The Orchestra San Antonio opens “Of Myth and Legacy” with the San Antonio premiere of Clarice Assad’s Ode to Carmen Miranda, conducted by Leonardo Pineda. Also on the program: the world premiere of Juan Pablo Contreras’s violin concerto La Minerva with Anna Lee, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

The Canton Symphony Orchestra opens MasterWorks IV with Clarice Assad’s Brazilian Fanfare. Austin Chanu, guest conductor; Juliette Kang, violin. Also on the program: Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.

Clarice Assad's Suite For Lower Strings (2009) performed by the Fairview High School Orchestra — movements 1 and 4.Directed by Lee Anderson. A school educational performance with Fairview High School Orchestra (Boulder Valley School District).

Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, David Danzmayr conducting: PLAY! and Suite for Lower Strings, with Schubert’s Third Symphony. Saturday and Sunday at 7 PM.

The Gunn High School Orchestra performs A Maré Encheu at the California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC).

Room B3, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. A conversation with Clarice Assad, composer for the 2027 California Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) Composition Consortium, at the California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC).

World premiere of Três Pequenas Canções Tradicionais, written for the 2027 California Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) Composition Consortium. CODA All-State Junior High String Orchestra, Joseph Stepec, conductor. California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC).

The New England Conservatory Philharmonia performs Boitatá: Overture for Orchestra (2023) at Jordan Hall, Boston.Boitatá takes its name from the Tupi-Guarani legend of the giant fire serpent, a fierce protector of the forests and animals against those who destroy nature, an old myth that could not be more current in...

Nois Quartet: In Dialogue. World premiere of Clarice Assad’s new work for saxophone quartet, commissioned by Nova Linea Musica, with the composer performing alongside the quartet. Also music by Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Shawn Okpebholo and Nico Muhly.

New Century Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Hope directing, with pianist Lara Downes, gives the world premiere of Beauty Has No Borders. Jan 28: First Church, Berkeley. Jan 29: Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Rohnert Park. Jan 30: Herbst Theatre, San Francisco. All at 7:30 PM.

The Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs Ode to Carmen Miranda, February 13 and 14, as part of Clarice Assad’s residency with the orchestra.

CBDNA National Conference (Feb 24–27, 2027), hosted by the University of Maryland: performance of Clarice Assad’s FLOW at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

CAPA (Columbus Association for the Performing Arts) presents Clarice and Sérgio Assad in a father-daughter performance at the Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio.

Clarice and Sérgio Assad perform a century of Brazilian music for the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society’s International Series.

Clarice and Sérgio Assad perform a father-daughter concert in Cincinnati.

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra performs Bohemian Queen, Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra, with guest soloist Mary Elizabeth Bowden, the trumpeter for whom the work was written.Inspired by the Chicago surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), “the queen of the bohemian artists.” Three movements: I. Girl Searching (1945), II. The Stroll...

World premiere of Clarice Assad's "As Eternity Flows" with Delirium Musicum, presented as part of America 250 programming.

The Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra performs Bonecos de Olinda.

Clarice Assad’s Allentown residency continues with the New Chamber Music Spring Concert and community education programming.

Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro, Simone Menezes, conductor, performs and records Bonecos de Olinda.

Father-and-daughter duo concert with Sérgio Assad at Stanford. Venue to be confirmed.

The Montana State University Symphony Orchestra performs Bonecos de Olinda.

Clarice Assad in concert, Denmark tour 2027.

Clarice Assad in concert, Denmark tour 2027.

Clarice Assad in concert, Denmark tour 2027. City to be announced.

Clarice Assad in concert, Denmark tour 2027.

Clarice Assad in concert, Denmark tour 2027.

Clarice and Sérgio Assad perform two shows at the Gilmore Piano Festival in Kalamazoo.

Clarice Assad Duo, part of the Jazz Upstairs series at Miller Symphony Hall, alongside community education programming during the residency.

Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion with the Henderson Symphony.

Nova Linea Musica presents an evening of premieres: the NLM Piano Trio performs the three winning works of the 2027 NLM Score Call, developed with mentorship from Clarice Assad.

Festival Assad, the free instrumental music festival named for the Assad family, in São João da Boa Vista. Concerts at the Theatro Municipal and workshops at CLAC. festivalassad.com.br

Clarice Assad in concert in the Diálogos series at Estação Motiva Cultural.

Clarice Assad joins the Santa Rosa Symphony's Centennial celebration in Sonoma County: a string quartet version for the library series and a string orchestra version with narrator for the family concert, which Clarice attends and narrates.

Clarice Assad, voice and piano, with guitarist João Luiz.

Clarice Assad, voice and piano, with guitarist João Luiz.

Clarice Assad joins guitarist João Luiz as special guest for a programme of his arrangements for voice and guitar.

Clarice Assad joins guitarist João Luiz as special guest for a programme of his arrangements for voice and guitar.

Clarice Assad and guitarist João Luiz perform for the New York City Classical Guitar Society.