael Udow. ThisWorld Premiereconcerto by Udow will be performed by guest percussionist Anthony Di Sanza, playing on a set of 6,000 year old lithophones discovered by Longmont archaeologist Marilyn Martorano. These Stone Age instruments will be played alongside a modern lithophone and percussion instruments from around the world, with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra.

In addition, theDuPage Symphony Orchestra(photo above) presented Michael Udows The Shattered Mirror Suite, a captivating musical reflection on global mythology, at the "Reflections Concert" on March 19, 2022 atWentz Concert Hall in Chicago.

Alexander Smith, violin, will play selections fromFrancine Trester's - Partita No. 2 for solo violin on April 13th atConcordia College, Moorhead MN. Junior Recital - Music at Concordia.

GuerillaOpera was in residence at the UMaine campus in March 2022, to prepare the Boston premiere of Beth Wiemanns new workI Give You My Homein June. The residency is a collaboration betweenGuerillaOpera, UMaines School of Performing Arts and Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies units, and the Nichols House Museum of Boston. Theoperais based on the life of suffragette and peace activist Rose Standish Nichols.

This residency included a presentation by Artistic Director Aliana De La Guardia on contemporary opera (March 4), a vocal masterclass, and a public performance of Wiemanns new work on March 5th.

The world premiere of I Give You My Home with music and libretto by Beth Wiemann, is planned for later in 2022. The work is scored for Soprano, saxophone, percussion, and electronics, and is being developed for film as well as live performance.

IGive You My Home is supported by an Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors award from OPERA America, a Live Arts Boston grant award from The Boston Foundation and Partners, a CIP Projects grant award from Mass Cultural Council, the University of Maine, Orono, and in partnership with the Nichols House Museum.

Robert Carl's symphonic work, White Heronwill be performed by the Fairfax Symphony Concert Series,Christopher Zimmerman, conductor, on April 23, 2022, at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, in Fairfax, VA.

For compositional inspiration, Composer Robert Carl draws frequently on memories of landscapes that have impressed him. This concert opens with the Regional Premiere of his recent work, White Heron, inspired by a visit to the Florida Keys. He says of his music, If there is exhilaration or a gentle transcendence, then I've done my job." White Heronis an attractive feat of musical imagism. Gramophone

PROGRAM

ROBERT CARL: White Heron (Regional Premiere)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488*Simone Dinnerstein, piano
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2

Founded in 1957, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the finest regional orchestras in the country. The mission of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in the Northern Virginia region and beyond.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha (T.J. Anderson's orchestration), which was performed in 1972 by the Atlanta Symphony together with Robert Shaw and singers from several ensembles, the Columbia Civic Orchestra and Choral Union will perform selections from this American opera at Jesse Auditorium (University of Missouri), on April 28th, 2022 - location: 801 Conley Ave - Columbia, MO 65211 Box Office: (573) 882-3781.

Choral Union, University Singers, and the Columbia Civic Orchestra are working together to present a variety of choral/orchestral favorites, from the opera choruses of Beethoven and Verdi to TREEMONISHA by Scott Joplin (Scenes 9 (Good Advice); 16 (We Will Rest A While); 18 (Aunt Dinah has blow'd de horn) and the Finale (A Real Slow Drag), and the rarely heard CHARIOT JUBILEE by R. Nathaniel Dett.

Elizabeth Austin's Rose Sonatafor piano and reciter will be performed by Christian Johnson with Dr. Pamela Starr reciting the poemsonApril 14 at 7:30pm at the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.The work explores the use of geometric forms found in the natural world as the basis for an overall musical form. It is an ongoing exploration of the idea of motivic fragments emerging into a theme, often taken from other composers works, through an epiphany. The poetry recited is by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Night with the Arts: A Celebration Concert in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at theTennessee Theatre, Knoxville, presented the music ofFlorence Price, Scott Joplin, Valerie Coleman, and William Grant Still. Joplin's Overture to Treemonisha (T.J. Anderson, orchestration) was performed in a free concert by members of the Knoxville Symphony.

Richard Cameron-Wolfe's "Code of Unsilence: A Prayer" will be performed on April 10during the annual John Donald Robb Composers Symposium at UNM. Judith Gordon - pianist.

Sun 10 April 10:30a
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TICKETS $5-$16 pre-orderchatter.orgor $20 at the door (if not sold out)
912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

This contemplative solo piano work was written as a "commentary" on the composer's 2006 chamber cantataA Measure of Love and Silence.It reflects the spiritual-philosophical essence of the larger work's musical and poetic themes - but nevertheless has a life of its own.

From the Steeples and the Mountains:

On Saturday, May 7, at 7 PM, cellist Robert LaRue will perform Cyclorama for solo cello by Alison Nowak on Marc Peloquin's KeyedUpseries concert at Tenri Cultural Institute.Also, on the program are works of Peter Lieberson, Charles Ives, and J.S. Bach. Cyclorama was written for and premiered by Michael Finckel in 1974. Mr. LaRue has recorded it for a soon-to-be-released album of four early works of Alison Nowak.

Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan,43A West 13th StNew York City. Tickets here.

Muhlenberg College Wind Ensemble Concert on Saturday, April 23 will feature Ubi Caritas for brass ensemble, by music director Andrew Ardizzoia.

