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CONVERSATIONS: Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate On Being True to Your Identity

CONVERSATIONS: Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate On Being True to Your Identity

RC Editor Christine S. Escobar speaks with Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate in the latest installment of “Conversations” on being true to your identity and defining how the world sees you.

Each episode of Represent Classical’s “Conversations” series features in depth interviews with industry leaders, notable musicians, movers, shakers, and innovators.

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is a critically acclaimed Oklahoma based composer and pianist dedicated to the development of American Indian classical composition.

EVENTS: Ear Taxi Festival Celebrates Chicago’s New Music Scen

EVENTS: Ear Taxi Festival Celebrates Chicago’s New Music Scen

Ear Taxi Festival, one of the largest urban celebrations of new and experimental music, runs September 15 to October 4 in venues across Chicago.

Presented by New Music Chicago, the festival is now in it’s 5th year and celebrates new, contemporary classical, experimental, creative, electronic, and other types of music and “sound-practice” composed by, improvised by, and performed in Chicago by Chicagoans.

"The Hill We Climb": John Clayton’s Music with Amanda Gorman’s Words, Premiered by Amit Peled, Mount Vernon Virtuosi

"The Hill We Climb": John Clayton’s Music with Amanda Gorman’s Words, Premiered by Amit Peled, Mount Vernon Virtuosi

Amit Peled and the Mount Vernon Virtuosi (MVV) today release a new performance film set to the world premiere of composer John Clayton’s The Hill We Climb. The piece is inspired by and set to the poem of the same name by American poet and activist Amanda Gorman, recited at the presidential inauguration in January 2021.

UrbanArias Commissions Song Cycle for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 100th Anniversary

UrbanArias Commissions Song Cycle for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 100th Anniversary

“UNKNOWN”, a song cycle honoring the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on the centennial of its founding will have its world premiere performance Tuesday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA.

Featured performers for the performance are baritones Michael Mayes and Schyler Vargas, and mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven, accompanied by members of the Inscape Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Robert Wood, the Founder and Artistic Director of UrbanArias.

NEW RELEASE: Jennifer Koh "Alone Together"

NEW RELEASE: Jennifer Koh "Alone Together"

Violinist Jennifer Koh’s new album, “Alone Together”, to be released digitally by Cedille Records on August 27, is based on her online performance series of the same name, originally broadcasted live on Instagram from her home.

The series was created in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial hardship it placed on musicians in the arts community.

NEW RELEASE: Tyshawn Sorey ft. Alarm Will Sound-“For George Lewis”

NEW RELEASE: Tyshawn Sorey ft. Alarm Will Sound-“For George Lewis”

Composer Tyshawn Sorey’s double-album, featuring the chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound, releases on Cantaloupe Music on August 27.

Recently profiled in the New York Times Magazine, Sorey has been called a denizen of the “in-between zone” by the New Yorker. The two works on the album, commissioned by Alarm Will Sound, tap into a central theme that Sorey calls “the decorating of time.”

EVENTS: Violinist Creates New Music Fest to Showcase BBIPOC artists

EVENTS: Violinist Creates New Music Fest to Showcase BBIPOC artists

This August, a new music festival is coming to New York City highlighting musicians who are Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color in genres ranging from classical to jazz to musical theatre.

The Omnipresent Music Festival will showcase the talents of BBIPOC composers and musicians through concerts, lectures, and seminars. The free 5 day series runs from August 9 to 14 at the Morris Jumel Mansion (Manhattan’s oldest surviving residence). No tickets are required.

NEW RELEASE: Apollo Chamber Players "With Malice Toward None"

NEW RELEASE: Apollo Chamber Players "With Malice Toward None"

Apollo Chamber Players releases their fifth studio album “With Malice Toward None, August 20 on Azica Records.

The album is “a collection of globally-inspired compositions and collaborations, with each composer sharing their own personal interpretations of folk music.”

PriceFest 2021 Celebrates Life and Legacy of Composer Florence Price

PriceFest 2021 Celebrates Life and Legacy of Composer Florence Price

The International Florence Price Festival will be holding its 2nd annual festival "PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance” online from August 20-August 23rd, 2021, sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Music.

composers, music, music history, orchestras, strings, support for BBIPOC music, virtual concertsChristine EscobarJuly 2, 2021florence price, International Florence Price Festival, Marquita Lister, Melissa Givens, Kevin Wayne Bumpers, Kamilla Arku, PriceFest 2021

New UK Based “Black Lives in Music” to Use Data, Advocacy to Advance Equity

New UK Based “Black Lives in Music” to Use Data, Advocacy to Advance Equity

The UK-based organization Black Lives in Music (BLiM) is using data and advocacy to amplify and empower Black musicians and music creators, in response to the widespread calls for equity for Black musicians.

composers, conservatories, forums, funding, music, music education, music history, music schools, musicology, opera, opportunities, orchestras, social justice, strings, support for BBIPOC music, video, internationalDalanie HarrisJune 1, 2021Black musicians, Black classical music, Black jazz musicians, Black pop musicians, Black folk musicians, Black composers, Black music history, Black opera, diversity, equity, inclusion, UK, United Kingdom, Black Lives in Music, Charisse Beaumont, Orphy Robinson, Shabaka Hutchings, Paulette Long, Spotify, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Help Musicians UK, Arts Council England, Trinity Laban, Leeds Conservatoire, PRS Foundation, The Ivors Academy, Musicians’ Union, Featured Artists’ Coalition, Manchester Jazz Festival, Jazz North, Marsden Jazz Festival, Lichfield Jazz Festival, The Black Music Coalition, London Mozart Players, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Black choral music, Zeze Millz

Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum Studies Impact of Black Composer Contributions on the Genre

Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum Studies Impact of Black Composer Contributions on the Genre

The International Contemporary Ensemble, in partnership with Opera Omaha and FringeArts, presents the Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum online from May 26-28.

