Composer

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

EPSG:4326

Ives, Monk, Cage & Eastman

New World Center

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia presents their 4th Masterworks concert entitled "Gershwin Piano Concerto in F"

Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia - Masterworks 4 - Gershwin Piano Concerto in F

Charlottesville High School

University of Virginia

The last of the three visiting orchestras presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra this season, the Interlochen Arts Academy features cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a new work by composer and jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis. Opening the program is one the great monuments of American music: Charles Ives’ spiritually searching Fourth Symphony has intricate, multilayered orchestral textures that are interwoven with rich allusions to traditional Christian hymns. Indian American composer Reena Esmail’s RE|member, is an energetic overture-like work exploring togetherness.

Interlochen Arts Academy with Yo-Yo Ma

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boldness Unbound

Zeiterion Performing Arts Center

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Cristian Mӑcelaru join Interlochen Arts Academy students and members of The Philadelphia Orchestra for a vibrant celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday and the power of the youth creative voice.

Imagine US: Yo-Yo Ma and Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250 includes a captivating orchestral program—Reena Esmail’s “RE|member,” a reimagined performance of Charles Ives’s Symphony No. 4, and a new cello concerto by Wynton Marsalis—plus multidisciplinary elements created by students from all seven of the Academy’s artistic disciplines.

Imagine US: Yo-Yo Ma and Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250

Boston Symphony Hall

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Experience the beauty brought forth by some of the finest musicians to be found anywhere.

Undeniably among the most celebrated violinists of his era, Joshua Bell is also music director of the chamber ensemble The Academy of St Martin in the Fields. A musical powerhouse, the orchestra has gained worldwide acclaim for its joyful and inspiring performances as well as for a commitment to the musical freedom and expressiveness of its players. Bell and the orchestra will perform music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonin Dvořák, and Charles Ives.

Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

University of Iowa

Celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday and the power of the youth creative voice with a vibrant performance by Interlochen Arts Academy students and members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, featuring cellist Joshua McClendon.

Imagine US: Joshua McClendon and Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250 includes a captivating orchestral program—Reena Esmail’s “RE|member,” a reimagined performance of Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 4, and a new cello concerto by Wynton Marsalis featuring guest soloist Joshua McClendon—and multidisciplinary elements created by students from all seven of the Academy’s artistic disciplines. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Music Director Designate Cristian Mӑcelaru conducts this one-of-a-kind convergence of eminent and emerging artists.

Imagine US: Joshua McClendon and Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra, and maintains engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Temple Theatre

Impressive, athletic – and so vivid that individual scenes of our antics will be clearly recognizable: We are looking forward to performing a few lighthearted musical recreations under the direction of Robert Treviño. We will be playing a musical team game composed by Charles Ives, and our audience can look forward to seeing how this "Football Game," complete with woven-in fan chants and a referee's whistle to ensure fair play, unfolds. 

Visiting Erlangen

Heinrich-Lades-Halle

Continuing the celebration of America’s 250th birthday, the third subscription concert at the Holdcraft Performing Arts Center in Michigan City on March 8, 2026 will reflect on the themes of America’s struggles and triumphs as a young nation. The New World opens with Charles Ives’ Variations on America, followed by two pieces inspired by Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, and Stella Sung’s Lincoln’s Battle. Closing the concert will be Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, or New World Symphony, which Dvorak wrote during his brief, but significant time spent in New York City and inspired by African American spirituals and Native American traditions.

The New World

Pathways at Elston

Impressive, athletic – and so vivid that individual scenes of our antics will be clearly recognizable: We are looking forward to performing a few lighthearted musical recreations under the direction of Robert Treviño. We will be playing a musical team game composed by Charles Ives, and our audience can look forward to seeing how this "Football Game," complete with woven-in fan chants and a referee's whistle to ensure fair play, unfolds. The composer himself described the piece as a "caricature in two two-minute halves" and added: "Funny to listen to – but difficult to play!" We will also present the equally witty pranks of Till Eulenspiegel, that profound rogue whom Richard Strauss captured with all manner of mischief – and with such delight, because he wanted to hear "the people in the concert hall really laugh.

Robert Treviño, Janos Wollenweber

Bamberger Symphoniker

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Cristian Mӑcelaru join Interlochen Arts Academy students for a vibrant celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday and the power of the youth creative voice. Imagine US: Yo-Yo Ma and Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250 includes a captivating orchestral program—Reena Esmail’s “RE|member,” a reimagined performance of Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 4, and a new cello concerto by Wynton Marsalis—plus multidisciplinary elements created by students from all seven of the Academy’s artistic disciplines.