Location: Empie Theatre, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA

TheUbiCaritasfor brass ensemble is drawn from a cappella choral works composed in the fall of 2019. The main musical materials are comprised primarily of a section cut from a piece commissioned by Iowa State University, and which uses the incipit of the ISU alma mater as a source for imitative counterpoint. Portions of the Catholic text which have a universalmessage resonate through the work.

Also, on April 27, 2022: Miles Salerni and the Muhlenberg Percussion Ensemble will perform a new work by Andrew Ardizzoia at 7:30 p.m., Empie Theatre, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College. And, on May 12, Joshua Myers performs Alone from the Songs of Introspection, 7:00 p.m., Recital Hall, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College.

Aaron Larget-Caplan performed the world premiere of Tom Flaherty's 'Steps and Leaps' (2019) and Thomas L. Read's newest lullaby 'Tales From a Virtual World' (2021) on Monday Feb. 14 at Framingham State University. Other works on the program include music by Laurie Spiegel, John Cage, and Lainie Fefferman.

Larget-Caplan's West Coast tour in April, 2022 also included Steps and Leaps, with 25 musical events in 13 days for this busy Boston-based guitarist.

4/2 South Bay Guitar Society, San Jose
4/3 Center for New Music, San Francisco
4/5-7 - California State University Bakersfield - Artist Residency

We are simply grateful at ACA for the longtime support received from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. ACA was awarded a grant this year towards its score digitization project. Performing artists will benefit in having access to modern editions of music from the ACA archives, including music by Dorothy Rudd Moore, T.J. Anderson, H. Leslie Adams, Ann Silsbee, Otto Luening, Robert Ceely, Lee Gannon, Lionel Nowak, and more. New editions such as Introduction and Allegro for Orchestra (1959) by T.J. Anderson; Derelict for solo flute (1989) by Lee Gannon; andA Little Whimsy (1978) by Dorothy Rudd Moore, are enjoying new performances as a result of this multi-year project at ACA. Editors and performers familiar with these works are helping ACA bring these works to life in new editions as we bring them to a wider worldwide audience.

The Shriver Concert Hall Series presents Jordan Bak, viola, in L'extase d'amour for viola and piano by H. Leslie Adams. with Jordan Bak, viola andWynona Wang, piano
Location: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Music also by Jeffrey Mumford, Jessica Meyer, and more.

A star in the making (Seattle Pi), Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is an outstanding artist of passion, energy, and authenticity. The recipient of prizes at the Sphinx, Concert Artists Guild, and the Tertis International Viola competitions, Bak is a featured artist for WQXRs inaugural Artist Propulsion Lab. He makes his Baltimore Debut with a program featuring works from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, led by Brahms enchanting and rarely heard Opus 91.

Upcoming: The David Oei Classical Salon presents the premiere of Kaya Songs for viola and piano by Steven Christopher Sacco, with violistKatarzyna Bryla-Weiss and David Oei, piano. Sunday, March 20 at 3pm at St Johns in the Village 218 West 11th St. Other works by Bach, Handel, and Faure will feature also Eriko Sato, violin, Amy Kang, cello, andCountertenor Andrew Egbuchiem.

Album release Feb. 11, 2022: David Liptak: Brightening Air, New Focus Recordings, featuring the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor; and Tony Arnold, soprano. Congratulations David Liptak! 5 works include Octet, The Sacred Harp, Soundings, Folgore's Months, and Through the Brightening Air.

The CNU Department of Music presents sonic apricity Dr. Erik Rohde, violin and Dr. Jacob Tews, viola. Broadcasting live from Pope Chapel Christopher Newport University Monday, 14 February, 2022 | 8:00p

ELLIOTT MILES MCKINLEY - Dialogues: Duo for Violin and Viola (2021) [world premiere]
MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI - Scrumdiddlyumptious, for Violin and Viola (2020)
W. A. MOZART - Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (1783)

Pascal Archer, clarinet -and Amir Farid, piano, will play Night Fantasy by Dorothy Rudd Moore, as well as ensemble works written for them:

Robert Paterson - Relative Theory

Amy Brandon - Crown of the Sun

Dorothy Rudd Moore -Night Fantasy

Ails N Rain -Soundless

Gilad Cohen - A Dark Matter*

Anna Urrey, Flute, Piccolo & Alto Flute
Kemp Jernigan, Oboe & English Horn
Pascal Archer, Clarinet & Bass clarinet
Amir Farid, Piano

Two concerts

Friday, March 18 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall
National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue (7th Floor), New York City
Join the group at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.

Purchase tickets

Sunday, April 3, 2022 - 2pm
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
280 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ

Concert will be streaming here:
www.exponentialensemble.com/concerts

Join us for the DMA thesis concert for composer Sunbin Kim at the Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, in New York City on Thursday, April 14, beginning at 4:00 p.m. The concert includes six new works for piano,string quartet, chamber and electronic music, including a premiere of a new piano piece,Albumleaves.

Artists scheduled include:

Soyoung Choi, violin
Alexander Yakub, violin
Laura Sahin, viola
Molly Aronson, cello
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Adriana Valds, Mezzo Soprano
Sunbin Kim, piano