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Baruch College and Opera Omaha to Premiere "dwb" (Driving While Black)

Baruch College Performing Arts Center and Opera Omaha will stream the virtual premiere of “dwb” (Driving While Black) from October 23 to October 29.

Composed by Susan Kander, sung by soprano and librettist, Roberta Gumbel, and performed on cello and percussion by New Morse Code (Hannah Collins, cello, and Michael Compitello, percussion).

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Re-imagined Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Season to Stream Live with works of Black artists

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Digital Season opener streams live from Music Hall Sunday September 26. The concert will feature “Banner” by composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery, Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville”, and Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”. Featured performers for the program include soprano Angel Blue, and the Catalyst Quartet, of which Montgomery is violinist.

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New Youth Orchestra Initiative to Match Composers and Orchestras in Collaboration

The Youth Orchestra Commissioning Initiative is designed to create remote performances of new works by women and composers of color. The project hopes to connect young musicians with new music by composers who will write short chamber pieces for groups of various instrumentation to rehearse and perform virtually from the young musicians’ homes.

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Chicago Sinfonietta Announces 2020/21 Season “Stories of The People”

Chicago Sinfonietta has announced their innovative hybrid new season “Stories of The People”. The three concert series will consist of two virtual performances plus a May in person concert.

Guest artists will be Joel Thompson, composer, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, cello, and Victor Wooten, bass. To kick off the season on October 17, the orchestra led by Conductor, Mei-Ann Chen, will perform a virtual program including a world premiere commission by Chicago Sinfonietta Artist in Residence composer Kathryn Bostic.

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