“My goal in writing is to always tell a story of purpose,” says @jazzybsinger, a member of the musical collective the Blacknificent 7. Hear more about her piece The United States Welcomes You, receiving its world premiere at the Dec. 3 MusicNOW concert. https://t.co/UrmVRZIUNe
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and @MaestroMuti gave the world premiere performance of @philipglass’ The Triumph of the Octagon on Thursday night, a piece for strings and winds inspired by a 13th-century citadel in Italy’s Apulia region.
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Happy birthday to composer Dmitri Shostakovich, whose symphonies “are some of a piccolo player’s very favorite symphonies to play,” says CSO flute and piccolo Jennifer Gunn. To mark the occasion, watch as she prepares a solo from his Sixth Symphony. https://t.co/YM6ASFZnQm
It's hot. It'll be hot for a while. Don't be a saguaro and try to stand tall in the sun. Be more like our Westernalia art and find some shade #azwx#Tucson
The James Webb Space Telescope (@NASAWebb) has uncovered an unexpected bounty of full-fledged galaxies at a time when the universe was just getting started. https://t.co/yqTOZ6ggM1
On Thursday night, Orchestra Hall was filled with adrenaline as the CSO and Chorus, led by @OsmoVanska, united with vocalists @joelle_harvey, Reginald Mobley, Hugh Russell and ensemble @uniting_voices for a finale performance of Orff’s roaring Carmina burana.
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The concert started with CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence @jmontgomerymusc's inventive Banner, a contemporary exploration into the multi-faceted mixing pot of American culture, followed by Rautavaara’s birdsong-inspired Cantus Arcticus.
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