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Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings to Premiere du Bois’ Nonet “Hope Dies Last”
WORLD PREMIERE of du Bois' new nonet will be premiered by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings on 18 October 2015. The new work was written for and in collaboration with University of Michigan trombonist David Jackson and in collaboration with prize-winning photojournalist and artist Michelle Andonian (who created the visual parallel to du Bois' music for the multimedia, multi-discipline piece of music and art). Guest soloist, violinist Ida Kavafian will join soloist David Jackson and the Detroit Chamber…
Find out more »Manhattan’s Mimesis Ensemble Bring du Bois’ Third String Quartet Back to Carnegie Hall
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 »Apollo Chamber Players to Premiere Alexandra du Bois’ Fourth String Quartet
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 Brings du Bois’ “Fanfare” Back to the Pacific Northwest
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 »Marin Alsop Leads Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Performance of du Bois’ “Beneath Boundaries”
"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…
Find out more »Selected Past Performances of the Music of Alexandra du Bois
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PERFORMANCES OF THE MUSIC OF ALEXANDRA DU BOIS BETWEEN 1999-2010
Find out more »PALS Children’s Chorus Premieres Alexandra du Bois Latest Choral Work, “The Quechol’s Cry” in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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 »Manhattan’s Duplexity Project to Perform du Bois’ “Interstices of Aurorae”
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 »New Mexico Premiere of String Quartet: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
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 »Boston Conservatory Orchestra to present East Coast Premiere of Fanfare for orchestra
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
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