Imagine US: Yo-Yo Ma & Interlochen Center for the Arts Celebrate America at 250

Interlochen Center for the Arts

This concert celebrates the rich and varied voices that define American music. The first half features iconic works by Charles Ives, William Grant Still, and Aaron Copland—each capturing a distinct facet of American life, history, and ideals. The second half shifts to contemporary perspectives with Shuying Li’s meditative In This Breath and Clarice Assad’s dynamic Sin Fronteras, affirming the power of music to transcend boundaries, embrace diverse identities, and reflect the human experience in all its beautiful complexity.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Northwestern University

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble 2026

UC Berkeley Department of Music

Barber American Voices

University of Nevada

A lively tribute to American music featuring Bernstein’s “Candide Overture,” Ives’ “Variations on America,” Copland’s timeless “Appalachian Spring” and more!

Variations on Americana

Lewis and Clark Community College

Dvořák & Copland

Artis–Naples

Two Brahms masterworks appear in the 2025-26 Season. Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform Brahms’ Violin Concerto (1878), and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs his Symphony No. 4 which premiered seven years later. Brahms openly paid homage to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, echoing several key aspects such as the interplay between timpani and violin. For the premiere, Brahms even programmed Beethoven’s to precede his own, further emphasizing the relationship. What makes Brahms’ unique are the cadenzas, which are considered some of the finest in all the violin repertoire.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts

University Chorale and Conductors Orchestra – Gabriel Fanelli, conductor (Doctoral Recital)

Auer Hall

This stirring concert is a celebration of American creativity with a patriotic blend of classical, jazz, and Broadway influences. We open with Charles Ives’s enigmatic The Unanswered Question, a work that floats in timeless stillness as it contemplates life’s eternal mysteries, and the premiere of Caprice by Boyd Eagle, a 20th century Native American jazz musician and composer and grandfather of our very own Maestro Daniel Hege. The celebration continues with Peter Boyer’s Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue, a modern showpiece for piano and orchestra that pulses with patriotic spirit and cinematic grandeur. Pianist Jeffrey Biegel is performing Boyer’s contemporary Rhapsody in all 50 states, and this performance represents Kansas.

Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center

Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist celebrated for his astonishing technique and profound musicality, explores the music of two restless visionaries: Ives, whose Concord Sonata salutes Transcendentalist thinkers from Emerson to Thoreau, and Scriabin, represented by his turbulent and soul-searching Third Piano Sonata. Robert Schumann’s mercurial Fantasy Pieces span humor, joy and brooding intensity.

Marc-André Hamelin

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding with the music that resonated through the American colonies during the fight for independence. Sounds of a New Nation brings to life the anthems, hymns, and symphonic works that shaped the soundscape of early America, juxtaposing patriotic fervor and European influences, and hear these anthems and hymns woven into the dizzying tapestry of Ives’s A Symphony.

Sounds of a New Nation

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Pioneering composer John Adams conducts a marquee lineup of Cleveland Orchestra premieres, including his Frenzy, an audacious work that reflects our dizzying modernity, and his own arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s irresistible Argentine tangos. Following a contemplative fugue by Ives, pianist Aaron Diehl takes center stage in a concerto composed for him, Timo Andres’s delightful American pastiche Made of Tunes.

Frenzied Tango

Severance Music Center

Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero opens the rich treasure chest of American music. Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call captures the relentless energy of the port of Norfolk, Virginia. Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs Gershwin’s jazz and blues-infused Concerto in F. Charles Ives composed his delightful and quirky Variations on “America” when he was only 17. Audiences at the 1934 premiere of Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony were so moved that they erupted in applause at the end of each movement. Decades later, the extraordinary work has returned to the standard repertoire with accolades.

Variations on America

State College of Florida - SCF Bradenton

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

This program, entitled "Rooted Voices: Folk, Faith, and the Modern Imagination", invites audiences on a journey through works that explore the intersections of heritage, spirituality, and modern expression. Featuring music by Joseph Bologne, Charles Ives, Lili Boulanger, William Grant Still, and Maurice Ravel, the program reflects how composers across centuries have turned to the spiritual and the vernacular—folk melodies, sacred songs, and cultural memory—to express both individuality and universality in sound.

Guest Artist Recital: Shannon Thomas (violin) and Stijn De Cock (piano)

St Alban's Chapel

Concert Band

University of Michigan

Mélisse Brunet returns to conduct Copland’s iconic Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Ives’ Variations on “America” and Bates’ The Rhapsody of Steve Jobs. Stewart Goodyear returns as soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, a 100-year-old work that fuses jazz, ragtime, and classical music into a sensational piece, rounding out this American celebration in music.

Celebrating America at 250: Gershwin, Copland & More

Phoenix Convention Center

Three American visionaries—Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and Valerie Coleman—have defined the American sound. Ryan Bancroft leads Copland’s Third Symphony with its quintessential folk-inspired melodies and the famous Fanfare for the Common Man. Coleman honors The Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance in her new Renaissance Concerto for orchestra.

