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2010-11 Season June 5-6, 2011 Miller Theater at Columbia University   Jazz Composers Readings: 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. June 3-4, 2011 Miller Theater at Columbia University Underwood New Music Readings 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.   March 17, 2011. FREE ADMISSION. Dweck Center at Brooklyn Public Library Composers OutFront! Doug Cuomo ACO continues its series presenting composer-performers in intimate settings around the city, with a performance by Douglas J. Cuomo at the Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at the Brooklyn Public Library, Thurs., March 17 at 7pm. Cuomo is best known for his score to the hit television series Sex and the City. In this setting Cuomo headlines an all-star quintet. Admission is free. AllMusic.com has praised Cuomo for his music which is,"...full of astonishing turns and is never predictable." More about Doug Cuomo: OutFront1...   Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 at 2 pm JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St., NYC Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at 2pm JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St., NYC Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 at 2pm Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B March 1, 2011 Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B March 3, 2011 Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B Orchestra Underground: Playing it UNsafe Lab Workshops 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. This open rehearsal offers the second in a series of glimpses of the works-in-progress. Music by Henry Threadgill, Sean Friar, Joan La Barbara, David Heuser, and Laura Schwendinger. Admission is free with reservation. More info... March 4, 2011 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground: Playing it UNsafe Performance The culminating performance of ACO's season-long collaborative 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. More info...     Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground: A Time & Place George Manahan, conductor Maya Beiser, cello Christopher Trapani, hexaphonic guitar CHARLES IVES: Central Park In The Dark DOUGLAS J. CUOMO: Black Diamond Express Train 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)  Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 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, July 23, 2010 at 8pm Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8pm Miller Theatre at Columbia University 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     2009-10 Season Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at 7:00pm Whitney Museum of American Art 5945 Madison Ave. at 75th Street, NYC Composers OutFront!: Erin Gee &Colin Gee COLIN GEE, actor/director ERIN GEE, vocalist Join composer/vocalist Erin Gee and her brother Colin Gee, actor/filmmaker, at the Whitney Museum for a special presentation of their work for voice, film, and actor. The evening begins with a performance by Ms. Gee of several of her works for solo voice, which employ unusual techniques using two microphones and live computer processing. Colin Gee, former actor with Cirque du Soleil and currently the Whitney Live Artist-in-Residence, will show an excerpt from his film Dakota. The event will also include a preview of the siblings' work in progress - Mouthpiece XIII: Mathilde of Loci, Part 1 - which premieres with ACO’s Orchestra Underground on November 30. Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC Orchestra Underground: Traditions & Transmigrations         Stefan Lano, conductor Donal Fox, piano Colin Gee, actor/director Erin Gee, vocalist Huang Ruo, vocalist ERIN GEE: Mouthpiece XIII: Mathilde of Loci, Part 1 for Electronically Processed Voice, Actor, Film & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO/LVMH Commission)  CURT CACIOPPO: When the Orchard Dances Ceased (World Premiere, ACO Commission) CHARLES IVES: Tone Roads Nos. 1 and 3 HUANG RUO: Leaving Sao for Chinese folk voice and orchestra (NYC Premiere) DONAL FOX: Peace Out for Improvising Pianist & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission) Friday, January 29, 2010 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 7:30pm Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA Orchestra Underground: Conversations Anne Manson, conductor Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet & saxophone Robert Black, double bass Pawel Wojtasik, video ROGER ZARE: Time-lapse (World Premiere, ACO/Underwood Commission) SEBASTIAN CURRIER: Next Atlantis for orchestra, electronics, and video (World Premiere, ACO Commission) PAQUITO D’RIVERA: Conversations with Cachao (NYC Premiere) Monday, February 22, 2010 at 6:00pm Queens Library at Flushing 41-17 Main Street, Flushing, NY FREE Admission Donal Fox: Composers OutFront! DONAL FOX, composer/pianist in a solo evening of "Transformations, Variations, Improvisations" on music by Chopin, Ellington, Bach, Gershwin, Monk, Schumann, Scarlatti, and Fox. Get the full story... Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:00pm Brooklyn Public Library's Dweck Center Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 7:30pm Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street, NYC Composers OutFront!: Missy Mazzoli & Victoire MISSY MAZZOLI, composer/performer Victoire, ensemble Two chances to see Missy Mazzoli & her chamber-rock group Victoire playing their signature blend of winds, strings, keys, and lo-fi electronics. Get the full story... Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC Orchestra Underground: Louis & the Young Americans Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor LOUIS ANDRIESSEN: Symphony for Open Strings (NYC Premiere) MISSY MAZZOLI: These Worlds in Us (World Premiere, new orchestration) MICHAEL FIDAY: HST: In memoriam Hunter S. Thompson (World Premiere, ACO Commission) JOHN KORSRUD: New Work (World Premiere, ACO Commission)   Friday, May 21, 2010 at 10am Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8pm Miller Theatre at Columbia University Broadway at 116th St., NYC Underwood New Music Readings George Manahan & José Serebrier, conductors Robert Beaser, Derek Bermel, George Tsontakis, mentor composers ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers. Guidelines & submission info...   Coming to  America Celebrating NYC's Immigrant Heritage week with music by young immigrant American composers: Feng Chern Hwei (Malaysia), Rubin Khodeli (Albania), Raimundo Penaforte (Brazil), and Gity Razaz (Iran). Admission is FREE. Sunday, April 18, 4:00 PM St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Parkchester 1891 McGraw Ave, Bronx, NY 10462 (718) 822-4535 Monday, April 19, 6:30 PM Langston Hughes Branch, Queens Public Library 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona, NY 11368 (718) 651-1100 Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 11:30 AM Ft. Hamilton High School 8301 Shore Road, Brooklyn, NY 11209-4200 (718) 748-1537 Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:00 PM The Brotherhood/Sister Sol 512 West 143 Street, New York, NY 10031 212.283.7044 2008-2009 Season Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at 9pm BAMcafe, Brooklyn Free admission! Composers 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 the Real Dragons Fly!, premiering in November 2008 at Zankel Hall. Friday, November 14, 2008 at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 at 7:30pm International House at University of Pennsylvania, 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/Jerome Commission) KEERIL MAKAN: Dream Lightly for Electric Guitar & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission) GREGORY 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/Goelet Commission) Find out more... Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at 7:30pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 at 7:30pm Penn Presents at The Ibrahim Theater at the International House, Philadelphia [pre-concert talk at 7pm] Orchestra Underground: Collaborations, New & Green George Manahan, Conductor Derek Bermel, clarinet Kasumi, video/sound-art Alexis Baskind, Miller Puckette & Rand Steiger, electronics DAVID SCHIFF: Stomp FANG MAN: Resurrection (World Premiere, ACO/Underwood/Jerome Commission) MARGARET BROUWER & KASUMI: BREAKDOWN: A sample-based hybrid opera in one act (World Premiere, ACO/Goelet Commission) KATI AGÓCS: Pearls (World Premiere, ACO/Goelet Commission) RAND STEIGER: Cryosphere for Live Electronics & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO/Fromm/Goelet Commission) Get the full scoop here... 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 region's most promising young composers. Guidelines and submission info...     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/Goelet/Bruckner Orchester Linz/Albany Symphony Orchestra Commission) LUKAS LIGETI: Labyrinth of Clouds for Electronic Mallet & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO/Goelet/Greenwall Commission) DEREK BERMEL: A Shout, A Whisper, A Trace (World Premiere, ACO/ProMusica Chamber Orchestra/Koussevitsky Foundation Commission) THOMAS LARCHER: Böse Zellen (Malignant Cells) for piano & orchestra (U.S. Premiere) Find out more... 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. 2007-2008 Season Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 9:00 pm Brecht Forum 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune) Steve Coleman & Aulos 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. Find out more... 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: Wait Your Turn (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   Monday, January 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm Joe's Pub at The Public Theater ACO presents Composers OutFront! Uri 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. Find out more...     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: Double Trouble for piano and orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission) EVAN CHAMBERS: Concerto for Fiddle and Violin   Wednesday & 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 Free at BAM Cafe April 26 AT 10PM The composer & contrabass flutist appears with Susanna Borsch, recorder Derek Bermel, clarinet Stephen Gosling, piano Find out more...   