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‘Queen Jane’ for Solo Piano to be Premiered by Pianist Brianna Matzke at Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, USA
'Queen Jane' for solo piano to be premiered by pianist Brianna Matzke at The Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, USA
Find out more »Du Bois: The Speaking Tide at Carnegie Hall
Mimesis Ensemble to perform Alexandra du Bois' The Speaking Tide for bass clarinet, cello and piano at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. The Speaking Tide was written for the Dance Division at The Juilliard School in New York and was premiered at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in 2007 with a core of eight dancers choreographed by Spenser Theberge. More information to be announced winter 2018. Mimesis Ensemble, the New York City…
Find out more »2019-2020 Season Calendar To Be Announced August 2019
Concerts during the 2019-2020 season featuring Alexandra du Bois' music will be announced in August—including new works in-progress with world premieres scheduled throughout the U.S. and U.K. during the 2019-2020 season. Check back this summer for specific calendar events to be added at www.alexandradubois.com PHOTO CREDIT: ©Alexandra du Bois / Harrison House Music, Arts, & Ecology in California where du Bois was composer-in-residence May-June 2019. Meanwhile, browse past events for information about premieres…
Find out more »Apollo Chamber Players to Perform String Quartet No. 4
Apollo Chamber Players add another performance of the string quartet they commissioned and premiered in 2017, String Quartet No. 4: Obala (Coast). Their most recent performance of the work took place at Rothko Chapel in Houston. International Day of Peace Observation: Apollo Chamber Players perform du Bois at Rothko Chapel—Music of Peace and Reconciliation In observation of International Day of Peace, join the Apollo Chamber Players for a program of music for…
Find out more »Pianist Anastasia Antonacos to Premiere ‘Oh Monarch, How Beautiful You Are’
Pianist Anastasia Antonacos will present the world premiere of the new work 'Oh Monarch, How Beautiful You Are' for solo piano she commissioned from composer Alexandra du Bois in 2018. The new work was commissioned jointly by Maine and New Hampshire Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association. It was written, in part, while du Bois was composer-in-residence at Harrison House Music, Arts & Ecology, Joshua Tree, California and at Avaloch…
Find out more »Du Bois World Premiere at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has commissioned Alexandra du Bois for a new chamber work which will premiere March 2020 at Lincoln Center in New York. Sketches for the new work for flute, clarinet, viola, and cello began while du Bois was Composer-in-Residence during May and June 2019 at Harrison House Music, Arts, & Ecology in California
Find out more »Kronos Quartet Premieres du Bois: ‘Behind Rainbows’
Kronos Quartet will give the world premiere of the string quartet they commissioned, 'Behind Rainbows', du Bois' fifth string quartet. The work was commissioned as part of Kronos Quartet's education and legacy project, Fifty for the Future. Alexandra du Bois' first (An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind) and third (Night Songs) string quartets were commissioned and premiered by Kronos Quartet. A recording of her first quartet…
Find out more »Cramer Quartet Premieres du Bois’ String Quartet No. 6
Haydn: Dialogues is a multi-season commissioning project that reimagines the traditional string quartet cycle. Over the course of the next ten seasons, concluding in 2032 (Haydn’s 300th birth anniversary), the Cramer Quartet will perform Haydn’s 68 string quartets alongside newly commissioned works by composers of marginalized identities. Each commission is an invitation to respond to an opus from Haydn’s string quartet oeuvre in the composer’s own musical voice, writing specifically for historical instruments.
The first installment of Haydn: Dialogues will premiere in New York City on April 3, 2022 with a new work by American composer Alexandra du Bois performed alongside Haydn’s Op. 20 No. 3 and Op. 20 No. 6 quartets.
With this project, the quartet marries its passion for historical performance with a commitment to rebalancing the string quartet canon by centering the voices of women, non-(cis)males, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ folx and other communities historically underrepresented in classical music.
Find out more »Asheville Symphony Orchestra Performs Alexandra du Bois’ Fanfare for Orchestra
Asheville Symphony Orchestra and Darko Butorac, Music Director and Conductor, to Perform Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare for Orchestra. Fanfare for orchestra (2008) was written during the months before the inauguration of the first African American to hold office of President of the United States and celebrates this moment in time in a fanfare for orchestra. The piece honors the civil rights movement and in particular in relation to the inauguration of President Barak Obama.…
Find out more »Boston Festival Orchestra performs du Bois’ L’apothéose d’un rêve
From the Boston Festival Orchestra: Welcome to Re-Reading, an interdisciplinary concert exploring themes of reconciliation, discovery, and new perspectives. The Boston Athenæum’s recently renovated Henry Long Room, which serves as the location of this concert, features a diverse array of rare books, works on paper, paintings, and sculptures that make up their Re-Reading Special Collections installation. Just as the Athenæum's installation reflects on a more expansive view of American art and history, so…
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