Welcome spring with several events this month that center around Earth Day, a celebration first held on April 22, 1970, in support for environmental protection.
By Kristen Hudgins Five University of Oregon School of Music and Dance (SOMD) faculty members have received grants for their work focused on equity and inclusion. Pius Cheung Associate Professor of Percussion, Pius Cheung, will use his CEI Guest Artist and Scholar Grant funds to invite four artists to the Northwest Percussion Festival in April.
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New Bedford Symphony Orchestra to perform at National Orchestra Conference
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NEW BEDFORD The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra has been selected to perform a virtual concert at the League of American Orchestra’s national conference, which is also being held virtually, in June. NBSO President and CEO Dave Prentiss congratulated Music Director Yaniv Dinur and the NBSO musicians for being chosen to perform at the League conference. “We are very proud of this accomplishment. A national audience will now be able to enjoy the outstanding artistry of our orchestra.”
The program features music by four women of color who are among the leading composers of our time: Jesse Montgomery, Rena Esmail, Keiko Abe, and Gabriella Lena Frank. Their pieces grapple with questions of self-identity and draw inspiration from the folk music of their traditions - African, Indian, Japanese, and Latin American. The guest soloist is award-wining marimbist Eriko Daimo. Concert details may be foun