ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES ANDREW CRUST AS A FINALIST IN MUSIC DIRECTOR SEARCH

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has just announced that conductor Andrew Crust is a finalist in their Music Director search. He'll join them to conduct a program of Morlock, Beethoven, and Brahms in January 2023.

This announcement comes on the heels of Andrew wrapping his time at the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, where he is also a finalist in their MD search.

You can read more about their search here.

LESLIE ANN BRADLEY AND JUSTIN WELSH WITH WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS

Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano, and baritone Justin Welsh, join White Snake Projects for Sing Out Strong: Remembered Voices.

A live, virtual concert, featuring ten new songs written with families who lost loved ones to the virus, premiering on March 11.

Sing Out Strong is a multi-year community-based project where we reach out to individuals in our communities and commission them to write texts on activist themes that resonate with them personally, such as immigration, colonization, essential workers, incarceration, and more.

Tickets are free and can be access here.

DEAN ARTISTS IN CANADIAN OPERA COMPANIES' FANTASMA

Dean Artists Vartan Gabrielian (bass baritone), Simona Genga (mezzo soprano), and Owen McCausland (tenor) join the Canadian Opera Company for the premiere of Ian Cusson’s Fantasma.

This new opera, by former COC Composer-in-Residence Ian Cusson with libretto by acclaimed playwright Colleen Murphy, explores themes of death, violence, compassion and the courage to insist on being heard.

The production runs March 9th, 10th, and two performances on the 12th.
Click here for more information on the performances.