A beloved San Francisco icon, Michael Tilson Thomas redefined the San Francisco Symphony during his extraordinary 25-year tenure as Music Director. In a one-of-a-kind event, MTT’s longtime friends and artistic collaborators—join the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus in a concert celebrating his life and legacy. The program features music by composers closely associated with MTT, including Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, and Aaron Copland, alongside world premieres by Mason Bates and MTT himself.

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A Concert for MTT

Davies Symphony Hall

Classical music wasn’t big enough to contain Meredith Monk. Best known for her vocal acrobatics and influencing the likes of Björk, her work stretches into choreography, film-making and theatre.

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat

Southbank Centre

Embrace a bold and colourful sound world as Manchester Collective bring to life work by titans in contemporary experimental music. For these women, music is an embodied, grounding experience. It’s in the vibrations of our vocal chords, and in our heartbeats.

The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds

Join NWS Fellows and alumni in tracing the evolution of American chamber music from 18th century colonies to a tribute to Ellis Island. 

Ives, Monk, Cage & Eastman

New World Center

Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists. Winner of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Denk returns frequently to Carnegie Hall and in recent seasons has appeared with the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra, as well as on tour with Academy St. Martin in the Fields, and at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms.

Jeremy Denk, Piano

The Town Hall

Pianist Jeremy Denk’s programming evokes a sense of “poetic logic” (Boston Classical Review) that has captivated PCMS audiences for decades. For this season’s appearance, Denk illuminates works by nine female composers from past and present.

Jeremy Denk, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, for solo guitarist and 15 other pre-recorded guitar parts, is a cosmopolitan bop referencing west African drumming rhythms and the constant thrum of New York City, dedicated to Pat Metheny; a lively and heady mix only equalled by Sasha Scott’s Rush – an energetic work by one of the UK’s most exciting young composers.

After Dark: Sean Shibe – Electric Counterpoint

For the first time in Cardiff, experience the emotionally charged performances of one of the most exciting youth orchestras in the world. Sixteen brilliant young disabled and non-disabled musicians will perform beautiful contemporary classical music arranged for the orchestra’s thrilling mix of acoustic and electronic instruments, including the Clarion.

National Open Youth Orchestra

Wales Millennium Centre

Experience the emotionally charged performances of one of the most exciting youth orchestras in the world. Sixteen brilliant young disabled and non-disabled musicians invite you into a musical universe without barriers, performing beautiful new pieces commissioned for the orchestra’s thrilling mix of acoustic and electronic instruments, including the Clarion accessible instrument.

Ring Out!

Lighthouse Poole

In collaboration with Juilliard, Carnegie Hall presents an interdisciplinary celebration of legendary composer, performer, director, and choreographer Meredith Monk. The program includes some of Monk’s inimitable works for chamber ensemble, among them several that include movement, performed by exceptional students who will have worked with Monk during her distinguished visiting artist residency at Juilliard.

Carnegie Hall Presents Juilliard at Zankel Hall | A Celebration of Meredith Monk

Carnegie Hall

**Event: Bold Experiment - Curtis New Music Ensemble**

**Date and Time:** February 15, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.

**Location:** Curtis Institute of Music, Gould Rehearsal Hall

**Event Description:**
Join us for an exhilarating evening as the Curtis New Music Ensemble presents "Bold Experiment," a concert that delves into the musical and academic explorations of the 20th century. This event is part of the Curtis Institute of Music's centennial celebration, commemorating the visionary Bold Experiment initiated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1924 when she founded the conservatory in Philadelphia.

The program will feature a selection of compelling works, including:

- **VILLA-LOBOS:** Choros No. 2
- **CRAWFORD SEEGER:** Suite for wind quintet
- **MEREDITH MONK:** Obsolete Objects, Totentanz, and Folkdance
- **EASTMAN:** Buddha
- **DU YUN:** The Ocean Within
- **CRUMB:** Black Angels

A highlight of the evening will be the performance of George Crumb’s "Black Angels," a haunting piece for electric string quartet subtitled "Thirteen Images from the Dark Land." Written during the Vietnam War, this composition captures the era's horrors, anguish, and upheaval, serving as a poignant parable for our contemporary world.

