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Cabrillo Festival Orchestra Premieres du Bois’ Latest Symphonic Work in Santa Cruz, California
WORLD PREMIERE of du Bois' new symphonic work commissioned and performed by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop. Constructed from the beginning to encompass varying degrees of multimedia, spoken word and personal stories via NPR's Kitchen Sisters, du Bois' latest symphonic work will be premiered during an evening-length multimedia show during the 50th anniversary of the Cabrillo Festival in 2012. Alexandra du Bois’ Beneath Boundaries finds its inspiration in…
Find out more »Savannah Music Festival Presents World Premiere of Alexandra du Bois’ Piano Quintet
WORLD PREMIERE of du Bois' most recent chamber work, a piano quintet entitled Indlovu "Elephant". Commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival, du Bois' "Elephant" utilizes the same instrumentation Franz Schubert first popularized during the 19th century (the "Trout" instrumentation of piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass). World Premiere: 30 March 2012, Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia - performed by Daniel Hope and Friends: Benny Kim, violin, CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola, Camden…
Find out more »Los Angeles’ Southwest Chamber Music Performs du Bois’ “Chanson d’orage” for the Fourth Time
In-between two of W.A. Mozart's string quintets, violinists Shalini Vijayan & Lorenz Gamma will perform Chanson d'orage for the fourth time. Commissioned by the 2009 Savannah Music Festival and premiered by violinists Daniel Hope and Lorenza Borrani, Alexandra du Bois' Chanson d'orage was toured by Southwest Chamber Music throughout Vietnam and Los Angeles during the 2010 Ascending Dragon Music Festival. Southwest Chamber music will present the work to Southern California…
Find out more »New York Classical Players Present World Premiere of “Noctilucent Song”
WORLD PREMIERE of du Bois' Noctilucent Song for string orchestra commissioned by the New York Classical Players. Premiere scheduled for 6 June 2014
Find out more »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…
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