Manhattan's Mimesis Ensemble present a performance of Alexandra du Bois' Night Songs (Nachtliederen): String Quartet No. 3 at Carnegie Hall: Kronos Quartet commissioned and performed the quartet throughout the U.S. and Europe (including its New York Premiere at Carnegie Hall in 2005; JACK Quartet also performed the quartet at Carnegie Hall in 2007). Mimesis brings the quartet back to the hall on 23 January 2013
Find out more »WORLD PREMIERE of du Bois' fourth string quartet will be presented by Apollo Chamber Players in Houston, Texas on 3 April 2016. The quartet, Alexandra du Bois' fourth string quartet, was commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players in 2015 and will, at its heart, explore folk songs from Croatia and the rest of the former Republic of Yugoslavia. More information to be announced later in 2015
Find out more »Spokane Symphony Music Director Eckart Preu will conduct the Spokane Symphony in a performance of Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare for symphony orchestra. Commissioned and premiered conductor Randall Craig Fleischer and the Anchorage Symphony in 2008, Fanfare finds its inspiration from the inauguration of the first African-American to hold the office of President of the United States. More information to be announced later in 2015
Find out more »"The radio series Hidden World of Girls by NPR’s Kitchen Sisters explores the diverse lives of girls and the women they become—stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities—women who crossed a line, blazed a trail, changed the tide. The musical adaptation by leading female composers brings those stories to the concert hall in a dramatic multimedia experience." -BSO Alexandra du Bois' Beneath Boundaries for…
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Find out more »WORLD PREMIERE of Alexandra du Bois' Prologue: The Quechol's Cry for large children's choir, string quartet and prepared piano The libretto was compiled and edited by PALS Children's Chorus conductor and Artistic Director Alysoun Kegel - along with composer Alexandra du Bois. The libretto is a combination of text, flashpoints and inherent inspiration from the Nahuatl people and Native American cultures.Prologue: The Quechol's Cry was commissioned by PALS Children's Chorus, Boston, Massachusetts. PALS…
Find out more »Interstices of Aurorae (2010) for clarinet and 'cello was commissioned by Azure Ensemble and was written while in-residence at the Harrison House Artist Residency in Joshua Tree, California (and dedicated to Eva Soltes). A special arrangement of the work for Duplexity founder and violinist Elissa Cassini for violin and 'cello will be premiered by Cassini and cellist Ashley Bathgate (of Bang on a Can) on 21 May 2015. More details to be…
Find out more »Serenata of Santa Fe presents the New Mexico Premiere of String Quartet: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Commissioned, premiered, recorded and released by Kronos Quartet in 2003, Alexandra du Bois' first string quartet traces personal and universal themes regarding the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in 2003
Find out more »Conductor Jonathan McPhee (Boston Ballet Orchestra) leads the Boston Conservatory Orchestra in the East Coast Premiere of Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare for symphony orchestra. Originally commissioned and premiered by the Anchorage Symphony with conductor Randall Craig Fleischer, du Bois wrote Fanfare in honor of the inauguration of the first African American to hold office of President of the United States in 2009
Find out more »ALIAS Chamber Ensemble will perform chamber music of Alexandra du Bois at OZ Arts Nashville. Information to be announced here September 2016
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