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Dessoff Choirs premieres cantatas by civil rights composer Margaret Bonds April 28 at 7:30 PM, Church of the Heavenly Rest, 1085 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
[…] justice, equity, and inclusion as they relate to classical music and the choral art. Merriweather’s 2019-2020 season included Fauré’s Requiem; Rutter’s The Sprig of Thyme; and Gregg Smith’s Continental Harmonist with The Dessoff Choirs. He was engaged by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road, and at the Eastman School of Music for the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Conference in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. The COVID-19 global pandemic forced cancellations with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Merriweather holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the studio of Kent Tritle at the Manhattan School of Music, where his doctoral dissertation “Now I walk in Beauty, Gregg Smith: A Biography and Complete Works Catalog” constituted the first complete works list for the composer and conductor. He received Master of Music degrees in Choral Conducting and in […]
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2016-08-17 19:54:16
US orchestra votes to strike
Musicians of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in upstate New York have authorised a strike if they don’t get a pay rise before the year is out. It would be the first work stoppage in the history of the orchestra, founded in 1929. Buffalo News reports that the 74 musicians are paid $9,230 for the nine-week season, with a housing allowance of about $6,000. The music director is Rossen Milanov.
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ArtsJournal: music
2016-08-17 14:15:59
Chautauqua Symphony Musicians Vote To Strike
“Musicians of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra last month overwhelmingly approved a strike authorization for the first time in the symphony’s 87-year history. That raises the possibility that a strike could be approved between Dec. 31, when the contract expires, and the start of the 2017 season in June.”
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2015-08-04 17:23:29
NY Phil gets a grip on US orchestra league
[…] has been commissioned by distinguished artists and institutions worldwide. Roumain is perhaps the only composer whose collaborations span the worlds of Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, Savion Glover, and Lady Gaga. Roumain is currently working on We Shall Not Be Moved, a new chamber opera commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, with a libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and directed by Bill T. Jones, and Meditations On Raising Boys, a new oratorio commissioned by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Matthew VanBesien joined the New York Philharmonic as executive director in 2012 and was named president in 2014. Previously, he served as managing director of Australia’s Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and as executive director and chief executive officer (from 2005-2010) and general manager (from 2003-2005) at the Houston Symphony. VanBesien earned a bachelor of music degree in French horn performance from Indiana University. He was second horn in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra from […]
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