New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Composer Jeff Beal (The Long Road Home, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power) announces his spring concert schedule, which will include the world premiere of his Flute Concerto on May 3&4 in Minneapolis, MN by the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vänskä and featuring flautist Sharon Bezaly.
The EMMY-winning composer will also be in attendance at the Tribeca Film Festival with his film THE BLEEDING EDGE, from Academy Award® nominated directory Kirby Dick.
April (events denoted by * will feature Beal in attendance)
*12 - (Chicago) Poetry Foundation conversation with poet Kay Ryan and the Apollo Chorus
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/events/144998/poetry-music-kay-ryan-the-apollo-chorus-salon-concert-conversation
12 -- (New York City) Leonard Slatkin Conducts THE GENERAL in NYC Riverside Church, Manhattan School of
Music Symphony Orchestra
https://www.msmnyc.edu/performances/msm-symphony-orchestra-2/?spektrix_bounce=true
*13 - (Chicago) Apollo Chorus performs "Salvage Men" & "Poor In Sprit"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/events/144999/poetry-music-kay-ryan-the-apollo-chorus-chorale-performance
15 - (Detroit) THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING screens at the Freep Film Festival https://www.dia.org/events/freep-film-festival-price-everything
21,22,24,26 -- (New York City) Tribeca Film Festival - world premiere of The Bleeding Edge https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/bleeding-edge-2018
21-22 -- (Minneapolis-St. Paul) THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING screens at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. https://mspfilm.org/festivals/mspiff/
*26 -- (New York City) Premiere of "
Harmony", for the Harmony Program's 10-year anniversary gala, performed by students and guest soloists. https://harmonyprogram.org/gala-2018/
20-28 -- (San Francisco) Smuin Ballet performs "
Oasis", choreography by Helen Pickett
https://www.smuinballet.org/buy-tickets-201718-season/dance-series-02/
May
*3-5 -- (Minneapolis) The World Premiere of Beal's "Flute Concerto" performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vänskä and featuring Sharon Bezaly (flute)
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/about/learn-more/press-room/press-releases/1875-sharon-bezaly-performs-the-world-premiere-of-new-flute-concerto-by-jeff-beal-osmo-vaenskae-conducts
Summer
June/July - Rob Reiner's SHOCK AND AWE will show via DIRECTV in June and be released theatrically in July.
*July 3-8 - Guest of MOSMA festival in Málaga, Spain.
July 20 -
Lauren Greenfield's GENERATION WEALTH released in theaters
About Jeff Beal
It's no coincidence that Jeff Beal's film music career began to take off with his work on the acclaimed film POLLOCK (2000). Beal writes, orchestrates, conducts, mixes and often performs on his own scores - no other artist's brushstrokes touch his canvas. As an accomplished jazz musician, Beal uses his improvisation skills to read the emotional tone of a scene and compose music on the spot. "This process allows me to set up a world where anything can happen, but you don't see it coming."
A five-time EMMY® winner, Beal's approach is a favorite for more sophisticated works. His TV credits include HBO's ROME, CARNIVÀLE and the Netflix series HOUSE OF CARDS. His documentary work includes BLACKFISH, WEINER, THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER, and BOSTON. Jeff's upcoming film projects include SHOCK AND AWE (directed by Rob Reiner), GENERATION WEALTH (directed by
Lauren Greenfield), and THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING (directed by Kirby Dick).
Recently, Jeff's performing, conducting, and composing worlds have begun converging. Jeff conducted The
National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in the premiere of HOUSE OF CARDS in CONCERT (represented by Columbia Artists Management), with further performances in Miami, The Netherlands, and Denmark. He also led the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra for the premiere of BLACKFISH live-to-picture. Several of his pieces have recently been performed including "The Salvage Men" by The Apollo Chorus (Chicago), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus premiering his piece "The Fire Brand" at BAM, and Oregon Ballet Theatre premiering the ballet Terra, choreographed by Helen Pickett.
