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Soprano Andrea Chenoweth will premiere two new works by Joseph Summer: The Cupid Sonnets and My Love Well Knows Her Pretty Looks at the Roger Glass Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Dayton.

Violinist Elmira Darvarova, hornist Howard Wall, and pianist Thomas Weaver will premiere Juliet and her Romeo at The New York Chamber Music Festival in New York.

On Friday, October 18th at 7:00 PM on the campus of Boston University, The Shakespeare Concerts will present a program of music by composers from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Free admission.

Internationally renowned hornist, Radek Baborák with the Brno Contemporary Orchestra will record Joseph Summer’s award-winning horn concerto, The Silver Swan and The Waltz of the Thirteenth Bee for release by Navona Records in 2025.

In this interview with PARMA Recordings, composer Joseph Summer discusses his opera, HAMLET, recently released by Navona Records.

In this interview with Navona Records, Joseph Summer discusses his recent release SUMMER’S DISTILLATION.

Composer and Navona Records artist Joseph Summer has announced the latest, and arguably greatest, of his Shakespeare Concerts releases: HAMLET, an opera performance of the Shakespeare play, to be recorded and receive its world premiere performance.

PARMA Recordings caught up with Joe to discuss his latest music, why he created the Shakespeare Concerts, and more in this audio interview.