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Carnegie Hall: Highlights of contemporary music in the 2022-2023 season

Sep 22, 2022 Gail Wein

Ironically, the first concert of flutist Claire Chase’s reign as Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season focuses on a dead composer. In honor…

ACO Awards Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? Opinion Orchestras Websites

NY Phil’s Contact Leans Away From US (Musical America)

Dec 20, 2011 Christian Carey

My article today in Musical America reviews the NY Philharmonic’s Contact! Concert on 12/16 at the Met Museum. While I enjoyed the music – hearing HK Gruber perform Frankenstein!! was…

ACO Concerts Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under? New York

Program Essay: SONiC – Sounds of a New Century

Oct 11, 2011 Christian Carey

From October 14-22 in various locations in New York City, the American Composers Orchestra hosts SONiC, a new music festival co-curated by Derek Bermel and Stephen Gosling. ACO asked me…

ACO Brooklyn Choral Music Composers Concerts Experimental Music File Under? New York Songs

Early October Events – an Embarrassment of Riches

Oct 4, 2011 Christian Carey

Too Many Concerts and Cloning is Still Illegal! October in New York is becoming an embarrassment of riches in the new music world. So many wonderful concerts to hear in…

ACO Competitions Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? New York Orchestras

20th Anniversary of ACO Readings

Jun 3, 2011 Christian Carey

The American Composers Orchestra has been holding annual reading sessions for twenty years now: quite a milestone! This weekend will see composers of concert music hearing their works read by…

ACO Concerts Contemporary Classical Contests

A Time & Place

Nov 28, 2010 James Holt

This Friday, December 3rd, is the second concert of the season by the American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall. This concert “explores composers’ reactions to specific moments, pinpointed and analyzed,…

ACO BAM Bang on a Can Concerts Lincoln Center New York

Kraft, Transit, Talea, ACO, BAM

Oct 12, 2010 James Holt

There are a few more concerts happening in New York this week that you should know about, and then I’ll give the concert updates a rest for a while. Promise.…

ACO BMOP Contemporary Classical New York Orchestral

CONTACT! with bloggers

Feb 1, 2010 James Holt

My two most recent posts have been about orchestras that specialize in performing contemporary music, ACO and BMOP. In keeping with that theme, I thought I should also say a…

ACO Concerts Contemporary Classical Interviews New York Philadelphia

Conversations

Jan 27, 2010 James Holt

We heard from Christian Carey last week that the American Composers Orchestra has brought on George Manahan as their new Music Director but that’s not until next season. Fortunately you…

ACO Conductors File Under? New York Opera Orchestras

Manahan takes the reins at ACO

Jan 20, 2010 Christian Carey

Big news in the orchestra world. Starting next season (2010-’11), George Manahan will become the American Composers Orchestra’s Music Director. He will continue as Music Director at the New York City…