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Recognizing Women Composers
The DSO loves women composers and strives to champion their work through initiatives like our Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers. Launched in 2006, the Lebenbom Award is the only annual orchestra-sponsored award granted annually to a living female composer of any age or nationali...
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Ysaÿe Barnwell "Wanting Memories"
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman
March 9, 2019 -
Britta Byström "Many, Yet One" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
January 7, 2018 -
Roshanne Etezady "Diamond Rain" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
May 26, 2018 -
Anna Clyne Concerto for Mandolin and Strings, "Three Sisters"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Avi Avital, mandolin
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
April 27, 2019 -
Kristin Kuster "Dune Acres" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 22, 2019 -
Kristin Kuster and William Lucas "Centennial" Fanfare
Hunter Eberly & William Lucas, trumpets
October 23, 2019 -
Loren Loiacono "Smothered by Sky" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
October 21, 2017 -
Cindy McTee "Double Play"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
June 6, 2017 -
Jessie Montgomery "Banner"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini, conductor
October 9, 2021 -
Juliet Palmer "Oil & Water" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
June 9, 2019 -
Undine Smith Moore "Scenes from the Life of a Martyr"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
40th Anniversary Celebration Choir, Chorus
Janice Chandler-Eteme, Soprano
Joshua Williams, Horn
Olivia Johnson, Mezzo Soprano
Issachah Savage, Tenor
George Shirley, Narrator
Joseph Young, conductor
March 3, 2018 -
Nkeiru Okoye "Black Bottom" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Sumayya AIi, soprano
Charlotte Small-Chestnut, mezzo-soprano
Vincent Davis, tenor
Markel Reed, baritone
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
Clara Schumann Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 7
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Alexandra Dariescu, piano
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
October 30, 2021 -
Florence Price Symphony No. 3
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 4, 2021 -
Outi Tarkiainen "Midnight Sun" Variations
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor
February 23, 2020 -
Alex Temple "Liebeslied"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
James Gaffigan, conductor
February 1, 2020 -
Joan Tower "Sequoia"
Composer Joan Tower celebrates the mighty forests in this work from 1981.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019 -
Julia Wolfe "Fountain of Youth"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
November 9, 2019 -
Hannah Lash "In Hopes of Finding the Sun"
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Audivi & Opera Modo, choir
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
May 14, 2022 -
Elizabeth Ogonek "In Silence"
Xian Zhang, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
May 27, 2022 -
Mel Bonis "Salomé," Op. 100
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 23, 2022 -
Tania Leon "Pasajes" (Detroit Symphony Orchestra co-commision)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
December 10, 2022 -
Dora Pejačević Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41
