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11/14/19
Early Music Series Continues with the Tallis Scholars
The venerable Tallis Scholars make their annual appearance at Miller Theatre, exploring the ways in which composers from different eras and backgrounds reacted to the same seminal texts.
Continue Reading11/12/19
Carnival of the Animals Returns for the Holiday Season
This beloved annual tradition at Miller Theatre immerses the audience in the magical world of the animal kingdom, as the celebrated music of Carnival of the Animals is brought to life with charming and unconventional puppetry.
Continue Reading11/07/19
Cyrus Chestnut Quartet performs “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on Miller’s Jazz series
The virtuosic and spirited pianist Cyrus Chestnut and his quartet celebrate the season with a festive evening performing their soulful twist on Vince Guaraldi’s beloved score from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
Continue Reading11/04/19
Composer Portraits Continues with Bright Sheng
MacArthur Fellow Bright Sheng is one of the foremost composers of our time, whose music ranges from dramatic to lyrical, with strong influences of the folk and classical music of Eastern and Central Asia. He returns to Columbia, where he received his D.M.A. in composition, for this Portrait of recent works.
Continue Reading10/21/19
Brandee Younger Quintet Opens 2019-20 Jazz Series
With a style reminiscent of the great Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, the genre-defying Brandee Younger has helped to re-introduce the harp as a powerful jazz instrument. For this event, she collaborates with some of her esteemed contemporaries: Chelsea Baratz (saxophone), Anne Drummond (flute), Dezron Douglas (bass), and E.J. Strickland (drums)
Continue Reading10/16/19
Composer Portraits Continues with Annea Lockwood
Miller Theatre presents a Composer Portrait of Annea Lockwood, with the adventurous piano and percussion quartet Yarn/Wire who returns to perform a world premiere commission, alongside three other works, including the technically demanding Becoming Air, written for and performed by trumpeter Nate Wooley.
Continue Reading10/11/19
Early Music Series Continues with New York Polyphony
The illustrious male vocal quartet New York Polyphony returns for a program that begins at the dawn of the Renaissance, with selections of the very earliest works that can be found in England.
Continue Reading09/25/19
The 20th Season of Composer Portraits Continues with Vijay Iyer
Miller Theatre presents a Composer Portrait of Vijay Iyer, with violinist Jennifer Koh and The Knights, featuring a world premiere commissioned by Miller as part of Columbia University’s “Year of Water” and three New York premieres.
Continue Reading09/20/19
Vox Luminis Opens 2019-20 Early Music Series
Vox Luminis performs a collection of powerfully moving compositions depicting the suffering of the Mother of God at the foot of the cross, anchored by Scarlatti’s masterpiece.
Continue Reading09/09/19
Miller Theatre Presents World Premiere of Chamber Opera DESIRE
DESIRE showcases Hannah Lash’s lush sonic landscape, written for the adventurous JACK Quartet and three singers: Kirsten Sollek, Daniel Moody, and Christopher Dylan Herbert.
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