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Xin Nian Kuai Le 新年快乐 (Happy Chinese New Year)!!!
Check out these Erhu duets played by Allan Lee and Qixuan Liu, members of the Penn “Flow” Chinese-Western Music Ensemble. In this video, sophomore Allan Lee, an economics major in the College of Arts & Science from Vancouver, Canada, virtually collaborates with Qixuan Liu, a second-year intercultural communication major in the Graduate School of Education from Tianjin, China. Both Allan and Qixuan have been playing the erhu (二胡), a two-stringed Chinese fiddle, for years and have been performing in various settings ranging from public concerts to private lectures.
ACF Call for Scores: Readings with Tom Kraines
The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter is pleased to announce an opportunity for Philadelphia area composers to work with the extraordinary cellist Tom Kraines, of the Daedalus Quartet. Up to eight selected composers will receive 90mins of one-on-one workshopping time with Tom Kraines and a recording of a reading of their work. FEE: $0 APPLICATIONS DUE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 at 11:59pm EST
OMNIA Features Glenda Goodman and Her Book, "Cultivated by Hand"
In a new book, Glenda Goodman, Assistant Professor of Music, probes how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period. She discusses this with Katelyn Silva of OMNIA in the piece titled, "Amateur Music-Making in the Early Republic."
The Penn Libraries, in partnership with Alumni Relations, presents Marian Anderson: Archives of an Extraordinary Life
The Penn Libraries is proud to be home to the collections of Philadelphia-born Marian Anderson, a world-renowned recitalist who was also a high-profile figure in the fight for Civil Rights. Best known as an interpreter of art songs and spirituals, Anderson performed in diverse venues throughout her career, from schools and community centers to formal concert stages.
American Composers Forum Presents Penn Graduate Student, Flannery Cunningham in Conversation with Annie Gosfield
American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter is pleased to present an online artist talk between composers Annie Gosfield and Flannery Cunningham. The two artists will discuss their creative process, reflect on their artistic influences, and share recent work. Annie Gosfield & Flannery Cunningham Artist to Artist Talk Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:30 PM 8:00 PM (EST)
L’Auditori de Barcelona presents the work of Natacha Diels
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, L’Auditori de Barcelona presents the work of Natacha Diels, Assistant Professor of Music and Bryan Jacobs, Lecturer for the Department of Music. Founded in March 1999, L’Auditori de Barcelona is Barcelona's most recently created music venue and the home of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony Band, and the Museu de la Música.
Erin Busch selected as one of Yamaha's inaugural "40 under 40" awardees
Erin Busch, Third Year Graduate Student in Composition and Founder of Young Women Composers Camp was selected as one of Yamaha's inaugural 40 under 40 awardees!
Juan Castrillón Receives Project Funding From The Sachs Program For Arts Innovation
Unfolding Indigenous Archives of the Colombian Amazon Juan Castrillón, School of Arts and Sciences, Music The completion of two films – Kiraiñia (Long Flutes) and Pami Kirami (Longhouse) – that call for changes in how ethnographic filmmaking has been performed and envisioned during the last five decades in the Northwest Amazon.
Penn Alumna, Jennifer Higdon in conversation with Andrea Clearfield
The Philadelphia Chapter of American Composers Forum (ACF) presents a conversation between two leading composers from Philadelphia: Jennifer Higdon (Pulitzer Prize, three-time Grammy-winner and Penn Alumna) and Andrea Clearfield (2020 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage International Artist Residency winner). The two artists will discuss their creative process, reflect on their artistic influences, and share recent work. Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6-7:30pm EST
Flannery Cunningham Named One of “21 for ’21: Composers and Performers Who Sound Like Tomorrow”
Washington Post Classical Music Critic, Michael Andor Brodeur included Fourth Year Graduate Student in Composition, Flannery Cunningham in his list of composers and performers who "represent an array of approaches, identities, experiences and, most of all, exciting ways of imagining what our future together sounds like."