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.
Read moreLowell Chamber Orchestra Receives Three-Year Funding for Advancement Of BIPOC Composers
LOWELL, Mass., Dec. 4, 2023 — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) has been inducted into the Barr Foundation’s “Creative Vitality Grant Program,” in order to continue its mission of providing the greater Lowell area with the most diverse classical music.
Barr’s new Creative Vitality grant program builds on the Foundation’s racial equity work to date and their commitment to centering BIPOC artists, organizations, and communities in their program strategies. Creative Vitality is an opportunity to expand the understanding and support of the BIPOC arts ecosystem more broadly by supporting arts organizations.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra’s December performance, ‘Island of Peoples’ contemplates US immigration, history →
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.
Read moreLowell Chamber Orchestra uplifts diverse composers with new symphony album
When Orlando Cela founded the Lowell Chamber Orchestra in September 2019, he experienced the same heartbreak and disappointment as others in the musical industry. He had to cancel the group's fourth concert, transition to video performances and remain in a state of stasis for two years.
Read more‘LCO Pride: A Rainbow of Repertoire’ chamber concert will celebrate Pride Month by showcasing LGBTQ+ composers from the Lowell MA and around the world →
LOWELL, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire – National News/ — 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.
Read moreLCO's Album wins big at LIT Awards
Lowell Chamber Orchestra’s “The Suite” won a few recognitions at the LIT Talent Awards
Read moreLowell Chamber Orchestra Partners With Universal Edition Classical Music Publishing
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. Just like in the first, very successful call-for-scores, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra will select a work to be performed during its fourth season.
Read moreThe Lowell Chamber Orchestra combines innovation, tradition, in latest offering
LOWELL, Mass., Feb 11, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On Saturday, February 19, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra will become a vessel through which works explore the concept of new and old. “Antique Modernity” is a concert that revolves around Dana Kaufman’s brand new work, written specifically for the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, and works by Francis Poulenc, Georg Philip Telemann, and Jean Philip Rameau, that challenge our concepts of contemporary and traditional.
Read moreLowell Chamber Orchestra presents ‘As One,’ the most produced contemporary opera in North America, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance
The transgender and nonbinary cast of mezzo soprano Tona Brown and baritone Rahze Chetham will perform the role of Hannah.
Read more‘As One’ to Celebrate 50th Production
The work, which traces the life of a transgender protagonist from her conflicted youth through her journey of self-discovery, will be performed for the first time by non-binary and trans vocalists Rahźe Cheatham (they/them) and Tona Brown (she/her). They will be accompanied by the Lowell Chamber Orchestra on Nov. 20 at The Transgender Day of Remembrance in Lowell, MA.
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