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Upcoming Performances

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LONE STAR SONGSLAM
February 20th, 2023 6pm
Cultivate 7Twelve (712 Austin Ave, Waco, TX 76701)


Join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar and tenor Cody Ryan Arthur for the world premiere of Felix's art song "Sleep" (featuring text by Longfellow) on the Lone Star Songs inaugural songSLAM in Waco, Texas. CLICK here to register to attend the live world premiere in Waco for FREE and stay tuned for info on the livestream and link to vote for your favorite new art song. The song that receives the most votes wins!
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STUYTOWN SALON
February 26th, 2023 7:00pm
location: Stuytown in NYC (address sent to everyone who RSVPs via Groupmuse)

Join pianist/composer Felix Jarrar for his first concert of the year in New York City with Groupmuse in the city's Stuytown neighborhood. Tenor Douglas Sabo, soprano Caroline Spaeth, and violinist Adam von Housen join him and perform an evening of music by Schumann, Brahms, Mozart, and compositions of Jarrar.

The concert takes place on Sunday, February 26th at 7:00pm. Door opens at 6:30pm and the suggested donation is $20, which all goes directly to the musicians.
 CLICK HERE for tickets!



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Liederabend with Felix Jarrar & Friends (14 world premieres)
Friday March 3rd, 7pm
Charles MacKay Studio, Opera America
 330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001


Join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar, mezzo-soprano Jessica Trainor-Tasucu, contralto Allison Gish, tenor Ryan Mangan, and baritone Miguel Angel Vasquez on Friday March 3rd at 7pm in the Charles MacKay Studio in Opera America as they live world premiere 14 songs that Jarrar wrote in the pandemic with various collaborators.

The program features the world premiere of "Wild West" and the song cycle French Kisses with texts by Bea Goodwin, the 2020 song cycle Happy (texts by the composer) and the cycle Sea Boy Barcarolles with texts by Ryan Mangan (who will also premiere them).

Tickets are $10 for this limited, one-night only engagement.

Click HERE to purchase your tickets!
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​Here and Now Series: Songs from The 40@40 Project / Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg
Bargemusic, Ltd.
Friday April 14th, 7pm
Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY 11201


Join Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Daniel Schlosberg for a program of songs from her 40@40 Project, which will feature the NYC premiere of Jarrar's "Sun of the Sleepless" (text by Lord Byron). This song, written on commission for Laura, will be featured alongside new works by Tom Cipullo, Juliana Hall, and Lori Laitman, among other significant contemporary composers of song. Click HERE to purchase your ticket!
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OFF WITH HIS HEAD: a concert of excerpts from Donizetti's Roberto Devereux
April 21st, 2023, 7:00pm
location: St. John's in the Village (218 West 11th Street (corner of W. 11th and Waverly) New York, NY 10014)


Join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar for "OFF WITH HIS HEAD: a concert of excerpts from Donizetti's Roberto Devereux".
Donizetti's Roberto Devereux is the last work he wrote as part of the so-called 'Donizetti Queens' trilogy, a series of three operas that dramatize important icons in Tudor history. One of his finest operas, this work is a dramatic (and mostly ficticious) representation of the downfall of the Earl of Essex and the love triangle that leads to his tragic fate.
Acclaimed soprano Natalie Polito takes on the mantle of the notoriously challenging part of Elisabetta opposite rising tenor Gabriel Hernandez, who stars as the tituler Roberto. Joining them in this concert are bass-baritone Andrew Dwan as Nottingham and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks, who will portray Sara. Felix Jarrar will accompany from the piano and serve as the music director/coach for this production.

"OFF WITH HIS HEAD: a concert of excerpts from Donizetti's Roberto Devereux" goes up at St. John's in the Village on Friday, April 21st, 2023 at 7pm.
 CLICK HERE for tickets!
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SYMPHONY NO. 1 - BANISHING GRIEF by Felix Jarrar
May 13, 2023 at 7pm
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Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
NERO continues its work championing the voices of diverse composers and performers with a world premiere symphony by acclaimed pianist and composer Felix Jarrar, with soloists soprano Maria Brea and tenor Gabriel Enrique Hernandez, followed by one of the most moving symphonies of the 20th Century, a true celebration of the victory of the human spirit against oppression. Cailin Marcel Manson conducts.


Felix Jarrar
Symphony No. 1, "Banishing Grief"
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5
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Maria Brea, soprano

Gabriel Enrique Hernandez, tenor
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​Speak of the Devil: a concert version of Meyerbeer's Robert le diable
June 10th, 2023, 7:00pm
location: St. John's in the Village (218 West 11th Street (corner of W. 11th and Waverly) New York, NY 10014)

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On Saturday June 10th at 7pm in St. John's in the Village, join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar for an abridged concert version of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le diable. Premiered in 1831, the work was one of Meyerbeer's most successful and popular operas and catapulted him into considerable international fame. 
After neglect from the repertoire during the 20th century, the opera is now making a return to stages around the world as Meyerbeer's work goes through a period of critical reappraisal. "Speak of the Devil" is a concert presentation that highlights some of the most famous and greatest parts of the work - such as the Evocation Scene - and brings it to audiences in an abridged version that clocks in at under 90 minutes. 
Tenor Daniel Kamalic and soprano Caroline Spaeth star as Robert and Isabelle alongside bass Robert Ellsworth Feng as Bertram, soprano Rachel Hanauer as Alice, and tenor Douglas Sabo as Raimbaut. 

Tickets for general admission are $15. CLICK HERE for tickets!

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