Precipice sets an intimate story of a young woman’s struggle in the epic landscape of America’s mountain west. The opera, based on a concept by Susan Zeeman Rogers, with music by Rima Fand and libretto by Karen Fisher, will receive its world premiere at Prototype Festival. (Jan. 8-11) https://prototypefestival.org/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 1 event,Prototype Festival will present the world premiere of Hildegard, an opera with music and libretto by Sarah Kirkland Snider. The story deals with a moment in the life of the 12th-century nun, visionary, and composer. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs and Gabriel Crouch conducts. (Jan. 9-11) https://prototypefestival.org/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Julius Eastman was a shooting star of a composer. Born in 1940, Black and gay, he wrote his tender and shattering Second Symphony as a farewell to a former lover. The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Dalia Stasevska, will perform Eastman’s work, along with John Williams’s jaunty Tuba Concerto, featuring Carol Jantsch. The Jan. 16-17 program […] | 0 events, | 1 event,The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, featuring pianist Seong-Jin Cho, will give the world premiere of a new work by Carlos Simon. The Jan. 18 program also includes Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon plus Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor. https://www.bso.org/events/jan-18-bso-chamber-players?performance=2026-01-18-15:00 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Du Yun's Ears of the Book is a virtuosic concerto for award-winning pipa master Wu Man. She will play the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under Elim Chan, on Jan. 22-24. Musorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition is also on the program. https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/pictures-from-an-exhibition Two New York premieres will be performed on the Jan. 22 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program. These are works by Sean Shepherd and Ye Ziaogang. The program, part of the Sonic Spectrum series, also includes pieces by Charlotte Bray and Jörg Widmann. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/sonic-spectrum-ii/ | 2 events,Vocalist Julia Bullock, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and pianist Conor Hanick will play the world premiere of a new work by Tania León at 92NY on Jan. 23. The program also includes works by George Walker, John Tavener, Ravel, André Previn, and Nina Simone. https://www.92ny.org/event/julia-bullock-seth-parker-woods-and-conor-hanick Tap dance will be used as a percussive instrument on the Jan. 23 Carnegie Hall appearance by Sō Percussion, featuring dancer Michael J. Love. Works include a world premiere by Bryce Dressner and New York premieres by Love, Caroline Shaw, and Kendall K. Williams. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/23/So-Percussion-0900PM | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events,Soprano Angel Blue makes her debut with the Annapolis Symphony in a Jan. 30-Feb. 1 program of songs and arias. Bookending Blue’s appearance will be two orchestral works: Strauss’ Don Juan and Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid. https://annapolissymphony.org/events/legends/ The American Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday with an evening of rarities called “Forging an American Musical Identity” on Jan. 30 at Carnegie Hall. Conductor Leon Botstein and the Bard Festival Chorale join forces to perform George Bristow’s Niagara Symphony plus works by Dudley Buck and Harry Burleigh. https://americansymphony.org/2025-2026/forging-an-american-musical-identity/ Experimental early-music ensemble Ruckus pairs with singer Davóne Tines at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 30. The program includes New York premieres of arrangements of a wide range of songs, plus new commissioned works by Tines and Ruckus leader Doug Balliett. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/30/Ruckus-and-Davone-Tines-0730PM | 1 event,Lyric Opera of Orange County travels to New York’s Carnegie Hall to present the world premiere of The Yellow Wallpaper, a chamber opera by composer Brooke deRosa and librettist Diana Farrell. The opera, based on the haunting 1876 novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is scored for three voices and six instruments. (Jan. 31) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-yellow-wallpaper/ | 0 events, |

























