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6/11 & 6/25: Music in Bloom!
Join Juventas New Music Ensemble for the third annual Music in Bloom at the New England Botanic Garden! This family friendly experience offers five chamber ensembles, performing simultaneously in different gardens across the NEBG landscape. Bring your own picnic or take advantage of food and drinks for sale on site. This year’s program features the […]
American Prize Finalist: The New Colossus
Oliver is a Finalist for the American Prize in Vocal Chamber Music for The New Colossus, his setting of the iconic Emma Lazarus Poem that graces the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (“give me your tired, your poor”) Oliver writes: America was founded in 1776, a nation of immigrants. Now, we talk about walls, […]
3/15 Bronx Arts Ensemble performs Canciones
The Bronx Arts Ensemble will present the New York premiere of Oliver’s string quartet Canciones de Monteverde on March 15 at the legendary National Arts Club on Grammercy Park. In December 2019, I journeyed to Monterverde, Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse planes on the planet. After a long day traveling from Boston, I […]
6/5 & 6/12: Music in Bloom!
Join Oliver for a magical evening of music al fresco at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill! Juventas New Music Ensemble presents Music in Bloom, a performance experience with five simultaneous chamber concerts in different gardens across the Tower Hill landscape. The program features the music of 23 composers, and includes Oliver’s trios […]
6/4: Juventas performs The Emerald Necklace
Juventas New Music Ensemble will reprise Oliver’s newest work The Emerald Necklace June 4 at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. The program, entitled “Lungs of the City” commemorates the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted, widely considered the father of American Landscape Architecture. The Emerald Necklace was co-commissioned by Landscape Music, the American Wild Ensemble, […]
May 27 & 28: American Wild Performs Emerald Necklace
Memorial Day Weekend, the American Wild Ensemble will take Oliver’s newest work The Emerald Necklace on the road to New York City! The Emerald Necklace was co-commissioned by the American Wild Ensemble with Landscape Music, Michigan Tech Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Juventas for Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music, a […]