Black composers – Upcoming Concerts
Met Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 1:00pm – 4:15pm (EDT)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, United States
$37-$400 ($25 rush tickets)
Challenge the Stats: Voices Amplified
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States
Join us for a dynamic evening of moving poetry and electrifying artistry celebrating BIPOC writers and composers at Voices Amplified: A CTS…
Free
Emory University Symphony Orchestra & University Chorus
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Emerson Concert Hall at Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA, United States
Free
Inverted Space Seattle U Residency Concert
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chapel of St. Ignatius (Seattle University), Seattle, WA, United States
Julius Eastman
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Buddha
Melissa Wang — Your Turn: A Family Game
Yoko Ono — Overtone Piece
Luke Fitzpatrick — Make it Golden!
Mark Applebaum — The Metaphysics of Notation
Melissa Wang — Your Turn: A Family Game
Yoko Ono — Overtone Piece
Luke Fitzpatrick — Make it Golden!
Mark Applebaum — The Metaphysics of Notation
Free
Choral Arts Ensemble: Northwest Voices
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, OR, United States
Morten Lauridsen
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Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' on Italian Renaissance Poems
Sydney Guillaume — Selected works
Sydney Guillaume — Selected works
Advance: $22 ($5 student) |
At the door: $30 ($5 student)
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades (Santa Barbara, California)
Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Campbell Hall at UCSB, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Program includes works by
Trey Spruance,
Peni Candra Rini,
Jlin,
Zachary James Watkins,
Aleksandra Vrebalov,
Sara Miyamoto,
Sun Ra,
Terry Riley,
John Oswald, and
Nicole Lizée.
$30-$50 ($10 UCSB student)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Alsop & Rachmaninoff featuring Yunchan Lim
Sunday, April 28, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Carlos Simon
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Amen!
Charles Ives — Symphony No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Charles Ives — Symphony No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
SOLD OUT
Choral Arts Ensemble: Northwest Voices
Sunday, April 28, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, OR, United States
Morten Lauridsen
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Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' on Italian Renaissance Poems
Sydney Guillaume — Selected works
Sydney Guillaume — Selected works
Advance: $22 ($5 student) |
At the door: $30 ($5 student)
UMD Chamber Singers Spring Choral Showcase
Sunday, April 28, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Rollo Dilworth
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Weather: Stand the Storm
Antonio Lotti — Selected works
Giovanni Gabrieli — Selected works
Dietrich Buxtehude — Selected works
Zanaida Robles — Selected works
Antonio Lotti — Selected works
Giovanni Gabrieli — Selected works
Dietrich Buxtehude — Selected works
Zanaida Robles — Selected works
In person: $25 ($10 student/youth) |
Stream: $10
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades (Los Angeles, California)
Sunday, April 28, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Royce Hall at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Program includes works by
Trey Spruance,
Jlin,
Sara Miyamoto,
Sun Ra,
Terry Riley,
Zachary James Watkins,
Aleksandra Vrebalov,
Mazz Swift,
Laurie Anderson, and
Nicole Lizée.
$39-$59
Classical Up Close: Carreño, Loeffler, Washington
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Old Church at St. Mary Magdalene Parish (The Old Madeleine Church), Portland, OR, United States
Teresa Carreño
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String Quartet in B minor
Charles Martin Loeffler — Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Shelley Washington — Middleground (for string quartet)
Charles Martin Loeffler — Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Shelley Washington — Middleground (for string quartet)
Free
Brass Band Northwest: Aspirations
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Jeffrey Taylor,
Judith Bingham,
Dan Price,
Derek Bourgeois,
Maurice Jarre,
John Williams,
Daniel Elson,
Vernon Duke, and
Joe "King" Oliver.
Free (by donation)
Met Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:45pm (EDT)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, United States
$37-$470 ($25 rush tickets)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Sonic Spectrum IV
Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States
Jörg Widmann
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Air
Dai Fujikura — Yurayura
Caroline Shaw — Microfictions, Vol. 1
Eleanor Alberga — Shining Gate of Morpheus
Kevin Puts — Home (NY premiere)
Dai Fujikura — Yurayura
Caroline Shaw — Microfictions, Vol. 1
Eleanor Alberga — Shining Gate of Morpheus
Kevin Puts — Home (NY premiere)
SOLD OUT
Harlem Jazz Series presents Composers Concordance: The Jazz Influence With Strings
Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, USA
Gene Pritsker
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Quodlibet Sextet
Sophie Dunér — Hey Doctor
John Clark — My Portion
Dan Cooper — Selected works
Craig S. Harris — Selected works
Lee Odom — Selected works
Steve Swell — Selected works
Sophie Dunér — Hey Doctor
John Clark — My Portion
Dan Cooper — Selected works
Craig S. Harris — Selected works
Lee Odom — Selected works
Steve Swell — Selected works
$25
Westside Community & Youth Orchestra: Celebrating Women Composers
Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Liberty High School, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Cécile Chaminade
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Callirhoë Suite, Op. 37
("I. Prélude")
Amy Beach — Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic" ("II. Alla siciliana – allegro vivace")
Julie Giroux — The Big Blue Marble
Florence Price — Symphony No. 1 in E minor ("III. Juba")
Florence Price — The Old Boatman
Ethel Smyth — Overture to The Wreckers
Amy Beach — Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic" ("II. Alla siciliana – allegro vivace")
Julie Giroux — The Big Blue Marble
Florence Price — Symphony No. 1 in E minor ("III. Juba")
Florence Price — The Old Boatman
Ethel Smyth — Overture to The Wreckers
Free
Music From Home: Music by Black Composers Active in the United States
Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Dorothy Rudd Moore
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Selected works
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Selected works
Richard Thompson — Selected works
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Selected works
Richard Thompson — Selected works
$35 ($28 student/senior/military, $17.50 ages 6-17; ages 5 & under free)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra: Mozart & Bruckner
Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
The Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD, United States
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
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Worship: A Concert Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449
Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449
Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
$29-$79 (students free)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Bach, Beethoven, & Bass
Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Clarice Assad
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Suite for Lower Strings
Xavier Foley — For Justice and Peace (Xavier Foley, double bass & Denise Dillenbeck, violin)
Giovanni Bottesini — Gran duo concertante for violin and double bass (Xavier Foley, double bass & Denise Dillenbeck, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Xavier Foley — For Justice and Peace (Xavier Foley, double bass & Denise Dillenbeck, violin)
Giovanni Bottesini — Gran duo concertante for violin and double bass (Xavier Foley, double bass & Denise Dillenbeck, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$25-$55 ($20 student guardian, $10 student); military discount available
Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus: The Ordering of Moses
Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77
("I. La caprice de Nannette")
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World"
Robert Nathaniel Dett — The Ordering of Moses
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World"
Robert Nathaniel Dett — The Ordering of Moses
In person: $25 ($10 concession; student free; stream link included w/purchase) |
Stream only: $25
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