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.   Friday, June 20, 2008 at 7:30pm Gallerie Icosahedron 27 North Moore St. (btw. Varick and Hudson) Anna Clyne: Up-Front, Re-Mixed & Re-Moved June 20 Anna Clyne will be the featured Composers OutFront! artist on June 20 at 7:30pm at Gallerie Icosahedron in Tribeca. Featuring new and recent music by Anna with live remixes by 2s & 4s (Matt Parker, Julio Monterrey), 3D visuals by Joshue Ott/superDraw, and choreography by Flexicurve (Pascal Rekoert, Stephanie Tack), and more. Read all about it...   Saturday, June 21 at 1pm. FREE! Lincoln Square Block Party W. 64th St and Central Park West Make Music New York Features Derek Bermel ACO presents its Music Alive composer-in-residence, Derek Bermel, with his band Peace by Piece as part of this exciting city-wide, free music fest. At 1pm, at the West Side YMCA's day-long block party. Find out more...   2006-2007: 30th Anniversary Season Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 9:30 pm Joe's Pub at The Public Theater ACO presents Composers OutFront! Susie Ibarra: Barangay Rhythms Weaving a fascinating mix of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese and Thai rhythms and cultures with contemporary composition and improvisation. Featuring Electric Kulintang with music from their new recording to be released this fall. Susie Ibarra, acoustic & electric kulintang, drum set, vocals & keyboard; plus Electric Kulintang with Roberto Rodriguez, electronics, cajon & percussion; also with Gilad Harel, clarinets; Mari Kimura, violin & electronics; Jade Simmons, piano; Joseph Trent, flutes; Tomas Ulrich, cello Find out more...   Friday, October 13, 2006 at 7:30 pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! ACO's groundbreaking series reinvents the orchestra with four world premieres, a multi-media collaboration, and a new focus on composer-performers. Brad Lubman, guest conductor Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet Lauren Radnofsky, amplified cello Susie Ibarra, percussion Corey Dargel, vocalist Jim Altieri, violin CHARLES IVES: Ragtime Dances EVAN ZIPORYN: Big Grenadilla (World Premiere, ACO Commission) MICHAEL GATONSKA: After the Wings of Migratory Birds (World Premiere, ACO/Underwood Commission) MICHAEL GANDOLFI: As Above (with video by Ean White) (NY and Philadelphia Premieres) BRAD LUBMAN: Fuzzy Logic (with visual installation by Boom Design Group) (World Premiere, ACO Commission) SUSIE IBARRA: Optical Illusion - Meditation in White Light (NY Premiere) COREY DARGEL All the Notes & Rhythms I've Ever Loved (World Premiere) Find out more...   Friday, October 20, 2006 at 7:00 pm Joe's Pub at The Public Theater ACO presents Composers OutFront! Brad Lubman's Electric Fuzz (NYC Debut) The versatile conductor-composer-instrumentalist Brad Lubman's latest project creates new artistic synergies, juxtaposing acoustic music with electronics, pop-art and the avant-garde. Brad Lubman, keyboards, synth, & percussion with Will Chapin, electric guitar; Paul Coleman, electronics; Olivia DePrato, violin; Charlie Dye, percussion; Juliet Grabowski, clarinets & koto; Oliver Hagen, keyboards; Lauren Radnofsky, cello & electronics; Todd Reynolds, violin Find out more...     Thurs., Fri. & Saturday, November 16, 17 & 18, 2006 at 8:00 pm Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center ACO & Jazz at Lincoln Center Steven Sloane, conductor Marcus Roberts, piano Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue DEREK BERMEL: The Migration Series (World Premiere, ACO/Music Alive Commission) plus great American song orchestrations by NELSON RIDDLE Find out more... Friday, March 2, 2007 at 9:30 pm BAMCafé. Admission is Free. ACO presents Composers OutFront! Andrew McKenna Lee: From the Raunchy to the Refined Andrew McKenna Lee pushes the envelope with his original compositions for electric and acoustic guitar - solo and with allied musical mavericks Janus and NOW Ensemble. Find out more... Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 7:30 pm Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia Monday, March 26, 2007 at 7:30 pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! ACO challenges conventional notions about orchestra music with category-breaking premieres that continue a focus on composer as performer. Dennis Russell Davies, conductor laureate Vijay Iyer, piano Steven Mackey, electric guitar Kurt Rohde, viola Harold Meltzer, harpsichord Jason Treuting, percussion Andrew McKenna Lee, guitar Min Xiao-Fen, pipa STEVEN MACKEY: Deal for Electric Guitar & Chamber Orchestra (Philadelphia and New York Premieres) KURT ROHDE: White Boy/Man Invisible (NY Premiere, ACO Commission) VIJAY IYER: Interventions (World Premiere, ACO Commission) HAROLD MELTZER: Virginal TANIA LEÓN: Indigena plus music by ANDREW McKENNA LEE & MIN XIAO-FEN Friday, March 30, 2007 at 9:30 pm BAMCafé. Admission is Free. ACO presents Composers OutFront! Min Xiao-Fen: Blue Pipa Trio Pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen's Blue Pipa Trio integrates and improvises on the best of Chinese folk music, Jazz standards and even Bluegrass. With Bill McCrossen, bass & Steve Salerno, guitar. Find out more...       