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2023-09-14 02:24:00
California Symphony: Copland - American Traditions
Left: A multi-award-winning violinist and entrepreneur, Kelly Hall-Tompkins is the founder of Music Kitchen-Food for the Soul, a pioneer social justice organization that presents professional artists in performance in homeless shelters across the U.S. (photo: R. Gregory Routt) Center: California Symphony’s Artistic and Music Director, Donato Cabrera (photo: Kristen Loken) (Right: Juan Pablo Contreras (photo: Jorge Kick)California Symphony has a good-looking program coming up on Saturday, September 30, and Sunday, October 1:WHAT: California Symphony, under the artistic direction of Donato Cabrera, launches its 2023-24 season with Copland—American Traditions. From a Shaker hymn to the blues, jazz, folk music, and the sounds of a mariachi band, this program celebrates the cultural influences that have shaped the American story, with music by Aaron Copland, Wynton Marsalis, and more. Included with ticket purchase is a free 30-minute pre-concert talk, starting one hour before each show. WHEN: Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.WHERE: Hofmann Theatre at the Lesher […]
2022-12-06 10:00:00
Composer-conductor Juan Pablo Contreras is a young artist to watch. His compositions are rooted in Mexican folk musical traditions and.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2022-03-26 05:25:00
Classical Music News of the Week, March 26, 2022
[…] precious shortness of life, as well as the cascading ripples of impact we leave in our wake."For complete information, visit https://www.deathofclassical.com/series/angelshare--Andrew Ousley, Unison Media“Amplifying Voices” Fosters Collaboration Toward Racial and Gender EquityNew Music USA’s “Amplifying Voices” program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has over thirty orchestras from across the United States signed up to premiere new works co-commissioned from nine of today’s leading composers: Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, Jessie Montgomery, Brian Raphael Nabors, Nina Shekhar, Tyshawn Sorey, and Shelley Washington. Each of the composer’s pieces will be performed by a minimum of four orchestras.The first premieres of these new works begin this spring. On April 9 and 10, 2022, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Akiko Fujimoto will premiere Tania León’s new work Pasajes (“Passages”) in Little Rock, Arkansas. On May 7, 2022, Juan Pablo Contreras’ piece MeChicano […]
2021-09-15 00:07:48
Bill Doggett: San Diego Union-Tribune: Fall arts preview 2021: Composer Richard Thompson tells untold stories
Richard Thompson (Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune) Bill Doggett writes: Hello from Bill Doggett. Richard Thompson is an immensely gifted composer I have had the honor of working with since 2012. Based in San Diego, California, San Diego's "New York Times" did a wonderful feature on Sunday. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/classical-music/story/2021-09-12/fall-arts-preview-2021-composer-richard-thompson-tells-untold-stories A master of multiple musical genres, his Art Songs are luminescent. Here is a sample featuring tenor, Martin Bakari and pianist, Joe Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1vHCoeR20o Cordially, Bill Doggett
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