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2010-11
Season
Highlights
Friday,
Oct. 15, 2010 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and
Seventh Avenue, NYC
Orchestra Underground:
Mystics & Magic
George
Manahan, conductor
Susan Narucki, soprano
Ursula Oppens, pianist
CLAUDE VIVIER:
Lonely Child
(NYC
Premiere)
ALVIN SINGLETON:
BluesKonzert (NYC Premiere)
JACOB
DRUCKMAN: Nor Spell Nor Charm
JOHN LUTHER
ADAMS: The Light Within (World Premiere,
ACO Commission, version for orchestra)
WANG JIE:
From the Other Sky (World
Premiere, ACO Commission)
Friday,
December 3, 2010 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and
Seventh Avenue, NYC
Orchestra Underground:
A Time & Place
George Manahan, conductor
Maya Beiser, cello
Christopher Trapani,
hexaphonic guitar
CHARLES IVES:
Central Park In The Dark
DOUG CUOMO:
Black Diamond Express to Hell (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
CHRISTOPHER
TRAPANI: Westering (World Premiere, ACO
Commission)
JEROME KITZKE:
The Fire at 4 a.m. (World Premiere, ACO
Commission)
RYAN FRANCIS:
Highline (World
Premiere, ACO/LVMH Commission)
March 4, 2011 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and
Seventh Avenue, NYC
Orchestra Underground:
Playing it UNsafe
George Manahan, conductor
ACO's next musical laboratory. Composers pursuing
no-holds-barred explorations that challenge their creative capacities and
stretch the limits of what is possible with an orchestra. New pieces selected
through a nationwide search and born from a unique incubation process of
workshops, public readings, and collaborative feedback.
June 3-4, 2011
Miller Theater at Columbia University
116th Street and Broadway, NYC
Underwood New
Music Readings:
George Manahan, conductor
In what has become a
rite of passage for aspiring orchestral composers, up to eight composers from
throughout the United States will be selected to receive a reading of a new
work, and one composer will be selected to receive a $15,000 commission for a
work to be performed by ACO during an upcoming season..
June 5-6, 2011
Miller Theater at Columbia University
116th Street and Broadway, NYC
Jazz Composers
Readings:
George Manahan, conductor
The Center for Jazz
Studies at Columbia University and ACO will present the first-ever Jazz
Composers Orchestra Institute Readings, the culmination of a process that begins
with a week-long Intensive held on the Columbia University campus in July 2010
and led by Center for Jazz Studies director George Lewis. Several JCOI Intensive participants will submit applications to participate in the JCOI Readings on June 5 and 6, 2011. Four to six promising composers will be selected to create new works for orchestra and to work further with mentor composers and conductors in developing these works.
Previous Concerts This Season:
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8pm
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Broadway at 116th St., NYC
Jazz Meets Orchestra
July 23 & 24
 John
Zorn, Roscoe Mitchell, Leroy Jenkins
and Earle Brown are featured composers as ACO & the Center for
Jazz Studies at Columbia Univ. kick-off the new Jazz Composers Orchestra
Institute at Miller Theatre this summer.
Info
& tickets
Click
here to view concerts from previous seasons.
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