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For Carnegie Hall performances,
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or visit www.carnegiehall.org

For Philadelphia performances,
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For Carnegie Hall performances,
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or visit www.carnegiehall.org

For Philadelphia performances,
call Penn Presents at
215-898-3900
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2007-2008 Season

Upcoming Events

 

Crash Test ViolinWednesday & Thursday, April 23 & 24, 2008
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU

Friday, April 25, 2008 at 7:30 pm.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 7:30 pm. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia

Orchestra Underground: Playing It UNsafe

What happens when today's most innovative musical thinkers pour their creative energies into no-holds-barred experiments designed to stretch the limits of what's possible with an orchestra? The results of this nationwide search are brought together in an "on-the-edge" display of uncharted musical territory.

Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
Jeremy Flower, laptop
Ned McGowan, contrabass flute
Joshue Ott, superDraw
Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk)

ANNA CLYNE: TENDER HOOKS
a multimedia concerto for theremin, laptop & orchestra
JONATHAN DAWE: Overture & Ballet Music from Armide
fractal geometry & hip-hop meet in postwar Iraq
CHARLES MASON: Additions
time and place redefined in music for "porous" architecture
NED McGOWAN: Bantammer Swing
sonic extremes for amplified contrabass flute & orchestra
DAN TRUEMAN: Silicon/Carbon: an anti-Concerto-Grosso
for a hybrid laptop-acoustic orchestra

 

Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 10 pm
BAM Cafe

ACO presents Composers OutFront!
Ned McGowan, contrabass flutist/composerNed McGowan

Free at BAM Cafe
April 26 AT 10PM

The composer & contrabass flutist appears with Susanna Borsch, recorder
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Stephen Gosling, piano

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Tuesday, May 6 & Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU

Underwood New Music Readings

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

 

Earlier This Season

 

Friday, February 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia

Orchestra Underground: Culture Shock

Cultures elide in new works by composer-performers that span stylistic boundaries and diverse world music inspirations.

David Alan Miller, Conductor
Uri Caine, piano
Evan Chambers, Irish fiddle
Eva Gruesser, violin
Terry Riley, voice and synthesizer
I Wayan Sudirana, Balinese percussion
Michael Tenzer, Balinese percussion

TERRY RILEY: Remember This O Mind (New York and Philadelphia Premieres)
MICHAEL TENZER: Resolution/Tabuh Gari for Balinese percussion & orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
URI CAINE: New work for piano and orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
EVAN CHAMBERS: Concerto for Fiddle and Violin

 

Monday, January 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater
ACO presents Composers OutFront!

Uri Caine. Photo credit: Bill DouthartUri Caine
& the Uri Caine Ensemble

Known for his improvisational jazz-inflected permutations on music by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, and Bach. This performance previews Caine's Double Trouble, a concerto for piano and orchestra that Caine premieres with ACO Feb. 8.

with Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Joyce Hammann, violin; Moran Katz, clarinet; Jim Black, drums; Uri Caine, piano; and Drew Gress, bass.

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Friday, October 19, 2007 at 7:30 pm.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 7:30 pm. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia

Orchestra Underground: Hybridity

ACO challenges convention with four category-crossing world premieres, a multimedia collaboration, and a focus on the composer-performer.

Steven Sloane, Principal Guest Conductor
Steve Coleman, saxophone
Susie Ibarra, percussion
Scott Johnson, electric guitar
Special Guest Ensemble: gutbucket
Makoto Fujimura, projections

SUSIE IBARRA: Pintados Dream (The Painted's Dream)
(World Premiere, ACO Commission)
CHARLES MINGUS: Revelations
STEVE COLEMAN: The Illusion of Body for saxophone and orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
KEN THOMSON: New work (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
SCOTT JOHNSON: Stalking Horse for electric guitar and orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
ANNA CLYNE:

Spotlight Performance by Anna Clyne, amplified cello and tape; Joshue Ott, live visuals

 



Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
(between Bank & Bethune)

Steve Coleman & Aulos
Composers OutFront!

Extending its reach beyond its Carnegie Hall home base, ACO's season-long focus on composer-performers kicks off with a Composers OutFront! performance by composer-saxophonist Steve Coleman and the Aulos Trio, with Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet and Tim Albright, trombone. Admission is free.

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