Downtown Urban Arts Festival Announces Finalists For 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2018 In Spring 2019, the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) will return for its much-anticipated 17th annual season. Reg E. Gaines, Tony-nominated for Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, is back as the Artistic Director of the festival. After his evaluation of scripts that were received from across the...
2019 Kaufman Music Center Gala To Honor Cathy White O'Rourke And The Morris And Alma Schapiro Fund
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2019 Kaufman Music Center's 2019 Gala will honor Kaufman Board President Cathy White O'Rourke, a distinguished business leader, classically trained pianist, and devoted advocate for music education. Kaufman Music Center is also proud to honor The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, a generous champion of educ...
THE SIGNALMAN By Charles Dickens is Coming to the Old Red Lion Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 11, 2019 A signalman is haunted by a mysterious figure standing at the mouth of a train tunnel. He's sure it's a warning - but what is it warning against? The Signalman was Charles Dickens' final completed work, written after the writer himself had survived a train crash. This adaptation by Martin Malcolm ('...
Houston Chamber Choir Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 25, 2019 Houston Chamber Choir's has been nominated for a 2020 GRAMMY® Award for 'Best Choral Performance' for its Signum Records recording of 'Duruflé: Complete Choral Works,' a performance of music by 20th century French composer Maurice Duruflé. The recording was also part of a second GRAMMY® nomination: ...
Pond Shares New Video and Tour Dates
by Tori Hartshorn - July 29, 2019 POND have today shared details of their upcoming Autumn tour of the United States. Beginning with a performance on September 21st in Brooklyn at Warsaw, the tour goes on to hit venues in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and San Francisco before culminating in a show at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles...
Love Is Celebrated In Times Square On Valentine's Day
by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2019 The Times Square Alliance will be hosting a full day celebration of love and romance on Valentine's Day. Love birds will flock to the Crossroads of the World and share fairy tale moments from weddings to surprise proposals, and finally culminating in a large vow renewal ceremony on February 14th on ...
RATINGS: FOX, NBC Share Adults 18-49 Crown on Monday
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 23, 2019 NBC (6.338 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T1) was the top draw on Monday thanks to new episodes of 'The Voice' (7.488 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T1) and 'The Enemy Within' (4.037 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)....
Julia Wolfe's “Fire In My Mouth” Now Available For Pre-Order On Decca Gold
by A.A. Cristi - August 16, 2019 The New York Philharmonic and Music Director Jaap van Zweden's World Premiere performances of Julia Wolfe's Fire in my mouth will be released in digital formats on August 30, 2019, and in physical format on October 4, 2019, on Decca Gold, Universal Music Group's newly established US classical music ...
PRIDE & JOY, The Marvin Gaye Musical, Comes to The National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2019 PRIDE & JOY - THE MARVIN GAYE MUSICAL comes to the National Theatre from May 1-12, 2019....
Quantic Releases New Single YOU USED TO LOVE ME feat. Dinitia
by Tori Hartshorn - May 07, 2019 World-renowned British producer Quantic has released a third single, “You Used To Love Me feat. Denitia' today, the third track from his upcoming, highly anticipated new album, Atlantic Oscillations, due to arrive June 21 on Tru Thoughts – share via YouTube. The New York-based singer, songwriter, g...
Philip Glass Ensemble Gives Philadelphia Premiere Of MUSIC IN TWELVE PARTS
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2020 The Philip Glass Ensemble (PGE) will give the Philadelphia premiere of Philip Glass's monumental work Music in Twelve Parts presented by the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 6pm. Music in Twelve Parts runs five hours, with two int...
The Crossing Gives World Premiere Performances of Julia Wolfe's FIRE IN MY MOUTH in New York Philharmonic Debut
by Julie Musbach - December 12, 2018 Winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, The Crossing makes its New York Philharmonic debut in world premiere performances of Julia Wolfe's Fire in my mouth on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2019 at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 8:00 p...
The Crossing Performs World Premiere Of Thomas Lloyd's IN THE LIGHT
by Julie Musbach - February 26, 2019 On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, The Crossing and conductor Donald Nally present the world premiere of Thomas Lloyd's In the Light, a choral-theater work for 20 voices, clarinet, cello, and piano....