Coleman + Copland

Immerse yourself in a vibrant exploration with a program that asks the question “what is American music?” This dynamic program opens with the haunting beauty of Charles Ives’ Unanswered Question and explores Latin American influences in Juan David Osorio’s El Paraíso Según María and Arturo Márquez’s electrifying Danzón No. 2. The evening culminates with Dvořák’s passionate Cello Concerto in B minor, performed by the acclaimed Cuban-American cellist Tommy Mesa, whose artistry brings a unique perspective to this timeless masterpiece. Experience an unforgettable journey through music that transcends borders!

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

Peace Center

LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams leads an All-American program, featuring his new piano concerto, After the Fall, with soloist Víkingur Ólafsson, a musician with “a magical touch” (BBC). “[A] dreamlike thrill ride,” the concerto is “a terrific addition to the composer’s catalog,” raved the San Francisco Chronicle.

Adams, Ólafsson & Copland

Walt Disney Concert Hall

With her deep knowledge of Nordic folk magic, Olga Ravn works to stage performances that reinterpret folk magic with inspiration from cultic ritual, the visual world of poetry and the concentration of performance art. It is this dialogue that now moves into the concert hall with a performance developed especially for the Copenhagen Phil.

Olga Ravn: Re-enchantment

The Conservatory Concert Hall

Pianist Yuja Wang joins forces with conductor and composer Thomas Adès in a dramatic piano concerto by the Finnish luminary Einojuhani Rautavaara. Adès also leads Saariaho’s Oltra mar — an ethereal meditation on love, time, and death — as well as Ives’s Orchestral Set No. 2 and America (A Prophecy), Adès’s own foreboding view of our nation’s fate.

Yuja Wang & Thomas Adès

David Geffen Hall

City Noir is John Adams’s musical tribute to half-lit rooms, venetian blinds, desperate men, dangerous women, secrets, lies, and the City of Angels. A symphony inspired by the iconography of 40s and 50s film noir, it weaves a dark and swaggering jazz sensibility through its three movements.

BBC Philharmonic - City Noir

The Bridgewater Hall

City Noir

With the end of the 2024/2025 season, Axel Kober has stepped down as General Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic. It was a long and fruitful collaboration, for which the conductor is now being honored with the 2025 Duisburg City Music Prize, sponsored by the Köhler-Osbahr Foundation. For him, the award is a wonderful acknowledgment – ​​"to receive feedback, so to speak, after the years spent together that what we have done has left its mark." And, of course, he will try "to continue to remain connected to Duisburg's musical life." A promise he immediately fulfills in the 4th Philharmonic Concert. After programming Arnold Schoenberg's powerful "Gurre-Lieder" in his farewell concert as General Music Director, he returns to his former orchestra conducting works by two American composers and combining them with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question" sounds mystical and transcendental, creating an iconic work of American modernism. Meanwhile, in Samuel Barber's popular Violin Concerto, violin virtuosity and voluptuous melodies enter into a delightful liaison. Dance-like rhythms then characterize Beethoven's Seventh, which, with the Allegretto, also contains one of the greatest hits of the Viennese classic.

American and European classics

CityPalais

From Aaron Copland’s soaring Appalachian Spring to Charles Ives enigmatic classic, The Unanswered Question, conductor Andrew Crust takes us on an emotional journey full of discovery. Experience the complex beauty of Earthfall from former VSO Composer in Residence, the late Jocelyn Morlock. Grammy® and Emmy®-winning ensemble, Time for Three, defies conventions with genre-bending excellence. TF3’s recent commission, Contact, has enjoyed performances with the leading orchestras and receives its Vancouver premiere.

Appalachian Spring

Centennial Theatre

Orpheum

Aurora

University of Alabama

Join the Culver City Symphony Orchestra and the SoCal Chorale in Veterans Auditorium for an uplifting tribute honoring courage and unity.

Summon the Heroes - a Culver City Symphony Orchestra Veterans Day Concert

Veterans Memorial Park Culver City

Francesca Dego, who thrilled Richmond audiences in her 2024 debut, returns for Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto. Of her Beethoven, the Dallas Morning News raved: “She proved that pianissimos can be as gripping as fortissimos. Her gleaming tone was striking, with commitment, facility, and finesse. A rock-star ovation was rewarded.” Valentina Peleggi also conducts Charles Ives’s truth- searching meditation, The Unanswered Question, and an orchestral blockbuster by Respighi, the roaring Roman Festivals.

