Brian Raphael Nabors: Composer

Excited to join this incredible group of visionaries and grateful for the journey ahead 🙏🏽

Announcing another fantastic addition to the Visconti Arts roster!

Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Brian Raphael Nabors: Composer is a visionary composer who invites historical and emotional reflection through his cutting-edge works. Join us in welcoming Brian!

Brian Raphael Nabors Join us today to hear Brian Raphael Nabors' orchestral work Upon Daybreak. Inspired by Maya Angelou's poem "A Brave and Startling Truth," Nabors explores the sound of a world free of hatred. ROCO performs this "ode of triumph" in concert on the campus of Rice University in Houston.

2026 activities are shaping up! Log on to briannabors.com/schedule for more info and updates:

Jan. 11 - The Cleveland Orchestra, "Pulse" for orchestra, Taichi Fukumura, conductor.

Jan. 31 - LSU Faculty Composers Concert, Digital Media Center, LSU. "...and Beyond" for cello & electronics, Dennis Parker, cello.

Feb. 1 - Poiesis Quartet, "String Quartet," Evergreen Museum, Baltimore.

Feb. 21-22 - The Florida Orchestra, "Pulse" for orchestra, Kensho Watanabe, conductor.

Mar. 23 - MTNA National Conference, world premiere "Piano Sonata No. 3," Lewis Warren Jr., piano.

Mar. 26 - Michael Delfín, piano. Guest Artist Recital, University of Alabama. "Polaris" for piano.

Mar. 27 - Oakland Symphony, "Hammond Organ Concerto," Brian R. Nabors, soloist; Kedrick Armstrong, conductor.

Apr. 10 - Poiesis Quartet, "String Quartet"
Kaufman Music Center, Merkin Hall, New York, NY.

May 31 - Berkeley Symphony Musicians, "I, Too, Sing America." "String Quartet." Piedmont Center for the Arts, Berkeley, CA

Jun. 18 - Minnesota Orchestra, "Hammond Organ Concerto," Brian R. Nabors, soloist; Kedrick Armstrong, conductor.

Jun. 18-19 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, "Pulse" for orchestra, Antony Hermus, conductor.

Oct. 17 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall. World premiere of commissioned work. Program to be announced.

Dec. 9, 2026 - Verona Quartet, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. World premiere of new string quartet.

This week! Nabors “Upon Daybreak” with Seattle Symphony! March 13-15th, Peter Oundjian, conducting. If any of you are in the area, check the link in the comments for tickets!

Learn more about & listen to the work here:
https://www.briannabors.com/upondaybreak

This will be the culminating set of performances of this co-commissioned work through the New Music USA Amplifying Voices Consortium. The other participating orchestras were Detroit Symphony, ROCO, Berkeley Symphony and Boston Landmarks Orchestra.

A wholehearted thanks to New Music USA, artistic administration and staff of all involved who made this groundbreaking initiative possible. Regardless of the times, I know these efforts will persist to ensure equity and representation across our art form.

Upon Daybreak | Brian Raphael Nabors Upon Daybreak for Orchestra is a 15-minute orchestral journey whose commission was made possible through New Music USA's Amplifying Voices program; commissioning a total of 9 composers from underrepresented groups who each have their own respective consortium of co-commissioning orchestras.

Castle of Our Skins Wind Ensemble debuts world premiere Brian Raphael Nabors composition – The Bay State Banner This weekend Castle of our Skins Wind Ensemble will debut the world premiere of “Sketches from the Movement,” a new quintet composition by Brian Raphael Nabors during a free, community-based concert in Jamaica Plain.

TONIGHT ! OFFICIAL WORLD PREMIERE of the full version of my “Concerto for Hammond Organ, Orchestra, Vocal Quartet & Chorus” here at home with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Reginald Jackson on organ and the INCOMPARABLE Aeolians of Oakwood University + Faculty! They sound imaculate. This is the culminating concert of the 2nd year of our Momentum Festival, inspiring young creators and upcoming artists of our state with professional development workshops and artistic activities. My heart is full…If you’re in or around Birmingham, come through! It’s free!

https://alabamasymphony.org/events/momentum2/

Grateful for an incredible 2024! Onward! 🙏🏾❤️🎶