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
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
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
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
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Orchestra Underground “Tech & Techno”
Repeat of March 17 program
Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 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
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
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 at Columbia University
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.