Friday & Saturday, April 13, 1:30 - 4:30pm. Free. Saturday, April 14, 7:30pm. Harold Prince Theater Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia ACO/Penn New Music Readings & Lab Featuring brand new music by five emerging composers from the Philadelphia-area. Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor Robert Beaser, artistic director Derek Bermel, Music Alive composer-in-residence Jennifer Higdon, mentor composer Gerald Levinson, mentor composer Jay Reise, mentor composer MICHAEL DJUPSTROM: Gaeng JOHN B. HEDGES: Scirocco Dances DAVID LAGANELLA: Under Ethereal GREGORY SPEARS: Finishing ALAN TORMEY: Cleveland is a State of Mind  Friday, April 27, 2007 at 8:00 pm Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall An Adams Apple: John Adams at 60 John Adams, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Eric Owens, bass-baritone JOHN ADAMS: My Father Knew Charles Ives The Wound Dresser Violin Concerto Find out more... Tuesday & Wednesday, May 8 & 9, 2007 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Admission is Free. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Underwood New Music Readings ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers selected from a national search. Paul Lustig Dunkel & David Alan Miller, conductors Robert Beaser, artistic director Derek Bermel, Tania León, Christopher Theofanides & Yehudi Wyner, mentor composers ROSHANNE ETEZADY: Cereus HSU CHIA-YU: Fantasy on Wang Bao Chuan XINYAN LI: Mountain Sacrifice No. 2 NORBERT PALEJ: Movimento Sinfonico AMY KIRSTEN: Strange Angel PHILIPPE BODIN: Fling JOSEPH PEREIRA: Mask RYAN STREBER: Arcuare CLINT NEEDHAM: Earth and Green     2005-2006 Season Friday, November 11, 2005 7:30 pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground "Music in Motion" Steven Sloane, conductor Pilobolus Dance Theatre Alison Chase, choreography Mirra Bank, film Carole Farley, soprano Margaret Lloyd, soprano CONLON NANCARROW: Study No. 7 (Orchestrated by Yvar Mikhashoff) JOSÉ SEREBRIER: Symphony No. 3, Symphonie Mystique (World Premiere) MICHAEL TORKE: Four Proverbs (World Premiere, Chamber Orchestra Version) EDWARD BILOUS: Lucid Dreams (World Premiere) Orchestra Underground is presented with the generous support of The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.   Sunday, November 13, 2005 7:30 PM at Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for the Arts Philadelphia, PA Orchestra Underground "Music in Motion" repeat of November 11 program   Saturday, February 4, 2006 7:30 PM at Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center for the Arts Philadelphia, PA Underground Mix Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor Lauren Flanigan, soprano Daniel Druckman, percussion Randall Woolf: BYOD (Philadelphia Premiere) Steven Mackey: Micro-Concerto (Philadelphia Premiere) Hiroya Miura: Wind Coils (World Premiere) Robert Beaser: Songs from "The Occasions"   Friday, March 17, 2006 7:30 pm at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground “Tech & Techno” Steven Sloane, conductor Todd Reynolds, electric violin DJ Scientific , laptop Bill T. Jones, narrator JUSTIN MESSINA: Abandon (World Premiere, ACO Commission) EDMUND CAMPION: Practice (World Premiere, ACO Commission) NEIL ROLNICK: iFiddle Concerto (World Premiere, ACO Commission) MASON BATES: Omnivorous Furniture (New York Premiere) DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN: Call Them All: Fantasy Projections for Film Laptop and Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission) Orchestra Underground is presented with the generous support of The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.   Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:30 PM at Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for the Arts Philadelphia, PA Orchestra Underground “Tech & Techno” Repeat of March 17 program   Sunday, April 30, 2006 2:00 PM Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. Family Concert Let's Go to the Movies featuring some of Hollywood's favorite kid-friendly film music, including music from Harry Potter, Star Wars, and The Lion King. Pre-concert educational activities for kids start at 12:30 PM. Tickets only $8. Wednesday, May 3, 2006 8:00 PM at Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall “Erotic Spirits” Steven Sloane, conductor Deborah Voigt, Soprano ACO Singers, Judith Clurman, director KRISTIN KUSTER: Myrrha (World Premiere, ACO/The Helen F. Whitaker Fund Commission) DEREK BERMEL: Elixir (World Premiere, ACO/Betty Freeman/Westchester Philharmonic Commission) BRIAN CURRENT: Symphonies in Slanted Time (New York Premiere, Barlow Endowment Commission) STEPHEN PAULUS: Erotic Spirits (New York Premiere)   Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Friday May 19, 2006 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Miller Theatre Columbia University (116th St. and Broadway) 15th Annual Underwood New Music Readings ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers. May 18 ROBERT GATES: Aerials ANDREA REINKEMEYER: Lured by the Horizon FANG MAN: Black and White ANNA CLYNE: rewind May 19 PAUL RICHARDS: Music for Midsummer