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Four saints, three acts, one crazy libretto
November 24, 2013 — Like almost everyone else (I'd bet), I went to the recent Boston Modern Orchestra Project production of Four Saints in Three Acts out of pure curiosity. Could Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's freak success of the 30's really be the unique marriage of fetching music and confounding text that everyone claims it is?
The Hub Review Full review
BMOP's Four Saints as Good as it Gets
November 18, 2013 — On Saturday the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) presented a concert performance of Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) in Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer Full review
Pigeons on the grass, 'Saints' in Jordan Hall
November 18, 2013 — “But stories are only stories,” Gertrude Stein once put it as only she could, in other words: Who needs them? Certainly not, in Stein’s world, a modern opera!
The Boston Globe Full review
BMOP launches Thomson opera cycle with a bracing "Four Saints"
November 17, 2013 — Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts plays upon theatrical conventions, beginning with its title. Four sixteenth-century saints—St. Ignatius, St. Chavez, St. Settlement, and St. Teresa (split into two roles)—stand out from a sea of about twenty others. The singers explicitly cue the scenes, sometimes out of order, in each directionless act. And by the way, there are actually four of them.
Boston Classical Review Full review

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BMOP announces BMOP/NEC concerto competition 2014
Boston, MA (November 22, 2013) — The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), affiliate orchestra for new music at New England Conservatory, will join NEC in sponsoring the 2014 Concerto Competition for works written after 1963. Provisions: The competition will be held on January 21, 2014, from 11am to 1pm in room 124 of the Jordan Hall building. The competition will consist of one round. Eligibility: The competition is open to any full-time NEC student, instrumental or vocal, who is enrolled for the 2013/2014 academic year. Full Release
NEC Celebrates British Composer Oliver Knussen with Honorary Doctorate, Performance, Lecture, Masterclasses in April 2013
Boston, MA (April 2, 2013) — For immediate release: March 29, 2013 • Degree Bestowed at Boston Modern Orchestra Project Concert, April 14 • Performances by [nec] shivaree, BMOP • Knussen Will Give Lecture, Work with NEC composition Students in Two Masterclasses Full Release
League of American Orchestras Announces 2011-12 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming
Dallas, TX (June 8, 2012) — 24 American orchestras will be recognized with 2011-12 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming today at the League of American Orchestras' 67th Annual Conference in Dallas. ASCAP and the League present the awards each year to orchestras of all sizes for programs that challenge the audience, build the repertoire, and increase interest in music of our time. Approximately $700,000 has been bestowed on orchestras since the awards were established in 1947. Below is a complete list of this year's winners. 2011-12 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming Full Release
BMOP Brings Apollo's Fire – A Season-Ending Concert Inspired by Greek Mythology
Boston, MA (April 24, 2012) — The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, presents its final concert of the 2011-12 season – Apollo's Fire. Like many artists and composers of the Western world, BMOP finds contemporary significance in Greek mythology, especially Apollo. Full Release

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UPCOMING

Triple Threat January 17, 2014

*World premiere

Gil Rose, conductor

The Score Board is a group of New England-based composers serving as BMOP's vanguard of composer-advocates through volunteerism, direct support and activities, community-building, and curating BMOP's annual Club Concert series.

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