Performances & Events

American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot Readings offer a rare opportunity to hear new orchestral works in progress, featuring both an open rehearsal and a public reading at Cary Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Led by Jeffery Meyer and mentor composers Huang Ruo, Valerie Coleman, and Curtis Stewart, this year's program features works by Benjamin T. Martin, Unfurling Dances; Ty Bloomfield, fragrances of something sweet; Coral Douglas, TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; Steven R. Gerber, Spirituals for String Orchestra, 1. Homage to Dvořák (“Goin’ Home”); Tyler Kline, West of the Sun; Seare Farhat, shadows rising soundless as night; and Kimberly Osberg, NIGHT LIGHTS. Join us June 11–12 for these readings.

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JEFFERY MEYER, conductor
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BENJAMIN T. MARTIN, Unfurling Dances
‍TY BLOOMFIELD, fragrances of something sweet
‍CORAL DOUGLAS, TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY
STEVEN R. GERBER, Spirituals for String Orchestra
     1. Homage to Dvořák (“Goin’ Home”)
TYLER KLINE, West of the Sun
SEARE FARHAT, shadows rising soundless as night
‍KIMBERLY OSBERG, Night Lights
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‍Mentor Composers:
Valerie Coleman
Huang Ruo
Curtis Stewart

ACO 2026 EarShot Readings are supported by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. 

Lead support for EarShot CoLABoratory is generously provided by TD Charitable Foundation. 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 support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Mellon Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, Jerome Foundation, and BMI Foundation, Inc. Additional support is provided by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Fund, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, G. Schirmer/Wise Music Foundation, the Stephen R. Gerber Trust, and the League of American Orchestras with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. 

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