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About oxingalemusic

Oxingale Music is an independent music publisher focusing on exceptional contemporary composers, featuring works from solo to chamber to opera and beyond. A destination for cellists, our catalog is rich in music for strings and string ensembles, including original works and innovative arrangements from the traditional repertoire, Jazz and rock.

CTV News | Grammy Award nomination for Montreal artist a big boost as she battles post-COVID symptoms

Posted on February 13, 2021 by oxingalemusic

By Cindy Sherwin February 24, 2021 MONTREAL — Luna Pearl Woolf sank to her lowest point last November. The successful Montreal composer was emotionally and physically worn out from living with post-COVID symptoms for more than seven months. Tired of … Continue reading →

Ludwig van Toronto: Emotional Power and Bravura Performance in Tapestry Opera’s JACQUELINE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

“kudos to Woolf for her beautiful musical idiom and her brilliant execution” Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Cello, Jacqueline DuPre, Luna Pearl Woolf, Marnie Breckenridge, Matt Haimovitz, Michael Mori, opera, Royce Vavrek, Tapestry Opera | Leave a comment

Opera Going Toronto reviews WOOLF’s JACQUELINE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

Written by Ian Ritchie February 2020 Jacqueline du Pré, legendary golden-haired young cellist, unrivalled heir apparent to Casals and Rostropovich, inhabited a life transformed by multiple narrators after her death in 1987 into an almost mythical saga. A relentless surge … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Cello, Jacqueline DuPre, Luna Pearl Woolf, Marnie Breckenridge, Matt Haimovitz, Michael Mori, opera, Royce Vavrek, Tapestry Opera | Leave a comment

SCHMOPERA reviews WOOLF’s JACQUELINE: COME FOR THE MUSIC, STAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

Written by Michael Zarathus-Cook February 23, 2020 Tapestry Opera continues their 40th anniversary season with Jacqueline, a commission for Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek and American composer Luna Pearl Woolf; the end result, directed by Tapestry Artistic Director Michael Mori, is something … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Recorded on Oxingale | Tagged Cello, Jacqueline DuPre, Luna Pearl Woolf, Marnie Breckenridge, Matt Haimovitz, Michael Mori, opera, Royce Vavrek, Tapestry Opera | Leave a comment

The Whole Note: Luna Pearl Woolf’s FIRE and FLOOD

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

This month Tapestry presents the world premiere of American composer Luna Pearl Woolf’s latest opera, Jacqueline. Coinciding with this is the Pentatone release of Woolf’s Fire and Flood on the Oxingale label (PTC5186803 naxosdirect.com). This striking vocal disc features mostly recent works for a cappella choir (the Choir … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Recorded on Oxingale | Tagged Avi Stein, Cello, choir, Leonard Cohen, Luna Pearl Woolf, Matt Haimovitz, Novus NY, One to One to One, Trinity NY, Vocal | Leave a comment

Six Preludes

Posted on January 23, 2020 by oxingalemusic

By Lewis Spratlan | For Solo Piano | 19′

Posted in Composers, Instrument, Lewis Spratlan, Piano, Solo Piano | Tagged Alissa Leiser, bargemusic, beethoven, chopin, fur elise, Lewis Spratlan, Piano, preludes, six preludes, Solo Piano | Leave a comment

Six Rags

Posted on January 23, 2020 by oxingalemusic

By Lewis Spratlan | For Solo Piano | 17′

Posted in Composers, Instrument, Lewis Spratlan, Piano, Solo Piano | Tagged Appalachian Trail, Center for new music, Invasion, Lewis Spratlan, Nadia Shpachenko, New England, Piano, rag, ragtime, reference recordings, six rags, Solo Piano | Leave a comment

Lewis Spratlan’s Bangladesh featured on Grammy winning album The Poetry of Places

Posted on December 6, 2019 by oxingalemusic

We are excited to announce that Lewis Spratlan’s, Bangladesh, is one of the world premiere recordings featured on Nadia Shpachenko’s album The Poetry of Places, which was bestowed with the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium. Victor and Marina … Continue reading →