The Annenberg Center Will Present The Crossing In New Production Of KNEE PLAYS By Philip Glass And David Byrne
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 27, 2020 The Annenberg Center will present Grammya"?-winning new-music choir The Crossing in the premiere of a newly staged theatrical production, Knee Plays, on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 8pm and Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 8pm at the Harold Prince Theatre. The program, part of the Center's #GLASSFEST ...
The Crossing Presents The World Premiere Of A NATIVE HILL
by Julie Musbach - September 04, 2019 Grammy-winning new-music choir The Crossing presents the world premiere of English composer Gavin Bryars'substantial new evening-length a cappella work, A Native Hill, on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 5pm at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia....
'Sessions' by POND Officially Out Nov. 8
by Abigail Charpentier - September 09, 2019 Today, POND are announcing Sessions, an album of live studio performances composed of songs from across their discography. The long player was recorded while on tour in the EU this Spring. The digital and vinyl release is officially out Novermber 8, 2019 on Spinning Top/Interscope, however, those wh...
Baruch Performing Arts Center And Fresh Squeezed Opera Present The NYC Premiere Of BOUND
by A.A. Cristi - March 07, 2019 Baruch Performing Arts Center and Fresh Squeezed Opera will co-present the NYC Premiere of composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu's one-act chamber opera Bound in a new production by Ashley Tata. Performances from April 13-18, 2019 at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th ...
The Crossing Releases THE ARC IN THE SKY By Kile Smith On Navona Records
by Julie Musbach - July 12, 2019 Grammy-winning new-music choir, The Crossing, releases its latest album, THE ARC IN THE SKY, today, Friday, July 12, 2019, on Navona Records. Kile Smith's 2018 setting of journal entries and poems by Robert Lax (1915–2000), THE ARC IN THE SKY is an epic, hour-long tour de force of thought and feelin...
Erin Rae Releases Amazon Original Cover of Tom Paxton's LAST THING ON MY MIND
by Tori Hartshorn - July 25, 2019 Today, indie folk sensation Erin Rae is releasing an Amazon Original cover of Tom Paxton's 'Last Thing On My Mind.' The song is part of Amazon Music's 'Produced By' series featuring producer Matt Ross-Spang. The song is available now to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music. ...
LIFE METAL By Sunn O))) Streaming Now On NPR's First Listen
by Tori Hartshorn - April 19, 2019 Following the Record Store Day release of Life Metal last Saturday, Sunn O))) are thrilled to stream the album via NPR's First Listen. Additionally,Southern Lord are proud to make the album available on CD and LP formats via their stores today, ahead of the official digital, LP and CD release date ...
RATINGS: ABC, NBC Share Demo Crown in Tight Race on Monday
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2019 NBC (6.319 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T1) was the most-watched broadcaster on Monday thanks to new episodes of 'The Voice' (7.601 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3) and 'The Enemy Within' (3.753 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)....
The Annenberg Center Presents The Crossing @ Christmas
by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2019 The Annenberg Center presents a?oeAmerica's most astonishing choira?? (New York Times), acclaimed Grammy Award-winning new music choir The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally, in The Crossing @ Christmas, Friday, December 20, at 7:30 PM, at The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, 1904 Wa...
RATINGS: NBC Holds Off Competition with THE VOICE on Monday
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 16, 2019 NBC (6.382 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) held off the competition on Monday with new episodes of 'The Voice' (7.589 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) and 'The Enemy Within' (3.970 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)....
The Crossing @ Christmas Features World Premiere Of Edie Hill's SPECTRAL SPIRITS And David Lang's TTHE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION
by Stephi Wild - November 18, 2019 Grammy-winning new-music choir The Crossing reprises its annual holiday program, The Crossing @ Christmas, at Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia on Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7:30pm presented by the Annenberg Center; at The Met Cloisters in New York City on Saturday, De...
THE RIOT BALLET Begins Performances Next Week
by A.A. Cristi - August 13, 2019 Amid ongoing cover-ups, conspiracies, spin doctors and fake news, how do you pick a side? What inspires people to make the leap from spectator to player or from clicktivist to activist? How much change can you really make (even if you do get off the couch)? ... |