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First Fridays is June 5 — galleries open 6–9 PM all across Greenville 🎨 Free, fun, and a great way to explore local art. greenvillearts.com/first-fri… #gvlarts #macartscouncil
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In Leadership Turmoil, Oregon Bach Festival Showcases Its Vitality classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

In Leadership Turmoil, Oregon Bach Festival Showcases Its Vitality | Classical Voice North America

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. – Though dogged by a seven-year interlude without an artistic director, the 54-year-old festival reveled once again in joyful performances of the music of Bach and a generous...

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‘Beethoven Effect,’ Still Felt Across Generations, Sparks A Chamber Fest classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

‘Beethoven Effect,’ Still Felt Across Generations, Sparks A Chamber Fest | Classical Voice North...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The great composer's enduring influence is being explored in works by a wide range of his musical descendants, with concerts across the city through July 28, all part of the Chamber...

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As Vocalists Sink Teeth, Words And Genres Get Pushed, Pulled, Chewed classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

As Vocalists Sink Teeth, Words And Genres Get Pushed, Pulled, Chewed | Classical Voice North America

KATONAH, N.Y. – At the Caramoor Festival, the ensemble Roomful of Teeth offered a genre-ignoring, playfully provocative program with titles like Psychedelics, On Stochastic Wave Behavior, and...

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Bach Festival, Newly Adventurous, Turns Its Spotlight On Monteverdi classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Bach Festival, Newly Adventurous, Turns Its Spotlight On Monteverdi | Classical Voice North America

CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte Bach Festival not only went conductor-less for its nine-day run, but also capped this year's spurt of offbeat programming by turning away from the traditional grand Bach...

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Plucky Chamber Festival Stays The Course Even If The Chamber Is Hot classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Plucky Chamber Festival Stays The Course Even If The Chamber Is Hot | Classical Voice North America

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The Halcyon Music Festival, founded here by Heng-Jin Park in 2014, narrowly weathered the pandemic, but the intimate event has found a base of chamber-music buffs who have braved...

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96-Hour Opera Project Serves Up Premiere Plus A Creative Competition classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

96-Hour Opera Project Serves Up Premiere Plus A Creative Competition | Classical Voice North America

ATLANTA – In Atlanta Opera's annual festival, composers and librettists vie with 10-minute scenes staged before judges and a live audience. The winning team gets a premiere; this year's event began...

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Tanglewood@TanglewoodMA26 Jul 2024
Take a look back in our archives to 1946 as we celebrate the 150th birthday of Serge Koussevitzky! 🥳🎉🎂 📸: Ruth Orkin (#1) & Heinz Weissenstein (#2) / Courtesy of BSO Archives
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Tanglewood@TanglewoodMA24 Jul 2024
Ding Ding Ding! We love this bell because that means a performance at Tanglewood starts soon 🛎️
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Tanglewood@TanglewoodMA22 Jul 2024
We love seeing the lawn come alive with people, parties, and picnics before a concert 🎶🧺🌳
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Tanglewood@TanglewoodMA20 Jul 2024
Tanglewood Then → Now 📸 1: Audience on the lawn outside the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, ca. August 1960., William Tague 📸 2: Audience on the lawn outside the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, ca. 2024
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Tanglewood@TanglewoodMA20 Jul 2024
Check out this message from BSO Principal Bassist Ed Barker before he performs Serge Koussevitzky's Double Bass Concerto with Serge’s own instrument on 7/26.
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A Veiled Treasure: Redesigned Church As Intimate Concert Hall classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

A Veiled Treasure: Redesigned Church As Intimate Concert Hall | Classical Voice North America

MONTREAL – Few outsiders may be aware of a beautiful little 465-seat concert venue known as Bourgie Hall, in the heart of downtown. A gem architecturally, visually, and acoustically, it was designed...

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Making Surprise Debut As Murderous Medea, Naturally She Killed It classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Making Surprise Debut As Murderous Medea, Naturally She Killed It | Classical Voice North America

TORONTO – There were gasps when Canadian Opera Company's audience heard that favorite Sondra Radvanovsky would be replaced by an unfamiliar Italian, Chiara Isotton, as Cherubini's vengeful icon. The...

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Scaling Strauss Twice, And Matching Peaks In The ‘Alpine Symphony’ classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Scaling Strauss Twice, And Matching Peaks In The ‘Alpine Symphony’ | Classical Voice North America

FRANKFURT – Just a few days apart, both the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra played Strauss' monumental work at the Alte Oper. Both delivered one...

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Beach’s Grand Mass Dusted Off, Cut Down, Its Fresh Vision Intact classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Beach’s Grand Mass Dusted Off, Cut Down, Its Fresh Vision Intact | Classical Voice North America

VANCOUVER – In what was likely the work's first performance in Canada, the Vancouver Cantata Singers and Allegra Chamber Orchestra presented an effective and convincing adaptation of Amy Beach's...

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On Small Stage, British ‘Ring’ Cycle Scores Big On Imagination, Quality classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

On Small Stage, British ‘Ring’ Cycle Scores Big On Imagination, Quality | Classical Voice North...

MORETON-IN-MARSH, U.K. – The Longborough Festival, an upstart opera company located west of London, has pulled off a seriously professional effort in a 500-seat house. Anthony Negus led a fine,...

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Puccini Opera Marathon, Romanian Style, Honors Centennial Of His Death classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

Puccini Opera Marathon, Romanian Style, Honors Centennial Of His Death | Classical Voice North...

BUCHAREST – While opera companies worldwide have acknowledged this year's centennial of the composer's death, the Bucharest Opera Festival presented eight staged productions and other events with...

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‘Thrill Of A Lifetime’: Critic As Chorister Sings Bach At Leipzig Festival classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

‘Thrill Of A Lifetime’: Critic As Chorister Sings Bach At Leipzig Festival | Classical Voice North...

LEIPZIG – The author, a regular contributor to Classical Voice North America, grew up singing in church choirs. He is a member of the Bach Cantata Choir of Portland, Ore., one of five U.S. choral...

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In Grotesque ‘Salome,’ Lise Davidsen Leaves Marker For The Ages classicalvoiceamerica.org/20… via @Classical_Voice North America

In Grotesque ‘Salome,’ Lise Davidsen Leaves Marker For The Ages | Classical Voice North America

PARIS – Even within director Lydia Steier's lurid concept of sensation for sensation's sake, Davidsen's stratospheric performance affirmed her place as the peerless soprano of her time in a diva...

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