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Victoria Bond releases new CD on Albany Records

Victoria Bond releases new CD on Albany Records

Soul of a Nation: Portraits of Presidential Character

Schmopera - TALKING WITH SINGERS: NELSON EBO

Schmopera - TALKING WITH SINGERS: NELSON EBO

Angolan tenor Nelson Ebo's upcoming role is one that hits particularly close to home. Next month in Heartbeat Opera's new adaptation of Beethoven's Fidelio (May 3-13), Ebo sings Stan - or Florestan, in the original libretto - the black activist who is wrongfully incarcerated.

Lucid Culture writes "Trio Vitruvi Make a Rapturously Vivid North American Debut at Carnegie Hall"

Lucid Culture writes "Trio Vitruvi Make a Rapturously Vivid North American Debut at Carnegie Hall"

Trio Vitruvi Make a Rapturously Vivid North American Debut at Carnegie Hall

Art Music Lounge Reviews Trio Vitruvi CD

Art Music Lounge Reviews Trio Vitruvi CD

Listening to this CD, I was consistently struck by the tautness of Trio Vitruvi’s approach. The running piano figures up and down the keyboard have the crispness of the Beaux Arts Trio’s Menahem Pressler.

Schmopera - DON GIOVANNI: "STRENGTHENED BY REINTERPRETATION."

Schmopera - DON GIOVANNI: "STRENGTHENED BY REINTERPRETATION."

Heartbeat Opera Co-Music Director Daniel Schlosberg is ready for the company's fourth annual Spring Festival, where he'll unveil his new arrangement of Mozart's Don Giovanni. The composer and pianist has taken on operatic classics in past seasons, experimenting with percussion with Lucia di Lammermoor and adding jazz into Carmen; for this Don Giovanni, directed by Heartbeat Opera Co-Artistic Director Louisa Proske, he gets creative with the clarinet.

Schmopera - FIDELIO: STILL POLITICAL IN 2018

Schmopera - FIDELIO: STILL POLITICAL IN 2018

As Heartbeat Opera gears up for its fourth annual Spring Festival, Artistic Director Ethan Heard is in rehearsals for his poignant adaptation of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio (May 3-13). Heard has written new English dialogue with Marcus Scott to bring the story of political prisoners into 2018; Heartbeat Opera's production features a primarily black cast, and a true "Prisoners' Chorus" of incarcerated members of 6 prison choirs across the Midwest.

Houlihan interviewed by Stephen Petke on WWUH

Houlihan interviewed by Stephen Petke on WWUH

Christopher Houlihan performs his first recital as faculty member of Hartford's Trinity College on April 20 at 7:30 pm. The Annual Clarence Watters Memorial Recital takes place at Trinity College Chapel (300 Summit St, Hartford, CT).

Limelight Magazine reviews Trio Vitruvi Carnegie Hall debut

 	 Limelight Magazine reviews Trio Vitruvi Carnegie Hall debut

Danish Trio with a dash of Aussie prove old heads on young bodies in impressive Carnegie debut.

Epoch Times reviews Jane Ira Bloom at BPAC

Epoch Times reviews Jane Ira Bloom at BPAC

Bloom thought of a jazz work based on the Dickinson’s (1830–1886) creations, in part, because poet played piano and was an improviser. For the Dickinson project, the poems Bloom selected were “those that got to me.” But she picked selections from the poems rather than using the complete poems.

Buffalo News: Guest violinist, Rochester conductor make glorious music with the BPOGuest violinist, Rochester conductor make glorious music with the BPO

 	 Buffalo News: Guest violinist, Rochester conductor make glorious music with the BPOGuest violinist, Rochester conductor make glorious music with the BPO

Violinist Tessa Lark impressed at the Friday morning coffee concert with the BPO.

National Sawdust Log - Victoria Bond: Conducting a Life at the Cutting Edge

 	 National Sawdust Log - Victoria Bond: Conducting a Life at the Cutting Edge

In a long and multi-faced career as composer, conductor, and concert presenter, Victoria Bond has created a legacy not only of her own compositions, but also of works by other composers via her annual new music showcase, Cutting Edge Concerts. The 21st season opens on April 9 at Symphony Space with the world premiere staging of Eric Salzman’s opera Big Jim and the Small-Time Investors. Each of the four programs, on consecutive Monday evenings in April, features a different performing ensemble, and includes at least one world premiere.

BBC Magazine's 'Rising Stars' features Tessa Lark

BBC Magazine's 'Rising Stars' features Tessa Lark

On the heals of her 2018 BBT Fellowship award, violinist Tessa Lark is featured as one of the BBC Magazine's 'Rising Stars'.

Jazz Trail Interview with Jane Ira Bloom

Jazz Trail Interview with Jane Ira Bloom

Jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom speaks with Filipe Freitas of the Jazz Trail about her most recent album "Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickenson" and her upcoming performance at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Joel Quarrington in recital

Joel Quarrington in recital

Free recital features works by Bach, Schumann, Schubert, and Erich Korngold.

Jane Ira Bloom speaks to George Grella on the BrooklynRail podcast

Jane Ira Bloom speaks to George Grella on the BrooklynRail podcast

Jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom speaks with George Grella of the BrooklynRail podcast about her most recent album "Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickenson" and her upcoming performance at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

April 18 at Baruch Performing Arts Center: Pianist-Composer Michael Brown celebrates Leonard Bernstein at 100

April 18 at Baruch Performing Arts Center: Pianist-Composer Michael Brown celebrates Leonard Bernstein at 100

One composer-performer celebrates another

Israeli Chamber Project reviewed by New York Classical Review

Israeli Chamber Project reviewed by New York Classical Review

The seven virtuosi of the Israeli Chamber Project started yesterday evening with the impossible, and continued with the inconceivable.

Israeli Chamber Project reviewed by ConcertoNet.com

Israeli Chamber Project reviewed by ConcertoNet.com

The seven virtuosi of the Israeli Chamber Project started yesterday evening with the impossible, and continued with the inconceivable.

Classical Source: Review of Chiaroscuro Recital

Classical Source: Review of Chiaroscuro Recital

The MCP, with Marcy Rosen, performed with enthusiasm, technical facility and impressive balance, relishing distinctions, as part of a winning performance.

Victoria Bond featured on WQXR for International Women's Day

Victoria Bond featured on WQXR for International Women's Day

In celebration of International Women's Day, WQXR asked 11 composers (Julia Adolphe, Victoria Bond, Valerie Coleman, Jennifer Higdon, Hannah Kendall, Missy Mazzoli, Thea Musgrave, Roxanna Panufnik, Kaija Saariaho,Caroline Shaw, and Julia Wolfe) to tell them about the single most influential woman in their professional lives. Here, in their own words, are touching tributes to teachers, mothers and other composers who have championed and inspired them every step of the way.