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The National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Christoph Eschenbach will premiere Peter Lieberson’s Remembering JFK (An American Elegy) on January 20, 2011. Morgan Freeman will narrate its texts of President Kennedy’s speeches and writings. Read Full Article

In June, the National Endowment for the Arts announced Philip Glass as a recipient of the 2010 NEA Opera Honors which includes a cash prize of $25,000 and is the highest award the United States bestows in opera based on significant lifetime contributions. Read Full Article

Peacock Theatre, London this year hosts The Snowman between December 1, 2010 and January 8, 2011. Read Full Article

Fellow composers are already describing Yehudi Wyner’s new piece for chorus and chamber orchestra Give Thanks for All Things as his masterpiece. Read Full Article

David Lang has composed a modern-day counterpart to Thomas Tallis’ 40-part masterpiece Spem in alium. i never has been commissioned by the Sage Gateshead and will be given its first performance by the Northern Sinfonia Chorus conducted by Simon Halsey on 27 November. Read Full Article

This festive season will be brightened by the first performances of a series of new Christmas carols by Richard Rodney Bennett. Read Full Article

This year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival runs from Friday November 19 to Sunday November 28. The works of several Music Sales composers will be featured at the festival. Read Full Article

On the 10^th of November Omnibus Press, in partnership with Novello & Co hosted a special evening with Richard Rodney Bennett to celebrate the launch of his authorised biography ‘Richard Rodney Bennett: THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN’ by Anthony Meredith, with Paul Miles Read Full Article

One of Poland’s leading composers Henryk Górecki has died at the age of 76. He sadly passed away on November 12 in Katowice after a long illness. Read Full Article