Author: Lowell Chamber Orchestra
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra to premiere new edition of Julia Perry’s symphony
LOWELL, Mass. — On Sunday, February 18, 3 p.m., The Lowell Chamber Orchestra will present the first Massachusetts performance of Julia Perry’s “Symphony for Violas and Basses,” from a new edition by LCO’s music director Orlando Cela. The concert will also include a world premiere by Martin Max Schreiner.
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The Lowell Chamber Orchestra Inaugurates Fifth Season with a Concert that Redefines the Symphony
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra opens its fifth season Saturday, September 16, 2023, with music that redefines the symphony as genre. The evening will feature music by Brittney Benton, Yoko Nakatani, Vincent Persichetti, and Arnold Schönberg, bringing a historical approach to the ever changing façade of this genre.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces fifth season, largest yet
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has officially announced its fifth season, which will be comprised of seven concerts starting in September of this year, and running all the way until June of next year. Three soloists will be featured with the ensemble this season, two of them members of the orchestra itself.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces the winners of its Call-for-Scores and Concerto Competition
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra congratulates composers Cory Brodack and Martin Max Schreiner for winning the orchestra’s 2023 Lowell Chamber Orchestra Call-for-Scores, and marimba player Wei-Hsing Nikki Huang, for winning the 2023 Lowell Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra’s December performance contemplates immigration, history
LOWELL, Mass. — Nearly forty percent of Americans can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island, and the Lowell Chamber Orchestra will present a work based on three actual stories of the famous islands that encompass the immigrant experience. “Island of Peoples” is free and open to the public, and will take place on:…
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The Lowell Chamber Orchestra releases ‘Miniature Symphonies,’ a pandemic-defeating album
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces the release of its second album, “Miniature Symphonies,” a project started at the height of the pandemic, and designed to keep selected composers and musicians active at a time of insecurity in the performing arts.
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The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its fourth season
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its fourth season, with five free concerts that look to entertain, educate, and enlighten Lowell audiences. All of the concerts are completely free, consistent with the LCO’s mission to provide extraordinarily high level classical music performances and take down socio-economic barriers to access these concerts.
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The Lowell Chamber Orchestra is proud to present ‘LCO Pride: A Rainbow of Repertoire’
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra is proud to present “LCO Pride: A Rainbow of Repertoire” on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts. This chamber concert will celebrate Pride Month by showcasing LGBTQ+ composers from the Lowell area and around the world.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra makes landmark agreement with Universal Edition
LOWELL, Mass. — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra and Universal Edition have partnered to give composers an unusual opportunity to promote their works in print. The orchestra recently announced its second call-for-scores in order to stimulate the creation of new works for chamber orchestra.