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SASS Conference 2024: Ture Rangström Liederabend
May
10

SASS Conference 2024: Ture Rangström Liederabend

2024 commemorates a significant anniversary year for the Swedish Romantic composer Ture Rangström (1887-1947) This evening of his “Romanser,” all composed in 1924, will be presented by Nordic art song specialists Colin Levin, Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, and Claire Galloway.

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Songs of Nordic Lands and Isles: Fein & Levin @ Scandinavia House
May
17

Songs of Nordic Lands and Isles: Fein & Levin @ Scandinavia House

Join Evan Fein in collaboration with baritone Colin Levin in an evening of Nordic art song at The Victor Borge Theatre in New York’s Scandinavia House. Program to include works by Faroese composers Sunleif Rasmussen and Eli Tausen à Lava as well as living composers with Nordic connections Griffin Candey, Evan Fein, and Ben Lunn. The program will be anchored by Türe Rangstrom’s monumental Kung Erikors Visor.

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Summartónar: Fein & Levin Faroe Islands Tour 2024 Concert #1
Jul
4

Summartónar: Fein & Levin Faroe Islands Tour 2024 Concert #1

Join Evan Fein in collaboration with baritone Colin Levin in an afternoon of Nordic art song at Nordic House in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Program to include works by Faroese composers Sunleif Rasmussen and Eli Tausen à Lava as well as living composers with Nordic connections Griffin Candey, Evan Fein, and Ben Lunn.

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Ensemble-in-Process: A 21st Century Salon
Nov
10

Ensemble-in-Process: A 21st Century Salon

  • 10 Bleecker Street New York, NY, 10012 United States (map)
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For Ensemble in Process’s next performance, we plan to update the 19th century salon concert for the 21st century. Composer Alex Baxter has instituted a series of “home concerts”, called ELECTROACOUSTICA. The focus is on performances of music combining acoustic instruments, electronic sounds and video in an intimate, close-up performance space.

We will present works by Robert Honstein, Meredith Monk, Randall Woolf, Evan Fein, Katherine Balch, Missy Mazzoli, Tessa Brinckman, Alex Baxter and Brian Mark. These pieces use a wide range of acoustic, electronic and video resources to illustrate and evoke poetry, society, space voyage and revolution.

At the end of the program, Alex Baxter will join our musicians in a group improvisation, using vast and colorful collection of vintage and custom synthesizers.

NOTE: This is a free program, as we have a 25 seat limit.
Location

10 Bleecker St, 10012

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Liederabend: Fein & Levin @ Scandinavia House
May
12

Liederabend: Fein & Levin @ Scandinavia House

Join Evan Fein in collaboration with baritone Colin Levin in an evening of Nordic art song at The Victor Borge Theatre in New York’s Scandinavia House. Program to include a world premiere by acclaimed Icelandic composer Halldór Smárason, Jórunn Viðar, Frederik Österling, Jean Sibelius, and others.

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United Nations Chamber Music Society: Virtual Concert for World Water Day
Mar
22

United Nations Chamber Music Society: Virtual Concert for World Water Day

The UN Chamber Music Society will present a concert for World Water Day. The issues of the eradication of poverty and hunger, the lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, drought and climate change – are all related to water.
On this occasion, the UN Chamber Music Society will premiere on the global UN channels - Archimedes’s Dreams, composed by American composer Evan Fein.

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United Nations: Water Action Decade
Mar
20

United Nations: Water Action Decade

Fein’s composition “Archimedes’s Dreams” will be premiered at a special side event co-hosted by the United Nations delegations from The Netherlands and Tajikistan, featuring members of the United Nations Chamber Music Society. Celebrating water as cultural heritage, this work explores our rich and complex relationship with this vital and imperiled resource. 2023 marks the Mid-Term Review of the UN’s Water Action Decade.

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Thirsty Ears Festival 2022
Aug
14

Thirsty Ears Festival 2022

  • 1758 West Wilson Avenue Chicago, IL, 60640 United States (map)
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Chicago's only classical music street festival returns for two days of stellar ensembles and soloists, craft beer, food trucks, community vendors and a rockin' Kidzone.

