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Featured Performances in New York
Solo ensemble performances, world premieres, major choral-orchestral repertoire, recital series and more! We have a place for you on New York's best concert stages throughout 2011, 2012 and beyond. Contact us today for available dates, repertoire and guest conductors. Spaces are filling fast!
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Ticket Giveaways on WNYC and WQXR
Want to win a pair of tickets to our opening concert at Carnegie Hall? DCINY is giving away 5 pairs of concert tickets to Karl Jenkins' Gloria (U.S. Premiere) and Stabat Mater, conducted by Maestro Jonathan Griffith on January 17th at 7pm at Carnegie Hall. Tune in to radio stations WNYC & WQXR during the week of January 10th and listen for DCINY's concert announcement and instructions on how to win!
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Karl Jenkins receives the CBE from Her Majesty the Queen of England
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Karl Jenkins Awarded CBE from Queen of England
Congratulations to DCINY Composer-in-Residence Karl Jenkins for being awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen of England for his continued outstanding compositions. The Investiture ceremony took place on November 16, 2010, at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, United Kingdom. Receiving this prestigious title proved to be particularly timely since this year marks the ten year anniversary of the premiere of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, unarguably one of Jenkins' most notable and recognized works.
For more information about the ceremony, award, and for pictures of Karl with the Queen, visit the official Karl Jenkins website or the Distinguished Concerts International Facebook page.
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Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Finalists Announced
The ten finalists of the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition have been named! The five Female Finalists are Lisa Algozzini, Maria Elena Armijo, Eileen Mackintosh, Holly Sorensen and Perri Sussman. The five Male Finalists are Cody Austin, John Kaneklides, Steven Nanni, Nicholas Tamagna and Kreshnik Zhabjaku. These ten finalists will be competing for the title (one winner in each the male and female categories) on the Weill Recital Hall stage in Carnegie Hall on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 8:30PM. Tickets for this exciting event are on sale now. Congratulations to all of the finalists on this, the inaugural year of this prestigious competition!
We are also proud to announce the full jury for the Finals:
- Joan Dornemann, Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera
- Paul Plishka, Internationally-renowned singer (bass)
- Barbara Conrad, Internationally-renowned singer (mezzo)
- Nico Castel, Artistic Director, New York Opera Studio (NYOS)
- Jonathan Griffith, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, DCINY
- Bob Chilcott, Internationally-acclaimed composer, conductor, and former King's singer
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Tickets Now on Sale for the Chicago Performance of Paradise Lost
Hey Chicagoans--or anyone close by! Check out Eric Whitacre's latest blog entry about our upcoming Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings performance on March 8, 2011, at the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University.
Buy tickets now
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R. Ellis
T. Aarrestad
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DCINY Picked up the Food and Drink Tab at Midwest Clinic for...
Reginald Ellis of the Clarksdale High School Band, Clarksdale, MS
and Ted Aarrestad of D.C. Everest High School, Wausau, WI!
Congratulations!
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F. DeMiero (left) and
J. Griffith
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Sno-King Community Chorale Prepares for Opening Concert
by Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Co-founder and Artistic Director
I had the honor of rehearsing with the Sno-King Community Chorale on Tuesday, January 4 in preparation for their appearance on the January 17, 2011 "Concert for Peace" performance. This is a fantastic chorus of committed adult singers who are dedicated to high quality music. Frank DeMiero, their director, has instilled an aura of serious music making along with fun, laughter and a sincere joy of making music together. I enjoyed myself immensely.
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T. Seelig
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Dr. Timothy Seelig Named Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
DCINY is happy to announce that our friend and colleague Dr. Tim Seelig has recently been named Artistic Director and Conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus! We are sure that Dr. Seelig will bring to the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus the same amazing musicianship and spirit that he did to Resounding Harmony, as well as to the Turtle Creek Chorale, where he served as conductor for nearly twenty years. View Dr. Seelig's video about his homecoming to San Francisco.
We are also very excited to have Tim back with us on the DCINY Concert Series on Monday, June 6, 2011 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center with Joseph Martin's "Wisdom of Old Turtle," as well as on February 20, 2012, at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Hall at Carnegie Hall with James Eakin's Flowers Over the Graves of War.
Participate in one of Dr. Tim Seelig's performances with DCINY in New York City
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R. Clausen
N. Cotton
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DCINY Artists in the News
Creator Leadership Network - René Clausen to Conduct "Memorial" On 9/11/11
Creator Leadership Network featured Guest Conductor René Clausen and DCINY's 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Concert.
Boonville Daily Times - School Choir Singers to Organize New York Fundraiser
Check out one of our talented participating groups, The Boonville High School Choirs, and what their community is doing to help them sing at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
Sowetan Live - Joburg Choir Set for US
University of Arkansas Music Department Alumni Newsletter - Father and Daughter Proud to be Razorback Alumni
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J. Griffith
K. Jenkins
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
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Monday, January 17, 2011,
7:00 PM,
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
Concert for Peace - Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr
Karl Jenkins: Stabat Mater and Gloria (US Premiere)
Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor
Karl Jenkins, Composer-in-Residence
Belinda Sykes, 'Ethnic' Vocals and Mey
Charlotte Daw Paulsen, Mezzo-soprano
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International
Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Read more about the performance
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canzone duo at Carnegie Hall, DCINY Production / Joanne Bouknight Photography
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Saturday, February 19, 2011,
8:30 pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition
Read more about the performance
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B. Chilcott
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
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Sunday, February 20, 2011,
8:30 pm
President's Day Weekend
Stern
Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
A Breath of Fresh Air
Bob Chilcott, Guest Conductor
Music For Treble Voices
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Flutopia Wind Ensemble (VA)
Jennifer Lapple, Director
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E. Whitacre
H. Plitmann
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011,
2:00 PM
Auditorium Theatre, Roosevelt University, Chicago
ACDA Conference Prelude Performance
Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings
Eric Whitacre, Guest Conductor
Hila Plitmann, Grammy Award-winning Soprano
Featuring Distinguished Concert Singers International
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A proud supporter of
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Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
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Monday, March 14, 2011,
8:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Southern Winds
Kingwood High School Bands, Kingwood, TX:
Kingwood High School Wind Ensemble, Destry Balch, Director
Kingwood High School Symphonic Band, Jason Reichenberger, Director
Langley High School Wind Symphony and Symphony Band, McLean, VA
Andrew Gekoskie, Director
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E. Whitacre
G. Gilpin
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Sunday, April 10, 2011,
2:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
The Music of Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre, Guest Conductor
Featuring Distinguished Concert Singers International
Music for Youth Choruses
Greg Gilpin, Guest Conductor
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Alice Tully Hall
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Sunday, April 17, 2011,
2:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Atlantic Crossing
Birmingham Symphonic Winds, Birmingham, England
Keith Allen, Director
Simone Rebello, Percussion
David Childs, Euphonium
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M. Price
T. Powell
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Sunday, June 19, 2011,
2:00 PM
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Body & Soul
Milburn Price, Conductor Laureate
Brahms: Requiem (Shaw edition, sung in English)
Tiffany Bostic-Brown, Soprano
Terrance Brown, Baritone
Timothy Powell, Guest Conductor
Powell: Incarnatio Mysteria (World Premiere)
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers International
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This Day in Music History: January 13, 1854
Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.
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