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For Carnegie Hall performances,
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For Philadelphia performances,
call Penn Presents at
215-898-3900
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2008-2009 Season

Upcoming Events

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at 9pm
BAMcafe, Brooklyn
Free admission!

Fred HoComposers OutFront!
Fred Ho & The Afro Asian Music Ensemble

with Bobby Zankel, alto sax; Salim Washington, tenor sax; Art Hirahara, piano; Wes Brown, bass; & Royal Hartigan, drums.

Baritone saxophone provocateur & composer Fred Ho performs with his signature ensemble, previewing the premiere of his When Real Dragons Fly!, premiering next month at Zankel Hall. [find out more...]

 

Friday, November 14, 2008 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC

Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 at 7:30pm
Annenberg Center for the Arts, Philadelphia [pre-concert talk at 7pm]

Orchestra Underground:
Season Opener

Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
Fred Ho, baritone saxophone
Seth Josel, electric guitar

CLINT NEEDHAM: Chamber Symphony (World Premiere, ACO/Underwood Commission)
KEERIL MAKAN: New Work for Electric Guitar & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
GREG SPEARS: Finishing (New York Premiere)
KAMRAN INCE: Domes (New York & Philadelphia Premieres)
FRED HO: When the Real Dragons Fly! for saxophone & orchestra (World Premiere/ACO Commission)

 

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC

Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 at 7:30pm
Annenberg Center for the Arts, Philadelphia [pre-concert talk at 7pm]

Orchestra Underground:
Collaborations, New & Green

George Manahan, Conductor
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Kasumi, video/sound-art
Miller Puckette & Rand Steiger, electronics

DAVID SCHIFF: Stomp
FANG MAN: Resurrection (World Premiere, ACO/Underwood Commission)
MARGARET BROUWER & KASUMI: The Earth Breathing (working title) for Video/Sound-Art & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
KATI AGÓCS: New Work for Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
RAND STEIGER: Cryosphere for Live Electronics & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)

 

Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009 at 1:30pm
Friday, Apr. 17, 2009 at 7:30pm
Annenberg Center for the Arts, Philadelphia

ACO/Penn Presents New Music Readings & Lab

A glimpse at new collaborations and new music selected from the Pennsylvania regions most promising young composers.

 

Friday, May 1, 2009 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC

Orchestra Underground:
Davies Returns

Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Thomas Larcher, piano
Lukas Ligeti, Marimba Lumina

ROBERT BEASER: Guitar Concerto (NYC premiere, ACO/Bruckner Orchester Linz/Albany Symphony Orchestra Commission)
LUKAS LIGETI: New Work for Electronic Mallet & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
DEREK BERMEL: New Work (World Premiere, ACO/ProMusica Chamber Orchestra/Koussevitsky Foundation Commission)
THOMAS LARCHER: Böse Zellen (Malignant Cells) for piano & orchestra (U.S. Premiere)

 

Thursday, May 7 & Friday, May 8, 2009.
Miller Theater at Columbia Univ., NYC

Underwood New Music Readings

ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers.

 

Earlier This Season

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from previous seasions.

 

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