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Dominion Energy Center

The second concert in the Composer Festival dedicated to Klas Torstensson features two works from the trilogy A Cycle of the North, which consists of the orchestral pieces The Mainland, The Polar Sea, and The Heaven. “A child’s feet on a sun-warmed path; a solitary man (perhaps the polar explorer, engineer Andrée from my opera The Expedition?) on an endless frozen sea; a steep road upward – perhaps to the sky.”

Composer Festival – The Heaven

Konserthuset Stockholm

*World premiere of New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman’s poetry set to symphonic music, creating a powerful fusion of words and orchestral expression.

Reflections and Hope

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Of Thee I Sing kicks off CSO’s Celebrating America Season with vocal fireworks from soprano Christie Conover! She will join the orchestra for songs by beloved American composers Barber and Bernstein. In addition, you’ll hear Bernstein’s Candide Overture and play “name that tune” with the American folk songs quoted in Ives’ Symphony No. 2.

Of Thee I Sing

Cheyenne Civic Center

Voices Of America: American Icons

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Gustavo Dudamel opens his season as the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music and Artistic Director Designate with a program spanning the American musical landscape. As the NY Phil marks the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, the Orchestra presents a World Premiere by Kanaka Maoli composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Symphony No. 2 by the forefather of American classical music, Charles Ives. Yunchan Lim is soloist in Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3, dating from the Hungarian composer’s time as a New York–based émigré.

Gustavo Dudamel & Yunchan Lim

We can often understand music even better when we hear the words it is based on. In a delightful blend of concert and reading, the Studio Orchestra Duisburg and narrator Natalia Hüskens juxtapose musical and lyrical pairs of works—concrete, as in the artistic encounter between Gabriel Fauré and Paul Verlaine, or Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Ives, but also imaginary ones. Antonín Dvořák drew inspiration for his "Czech Suite" from the sounds of his homeland, while Mendelssohn Bartholdy found it for his "Hebrides Overture" in the magnificent natural scenery of Scotland. What would the appropriate poems sound like? The first serenade concert provides the answer.

1. Serenade Concert

Hamborn Abbey

The myth of Prometheus, who brings freedom with fire, is the theme of the show "Freedom Unbound ," which features a medley of songs sung by Thomas Hampson . Pieces by composers such as Beethoven and Schubert will be performed by the Vienna Academic Orchestra under the baton of Ilia Korol . The show features the renowned Hamburg Ballet, with choreography by Edvin Revazov .

Thomas Hampson & Hamburg Ballet

Teatro Cultura Artística

Two free chamber concerts this weekend by the wonderful musicians of Symphonicity! Here are details for the second one which takes place on Sunday, August 17th 4 PM at Wycliffe Presbyterian Church! It will be a wonderful afternoon of music. Please help us spread the word!

2025 Summer Chamber Music Concert 2

Wycliffe Presbyterian Church

“The rich diversity of American society has fostered a vibrant tapestry of musical voices, each shaped by their own distinct backgrounds. Michael and I curated this program for violin and piano to celebrate that spirit of innovation and cultural exchange, highlighting works composed during the twentieth century. We begin with Fritz Kreisler’s Praeludium and Allegro, a lush reimagining of Baroque melody. Charles Ives follows with his inventive Violin Sonata no. 4, blending hymns, folk tunes, and bold harmonies to create a vibrantly eclectic soundscape of American life. The first half closes with Ernest Bloch’s Violin Sonata no. 2, Poème mystique, which shifts to a more introspective tone, offering profound emotional depth rooted in his Jewish heritage. The second half opens with John Adams’s Road Movies, a rhythmic portrayal of contemporary life, and continues with Amy Beach’s Romance for Violin and Piano, honoring one of America’s pioneering female composers. We conclude with Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Suite, a brilliant fusion of classical and jazz traditions–a testament to the cultural mosaic of twentieth-century American music.”

Kristin Lee, violin; and Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Menlo School Campus

Respect – a word that is as essential in music as it is in everyday interaction. Without respect for one another, there is no harmonious interaction, neither on stage nor in society. The concert, compiled exclusively for KulturPur, is dedicated to this central theme and impressively demonstrates how music builds bridges, creates connections, and inspires hope.

Respect! – Concert at KulturPur 2025

Großes Zelttheater

Bamberger Symphoniker in Munich

Gasteig HP8

»I love surprises and breaking with conventions, as long as they are subtle.« When it comes to developing dramaturgically sophisticated concert programmes, Jakub Hrůša always proves to be a creative mind and also enjoys experimenting. He is now combining two deeply profound musical creations: Charles Ives’ famous work from 1908 revolves around the question of existence. It ultimately remains unanswered in the room, and the magical piece ends on the exact same note with which Shostakovich»s Symphony No. 11 begins – so that the two compositions merge into one another impressively in our concert. The gripping symphony is subtitled »The Year 1905« and refers to the »St Petersburg Bloody Sunday« — but the work also reflects the just as tragic events of 1957 when it was written. Our Chief Conductor has selected the violin concerto by a composer who originated from his home town of Brno and had to seek refuge in exile in America: Korngold kept his head above water there by writing film music, which left traces in his violin concerto – for which we welcome Bomsori Kim as soloist. An exciting programme full of mesmerising undertow that is thought-provoking but also goes straight to the heart – especially through the conducting of Jakub Hrůša, who said of his favourite recipe: »It is important to find a balance in which you create with emotional charge and at the same time respect the craft. That’s when the best moments happen. And when the audience engages in this kind of valuable interaction, nothing stands in the way of happiness.«