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Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Bendigo)
Jun
12

Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Bendigo)

Luke Severn, is joined by American composer and pianist Evan Fein for a recital including Brahms' evergreen E Minor Cello Sonata and the World Premiere of Evan's Second Cello Sonata. Luke and Evan have performed together throughout Australia and the USA and after a hiatus over the last 2 years, they're tremendously excited to perform together once again.

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Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Melbourne)
Jun
11

Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Melbourne)

Luke Severn, is joined by American composer and pianist Evan Fein for a recital including Brahms' evergreen E Minor Cello Sonata and the World Premiere of Evan's Second Cello Sonata. Luke and Evan have performed together throughout Australia and the USA and after a hiatus over the last 2 years, they're tremendously excited to perform together once again.

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Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Frankston)
Jun
10

Luke Severn & Evan Fein in Recital (Frankston)

Luke Severn, is joined by American composer and pianist Evan Fein for a recital including Brahms' evergreen E Minor Cello Sonata and the World Premiere of Evan's Second Cello Sonata. Luke and Evan have performed together throughout Australia and the USA and after a hiatus over the last 2 years, they're tremendously excited to perform together once again.

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Apr
30

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study: 2022 Conference Puerto Rico

Baritone Colin Levin and Evan Fein present a recital of Scandinavian art song, including works by Grieg, Sibelius, Lund, Jórunn Viðar, Jón Leifs, and others, to complement Dr. Levin’s keynote address on his research in this field.
“The meeting is being held in Puerto Rico to elevate research and discussion of colonial and postcolonial studies, to engage with Caribbean-Scandinavian artists, and to build connections with Scandinavianists and medieval studies scholars at the University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras. The keynote speakers are visual artists La Vaughn Belle (Christiansted, St. Croix) and Jeannette Ehlers (Copenhagen), creators of the work “I Am Queen Mary.” The Gallery :Pública in San Juan’s Santurce neighborhood will open an exhibition with recent work by La Vaughn Belle and Jeannette Ehlers during the conference. Gallary :Pública, SASS, the Danish Arts Foundation, and the American Scandinavian Foundation invite conference participants to the opening. Transportation will be provided to all. Puerto Rican and Caribbean-Scandinavian connections will be further developed by Maribeth Polhill (U. Puerto Rico) and Nahir Otaño Gracia (U. New Mexico) in plenary lectures. An excursion to St. Croix to study the island’s colonial history with Denmark is offered after the conference. Finally, conference streams and presentations will critically explore colonial and postcolonial entanglements of the Caribbean and the Nordic region. You may also wish to check out the January issue of News & Notes, which provides further response to the question.” —SASS Conference website

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Feb
25

“Songs of the Open Road” Premieres at Wayne State College

The premiere selection, “Songs of the Open Road” by Evan Fein, was commissioned through a grant provided by WSC. This work was composed from late Fall 2020 into Spring 2021, in the heart of the coronavirus pandemic.

“I’m very happy with how this work turned out,” explains Fein. “It’s full of hope and optimism yet acknowledging something distressing in the recent past. I know Trio Mezzklarno will breathe life into it!”

Fein, originally from Ohio, works at The Julliard School in New York City.

“A Red, Red Rose,” composed by WSC Associate Professor Matthew Haakenson, was written specifically for the Trio. This gentle, lyrical piece celebrates a pure love as depicted in the 1794 Robert Burns poem by the same name.

“What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,” by Kurt Knecht of Kansas City, Mo., was commissioned through a WSC grant explicitly for the Trio. Reflecting the 1920 poem by Edna St. Vincent Milay, this composition examines the process of aging, looking at what was and what never will be again. It is sometimes harsh and jarring, and sometimes tender and lyrical.

“Along the River,” by composer and professor Rick Sowash of Ohio, draws on poetry from James Joyce’s “Chamber Music” first published in 1907. This lush, lyrical piece exploits the distinct timbres of each instrument in charming, and often unexpected, combination.

For more information, contact the WSC Department of Music at 402-375-7359.

Organized by: Wayne State College

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