BIPOC composers – Upcoming Concerts
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Blockbuster Film Classics
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Program includes works by
Richard A. Whiting,
Maurice Jarre,
Bernard Herrmann,
Leonard Bernstein,
Ennio Morricone,
Kenneth J. Alford,
Elmer Bernstein,
John Williams,
Kris Bowers,
Michael Giacchino, and
James Horner.
$15-$92
Queens New Music Festival 2024 Concert No. 5: Clarinetist Matthew Fontana
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
The Secret Theatre, Queens, NY, United States
Jorge Montilla
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Introduction and Joropo for bass clarinet
(2007)
Masatora Goya — Humble Beginnings (for clarinet & piano; 2024)
Juan Ruiz — Nocturno for clarinet (2015)
Michael Fontana — Nocturne for clarinet and piano (2013)
Horacio Fernández Vázquez — Suite Latino-Americana (for clarinet & piano; 2021)
Masatora Goya — Humble Beginnings (for clarinet & piano; 2024)
Juan Ruiz — Nocturno for clarinet (2015)
Michael Fontana — Nocturne for clarinet and piano (2013)
Horacio Fernández Vázquez — Suite Latino-Americana (for clarinet & piano; 2021)
Individual concert: $20 ($10 student) |
Festival Pass for all concerts: $60
Candlelight Concert Society: Imani Winds
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Horowitz Center Smith Theatre at Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, United States
Paquito D'Rivera
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La Fleur de Cayenne
Tania León — De Memorias
Benedito Lacerda / Pixinguinha — 1 X 0 (Um A Zero) (arr. Jeff Scott)
Astor Piazzolla — Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla — Vayamos al diablo
Júlio Medaglia — Belle Epoque en Sud America
Tania León — De Memorias
Benedito Lacerda / Pixinguinha — 1 X 0 (Um A Zero) (arr. Jeff Scott)
Astor Piazzolla — Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla — Vayamos al diablo
Júlio Medaglia — Belle Epoque en Sud America
$45 ($10 student)
WWU Opera: The Anonymous Lover
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Firehouse Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
$24 ($12 student)
Portland Chamber Orchestra: The Mother & Child Union
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR, United States
Paul Simon
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Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Maurice Ravel — Selected works
Andrew Lloyd Webber — Selected works
Bill Withers — Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Maurice Ravel — Selected works
Andrew Lloyd Webber — Selected works
Bill Withers — Selected works
$44 ($39 senior, $19 student)
Choral Arts Northwest: Malhaar – A Requiem for Water
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Reena Esmail
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Malhaar: A Requiem for Water
(Pacific Northwest premiere)
$25 Advanced purchase/$35 At-the Door.
Queens New Music Festival 2024 Concert No. 6: Music Kart
Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
The Secret Theatre, Queens, NY, United States
Gilbert Galindo
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Turning Point
(world premiere)
Masatora Goya — Not Here, Not There (world premiere)
Yu Kuwabara — Dance to Live (world premiere)
Fernando Otero — Angelonia (world premiere)
Emilio Teubal — Pyramid (world premiere)
Masatora Goya — Not Here, Not There (world premiere)
Yu Kuwabara — Dance to Live (world premiere)
Fernando Otero — Angelonia (world premiere)
Emilio Teubal — Pyramid (world premiere)
Individual concert: $20 ($10 student) |
Festival Pass for all concerts: $60
Washington National Opera: Turandot
Monday, May 13, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:45pm (EDT)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, United States
$51-$264 (MyTix/BravO tickets available)
Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra 6th Annual Food Bank Concert
Monday, May 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eastridge Church – Issaquah Campus, Issaquah, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — The Bamboula, Op. 75
Elfrida Andrée — Concert Overture in D major
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — The Bamboula, Op. 75
Elfrida Andrée — Concert Overture in D major
Free
American Composers Orchestra & Boston Lyric Opera: An American Soldier
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York, NY, United States
Huang Ruo
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An American Soldier
(NYC premiere; libretto by Danny Chen)
$54-$148
Carnegie Hall presents Decoda: Reverberations
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
Aaron Copland
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Midday Thoughts for Solo Piano
Hannah Kendall — Vera (for violin, viola, cello, & clarinet)
Hanns Eisler — Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations on American Children's Songs) (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, & string quartet)
Billy Bragg — Eisler on the Go
Danni Lee Parpan / Caroline Shaw — Every Stone in Cambridge Reminds Me of You (world premiere)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
Hannah Kendall — Vera (for violin, viola, cello, & clarinet)
Hanns Eisler — Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations on American Children's Songs) (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, & string quartet)
Billy Bragg — Eisler on the Go
Danni Lee Parpan / Caroline Shaw — Every Stone in Cambridge Reminds Me of You (world premiere)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
$41-$47
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography I
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Modest Mussorgsky
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
$40-$218
DeKalb Symphony: New Works, Sibelius, Gershwin, & Bartok
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Marvin Cole Auditorium, GSU Clarkston Campus, Clarkston, GA, United States
Jean Sibelius
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Karelia Overture, Op. 10
Béla Bartók — Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Kareem Roustom — Aleppo Songs
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Charlie Zhong — Selected works (new work TBA)
Béla Bartók — Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Kareem Roustom — Aleppo Songs
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Charlie Zhong — Selected works (new work TBA)
$35 ($10 student)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Lighting the Fire – In Celebration of Courageous Young People
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Igor Stravinsky
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The Firebird Suite
Jessie Montgomery — Soul Force
William Walton — Viola Concerto ("I. Andante comodo" & "II. Scherzo and trio"; Bryce Burgess, viola)
Jessie Montgomery — Soul Force
William Walton — Viola Concerto ("I. Andante comodo" & "II. Scherzo and trio"; Bryce Burgess, viola)
$20 ($15 senior, $10 student ages 19 & over; ages 18 & under free)
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography II
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Ted Hearne
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Law of Mosaics
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
$40-$218
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble: Walker & Schubert
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
George Walker
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String Quartet No. 1
Franz Schubert — Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166
Franz Schubert — Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166
$84
DXARTS Spring Concert: Hyper-Realities & Ephemeral Orbits
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Daniel Peterson
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Vanishing Portals
(Part 1)
Laura Luna Castillo / Ashley Menestrina / Daniel Peterson / Ewa Trębacz — Recontre 1
Laura Luna Castillo / Carolina Marín / Ashley Menestrina — Enclavados Todos Juntos ("Enfolded all together")
Laura Luna Castillo / Carolina Marín / Ashley Menestrina / Daniel Peterson / Ewa Trębacz — Recontre 2
Daniel Peterson — Vanishing Portals (Part 2)
Laura Luna Castillo / Ashley Menestrina / Daniel Peterson / Ewa Trębacz — Recontre 1
Laura Luna Castillo / Carolina Marín / Ashley Menestrina — Enclavados Todos Juntos ("Enfolded all together")
Laura Luna Castillo / Carolina Marín / Ashley Menestrina / Daniel Peterson / Ewa Trębacz — Recontre 2
Daniel Peterson — Vanishing Portals (Part 2)
Free
NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne
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This Moment
(NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
$19-$100
MATA Festival 2024 Evening 2: Changing Voices
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Fotografiska Museum New York City, New York, NY, United States
Danae Venson – Atlas
Vasiliki Krimitza’s – Streichquartett No. 1 [World Premiere]
Giuseppe Gallo-Balma – Ornitomaquia
Angela Elizabeth Slater …
$45
American Composers Orchestra & Boston Lyric Opera: An American Soldier
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York, NY, United States
Huang Ruo
—
An American Soldier
(NYC premiere; libretto by Danny Chen)
$54-$148