Guest of the BRSO subscription

Jakub Hrůša, Bomsori Kim

Bamberg Concert Hall

Featuring the full range of American choral music, we celebrate the music brought to our shores by Americans who arrived from all over the world. Our concert will celebrate that rich diversity with music by Americans from Europe, Asia, and Africa. Pieces range from the German-American composer Johann Friedrich Peter who worked in a Moravian Church around the time of the American Revolution, to the heritage of 19th and 20th century Jewish composers from Central Europe, to the evocative sounds of contemporary Korean-American composer Bora Yoon.

American Voices: Barber, Hogan, Ives & Bora Yoon

Church of the Ascension

Called “a brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary” by The Wall Street Journal, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is renowned for his masterfully intuitive performances of works both cutting edge and deeply historic. This afternoon performance of musical fantasias is a prime example, opening with a piece by J. P. Sweelinck—a foundational Dutch fantasia composer of the late 16th century—and proceeding through roughly 400 years of works from the expansive, evolving tradition. Discover musical innovations and explorations by Sweelinck, Mozart, C. P. E. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Ives, and Carter.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Carnegie Hall

Memories and Mysteries

Idaho State University

Idaho State-Civic Symphony and Choir Concert "Memories and Mysteries"

Stephens Performing Arts Center

### Event Description: Pipe Dreams - Atlantic Classical Orchestra

**Event Title:** Pipe Dreams

**Dates:** April 10-11, 2025

**Guest Artist:** Andrew Galuska, pipe organ

**Overview:**
The Atlantic Classical Orchestra presents "Pipe Dreams," a captivating concert that places the organ at the heart of its fourth Masterworks series. This event features the brilliant Andrew Galuska, Director of Music and Fine Arts at the Community Church of Vero Beach, Florida, as the guest artist. Galuska, an award-winning organist, will guide the audience through a rare opportunity to experience Horatio Parker’s Concerto for Organ. Parker, a late-19th Century American composer and renowned pedagogue, was a significant figure in his time, having served as both a professor and dean at Yale.

The concert opens with a piece originally composed for organ by one of Parker’s students, Charles Ives. The orchestral arrangement by William Schuman retains the wit, charm, and humor of the original. The second half of the program features Edward Elgar’s magnificent Enigma Variations, a theme and fourteen variations, each portraying a friend, showcasing a range of emotions from virtuosic to poignant, hilarious, and sentimental.

**Program:**
1. **Ives/Schuman:** Variations on America (16 min.)
2. **Parker:** Concerto for Organ (19 min.) - Solo organ: Andrew Galuska
3. **Elgar:** Enigma Variations (31 min.)

**Performers:**
- **Music Director & Conductor:** David Amado
- **Violin I:** Aleksandr Zhu (Concertmaster), Ekaterina Gorkhover (Asst. Concertmaster), Monica Cheveresan, Kaitlin Richardson, Michael O’Gieblyn, Samvel Arakelyan, Gustavo Correa
- **Violin II:** Dina Kostic (Principal), Sha Zhang, Tinca Belinschi, Dale Sandvold, Eduardo Martinez, Daria Apostolova
- **Viola:** Valerie Judd (Principal), Anna Ivanova, Jill Jaffe, Laura Sinclair, Laurice Buckton
- **Cello:** Ashley Garritson (Principal), Christopher Glansdorp, Megan Savage, Georgiy Khoklov
- **Double Bass:** Janet Clippard (Principal), Juan Carlos Pena
- **Flute:** Christina Apelgren (Principal), Karen Fuller
- **Oboe:** Erika Yamada (Principal), Sara Luciani
- **Clarinet:** Daniel Giaccobe (Principal), Will Doh
- **Bassoon:** Gabriel Beavers (Principal), Geronis Bravo
- **Horn:** Karen Schubert (Principal), Stan Spinola, Molly Flanagan
- **Trumpet:** Jesse Cook (Principal), Benedetto Salvia
- **Tuba:** Jay Bertolet (Principal)
- **Timpani:** Andrew Proctor (Principal)
- **Percussion:** Neel Shukla (Principal), Isaac Hernandez, Juanmanuel Lopez, Jordan Holley
- **Harp:** Kay Kemper (Principal)
- **Keyboard:** Tao Lin (Principal)

**Schedule:**
- **Vero Beach: CCOVB**
  - Thursday, April 10, 2025, 4:00 pm
- **Stuart: The Lyric**
  - Friday, April 11, 2025, 3:30 pm
  - Friday, April 11, 2025, 7:30 pm

**Tickets:**
- Available for purchase online. 

Join us for an evening of extraordinary music and experience the grandeur of the pipe organ in a masterful orchestral setting.

