Two Shows On the Edge of Now: Palaver Strings + American Composers Orchestra
Reviews: In two New York City performances last week, conductor-less Portland-based string ensemble Palaver Strings and NYC’s own American Composers Orchestra respectively offered two very different nights of music as adventurous and enthusiastically received as any weekend production in the city. Brooklyn new music institution National Sawdust played host to Wednesday’s March 15 show titled joy. The name was apt; from the moment Palaver Strings and double bass soloist Kebra Seyoun-Charles began filing on stage…
CONVERSATIONS Season 1 Now Available on Spotify
Represent Classical’s popular video series, CONVERSATIONS, is now available to listen to on Spotify.
Hosted by Christine S. Escobar, Founder and Editor of Represent Classical, each episode of “CONVERSATIONS” features in depth…
Sound Off, Planetary Music Project, PROTESTRA & VOCAL-NY Collab For Concert of Chamber and Orchestral Works at Robert Moss Theater
For their largest concert yet, abolitionist musical collective Sound Off: Music for Bail perform on Sunday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Robert Moss Theater in NYC the music of Frederick Tillis, Akua Dixon, and Courtney Bryan. In collaboration with…
Strike at The New School Ends: Tentative Agreement Reached
A 25 day strike and a subsequent occupation over the last several days, which had threatened to leave The New School’s roughly 10,000 students and over 1,000 faculty in limbo over the holidays, has ended after a tentative agreement was…
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NatPhil Messiah Concert to Benefit Maryland’s Historic “Scotland Church”
National Philharmonic (NatPhil) will present three performances of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. on December 17 and 3 p.m. on December 18 at The Music Center at Strathmore, as…
2023 Grammy Nominations Announced
This year BIPOC classical composers’ works have been Grammy nominated in several award categories and BIPOC classical musicians perform on a number of Grammy nominated recordings in the Classical Music…
Review: Sitarist Megha Rawoot at Shift
From the first enchanting scale that echoed through the space, the Wednesday audience at Williamsburg’s art-laden, intimate, behind-a-record-store venue Shift were in for a rare treat. Mumbai-based sitarist Megha Rawoot…
EVENTS: Women in Classical Music Symposium
The Women in Classical Music Symposium takes place November 6 to 9 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX to inspire women in the field of classical…
Review: Chineke! Orchestra At The BBC Proms
Fresh off the heels of a well-received European tour and days before a much-anticipated closing concert at the Lucerne Music…
FilAm Summer Music Festival Returns To Chicago
FilAm Music Foundation and Evanston Chamber Music Society will present their Summer Music Festival August 19 to 21 at the Charles Gates Dawes House in Evanston, IL to showcase classical musicians of Filipino descent. This year’s festival will consist of…
As Artists Continue to Draw the Line, Real Time DEI Will Change Classical Music
Through the continued journey toward a renewed and more intentional application of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in Western classical music spaces, it’s been inspiring to see how dialogue has largely been the fuel. Since 2020 (and even prior), innumerable…
Quinteto Latino’s Seminario Returns for 2022
Quinteto Latino will present Seminario 2022 on August 5-7 at San Jose State University. Seminario is a biennial conference of Latino musicians from around the U.S., exploring the intersections of identity, artistry, and racial equity in the classical music field. Co-hosted…
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NEW RELEASE: James Sanders & Conjunto “Evidencia”
James Sanders and his Latin jazz ensemble Conjunto, will celebrate the release of their new album, Evidencia on Friday at 8:30 p.m. with a performance at Constellation in Chicago.
Sanders is a…
This Week on TRILLOQUY: Opus 158
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon is one of America’s busiest composers, and her catalogue is even more vast than many people realize. She joins Garrett (49:00) to talk about the Pulitzer win, her late brother, and the influence of East Tennessee…
India at 75: Carnegie Hall Concert Series Celebrates Indian Independence
The Indo-American Arts Council, a New York City based non-profit that promotes Indian theater, performing arts, media, fashion, and literature in the United States, will celebrate 75 years of Indian independence this month with three concerts August 13 to 15…
This week on TRILLOQUY: Opus 157
Inspired by the viscerally provocative poem, “Here, Bullet” by Brian Turner, the art song of the same name by composer Kurt Erickson is, among many things, a plea for western classical arts spaces to directly address gun violence. This composition…
Josh Tatsuo Cullen: “Scenes In Tin Can Alley”
Pianist Josh Tatsuo Cullen has recorded an entire album of Florence B. Price’s music for solo piano, specifically pieces that were discovered in 2009 at the composer’s summer home after her death. “Scenes in Tin Can Alley: Piano Music of Florence…
