New Music News - Festivals
This brand new feature is designed to keep readers in sync with the excitement, the vitality, the search for innovation constantly going on in the field of new music, the music of living composers. Do you have any news for us? If so, please do submit it to nmcpublisher@yahoo.com
Be sure you keep up with our New Music Yellow Pages©. Among the most popular features are the listings of schools and venues where musical events are constantly taking place. Here are a few forthcoming festivals and multiple concerts you may be interested in coming up in June:
Under Music Schools – New York City
- Mannes School … Will be featuring concerts of music by Elliott Carter and Georges Aperghis
Under Music Schools – Middle Atlantic
- Bard College … Presents the Now and Present Flute Festival
Under Venues – Manhattan, NY
- Roulette … Type “Mixology” in the search box for info on its forthcoming festival.
NEWS NOTES:
From the Center for Contemporary Music, New York, NY …
Richard Marshall, Founding and General Director of The Center for Contemporary Opera (CCO) in New York City has resigned his post and announced that James E. Schaeffer, Executive Director of Long Leaf Opera (LLO) located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been named CCO’s new Chief Executive Officer. Schaeffer will retain his position with Long Leaf Opera and serve in both capacities. (Visit www.conopera.org/contacts)
From the Philadelphia Music Project …
Some major financial support brings 141 events to the Philadelphia region. Nineteen local music organizations receive almost a million dollars in funding. (esweeney@pcah.us)
From Schuman Associates, NY, NY …
Paul Jacobs, chairman of the organ department, Juilliard School, dedicates new Schoenstein organ at Christ & St. Stephens Episcopal Church (shumanpr@shumanassociates.net)
From Bard College, Annendale-on-Hudson, NY …
Patricia Spencer offers her Now and Present Flute Festival, five days of intensive study ending with concerts at the picturesque St. Joseph’s Villa in Saugerties, NY. June 16-20 (www.patriciaspencerflute.com)
From Vocal Essence, Minneapolis, MN …
Sept. 16, 2008 is the date for Vocal Essence’s 40th birthday party, to be hosted by none other than the irreverent Garrison Keillor. This will be a musical trip through the “last 40 years.” The organization, founded and served by Maestro Philip began under the name Plymouth Music Series and became Vocal Essence in 2002. (www.vocalessence.org)
From Max Lifchitz, NACUSA Board member (East Coast) and founder/director of the North/South Consonance…
Concerts in May and June are scheduled to take place at the listener-friendly confines of Christ and St. Stephens Episcopal Church in New York sponsored by both NACUSA (www.music-usa.org/nacusa/) and North/South (www.northsouthmusic.org)