The Forum is a free, three-day series of online events produced by colleagues and collaborators of the International Contemporary Ensemble to celebrate, share, and reflect on four operas that have made a major impact on the organization and its collaborators.

FRIDAY: Sound Off-Live from Broadway Presbyterian Church

FRIDAY: Sound Off-Live from Broadway Presbyterian Church

Sound Off: Music for Bail presents a livestreamed concert beamed live from Broadway Presbyterian Church, featuring four of New York City's finest chamber musicians in a program of music by historical and contemporary Black American composers.

Concertia's Inaugural “Emerging Composers Fellowship” Accepting Applications

Concertia's Inaugural “Emerging Composers Fellowship” Accepting Applications

The Texas based nonprofit arts organization, Concertia, is offering a new composer fellowship this spring. Three recipients will be chosen for awards that include cash grants and opportunities to have a performance of a previously unperformed, unpublished work, or the opportunity to have a studio quality recording of a newly commissioned work.

awards, composers, funding, music, scholarships, fellowshipsChristine EscobarApril 20, 2021fellowships, diversity fellowship, equity fellowships, composers of color, grants, grants for musicians, grants for composers, fellowships for composers, Concertia, arts organizations, emerging composers, music

Sound Off x Justice Committee: Celebrating Richie Perez

Sound Off x Justice Committee: Celebrating Richie Perez

Sound Off: Music for Bail presents a pre-recorded and livestreamed Groupmuse concert Wednesday March 31 at 7 p.m. ET in collaboration with the Justice Committee to celebrate the life of co-founder Richie Perez and his incredible impact. Proceeds from the concert directly benefit performing musicians' stipends and the Justice Committee’s liberatory work.

justice reform, music, social justice, strings, video, virtual concerts, chamber music, composersChristine EscobarMarch 30, 2021social justice, Sound Off: Music For Bail, sound off, Richie Perez, Justice Committee, Groupmuse, chamber music, Latine composers, Latino composers

Tonight: Activist Orchestra "The Dream Unfinished" Debuts New Show

Tonight: Activist Orchestra "The Dream Unfinished" Debuts New Show

Tonight at 4:30 p.m. EST, The Dream Unfinished will debut a new YouTube series spotlighting the economics and labor of learning repertoire outside of the classical music canon, lesser-known masterworks by underrepresented composers, diversity, equity, and inclusion within classical music, and concrete tips for everyday people to become instruments for change.

Composition for Abolition: How Sound Off is Changing the Nation One Note at a Time

Composition for Abolition: How Sound Off is Changing the Nation One Note at a Time

Saturday, February 27 at 7 p.m. EST, Sound Off: Music for Bail will present a live-streamed concert featuring string quartets by Florence Price, Yaz Lancaster, and George Walker with the support of the Groupmuse Foundation’s Planetary Music Movement (PMM).

The abolitionist musical collective Sound Off: Music for Bail celebrates Black composers and raises money for national bail funds in a live-streamed concert on Groupmuse, an online concert platform.

Composer J.E. Hernandez' "Voces Fantasmas" Honors The Plight of Detained Immigrants

Composer J.E. Hernandez' "Voces Fantasmas" Honors The Plight of Detained Immigrants

“Voces Fantasmas” by Houston-based Mexican American composer and filmmaker J.E. Hernandez is a multi-disciplinary artistic work that honors immigrants being held in U.S. federal detention. It is based on Hernandez’ own 60 day imprisonment at Houston Immigrant Detention Center.

Series Debut: "Conversations": D-Composed on Intentionality and Honoring Black Creativity through a New Chamber Music Experience

Series Debut: "Conversations": D-Composed on Intentionality and Honoring Black Creativity through a New Chamber Music Experience

Represent Classical talks with Chicago based ensemble D-Composed: Yelley Taylor – Artistic Director, Violist, Arranger Caitlin Edwards – Violinist Kyle Dickson – Violinist Tahirah Whittington – Cellist & Composer Kori Coleman – Founder/Executive Director

Sound Off x Bass Players for Black Composers: New Works for the New Year

Sound Off x Bass Players for Black Composers: New Works for the New Year

Sound Off: Music for Bail presents a recorded concert in collaboration with Bass Players for Black Composers, a performing and commissioning organization that "encourages the expansion of solo repertoire for bass and the normalization of works by Black composers through commissioning diverse artists in all stages of their careers, disseminating works, facilitating performances, and producing educational programs."

Sound Off: Music For Bail x The City Reliquary: Dorothy Rudd Moore & More

Sound Off: Music For Bail x The City Reliquary: Dorothy Rudd Moore & More

Sound Off: Music for Bail will host a livestream premiere at 7 p.m. EST on November 14 from Brooklyn’s City Reliquary museum featuring Dorothy Rudd Moore’s “Modes”, Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 No. 2, and William Grant Still's “Lyric Quartette”. The evening’s performance of Moore’s "Modes" will be the first ever full recording of this work.