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February 2016

02-12-2016
Award-Winning Composer and Bard Faculty Member George Tsontakis's <em>Sonnets</em> Has World Premiere with Boston Symphony Orchestra 
​George Tsontakis, distinguished composer in residence at Bard, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to compose multiple sonnet-themed tone poems for a concert series commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Sonnets was "a complete success" at last week's premiere, writes Susan Miron, adding that Tsontakis, "has written a piece that is not just eloquent for the English horn, but also for the whole orchestra." Read more below.

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Concert Preview: English Horn Soloist Robert Sheena on Sonnets

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02-07-2016
The Success of "Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra" is owed largely to Upshaw’s fealty to the work and her way with a narrative line, composer Osvaldo Golijov said recently.
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02-02-2016
Joan Tower, Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts, has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award for her composition Stroke.
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