Welcome to SoundAdvice, ACO’s outspoken corner of the web where we post commentary from our audiences about the new and unusual music heard at recent ACO performances. SoundAdvice has been started as a way for listeners to provide feedback to composers and the orchestra, to allow you to learn how your opinions compare to others, and most importantly, to promote discussion amongst musicians and audiences alike about new orchestral music. We firmly believe that engendering dialogue is one of the most important ingredients in the process of building new musical works into the repertoire and—that like sports, politics and cinema—everyone should have an opinion. Want to voice your opinions about ACO's 'Culture Shock' concert? Click here to take the short survey Or Email us at soundadvice@americancomposers.org Below are some of the musical works for which we currently have comments on file: Muhal Richard Abrams: Tomorrow's Song as Yesterday Sings Today John Adams: Christian Zeal and Activity Laurie Anderson: Songs for Amelia Earhart Robert Ashley: When Famous Last Words Fail You George Antheil: Ballet Mécanique Louis Ballard: Incident at Wounded Knee Amy Beach: Symphony in E Minor, "Gaelic" Robert Beaser: The Heavenly Feast Derek Bermel: Voices John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano John Cage: Quartets for 41 Players Elliott Carter: Variations for Orchestra Paul Chihara: Clouds (...from out of the past) Aaron Copland: Short Symphony Henry Cowell: Synchrony George Crumb: Echoes of Time and the River Sebastian Currier: Microsymph Curtis Curtis-Smith: GAS! - The Great American Symphony David Diamond: Symphony No. 2 Vernon Duke: Piano Concerto in C Major Irving Fine: Serious Song George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody Alberto Ginastera: Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals Philip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet & Orchestra Philip Glass: Act V from "The White Raven" Michael Gordon: Romeo Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto Lou Harrison: Symphony on G Bernard Herrmann: Psycho Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico Alan Hovhaness: The Holy City Melissa Hui: Common Ground Charles Ives: Three Places in New England Betsy Jolas: Frauenleben for Viola & Orchestra Anthony M. Kelley: The Breaks Marta Lambertini: Antígona II Oscar Levant: Piano Concerto Todd Levin: Swirl George Perle: Piano Concerto No. 1 P.Q. Phan: When Worlds Mixed and Times Merged Astor Piazzolla: Concierto para Bandoneón Kevin Puts: Falling Dream David Raksin: The Bad and the Beautiful Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Steve Reich: Different Trains Amadeo Roldan: Suite from La rebambaramba Daniel Bernard Roumain: Harlem Essay Miklos Rozsa: Spellbound Concerto Carl Ruggles: Men and Mountains Lalo Schifrin: La Represión Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 1 Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 3 Alvin Singleton: 56 Blows Hale Smith: Ritual and Incantations David Stock: Violin Concerto Igor Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods Tan Dun: Red Forecast Augusta Read Thomas: Brass Axis Francis Thorne: Concerto for Orchestra Dmitri Tiomkin: The Thing Chinary Ung: Inner Voices Melinda Wagner: Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion Kurt Weill: Der Lindberghflug (The Lindbergh Flight) Anna Weesner: Still Things Move Adolf Weiss: American Life, Scherzo Jazzoso for Large Orchestra Charles Wuorinen: Grand Bamboula Randall Woolf: White Heat Ezequiel Viñao: El Sueño de Cristobal

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