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Tenth Intervention to Present ‘Bells from the Abyss’ (2017) in New York
Tenth Intervention: It Can’t Happen Here: art in response to oppression is a chamber music program consisting of six pieces by five composers that have each been inspired by events that have challenged freedom of thought, expression, and religion. The program includes a visual art response project partnering with Artistic Noise. The world premiere of Manusa by Dorian Wallace will feature guest speaker and activist Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. Manusa was written to commemorate the Bengali secular…
Find out more »International Women’s Day Performance of Fanfare for Orchestra in Oakland, California
Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare for Orchestra was the 2017 recipient of the Community Women's Orchestra Award. The CWO in Oakland, California will present the West Coast Premiere of Fanfare for Orchestra, Dana Sadava, conductor
Find out more »The Music of Alexandra du Bois at The Hermitage
The Hermitage presents: The Music of Composer Alexandra du Bois. Du Bois is in residence at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in southwest Florida and will present a performance of one of her chamber works and Alexandra du Bois will give a lecture on her music and influences—including the impact of growing up in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, folkloric influence in her own and others' work including regions such as Dalmatia…
Find out more »The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York Present Alexandra du Bois’ L’apothéose d’un rêve
Alexandra du Bois' piano trio, L'apothéose d'un rêve, will be presented at Rose Studio by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City. Two evening performances and a live stream will take place on 21 March, 2018. L'apothéose d'un rêve, for piano, violin and cello was commissioned and premiered by pianist Menahem Pressler with the Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano, Daniel Hope, violin and Antonio Meneses, cello) at…
Find out more »Pianist Kathleen Supové Performs Fjord
Pianist Kathleen Supové brings the work for solo piano she commissioned and subsequently premiered at Bargemusic NYC in August 2017 to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fjord for solo piano (2017) was inspired by the fjord-scape (in its obvious inherent beauty but more so in its mist-filled, murky, submerged, and ominous, sub-rosa characteristics) as well as by the composer's recently discovered distant Norwegian lineage.
Find out more »Pianist Kathleen Supové Performs Fjord
Pianist Kathleen Supové brings the work for solo piano she commissioned and subsequently premiered at Bargemusic in New York City in August 2017 to Media, Pennsylvania. Fjord for solo piano (2017) was inspired by the fjord-scape (in its obvious inherent beauty but more so in its mist-filled, murky, submerged, and ominous, sub-rosa characteristics) as well as by the composer’s recently discovered distant Norwegian lineage.
Find out more »Paracademia to Present “Fjord” for solo piano at Gallery MC in Manhattan
"Fusing Music, Fashion and Technology, this long-overdue concept is debuting with Piano Divas, April 21st at Gallery MC. Paracademia will present three pianists extraordinaire, playing contemporary music outfitted with technology-enhanced stage apparel (AKA Tek-Cessories) by Milica Paranosic." Pianist Kathleen Supové will perform Alexandra du Bois' Fjord, a work Supové commissioned and premiered in 2017. PROGRAM 7 pm reception and fashion show with models/performance artists: Singers Hai-Ting Chinn, Jordan Rutter and Christin Byrdsong, Flutist Margaret Lancaster, actor Valerie…
Find out more »World Première of Quintet: ‘Quiescence’ for bass clarinet, piano and strings Commissioned by the Institut Curie in Paris
Institut Curie, Paris, in coordination with the MUSE-IC Project and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) will present the world premiere of the new work by Alexandra du Bois at Salle Cortot in Paris. The quintet for bass clarinet, piano and strings was commissioned by the Curie Institute in Paris and is inspired by current scientific research in the field of molecular biology. More information about the piece and project is available here:…
Find out more »Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra to Perform Alexandra du Bois’ Fanfare for orchestra
The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra in Virginia will perform Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare for orchestra. Conductor Christopher Swanson will lead the LSO in a performance of the 2009 work at the new Academy of the Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia. More information to be announced summer 2018.
Find out more »Serenata of Santa Fe to Perform String Quartet No. 3: Night Songs (Nachtliederen)
String Quartet No. 3: Night Songs (Nachtliederen) was commissioned and premiered by Kronos Quartet and has since been performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. It was inspired by the life and writing of young Dutch Jewish writer and Holocaust victim Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), a writer many consider the 20-something Anne Frank. However Hillesum has not yet received the widespread attention of Frank. In creative preparation for writing the quartet, Alexandra…
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