JEFF MYERS: Metamorphosis III MATTHEW TOMMASINI: Songs Lost and Forgotten Lead support for the Underwood New Music Readings comes from Mr. Paul Underwood, The Fromm Music Foundation and The Helen F. Whitaker Fund. ACO's emerging composers programs are made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and with the support of Jerome Foundation and the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust. 2004-2005 Season Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:30 pm Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground ACO kicks-off its second season "underground" with provocative music that explores the relationship between music and the visual arts. Steven Sloane, conductor Ida Kavafian, violin Alice Ripley, soprano Matt Bogart, tenor STEPHEN SONDHEIM: Sunday in the Park with George (selections) MORTON FELDMAN: De Kooning RANDALL WOOLF: Women at an Exhibition for chamber orchestra, electronics, and video (World Premiere) video by Mary Harron and John C. Walsh MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: Fire and Blood (New York Premiere) Orchestra Underground is presented with the generous support of The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund. Recommended Reading: Sondheim in Two Contexts by Gerald Moshell Looking at Women by Mic Holwin Music & Art Beneath the Surface by Frank J. Oteri Friday, January 21, 2005. 7:30 pm at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Orchestra Underground ACO's groundbreaking series continues with a high-tech, high-energy program of all world premieres with percussive, improvisational & spatial explorations. Steven Sloane, conductor So Percussion Dan Trueman, violin & electronics CARLOS CARRILLO: Algunas metáforas que aluden al tormento, a la angustia y a la guerra (World Premiere, BMI/Carlos Surinach Fund Commission) DAN TRUEMAN: Traps Relaxed (World Premiere, ACO Commission) JASON FREEMAN: Glimmer (World Premiere, ACO Commission) EVE BEGLARIAN: Flaming0 (World Premiere, revised version) Orchestra Underground is presented with the generous support of The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund. Also funded in part through Meet the Composer's Creative Connections Program with the support of ASCAP Foundation, Copland Fund, Ford Foundation, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Virgil Thomson Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Recommended Reading: Discovering an Electric Violin by Dan Trueman Swooping the Orchestra with "Glimmer" by Jason Freeman Wednesday, February 23, 2005. 8:00 pm at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium ACO at Carnegie Hall An all premiere program featuring a major new work by Hollywood outsider composer Danny Elfman, and new music for Andy Summers, the lead guitarist of the legendary band the Police. Steven Sloane, conductor Andy Summers, electric guitar Benjamin Verdery, classical guitar ACO Singers, Judith Clurman, director MANLY ROMERO: Blanco, Azul, Rojo (World Premiere, Commissioned by The Helen F. Whitaker Fund) INGRAM MARSHALL: Dark Florescence - Variations for Two Guitars and Orchestra (World Premiere) DANNY ELFMAN: Serenada Schizophrana (World Premiere, ACO Commission) Recommended Reading: Two Different Guitarists, One Composer by Mic Holwin Danny Elfman Walks into Carnegie Hall... by Jessica Lustig Thursday, May 5, 2005 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Friday May 6, 2005 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium Columbia University, 115th Street and Broadway 14th Annual New Music Readings ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers. Robert Beaser, artistic director Steven Sloane, music director Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor James Lowe, conductor Steven Mackey and Melinda Wagner, mentor composers Thursday, May 5 ZHOU TIAN: The Palace of Nine Perfections SPENCER LAMBRIGHT: Lyhennys JOSEPH SHEEHAN: Sail Away to Soft, Sweet Bells MICHAEL GATONSKA: An Expedition Aboard the Third Mind JENNIFER FITZGERALD: Having Once Been, Mvt. I Friday, May 6 KENNETH FROELICH: Pulse Mutations STEFAN WEISMAN: The Bird Happened GREGG WRAMAGE: Remember Death (The Hemingway Summer) DANIEL VISCONTI: Graffiti CARLOS RIVERA: Popol-Vuh, Four Mayan Dances for Orchestra Lead support for the Underwood New Music Readings comes from Mr. Paul Underwood, The Fromm Music Foundation and The Helen F. Whitaker Fund. ACO's emerging composers programs are made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and with the support of Jerome Foundation and the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust. 2003-2004 Season Wednesday, October 8, 2003 Carnegie Hall — Isaac Stern Auditorium 8:00 pm Different Trains Dramatic music for strings featuring a haunting sonic landscape by Steve Reich, one of America’s most influential composer-creators Steven Sloane, conductor James Stubbs, trumpet JOHN ADAMS: Christian Zeal and Activity CHARLES WUORINEN: Grand Bamboula ANNA WEESNER: Still Things Move (New York Premiere) IRVING FINE: Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra ALAN HOVHANESS: The Holy City, op. 218 STEVE REICH: Different Trains (Version for String Orchestra and pre-recorded