Pipe Dreams

Lyric Theatre

Vero Beach Country Club

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the degree Doctor of Musical Arts. Anna-Sofia Botti is a student of Brian Connelly.

Anna-Sofia Botti, Piano

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Join us for an exquisite evening of chamber music featuring the remarkable talents of Kristin Lee on violin and Michael Stephen Brown on piano. This special performance is part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's esteemed concert series, set to take place in the intimate setting of the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio.

**Date and Time:** Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 7:30 pm. The concert will include an intermission and has a total duration of 2 hours.

**Location:** Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS, Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023.

**Program Highlights:**
- Fritz Kreisler's "Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani" for Violin and Piano, a piece that showcases the violin's lyrical and virtuosic capabilities.
- Charles Ives' "Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano, Children's Day at the Camp Meeting," offering a unique blend of traditional and innovative sounds.
- Ernest Bloch's "Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Poème Mystique," a work rich in emotional depth and complexity.
- John Adams' "Road Movies for Violin and Piano," a contemporary piece with rhythmic vitality and melodic appeal.
- Amy Beach's "Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23," a beautiful example of late Romantic chamber music.
- Paul Schoenfield's "Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano," a vibrant and eclectic mix of styles.

**About the Artists:**
- **Kristin Lee**, a violinist known for her versatility and impeccable technique, has garnered acclaim on the world's finest concert stages. Her accolades include an Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes in several prestigious competitions.
- **Michael Stephen Brown**, a pianist and composer celebrated for his compelling performances and compositions, has received numerous awards, including a 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

This event promises to be a memorable night of music, showcasing the extraordinary talents of two of the chamber music world's leading figures. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the artistry of Kristin Lee and Michael Stephen Brown in a program that spans the breadth of the chamber music repertoire.

**Tickets:** Not yet on sale. Stay tuned for ticket availability and ensure your spot for this must-see performance.

For more information and to stay updated on ticket sales, please visit the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's website.

Kristin Lee & Michael Stephen Brown

Samuel B. & David Rose Building

The UMD Wind Ensemble is joined by faculty soloists Teri Bickham, soprano, and Jonathan Bisesi, xylophone, for “And the Whole Earth Dreams”.

And the Whole Earth Dreams: UMD Wind Ensemble

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

That a classical conductor is simultaneously declared one of the best artists at a long-established jazz festival is unusual and offers unique opportunities – for example, inviting him with an American program: from Gershwin and Bernstein to the symphonic jazz of Duke Ellington. But it's not only his awards as a jazz pianist at festivals in Chicago and Wisconsin, or his performances as a chansonnier with songs by the musical satirist Georg Kreisler, that make Patrick Hahn stand out from the broad field of up-and-coming conductors. The Austrian, General Music Director in Wuppertal since 2021, also possesses qualities in the classical field that are rarely found in such a pronounced form at such a young age. What Patrick Hahn recognized early on is the psychological aspect of conducting: if a conductor understands how to inspire musicians to peak performance and if he is an inspiration to them, then they simply play better. A simple equation that works perfectly for Patrick Hahn. The soloist in Gershwin's "Concerto in F" is Frank Dupree, a pianist who also has a strong affinity for jazz, which is why he has invited two other jazz musicians to join him for his interpretation of the concerto. Hahn and Dupree: when it comes to the "American style," these two are on the same page.

American Style

Hessischer Rundfunk

The fact that a classical conductor is also declared one of the best artists at a traditional jazz festival is unusual and offers special opportunities - for example, inviting him with an American program: from Gershwin to Bernstein to the symphonic jazz of Duke Ellington. But it is not just his awards as a jazz pianist at festivals in Chicago and Wisconsin or his performances as a chansonnier with songs by the music satirist Georg Kreisler that make Patrick Hahn stand out from the wide field of young conductors. The Austrian, General Music Director in Wuppertal since 2021, also has qualities in the classical profession that are rarely found in this form at such a young age. What Patrick Hahn recognized early on is the psychological aspect of the conducting profession: If a conductor knows how to encourage the musicians to achieve top performances and if he is an inspiration to the musicians, then they simply play better. A simple equation that absolutely works for Patrick Hahn. The soloist in Gershwin's "Concerto in F" is Frank Dupree, a pianist who also has a second source of income in jazz. Hahn and Dupree: when it comes to the "American style," these two are pulling in the same direction.

