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Rochester Symphony welcomes Erik Rohde to the stage as one of four conductor candidates pursuing the position of their new artistic director. “This program is a collection of pieces I know and love, bringing together three American works including one by a Minnesotan composer, paired with Beethoven. All pieces are related through expressions of rhythm and will highlight the virtuosity and creative sound palette of the Rochester Symphony.”
Featuring “Invention” from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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The SDSU Wind Symphony will be performing Medusa at the College Band Directors National Association conference alongside works by Likhuta, Holmquist, and Ticheli. Conducted by Shannon Kitelinger.
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Flying to the Stars is a choral concert dedicated to the beginnings of flight from the time of Leonardo da Vinci to the exploration of space. The concert will feature a multi-media presentation including Jocelyn Hagen’s The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine. The choir will also premiere Knot by Mason faculty member Dr. Jesse Guessford. Join us for a curtain talk at 7:30 pm on the history of DaVinci’s forward-thinking engineering from Mason mechanical engineering students who have collaborated with the School of Music to create a surprise element as a part of the performance.
The SDSU Bands will present the San Diego premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s Medusa for solo soprano and wind ensemble. Susanna Phillips, soprano with the New York Met, will join SDSU students for the performance. The orchestra and band will play other works by Hagen and other composers.
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2024 National Lutheran Choir Spring Concert: New Day
Featuring Angelica Cantanti and Sarah Brailey
The final concert of the first season with Artistic Director Jennaya Robison will feature the Midwest Premiere of Minnesota composer Jocelyn Hagen’s acclaimed work Here I Am, performed with chamber orchestra, members of the nationally recognized Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs – Treble Singers under the direction of Philip Brown, and Grammy Award-winning soprano soloist, Sarah Brailey. Hagen’s work seeks the feminine, bringing to light the love and power God has bestowed on women throughout history and in our lives today. This piece will be paired with movements from Dixit Dominus by Mariana von Martines, an undersung, yet brilliant, Classical-era composer.
Not able to join us in person? This concert will be livestreamed for those who are unable to physically attend.