On the 10th anniversary of the death of Louis I. Botto, Chanticleer's founder, the male vocal ensemble commissioned five composers to write a composite mass in honor of his life. The movements of the ordinary of the mass are interspersed with works by Gesualdo and Andrea Gabrieli, and the whole is bookended by the plainsong Da Pacem, Domine. The ...
Shulamit Ran is one of the most highly honored and most frequently performed female composers of her generation. Of course, awards and academia mean very little to the average listener. Fortunately, Ran distinguished herself in another way: in the extreme accessibility of her music. Her tonal and harmonic language is entirely unique, combining the ...
Bowling Green State University in northern Ohio has an excellent Philharmonia that is one of the oldest collegiate orchestras in the United States, founded in 1918. The Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music is also based out of Bowling Green, and the university annually hosts visiting composers. Albany's The Voice of the Composer: New Music ...
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