New World Symphony’s 2024-25 season marks the fourth year of its “I Dream a World” festival, centering on the transition between the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement. On Feb. 8-9, conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia-based Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in her NWS debut, leads a special cabaret […]
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, As part of their annual Carnegie Hall season, The Knights will collaborate with singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan. The Feb. 20 program includes an arrangement of O’Donovan’s America, Come as well as Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, to be followed by Colin Jacobsen playing Scottish fiddle tunes with the orchestra. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2025/02/20/the-knights-0730pm | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, In “Music in (Techni)Color” on March 1-2, New World Symphony and conductor Stéphane Denève will present the East Coast premiere of composer Anna Clyne’s PALETTE, the latest in her and sound designer Jody Elff’s revolutionary interactive sonic experiences for Augmented Orchestra (AO). Also on the program is Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. […] The 2025 Festival Mahogany at Rutgers University – Camden on March 1 is titled “International Symposium on Classical Musicians of African Descent.” It will feature a panel discussion with conductor Marlon Daniel, cellist Ifetayo Ali, soprano Karen Slack, and composers Tania León and Fred Onoverosuke on the lingering concept of a “glass ceiling” in classical […] | 0 events, |

























