We are pleased to announce our partnership with The Sorel Organization. Established in 1996 by Claudette Sorel who, at nine years old was the youngest graduate of The Juilliard School, she began the foundation to offer help and guidance for women in music, thereby creating not only opportunities for performance, but also composition, conducting, piano, voice and film scoring.

The Sorel Organization will be partnering directly with ABC to provide some of the artists for their future engagements. In the words of Executive Director Judy Cope, “we feel this is the best way to allow winners of these prestigious competitions to be heard, and sustain our own commitment to keeping musical excellence alive.”

Our first event as partners will take place on Monday March, 22, 2010 when pianists Anna Shelest and Kana Mimaki, both First Prize Winners of the 2009 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, will appear with Maestro Dennis Keene and the Voices of Ascension in a performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle at Alice Tully Hall. Mezzo soprano Jennifer Larmore of the Metropolitan Opera will be the guest soloist. We are very grateful to The Sorel Oranization for their support of ABC artists through this exciting new collaboration. For further information please visit www.sorelmusic.org.