**Tickets and Subscriptions:**
Secure your seats for this unforgettable event by subscribing to the 2024-25 season. Subscribers enjoy the best seats at the best prices. 

**Special Thanks:**
The Curtis Centennial Season is made possible through the generous support of Derek and Sissela Bok, the Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation, Deborah M. Fretz, Charles C. Freyer and Judith Durkin Freyer, Lisa and Gie Liem, Mark and Robin Rubenstein, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Additional support for the Curtis New Music Ensemble is provided by the Daniel W. Dietrich II Foundation.

**Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience music-making at its highest level, featuring the extraordinary young talent of Curtis alongside esteemed alumni.**

Bold Experiment

Curtis Institute of Music

Lauded as one of ’16 Incredibly Impressive Students at Princeton University’ by Business Insider, American pianist Edward Leung has performed solo recitals and appeared with orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia. 

Highlights of the previous season included a sold-out Wigmore Hall recital, chamber music performances with Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, Simon Callaghan, and members of Philharmonia Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic. His debut album on Resonus Classics was critically acclaimed by BBC Music Magazine and featured on ABC Classic’s Festival of Female Composers and SWR2 Treffpunkt Klassik. A sought-after chamber musician, Edward has worked with members of the Artemis, Lindsay, and Elias String Quartets, as well as David Campbell, Willam Hagen, Viviane Hagner, Guy Johnston, Boris Kucharsky, Charles Neidich, and Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne. 

Edward Leung, piano

The Bridgewater Hall

One of the most unique and influential artists of our time, Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer, filmmaker, and creator that has devoted her life to exploring the potential of the human voice. A pioneer of extended vocal technique and interdisciplinary art, she weaves together new modes of perception to expand the boundaries of music, performance, and installation. This living legend returns to the Armory with her latest creation, an immersive work that is part performance, part installation, inspired by Indra’s Net, a parable that illustrates life’s interconnectedness.

Indra’s Net

Park Avenue Armory

Ellen Reid is this season's Composer in Residence at The Concertgebouw. During her Amsterdam adventure, she’s writing a piece for the Concertgebouw Orchestra as well as performing with them. ‘The most important thing is that the evening tells a story.’

Composer in Residence Ellen Reid

The Concertgebouw

The Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble performs music composed in the last twenty years in concerts that feature multidisciplinary collaboration, technology, improvisation, and theatrical elements. The ensemble often highlights the work of students and faculty.

Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble

Carnegie Mellon University

Jess Gillam shot to fame becoming the first saxophonist to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician and the youngest ever soloist to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. She is now an international celebrity and has a regular presence in the UK, including her weekly Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 3; This Classical Life.

Jess Gillam Ensemble

Corn Exchange

Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring luminaries the Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner (The National) and David Chalmin (innocence, la terre invisible) performing radical new commissions from visionary composers and pivotal contemporary works of the last half century. In its first-ever world tour, this all-star ensemble will bring singular interpretations of several highly influential works of minimalist pioneers and contemporary composers to Austin for the first time. The original double album Minimalist Dream House (released in 2013) gathered interpretations of compositions by pioneers of minimalism and their successors, including Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno – artists who bend musical time and space as much as the Labèques, while enjoying the paradoxical freedom of minimalism’s limitations. The Austin premiere of Dream House Quartet will feature new works by Dessner and Chalmin (commissioned for the group) as well as works by Meredith Monk, Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

Dream House Quartet

Bass Concert Hall

A magnetic performer, prolific recording artist, and a curious and wide-ranging musical explorer, this is a chance to experience one of the most celebrated musicians working today in the intimate setting of the Playhouse.

Meredith Monk

Events

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Dec 5, 2026

Reich: Electric Counterpoint · Sheffield Theatres

Past events

Oct 2, 2026

A Concert for MTT · San Francisco Symphony

Jun 28, 2026

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat · Southbank Centre

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