This week: live streamed concerts (April 13, 2020 – April 19, 2020)

on April 13, 2020 at 6:00 am

Tommy in America | Less Than <10

Less Than <10 continues into its fourth week of live-streamed concerts with “Tommy in America”. This week will feature guest artist Thomas Echols as well as core collective members performing works by Echols, Kojiro Umezaki, and artistic director James Tabata.
Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 PM Central Time
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The World Wide Tuning Meditation

Ione in The Nubian Word for Flowers–Photo by Reuben Radding

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and Music on the Rebound present The World Wide Tuning Meditation. Ione and Claire Chase lead a global performance of the late Pauline Oliveros’s The Tuning Meditation, a sonic gathering with a legacy of bringing communities together through meditative singing. Anyone from anywhere in the world is invited to join in via Zoom to sing together from their personal phone or computer. No music experience is necessary.
Saturday, April 18 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
RSVP Required for Zoom link
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Alone Together | Jennifer Koh

Violinist Jennifer Koh’s Alone Together is an online commissioning project that brings composers together in support of the many freelancers among them. Twenty-one composers have each agreed to donate a new, 30-second micro-work for solo violin while also recommending a fellow composer to write their own 30-second solo violin work on paid commission from the artist-driven nonprofit ARCO Collaborative. Koh will premiere a selection of these donated and commissioned works each Saturday at 7:00 p.m Eastern Time .
Saturday, April 18 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time
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Bearthoven: TV Dinners

Bearthoven plays a new piece for Jaimie Branch, streaming on the Bearthoven and Johnstone Fund Facebook Pages.
Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time
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Ethan Iverson & Miranda Cuckson | Connecting ACO Community

Miranda Cuckson by John Rogers

In response to the impacts of COVID-19 on composers and performers, American Composers Orchestra announces Connecting ACO Community, a new initiative to commission short works for solo instrument or voice. Each composer will receive $500 to write the work, and each performer will receive $500 to perform the work, with the rights to stream for six months. With this project, ACO aims to support artists who need financial assistance; to create new work that will live beyond this crisis; and provide virtual, interactive performances to ACO’s supporters and the general public. This first event will include the world premiere of Ethan Iverson’s new work for violinist Miranda Cuckson and an exclusive Q&A with Ethan and Miranda, hosted by Ed Yim and Derek Bermel.
Sunday, April 19 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Tickets $5
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AOPTV

Three world premiere English-language opera productions are available for live stream on the American Opera Project website.
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golden sun

Saxophonist Bryan McNamara broadcasts a live performance of Eva-Maria Houben’s golden sun every day from Sunday through Friday during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Live@NationalSawdust

Live@NationalSawdust is a digital home for the voices and work of the artists they have hosted over the past 5 seasons in their Brooklyn venue. Live@NationalSawdust will feature weekly releases from their archive of live performances and is free for audiences across the globe.
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Opera of the Week | Beth Morrison Projects

BMP is keeping the work of our artists out in the world as theaters are shuttered by offering an “Opera of the Week,” which will stream on their homepage.
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Watch Parties | On Site Opera

From mid-March to mid-April, On Site Opera will host live-streamed “watch parties” on their Facebook page. Each Monday at noon, they will show the video of one of their past site-specific opera productions, followed by a live Q&A with On Site Opera’s General & Artistic Director, Eric Einhorn. These archival videos will remain on their company’s YouTube page for public viewing through the end of April.
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