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Beethoven's Pastorale Brings Spring to Life at Symphony San Jose

Symphony San Jose presents Beethoven's Pastorale on May 9 and 10, 2026, featuring Dvořák, Bates, and Beethoven's works.

fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Redwood Symphony Marks 40th with Mason Bates

Composer Mason Bates, a leading 21st-century figure, will perform Alternative Energy with Redwood Symphony, highlighting his broad appeal and award-winning career.

fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

4 months ago

Mason Bates in Redwood City | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Grammy Award winning symphonic music composer Mason Bates is also an electronic music DJ. Through his original work, he combines those seemingly incompatible pursuits into something fresh and new. This performance with the Redwood Symphony will feature Bates' four-movement work, Alternative Energy. The piece features car parts as musical instruments and includes a major electronica solo. The program also includes Emmanuel Chabrier's landmark 1883 work "España" and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's always-popular Violin Concerto, composed in 1878.

Music

fromwww.npr.org

5 months ago

A new short sound logo for the Charlotte symphony

The Charlotte Symphony commissioned a seven-second sonic logo by Mason Bates to create a memorable audio identity that signals performances and events.

Music

fromPlaybill

6 months ago

Bellini, Boulez, and Bates: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week

New York presents major classical events: Met's La Sonnambula, final performances of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and New York Philharmonic Boulez/Stravinsky concerts.

Arts

fromThe New Yorker

6 months ago

The Metropolitan Opera Delves Into Comic Books

Metropolitan Opera opens season with an opera about two 1940s cousins who create an antifascist comic hero, blending European, New York, and comic worlds.