tape) (New York Premiere) Friday, February 27, 2004 Carnegie Hall — Zankel Hall 7:30 pm Orchestra Underground Two new works that re-invent the orchestra concert with multimedia and altered instrumentation Steven Sloane, conductor Andrew Armstrong, piano LISA BIELAWA: The Right Weather (World Premiere, Commissioned by the Helen F. Whitaker Fund) Gotham (World Premiere, ACO Commission) In Collaboration with Ridge Theater and Hypnotic Pictures MICHAEL GORDON, composer BILL MORRISON, filmaker LAURIE OLINDER, visual artist BOB McGRATH, director Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Carnegie Hall — Isaac Stern Auditorium 8:00 pm Fanfares and Fire A high-energy blast of new music with reflective music by Nicholas Maw Steven Sloane, conductor eighth blackbird DAVID SCHOBER: Split Horizon Concerto for Sextet and Orchestra (World Premiere, Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation) DARON HAGEN: Fire Music (New York Premiere) NED ROREM: Lions NICHOLAS MAW: The World in the Evening (New York Premiere) Wednesday, April 28, 2004 Carnegie Hall — Isaac Stern Auditorium 8:00 pm Improvise! Improvisation meets the orchestra...the centerpiece of a week-long festival Steven Sloane, conductor Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor Anthony Davis, piano Chico Freeman, saxophone Gerry Hemingway, percussion ALVIN SINGLETON: When Given A Choice (World Premiere, Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress and American Composers Orchestra) EARLE BROWN: Event: Synergy II ANTHONY DAVIS: Wayang V (New York Premiere) GEORGE LEWIS: Virtual Concerto (World Premiere, ACO Commission) DUKE ELLINGTON: Les Trois Rois Noirs Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:00 am - 3:30 pm Friday May 21, 2004 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Miller Theatre at Columbia University, 116th Street and Broadway 13th Annual Whitaker New Music Readings ACO's annual round-up of the best and brightest works by emerging American composers. Robert Beaser, artistic director Jeffrey Milarsky & Carl St. Clair, conductors Stephen Hartke and Michael Daugherty, mentor composers DANIEL BRADSHAW: Jubilus ANTHONY CHEUNG: 1st Movement, from Symphony No. 1 RALF GAWLICK: …De La Mas Sabrosa Y Agradable Vida… KRISTIN KUSTER: The Narrows JONATHAN NEWMAN: Hip + Now THOMAS OSBORNE: The Burning Music ROBERT PATERSON: Electric Lines CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI: North 2002-2003 Season Sunday, November 3, 2002 at 3pm A Program of Psalms Carnegie Hall Steven Sloane, conductor New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, artistic director Judith Bettina, soprano Amy Burton, soprano Margaret Lattimore, mezzo-soprano Richard Clement, tenor John Hancock, baritone DAVID LANG: how to pray (World Premiere, ACO Commission) CHARLES IVES: Psalm 100 MILTON BABBITT: From the Psalter (World Premiere, ACO Commission) JON MAGNUSSEN: Psalm (excerpts) (New York Premiere) CHARLES IVES: The Sixty-Seventh Psalm SHULAMIT RAN: Supplications (for Chorus and Orchestra) (World Premiere, ACO Commission) JOHN HARBISON: Four Psalms (New York Premiere) Friday, February 21, 2003 at 7pm Randall Woolf Joe's Pub at the Public Theater Turn Me Away twisted tutu (Eve Beglarian-vocals, keyboards & Kathleen Supové-keyboards) ...missing... Margaret Kampmeier-piano, John Ferrari-vibes, marimba The Trick Is To Keep Breathing The Sirius Quartet: Meg Okura-violin, Rachel Golub-violin, Ron Lawrence-viola, David Eggar-cello The debut of Soup, a new group comprised of gospel/jazz/soul singer/composer Tyrone Henderson, co-composer Randall Woolf on keyboard, Nabaté Isles on trumpet, and guitarist Ann Klein. Tickets for this performance are now available: $20 at the box office or through telecharge at 212 239 6200, www.telecharge.com. Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 3pm Zappa and the Emerging American Composer Carnegie Hall Steven Sloane, conductor David Moss, Omar Ebrahim, vocalists DAN COLEMAN: L'alma respira (World premiere. Commissioned by the Helen F. Whitaker Fund) HSUEH-YUNG SHEN: Autumn Fall (World premiere. Commissioned by the Helen F. Whitaker Fund) BRIAN ROBISON: In Search of the Miraculous (World premiere. Commissioned by the Helen F. Whitaker Fund) FRANK ZAPPA arr. Ali N. Askin: The Adventures of Greggery Peccary (U.S. Premiere) G-Spot Tornado The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat (a.k.a. Dog/Meat) (NY Premiere) Peaches en Regalia (U.S. Premiere) Sunday, April 6, 2003 at 3pm Antony and Cleopatra Carnegie Hall Steven Sloane, conductor New York Concert Singers, Judith Clurman, music director Carol Vaness, Cleopatra Louis Otey, Antony Neil Rosenshein, Caesar Arthur Woodley, Enobarbus With: Elizabeth Batton; Matthew Burns; Peter Couchman; Jonathan Goodman; Andrew Martens; Richard Lippold; Douglas Purcell; Mark Rehnstrom; Margaret Thompson; James Archie Worley SAMUEL BARBER: Antony and Cleopatra (concert performance) Monday, April 7, 2003 Whitaker New Music Readings Steven Sloane, conductor Jeffrey Milarsky & Scott Yoo, guest conductors Robert Beaser, artistic director Chen Yi, Joseph Schwantner, Steven Stucky, composer-mentors ACO's annual round-up of the best and brightest works by emerging American composers.   