Bertramstraße 8

Ryan Bancroft is a favourite among Philharmonia fans. Tonight, he conducts the Orchestra in Leicester for the first time in music by Beethoven and Strauss.

The opening of Also sprach Zarathustra might be one of the most recognisable in classical music. But there’s much more to the work than its 2001: A Space Odyssey fame. In its half-hour span, Strauss takes us on a philosophical journey exploring the meaning of life. With blazing brass and sumptuous strings, he creates a listening experience full of intense feeling. It’s a real highlight of the orchestral repertoire and gives our players a chance to show off the renowned Philharmonia sound.

Leicester: Ryan Bancroft conducts Beethoven & Strauss

De Montfort Hall

Charles Ives described the opening of The Unanswered Question as a ‘cosmic landscape’ and this concert is very much rooted in landscapes of all types, from Ives’s exploration of the human spirit’s connection to the realm of nature to the pastoral idyll of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. Gavin Higgins’s Horn Concerto was written for our soloist, Ben Goldscheider, and is inspired by the Forest of Dean, where Higgins grew up. There are echoes of hunting calls and Wagner in a work that finishes with a movement uniquely inspired by the forest floor and titled Mycelium Rondo.

The Great Outdoors

Ulster Hall

Music Director Ken-David Masur conducts a powerful program highlighting three generations of American composers. In Aaron Copland’s stirring musical portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the composer begins by suggesting “the mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln’s personality” and ends by attempting “to draw a simple but impressive frame about the words of Lincoln himself.” MSO Principal Clarinet Todd Levy performs Richard Danielpour’s From the Mountaintop, dedicated to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The evening concludes with Charles Ives’s Second Symphony, which samples classic American folk tunes such as “America the Beautiful,” “Turkey in the Straw,” and “Camptown Races” — the last of which Lincoln himself used as a campaign song, bringing the concert full circle.

American Voices

Warner Grand Theater

Join us for an extraordinary musical experience as The Cleveland Orchestra presents "Adès Conducts Adès" at the Severance Music Center's Mandel Concert Hall. This special event, taking place on February 20 and 22, 2025, features the world-renowned conductor Thomas Adès leading the orchestra in a captivating program.

Event Dates:
- Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 7:30 PM
- Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 8:00 PM

The program includes a rich selection of works:
- SIBELIUS: The Oceanides
- SAARIAHO: Oltra Mar
- THOMAS ADÈS: America: A Prophecy (US Premiere TCO co-commission)
- IVES: Orchestral Set No. 2

Performing alongside The Cleveland Orchestra will be the talented mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, promising an evening of unforgettable musical artistry.

Venue:
Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center, is Cleveland’s premier destination for symphonic music. The center is dedicated to making everyone feel welcome, with doors opening three hours prior to most performances. For those attending, the most convenient parking option is Case Western Reserve University's CWRU Lot 29 Campus Center Garage, located directly adjacent to Severance Music Center.

Accessibility:
Severance Music Center is committed to accessibility for all guests. Features include wheelchair access & seating, companion wheelchair seating, assistance for the deaf or hard of hearing (including Infrared Assistive Listening Devices), assistance for the blind or persons with low vision (including large print programs and Braille texts upon request), and service animal accommodation. Fully accessible restrooms are available in the Smith Lobby.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness Thomas Adès conduct a program of both classic and contemporary works, including the US premiere of his own composition. Subscribe now for "Adès Conducts Adès" and be part of a memorable musical journey with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Adès Conducts Adès

**Event Description:**

**Chelsea Guo, Soprano & Piano Concert**

**Date:** Wednesday, February 19, 2025  
**Time:** 7:30 PM  
**Venue:** Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC  
**Tickets:** Starting from $20 (Tickets on sale from July 10, 2024)

Join us for an enchanting evening with Chelsea Guo, a remarkable talent who will be performing both as a soprano and pianist. This concert, generously sponsored by Miriam Benbassat, promises to be a captivating experience showcasing the intricate relationship between vocal and piano literature.

**Program:**
- Fauré: Ballade, Op. 19
- Chopin: Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2
- Ravel: Selections from Miroirs
- Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2, III. The Alcotts
- Songs by Pauline Viardot, Kurt Weill, Stephen Sondheim, and more

Chelsea Guo's debut program is inspired by the friendship and mutual inspiration between Polish composer Frédéric Chopin and Spanish mezzo-soprano and pianist Pauline Viardot in 19th century Paris. This concert will explore the fascinating connectivity and dramatic contrasts between composers from different traditions who converge in the same artistic space.

**Note:** This performance is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness a blend of vocal and piano mastery in one unforgettable evening. Secure your tickets early!

