The Juventas Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Created by the Juventas New Music ensemble, this podcast focuses on art music of the 21st century by composers age 35 and under.
The Juventas Podcast is back! In Episode 5, you will hear a recording of last spring’s production of Matthew Vest’s opera The Hourglass. In addition, I will introduce you to Lorelei Ensemble, a group of women’s voices dedicated to promoting little-known repertoire of yesterday and today. Juventas will be collaborating with Lorelei in an upcoming [...]
Juventas New Music Ensemble announces the Call for Chamber Operas. One opera will be selected from this call for performance in the Juventas Opera Project 2010 the Cambridge YMCA Theater on Thursday, May 20 through Saturday, May 22 at 8 PM and Sunday, May 23 at 3 PM. Juventas is seeking Chamber Operas 45 minutes in length or [...]
Boston Theatre Review wrote an article on our recent concert series titled Murmurs from Limbo. Check it out here. For those of you who missed it, here’s a little details about what we performed:
Juventas New Music Ensemble opens its 2009-2010 concert season with “Murmurs from Limbo: A Musical Exploration into the Human Mind.” The production showcases [...]
This podcast features a variety of music including a preview of the upcoming Fierce concert series, September 12-14th in Boston. Composers featured in this episode are Isaac Schankler, Quentin Kim, Dante De Silva, Joni Greene, and Yoomi Paick. Enjoy!
This episode features Peter McMurray’s A Rooster for Asclepius which was premiered in March as part of the Juventas Chamber Opera Project. The opera recounts the last days of the Greek philosopher Socrates. For a synopsis and composer notes, please see the program. Stay tuned for the other two operas in the [...]
(Preamble: I am not on the board of Juventas, nor do I hold an administrative duty or position more official than blogger. Who plays guitar sometimes too.)For three seasons, Juventas has existed playing almost entirely the music of young composers. This is highly unusual for a new music ensemble and it is part of everything [...]
It behooves me to introduce myself to the audience of this fine podcast before I start my incoherent ramblings. My name is Andy Hanson-Dvoracek, guitarist, amateur musicologist, and now mercenary new-music bloginista. Those of you who attended the Winter (whatever it was) concert series last December might recognize me as the guitar player desperately struggling [...]
The Juventas podcast is now accepting submissions. Come share your work with your peers, and the world, on the only monthly podcast exclusively featuring music by composers 35 and under. If you want to have your recordings considered for inclusion, download this application form and email us your mp3s.
This episode features music by Stephen Yip, Anthony Joseph Lanman, Paul Dooley, and Julia Scott Carey, and an interview with Dooley and newly appointed Juventas music director Michael Sakir. Performers include the USC Thornton Symphony, Alexa Schmitz, Brandon Brooks, Heather Ash, and other members of the Juventas ensemble.
The 2008-09 Boston Symphony Orchestra schedule arrived in my mail box today, and I’m excited. First, let me just praise James Levine for his continued bravery in programming modern music. I have been attending the BSO more regularly this season, and it has been a treat to hear the masterpieces of the 20th century and [...]