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Classical Music News of the Week, July 30, 2022
[…] Artistic Director George Lewis at the 2022 TIME:SPANS Festival at Mary Flagler Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 7:30pm. The program, the Ensemble's first under George Lewis's leadership, includes the world premiere performance of Lewis’s Melodies for Miles along with his Thistledown and Creative Construction SetTM. Additional works on the program include Black as a Hack for Cyborgification by Jessie Cox, Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity by Nicole Mitchell, and Delta Blues by Wadada Leo Smith.Melodies for Miles is dedicated to George Lewis’s college roommate, Miles Hoffman, who introduced Lewis to the tradition of Western classical violin, including musicians like Jascha Heifetz and Zino Francescatti. That in turn led to an introduction to the music of Alvin Singleton, where Lewis discovered the existence of the Afrodiasporic classical composer when he first heard a Singleton orchestral work in 1970. Lewis and Singleton have […]
2022-06-25 04:08:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 25, 2022
[…] they can put on ambitious dream concerts--have close ties to the composers they delve into. JACK Quartet premieres a new work by Australian ecologically minded composer Liza Lim, and JACK together with Yarn/Wire will premiere a work by the Norwegian genre-pushing composer Øyvind Torvund; Ensemble Signal showcases two massive works by Italian composer Luca Francesconi; International Contemporary Ensemble plays the music of visceral composer and ondes Martenot player Suzanne Farrin and visionary flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell.For details on the complete season, visit https://www.millertheatre.com/--Aleba Gartner, Aleba & Co.Los Angeles Master Chorale to Host BIG SING in Grand ParkThe Los Angeles Master Chorale’s popular sing-along event, Big Sing, returns for Big Sing 2022: With A Little Help From Our Friends on Saturday, July 23 at 6 p.m. at The Music Center’s Grand Park. Free and open to the public, Angelenos are invited to come and sing alongside members of the Master […]
2020-11-28 05:04:00
Classical Music News of the Week, November 28, 2020
World Premiere of Nicole Mitchell’s Inescapable Spiral Remote The International Contemporary Ensemble and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago present a free virtual concert featuring the world premiere of Nicole M. Mitchell’s Inescapable Spiral Remote (2020) on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6pm CST/7pm EST. The program will stream on YouTube and is open to the public with advanced RSVP. An informal Q & A with the artists will follow the performance. Inescapable Spiral, commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble with lead support from Oscar Gerardo and premiered at Ojai Music Festival 2017, is written for open instrumentation and a variable ensemble. Performers can range anywhere from 5 to 20 players. As Nicole mentions, “it’s like a choreography of these little miniature pieces, with the intent of collision.” The variable process in her work extends to a new remote edition of the piece, specifically reimagined for pre-recorded and live performances that are created remotely […]
2020-11-25 00:15:00
International Contemporary Ensemble and Civic Orchestra of Chicago Present the World Premiere of Nicole Mitchell’s Inescapable Spiral Remote Dec. 15 6pm CST
[…] opportunities to explore new modes of musical expression online,” says Jonathan McCormick, who is Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Negaunee Music Institute and oversees the Civic. “After three years and at least two instances of postponed performances, it feels as though the inescapable spiral of planning this collaboration is finally reaching a joyful conclusion, thanks to Nicole’s ingenuity and International Contemporary Ensemble’s thoughtful partnership.” Program Information Nicole Mitchell’s Inescapable Spiral Remote Tuesday, December 15, at 6:00pm CST/7:00pm EST Tickets: Free with Advanced RSVP Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/inescapable-spiral-remote-tickets-129775539131 Program: Nicole Mitchell – Inescapable Spiral Remote (2020) [World Premiere] The 2020/21 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season is generously sponsored by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. About Nicole Mitchell Nicole Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, conceptualist, bandleader, and educator. A United States Artist (2020), a Doris Duke […]