Chelsea Guo, Soprano & Piano

Kennedy Center

### Event Description: BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

#### Dates and Times:
- **February 15, 2025** at **7:30 PM**
- **February 16, 2025** at **3:00 PM**

#### Location:
- **Sunset Center**
  - **Address:** San Carlos Ave & 9th Ave, Carmel

#### Conductor and Performers:
- **Jayce Ogren**, Music Director and Conductor
- **Simone Rubino**, Percussion

#### Program:
1. **GABRIELI** - *Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2*
   - **Running Time:** 5 minutes
2. **IVES** - *The Unanswered Question*
   - **Running Time:** 6 minutes
3. **Avner DORMAN** - *Eternal Rhythm*
   - **Running Time:** 25 minutes
   - **Featuring:** Simone Rubino, Percussion
4. **-- Intermission --** (20 minutes)
5. **BRAHMS** - *Symphony No. 1*
   - **Running Time:** 45 minutes
6. **BRAHMS** - *Hungarian Dance No. 5*
   - **Running Time:** 3 minutes

#### Highlights:
In the February concerts, Baroque refrains echo from a glorious brass ensemble in Giovanni Gabrieli's *Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2*, written while the composer served as organist of Venice's vaunted Basilica San Marco. American maverick Charles Ives asks the perennial question of existence in his deeply contemplative *The Unanswered Question* of 1908, a work that looked far into the musical future. A battery of bells, drums, and wood forges a striking contrast in Avner Dorman's lively new percussion concerto *Eternal Rhythm*. Johannes Brahms' passionate *Symphony No. 1* firmly established the Romantic master as a worthy successor to Beethoven. Brahms' *Hungarian Dance No. 5*, one of classical music's greatest hits, provides a rousing conclusion.

#### Featured Artist: Simone Rubino
After winning the ARD competition in 2014 and receiving the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2016, Simone Rubino has never stopped attracting enthusiastic audiences both as a soloist with the likes of the Vienna Philharmonic and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Manfred Honeck, and Tan Dun. Rubino has transported percussion from the periphery to the center of the classical, contemporary, and even baroque scene, making him a regular guest at prestigious festivals worldwide.

#### Ticket Information:
- **On Sale:** Thursday, August 15 at 10:00 AM PDT

Join us for an evening of exceptional music, featuring timeless classics and contemporary masterpieces, performed by world-renowned musicians.

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Sunset Center

Baroque refrains echo from a glorious brass ensemble in Giovanni Gabrieli's Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, written while the composer served as organist of Venice's vaunted Basilica San Marco. American maverick Charles Ives asks "the perennial question of existence" in his deeply contemplative The Unanswered Question of 1908, a work that looked far into the musical future. A battery of bells, drums, and wood forges a striking contrast in Avner Dorman's lively new percussion concerto Eternal Rhythm. Johannes Brahms' passionate Symphony No. 1 firmly established the Romantic master as a worthy successor to Beethoven. Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5, one of classical music's greatest hits, provides a rousing conclusion.

Brahms Symphony No. 1

"The history of American composition at the beginning of the 20th century revolves around an absent center," states Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, and even titles the corresponding chapter in his bestseller "The Rest is Noise" "The Invisibles." This refers to composers such as Charles Ives, Wallingford Riegger, Carl Ruggles and others who had to work hard to establish an identity as American composers. Barbara Hannigan has made it her mission to bring these "invisibles" back to light. After intensive research in the Library of Congress, she presents a program that is probably unique in its form. It shows American music between 1900 and 1945 as if through a magnifying glass: from radical simplicity to radical dissonance to the fusion of classical and popular music, which reached its peak on Broadway. A picture of musical diversity that must necessarily remain incomplete, but even in this form allows fascinating and surprising insights. Hannigan's particular focus is on the individual, edgy, rebellious voices that sought their own expression and broke new ground.

Ives Crawford Seeger Riegger Ruggles Rodgers Gershwin

VIS shares the hidden treasures in these works, offering a glimpse into the creative process of the composers. It is fascinating to think about the stories behind these pieces and why they were not finished, remained unpublished or not performed during the composer’s life… yet they have become beloved pieces in the orchestral repertoire.

Vancouver Island Symphony presents Second Guessed Unpublished. Unfinished.

The Port Theatre Main Stage

Orff’s profane and profound pseudo-medieval cantata Carmina burana is the banger of all choral bangers: No one who has heard the opening movement “O Fortuna” even once, whether live or on a film soundtrack, could question its eternal-earworm status. Also on the program: A new piano concerto by John Adams, featuring pianist Víkingur Ólafsson and conductor David Robertson, a responsive and nuanced interpreter of Adams’s eclectic soundscapes.

Composer

Charles Ives

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