Top 2001-2002 Season Orchestra Tech October 10 - 14, 2001 / New York City A five-day conference and concert series exploring the integration of technology and the orchestra. Click here to learn more about the Orchestra Tech conference. Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 8 pm Miller Theatre, Columbia University [directions & venue info] American Composers Orchestra Orchestra Tech Opening Concert Gil Rose and Jeffrey Milarsky, conductors Steven Schick, percussion JOHN OSWALD: Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra (New York Premiere) OTTO LUENING: Synthesis EDMUND CAMPION: What goes up... (New York Premiere) DAVID FELDER: In Between (New York Premiere) RANDALL WOOLF: Hee Haw Tickets: $20. Call 212.854.7799, or online at www.millertheatre.com. Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 8 pm Merkin Concert Hall [directions & venue info] Orchestra Tech presents Speculum Musicae MARK APPLEBAUM: Scipio wakes up (New York Premiere) JAMES MOBBERLY: Soggiorno (New York Premiere) JOSHUA FINEBERG: Empreintes (U.S. Premiere) MATHEW ROSENBLUM: Nü Kuan Tzu Tickets: $20. Call 212.501.3330 Friday, October 12, 2001 at 8 pm Great Hall, Cooper Union [directions & venue info] Ethel: Electric Quartet with Carol Wincenc, flute STEVE MACKEY: String Theory RICARDO DAL FARRA: Homotecia (World Premiere) INGRAM MARSHALL: Fog Tropes II RAND STEIGER: 13 Loops (World premiere, New Version) MARK WINGATE: Prophecy ROGER REYNOLDS: Ariadne's Thread (New York Premiere) Tickets: $15. Call 212.279.4200, or online at www.ticketweb.com. Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 8 pm The Knitting Factory [directions & venue info] Electro-Acoustic Composers Out Front! Composer-performers explore new worlds of technology, improvisation and virtuosity with performances by: MARI KIMURA MARTHA MOOKE DANIEL TRUEMAN GOLAN LEVIN Tickets $20. Call 212.210.3006, or online at www.virtuous.com. Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 8 pm Carnegie Hall [directions & venue info] American Composers Orchestra Technology and the Orchestra Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 8 pm Carnegie Hall American Composers Orchestra Technology and the Orchestra Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor EDGARD VARESE: Déserts (with video created by Bill Viola) (New York Premiere) TOD MACHOVER: Sparkler (World Premiere, ACO Commission) MORTON SUBOTNICK: Before the Butterfly (World Premiere, Digital Version) TRISTAN MURAIL: Le Partage des Eaux (U.S. Premiere) Tickets: $47, $36, $17. Call CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800, or online at www.carnegiehall.org. Sunday, February 3, 2002 at 3 pm Philip Glass 65th Birthday Concert Carnegie Hall   Dennis Russell Davies, conductor   Lauren Flanigan, soprano   Raschèr Saxophone Quartet PHILIP GLASS/RAVI SHANKAR: Passages (U.S. Premiere) PHILIP GLASS: Symphony No. 6, "Plutonian Ode" (World Premiere, Carnegie Hall Corporation and Bruckner Orchestra, Linz Commission) For tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800; or buy online at www.carnegiehall.org Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 3 pm ACO 25th Anniversary Concert, Part I Carnegie Hall   Steven Sloane, conductor (Carnegie Hall Debut)   Icebreaker, guest ensemble STEWART WALLACE: The Book of Five (World Premiere, ACO/ASCAP Foundation Commission) ERICH KORNGOLD: Symphony in F#, Op. 40 For tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800; or buy online at www.carnegiehall.org Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 3 pm ACO 25th Anniversary Concert, Part II Carnegie Hall   Dennis Russell Davies, conductor   Margaret Leng Tan, piano KEVIN PUTS: Falling Dream (World Premiere, BMI Foundation/Carlos Surinach Fund Commission) FRANCIS THORNE: Concerto for Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission) JOHN CAGE: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra ELLIOTT CARTER: Variations for Orchestra For tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800; or buy online at www.carnegiehall.org 2000-2001 Season October 11, 2000, 8:00 PM Pacifica Mix Japan Society Venue & Ticket information Dorothy Chang: BLOOM (1994)   Solo 'cello Ushio Torikai: AIR 4   Solo flute Joan Huang: REMEMBERING SOUTH RIVER LAND (1999)   Piano trio Gi Nyoung Lee: SANJO (1999)   Solo viola PQ Phan: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS (1995)   Clarinet, violin, 'cello, piano Kenji Bunch: SUITE FOR VIOLA AND PIANO   Viola, piano   Sunday, October 15, 2000 Pacifica Carnegie Hall Venue and ticket information From the Pacific Rim to the West Coast... Asian influences in American music.   Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor   Ursula Oppens, piano MELISSA HUI: Common Ground (U.S. Premiere) CHINARY UNG: Inner Voices P.Q. PHAN: When the Worlds Mixed and Times Merged (World Premiere, ACO Commission) LOU HARRISON: Piano Concerto   January 21, 2001 Berlin 1931 Carnegie Hall Venue and ticket information A re-creation of a program of American music introduced to German audiences 70 years earlier by the inimitable Nicolas Slonimsky.   Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor ADOLPH WEISS: American Life CHARLES IVES: Three Places in New England CARL RUGGLES: Men and Mountains COWELL: Synchrony AMADEO ROLDÁN: Suite de "La Rebambaramba" 2/2/2001; 8:30 PM Derek Bermel & Peace by Piece Joe's Pub Venue information Old Songs for a New Man (1996-97) Timothy Jones, baritone Turning (1995) Marilyn Nonken, piano "Peace by Piece" Derek Bermel, voice, keyboards, caxixi Mat Deveau, drums Bobby Roe, bass Mark Tewarson, guitar March 9, 2001; 8:30 PM Jin Hi Kim: Komungo Around Joe's Pub Venue information Nong Rock   komungo and string quartet Portrait   for komungo solo Core   for komungo solo EK for JC   for electric komungo solo Quagmire   Jin Hi Kim, komungo   Reggie Workman, bass   Oliver Lake, Saxophone   March 11, 2001, 2:00 PM Immigrant Voices New York Historical Society Venue and ticket information New York Concert Singers Judith Clurman, director Susan Jolles, harp Alan Muraoka, narrator MAX HELFMAN: The Lady with the Lamp MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cherry Ripe IGOR STRAVINSKY: Ave Maria & Anthem ERNST KRENEK: The Four Sweet Months ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Drei Volksliedsatze ERNST TOCH: Geographical Fugue CHEN YI (arr.): Fengyang Song ALLA BORSOVA: Festive PAOLA PRESTINI: Solitude (World Premiere) ALICE PARKER (arr.): Irish Folk Songs   March 18, 2001 Ellis Island to JFK Carnegie Hall Venue and ticket information American music continually enriched by immigrant composers.   Dante Anzolini, Conductor   Leon Fleisher, piano   Jin Hi Kim, komungo JIN HI KIM: Eternal Rock (World Premiere, ACO Commission) TANIA LEóN: Desde... (World Premiere, ACO Commission) LUKAS FOSS: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Variations for Orchestra April 14, 2:00 PM Hidden Hollywood American Museum of the Moving Image Venue information DAVID RAKSIN: Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet BERNARD HERRMANN: Echoes JOHN CORIGLIANO: Soliloquy MIKLOS ROZSA: String Quartet No. 1 April 18, 2001 Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions ACO's annual round-up of the country's most promising emerging composers. April 19, 2001; 8:30 PM David Raksin: Hollywood Cabaret Joe's Pub Venue information David Raksin: SWING LOW SWEET CLARINET   Clarinet and string quartet David Raksin: LAURA   Piano/vocal variations (David Raksin and Francis Thorne) David Raksin: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL   Clarinet and piano Remainder of the program TBA   April 7-8,15, 21, 2:00 PM Hidden Hollywood (part 2) American Museum of the Moving Image Venue information Film screenings & discussion with composers April 7: Philip Glass, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Kundun April 8: Royal Brown, film historian, Vertigo, Spellbound April 15: composer Carter Burwell and sound designer Skip Lievsay, Barton Fink April 15 (5:00 PM): Paul Chihara April 21: David Raksin: Laura, The Bad and the Beautiful April 22, 2001 Hollywood Carnegie Hall Venue and ticket information Hollywood composers from the studio heydays to today.   Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor   Scott Dunn, piano BERNARD HERRMANN: Psycho Suite DAVID RAKSIN: The Bad and the Beautiful IGOR STRAVINSKY: Four Norwegian Moods MIKLOS ROZSA: The Spellbound Concerto DMITRI TIOMKIN: The Thing PAUL CHIHARA: Clouds (...from out of the past) (World Premiere, ACO Commission) Top 1999-2000 Season Sunday, October 31, 1999 at 3pm Protest Dennis Russell Davies, conductor Lauren Flanigan, soprano LOUIS BALLARD: Incident at Wounded Knee (N.Y. Premiere) ROBERT BEASER: The Heavenly Feast (N.Y. Premiere) Commissioned by ACO and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ALVIN SINGLETON: 56 Blows (N.Y. Premiere) CURTIS-SMITH: GAS! - The Great American Symphony [more about this concert...]   Sunday, January 9, 2000 at 3pm Roots Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor JOHN CAGE: Quartets AMY BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, "Gaelic" MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS: Tomorrow's Song, as Yesterday Sings Today (World Premiere) Commissioned by ACO with the support of the late Francis Goelet DANIEL ROUMAIN: Harlem Essay for Orchestra and Digital Audio Tape (World Premiere) Commissioned by ACO with the support of the Helen F. Whitaker Fund [more about this concert...]   Sunday, February 27, 2000 at 3pm Lindbergh... Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Laurie Anderson, electric violin Robert Wilson, narrator Suzan Hanson, soprano Maria Jonas, mezzo-soprano John Duykers, tenor Leon Williams, baritone Stephen Morscheck, bass Judith Clurman Chorale, Judith Clurman, director SAMUEL BARBER: Night Flight, Op. 19a KURT WEILL: The Lindbergh Flight LAURIE ANDERSON: Songs for A.E. (bassed on the story of Amelia Earhart (World Premiere) Commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation PHILIP GLASS/ROBERT WILSON: Act V from "The White Raven" (U.S. Premiere) [more about this concert...]

Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 6pm/font>
George Antheil Centennial in Music & Film
Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, NYC