Thomas Cabaniss News

In 2025, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) continues to offer a wide range of programming initiatives that harness the power of music to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda.

PianoSonoma will present 2024 Vino & Vibrato concert series. See the artists who are performing, and learn how to purchase tickets.

Join Villa Musica and La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, as they collaborate for Carnegie Hall's Link Up Program. Over 375 3rd and 4th grade students will perform at the Epstein Family Amphitheatre at UCSD on May 11th.

Over 11,000 students from New York City will participate in the interactive Link Up concerts at Carnegie Hall from May 21 to 23, 2024, as part of an innovative educational program.

pianoSonoma has revealed the 2023 season of Vino & Vibrato, a 3-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California with concerts on July 18, 20, and 25.

For 38 seasons, Carnegie Hall's Link Up music education program for students in grades 3–5 has facilitated deeper connections between the concert hall and the classroom through an instrument-focused curriculum that culminates with students performing with a professional orchestra from their seats, often marking the first time many students will have set foot in a concert hall.

The Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater will present a world premiere staging of Shakespeare’s Pericles, a rarely-seen tragicomedy that explores themes of healing, redemption, and reconciliation.

Decameron Opera Coalition, the celebrated national alliance of independent opera companies, is together again with a digital video songbook for the holiday season, DOC the Halls, which is available on the AÏRIS video streaming platform and also as an audio album through all of the major music services. You can purchase tickets and find more information here. 

Decameron Opera Coalition, the celebrated national alliance of independent opera companies, is together again with a digital video songbook for the holiday season.  

Applications are now open for pianoSonoma's summer 2023 festivals, pianoSonoma Rosé and pianoSonoma Cabernet.

In October, Carnegie Hall presents the world premiere of Camille's Rainbow, a new performance co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Minnesota Opera. This immersive, operatic and theatrical event, especially designed for babies and toddlers (ages 0–2), encourages creative play, as children explore a world of colors.

The Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) has announced the extension of its highly acclaimed mixed-media art installation, AloneTogether, a compelling, in-depth exploration of the impact of Covid-19-related global turmoil on the hearts and minds of children and young adults. 

Festival Napa Valley is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to present the West Coast Premiere of AloneTogether, a powerful multimedia art installation created during the pandemic by Francisco Núñez, Artistic Director and Founder of the Young People's Chorus of New York City.

PianoSonoma has announced the 2022 season of Vino & Vibrato, a 4-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California with concerts on July 19, 21, 26, and 28.

National Sawdust and Paola Prestini and Chelsea Factory have announced the first companies to take the stage in the organizations’ programmatic partnership. Grammy-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrilland his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Emeline Michel take over the landmarked site June 16-17.

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced that tickets are now on sale for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

pianoSonoma, under the leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Jessica Chow Shinn & Michael Shinn, enthusiastically announces the launch of pianoSonoma Rosé, a 3-day program held at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California from July 14-16, 2022.

In celebration of composer Thomas Cabaniss' birthday, pianists Jessica Chow Shinn and Michael Shinn announce the release of Double Rainbow: The Music of Thomas Cabaniss, now available digitally and in CD format.

Bare Opera will kick off its 2022 season with a special gala concert at The Green Room 42 on February 23, 2022. This in-person and live-streamed event not only launches the fundraising for our new production 'FireSongs' by renowned composer Thomas Cabaniss (world premiering in June 2022), but also marks our return to safe, live, in-person performing.