Portland Opera Commissions New Opera Jubilee By Composer Damien Geter and Librettist Lorene Cary
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2022 Portland Opera has announced that the company has commissioned a new opera to be created by composer Damien Geter and librettist Lorene Cary. Connecting the heroic story of the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers with their current, Grammy-winning descendants, Jubilee investigates Black legacy,... 
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes To QPAC For Brisbane Festival 2022
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2022 Hit musical Girl from the North Country, written by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, is one of the most critically acclaimed, multi award-winning productions of the 21st century.... 
Photos: See New Photos From THE CHEF At The Middletown Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2023 First look photos! The Middletown Arts Center, in collaboration with the Dunbar Repertory Company, celebrates Black History Month with the World Premiere production of The Chef. Written by Larry Americ Allen and directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr., the spirited, romantic novel play will run one... 
Damien Leith Comes to QPAC Performing Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits With A Full Orchestra
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2022 Damien Leith is bringing his smash hit show, Roy Orbison Orchestrated, to QPAC on Friday 9th December. ... 
Valerie Simpson Plays Aretha's Greatest Hits at Poway Center
by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2022 Aretha Franklin is recognized as the most successful female recording artist in history, with 112 charted singles on Billboard, 18 Grammy Awards, and over 75 million records sold. Her legendary career rightfully earned her the title, “The Queen of Soul.” ... 
Damien Geter Named Portland Opera Interim Music Director
by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2021 Portland Opera has announced that Damien Geter has been named interim Music Director as the company plans for the launch of the 21/22 season. ... 
Interview: Raehann Bryce-Davis of OUR SONG, OUR STORY – THE NEW GENERATION OF BLACK VOICES at Ordway Concert Hall
by Jared Fessler - November 17, 2022 'Created and directed by composer, conductor, and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed, Our Song, Our Story is an evening of music highlighting some of the world's most well-known operatic arias, art songs and spirituals.... 
La Noche Temática de TVE estrena LA LA LA: LA HISTORIA DEL MUSICAL
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - January 19, 2022 El programa puede verse a la carta en la plataforma PLAY de RTVE.... 
IMG Artists To Present Damien Sneed's OUR SONG, OUR STORY 2022-23 Tour
by A.A. Cristi - November 09, 2022 Created and directed by composer, conductor, and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed, Our Song, Our Story - the New Generation of Black Voices is an evening of music highlighting some of the world's most well-known operatic arias, art songs and spirituals.... 
Composers Concordance to Present CHARTS & GRAPHICS: A Concert of New Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 05, 2023 Composers Concordance will present 'Charts & Graphics', a concert featuring new music written in the forms of charts and/or utilizing graphic notation, performed by CompCord Ensemble. The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.... 
Photos: First Look At August Wilson's JITNEY At The Middletown Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - June 07, 2023 The Middletown Arts Center presents the final weekend of August Wilson’s Jitney, produced by the Dunbar Repertory Company and directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr., June 9-11, 2023. See photos from the production.... 
BWW Review: PAINTING BY NUMBERS, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - August 27, 2021 All artists must think they’re better than anybody else, even if only by a little bit, or they must be convinced they have something to say at least. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be doing it. “The work has to come first”, even before personal relationships. That’s what Isaac and his two friends Piotr an... 
Composer, Conductor & Bass-Baritone Damien Geter Reveals His 2023-2024 Season Featuring a World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 28, 2023 Composer, conductor, and bass-baritone Damien Geter has revealed his 2023-2024 season.... 
All Classical Portland and WQXR Partner For Bi-Coastal Live Broadcast Of World Premiere Of Damien Geter's AN AFRICAN AMERICAN REQUIEM
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2022 All Classical Portland, the Pacific Northwest's premiere 24-hour classical music radio station, is teaming up with WQXR in New York to present a simultaneous live broadcast of the world premiere of Portland-based composer Damien Geter's An African American Requiem. ... 
Jay Mohr Announced At Comedy Works Landmark, February 23 - 25
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2023 Comedy Works has announced that Jay Mohr will perform at Comedy Works South at the Landmark.... 
Rachel Handman and Keve Wilson Will Perform at Feinstein's/54 Below in September
by Stephi Wild - August 01, 2021 Rachel Handman (violin-West Side Story) and Keve Wilson (oboe-Company) are joined by Hidayat Honari (guitars-Beetlejuice), Marc Schmied (bass) and Damien Bassman (percussion-Jagged Little Pill) as well as Special Guest, vocalist Forest Van Dyke (Dogman).... 
1812 Productions To Present The Philadelphia Professional Premiere Of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2023 1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all comedy theatre company, is preparing for the professional regional premiere of The Play That Goes Wrong, Broadway's smash hit comedy. ... 
The Town Hall to Pay Tribute to Thelonious Monk, John Cage and Twinkie Clark
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 17, 2022 The Town Hall is celebrating its first 100 years, and is proud to announce the first part of their Centennial Series which will include a trio of concerts in tribute to legendary American composers Thelonious Monk, John Cage and Twinkie Clark....
Garry Starr Returns To Adelaide Fringe With GREECE LIGHTNING
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2022 Having single handedly saved the performing arts in 2018 with his multi-award-winning debut show, comic wunderkind Garry Starr returns with Greece Lightning, another anarchic masterclass not to be mythed. ... 
Greek National Opera Co-Production Of Lanthimos's BLEAT To Receive NYFF Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2023 Four time Academy Award nominated Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's (The Favourite, The Lobster) short film Bleat will receive its United States premiere at the 61st New York Film Festival (NYFF), which will take place from September 29th to October 15th, 2023.... 
1812 Productions to Revive SET MODEL THEATRE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 05, 2022 Conceived at the height of national quarantine, Set Model Theatre is a documentary series that pulls back the curtain on the creative processes of 15 Philadelphia theatre designers as they work in distanced collaboration on a fantasy production of Shakespeare's King Lear. ... 
Interview: Raven McMillon of OUR SONG, OUR STORY – THE NEW GENERATION OF BLACK VOICES at Ordway Concert Hall
by Jared Fessler - November 17, 2022 'Created and directed by composer, conductor, and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed, Our Song, Our Story is an evening of music highlighting some of the world's most well-known operatic arias, art songs and spirituals. The concert brings together two of today's most exciting operatic voices in a div... 
Baritone Justin Austin to Perform In Marian Anderson Vocal Award Recital At The Kennedy Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 26, 2023 Baritone Justin Austin performs in Marian Anderson Vocal Award Recital at the Kennedy Center. Don't miss this impressive performance by the winner of this year's Marian Anderson Vocal Award....
Composers Concordance to Present CHARTS & GRAPHICS: A Concert of New Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 05, 2023 Composers Concordance will present 'Charts & Graphics', a concert featuring new music written in the forms of charts and/or utilizing graphic notation, performed by CompCord Ensemble. The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.... 
Photos: Damien Sneed's OUR SONG, OUR STORY – THE NEW GENERATION OF BLACK VOICES at Hamilton College
by Blair Ingenthron - February 26, 2023 Our Song, Our Story is an evening of music highlighting some of the world's most well-known operatic arias, art songs, and spirituals. The concert brought together two of today's most exciting operatic voices in a diverse and powerful event featuring Janinah Burnett and Justin Austin, accompanied by... |
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