BIPOC composers – Upcoming Concerts

Program includes works by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Florence Price, Ray Charles, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Astor Piazzolla, Traditional, and Edward W. Hardy.

In a season entitled “American Legacies,” the Company explores Martha Graham’s relation to Americana and Modernism. Graham works to be perf…

Daniel Catán — Florencia en el Amazonas

Antonín Dvořák — Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B. 183
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" ("Bridgetower")
Dolores White — Blues Dialogues
William Grant Still — Here's One
Billy Childs — Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven — Christus am Ölberge ("Christ on the Mount of Olives"), Op. 85
Cyrus Chestnut — Power in the Blood (world premiere)

Gabriela Lena Frank — Four Folk Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
Frederick Delius — Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, RT VIII/9
Bedřich Smetana — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

Alexandra Gardner — Lantana
Sarah Gibson — Oboe Sonata (world premiere)
Reena Esmail — RE|Member (for oboe duo)

Program includes works by Valerie Coleman, Frédéric Chopin, Grażyna Bacewicz, Alexandre Tansman, and Robert Muczynski.

Julia Perry — A Short Piece for Orchestra (Study)
Max Bruch — Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Béla Bartók — Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123

The Öngtupqa Trio, featuring Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi singer, recording artist, and past vice chairman of the Hopi Tribe), shares music from…

Shawn Okpebholo — Rise (West Coast premiere)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Violin Sonata XVI in G minor "Passacaglia"
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Juri Seo — Toy Store for Violin and Fixed Media Electronics

Alexandra Gardner — Lantana
Sarah Gibson — Oboe Sonata (world premiere)
Reena Esmail — RE|Member (for oboe duo)

Andrés Soto — Fantasía en la Plaza (world premiere)
Nicolas Lell Benavides — Querencia (world premiere)
William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony ("II. Hope in the Night")

Shawn Okpebholo — Rise (West Coast premiere)

Program includes works by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Florence Price, Ray Charles, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Astor Piazzolla, Traditional, and Edward W. Hardy.

In a season entitled “American Legacies,” the Company explores Martha Graham’s relation to Americana and Modernism. Graham works to be perf…

Terence Blanchard — Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Reena Esmail — Selected works (new commission)

Gabriela Lena Frank — Four Folk Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
Frederick Delius — Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, RT VIII/9
Bedřich Smetana — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15