The Detroit Symphony is sponsoring a competition for female composers….check it out ladies! http://www.dso.org/page.aspx?page_id=552 The Elaine Lebenbom Annual Memorial Award for Female Composers WINNER NOTIFICATION DATE AND PREMIERE SEASON FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ELAINE LEBENBOM COMPETITION HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR UPDATES GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers is granted [...]
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Quatre Sonnets a Cassandre, Martin F.
I just stumbled onto another gem – another work recommended by Robért Langevin, Principal Flutist with the New York Philharmonic. Amours de Ronsard, for Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Viola and Cello is the most beautiful work of the Swiss composer Frank Martin’s I have yet to experience….think Debussy and Ravel with a Renaissance twist. Looking very [...]
Paying Tribute…Jack Wellbaum
The world of Piccolo playing just lost a huge advocate, mentor, teacher, and virtuoso performer…Jack Wellbaum. It is very rare to find someone who is so universally loved and respected by students and colleagues alike…he was a class act in every way and will be greatly missed. What he did for the level of piccolo [...]
Four Songs by Andre Previn , based on Poems by Toni Morrison
We recently discovered this fabulous work and highly recommend it. It is a beautiful, poignant, and whimsical setting of these stunning poems. The piano writing is uniquely Previn and very interesting, the cello part is like another voice part, and the soprano part is soulful, contemplative, melancholy, and funky ! This is a work of [...]
Collaborating with Composers ( the living ones!)
It is one of our great joys to work with a composer in bringing a new work to life. We got to do that this week with Cleveland Composer Stephen Stanziano who just wrote a terrific new quartet entitled “Superiority Complex ” for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano. The character he is going for in [...]
Louise Farrenc-Piano Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, e minor
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a female composer and Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatoire, the only woman to hold this prestigious position in the 19th Century. A contemporary of Mendelssohn, this substantial work is a rare gem in the literature of flute music. Not only does it fill a void in the Romantic Flute [...]
Bascom Little Fund Sponsors Case Residency
Through the generousity of the Bascom Little Fund, Panorámicos will begin a Residency with Case Western Reserve University. The series of three concerts will feature 3 Cleveland Composers, who will be present to discuss the creative process and their works. Oct. 2- Stephen Stanziano, 3pm Harkness Chapel CWRU Feb. 5- Jeffrey Mumford, 3pm Harkness Chapel, [...]
Panorámicos to be featured on Classical Music Discoveries
October 9, Classical Music Discoveries will do a feature on Panorámicos on their podcast/ internet radio station….check it out!
