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Constellation Men’s Ensemble performs Robert Maggio’s “Man Up / Man Down” at NUNC! 5

Constellation Men’s Ensemble performs Robert Maggio’s “Man Up / Man Down” at NUNC! 5

Apr 04, 2023

Constellation Men’s Ensemble, the Chicago-based vocal octet, will perform Robert Maggio’s 2021 Man Up/Man Down, an exploration of masculinity in 21st-century America, in Evanston, IL at NUNC!, Saturday, April 22....

Dance on a Volcano released by Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn, on Navona Records

Dance on a Volcano released by Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn, on Navona Records

Feb 02, 2023

Robert Maggio’s Dance on a Volcano has been released on Navona Records by Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia. Deeply expressive and melodic, the English horn boasts a unique texture in the woodwind...

The Crossing releases ANIARA: Revisited, four new videos

The Crossing releases ANIARA: Revisited, four new videos

Feb 02, 2022

With these videos, the Crossing celebrates the 30th anniversary of the ever-innovative and searching Klockriketeatern with fond memories of their 2019 collaboration with composer Robert Maggio on Aniara: fragments of...

Constellation Men’s Ensemble commissions Robert Maggio for their NOVA V program, Humanhood. NOVA = New. Original. Vocal. Art.

Constellation Men’s Ensemble commissions Robert Maggio for their NOVA V program, Humanhood. NOVA = New. Original. Vocal. Art.

Oct 10, 2021

NOVA V: humanhood New. Original. Vocal. Art. The artists of Constellation will present the world premiere of Robert Maggio’s Man Up/Man Down, exploring the idea of masculinity in America. Ideas...

Aegean Airs

Aegean Airs

Nov 11, 2020

AEGEAN AIRS recorded by mélomanie on their CD ULTRAVIOLET featuring works Mark Hagerty, Bonnie McAlvin, Larry Nelson, Richard Belcastro, and Robert Maggio  for flute, violin, viola da gamba, cello, and...

The Crossing | Donald Nally, conductor, releases video of Robert Maggio’s “democracy”

The Crossing | Donald Nally, conductor, releases video of Robert Maggio’s “democracy”

Oct 10, 2020

Democracy (world premiere)Robert Maggio Watch the video on YouTube Composer of The Crossing’s 2019 stage work, Aniara, Maggio returns with a new work, setting words of Franklin Roosevelt’s “Arsenal of...

The Crossing commissions Robert Maggio “Democracy” for SATB chorus

The Crossing commissions Robert Maggio “Democracy” for SATB chorus

Sep 09, 2020

PRE-ELECTION FILM RELEASES new works of Ayanna Woods, Robert Maggio, and Nicholas Clinefeaturing Echoes amplification October 24-November 3, 2020 The Crossing‘s contribution to the charged political atmosphere leading to the General...

Lyric Fest commissions Robert Maggio to compose a new work inspired by folk song for 2020-21 season

Lyric Fest commissions Robert Maggio to compose a new work inspired by folk song for 2020-21 season

May 05, 2020

Lyric Fest has commissioned Robert Maggio to compose a new work inspired by the folk song for their 2020-21 season. This new work will be premiered in Philadelphia (details TBA)...

Robert Maggio’s “Aniara” with The Crossing and Klockriketeatern named one of the Best of Classical Music 2019 in the Philadelphia Inquirer

Robert Maggio’s “Aniara” with The Crossing and Klockriketeatern named one of the Best of Classical Music 2019 in the Philadelphia Inquirer

Dec 12, 2019

Click here for the full article. The Crossing: Aniara. This lost-in-space story of a ship blown hopelessly off course became the Crossing’s major foray into theater — in a deluxe package...

Reviews of ANIARA: fragments of time and space at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet

Reviews of ANIARA: fragments of time and space at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet

Oct 10, 2019

ANIARA: fragments of time and space was performed at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet – Almi Stage – September 16-21, 2019. Here are the reviews: Maggio’s composition is highly-skilled…...