Performances & Events

June 6, 2025

EarShot Readings: American Composers Orchestra

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM – Public Reading

Neidorff-Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music

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Live Stream available here.

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Rei Hotoda, conductor

Vijay Iyer, mentor composer

Curtis Stewart, mentor composer

Melinda Wagner, mentor composer

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LAVELL BLACKWELL, Toccata for Orchestra

ARJAN SINGH DOGRA, Live Salmon

GRACE ANN LEE, In Crystallized Time

STEVEN R. GERBER, Spirituals for String Orchestra, 6. Call and Response (“Go Down, Moses”)

SHAWN JOHNSON, The Cardinal Takes Flight

CHENG JIN KOH, Midnight Visions

MARIE DOUGLAS, The People Could Fly

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Live Salmon is presented in partnership with the BMI Foundation

Spirituals for String Orchestra is made possible by the Steven R. Gerber Trust

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EarShot is a program of American Composers Orchestra completed in partnership with American Composers Forum, the League of American Orchestras, and New Music USA. The program is made possible with lead support from Altman Foundation, Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Mellon Foundation, Sphinx Venture Fund, TD Charitable Foundation, Fromm Foundation, Ford Good Neighbor Committee, Jerome Foundation, BMI Foundation, and The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowships; additional support is provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Fund, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, G. Schirmer/Wise Music Foundation, and the League of American Orchestras with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

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Public funds are provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.