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For Carnegie Hall performances,
call CarnegieCharge at
212-247-7800
or visit www.carnegiehall.org

For Philadelphia performances,
call Penn Presents at
215-898-3900
or visit www.pennpresents.org

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For Carnegie Hall performances,
call CarnegieCharge at
212-247-7800
or visit www.carnegiehall.org

For Philadelphia performances,
call Penn Presents at
215-898-3900
or visit www.pennpresents.org

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2008-2009 Season

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at 9pm
BAMcafe, Brooklyn
Free admission!

Photo of Fred Ho by Robert Adam MayerComposers 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]

Photo of Fred Ho by Robert Adam MayerOrchestra 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)

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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

BREAKDOWN STILL

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 Commission)
KATI AGÓCS: Pearls (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
RAND STEIGER: Cryosphere for Live Electronics & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)

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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

American Composers Orchestra
A glimpse at new collaborations and new music selected from the Pennsylvania region's most promising young composers.

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Friday, May 1, 2009 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC

Dennis Russell DaviesOrchestra Underground:
Davies Returns

Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Thomas Larcher, piano
Lukas Ligeti, Marimba Lumina

ROBERT BEASER: Guitar Concerto (NYC Premiere, ACO/Bruckner Orchester Linz/Albany Symphony Orchestra Commission)
LUKAS LIGETI: New Work for Electronic Mallet & Orchestra (World Premiere, ACO Commission)
DEREK BERMEL: New Work (World Premiere, ACO/ProMusica Chamber Orchestra/Koussevitsky Foundation Commission)
THOMAS LARCHER: Böse Zellen (Malignant Cells) for piano & orchestra (U.S. Premiere)

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Thursday, May 7 & Friday, May 8, 2009.
Miller Theater at Columbia Univ., NYC

Underwood New Music Readings

Anne Manson and Roger Zare at the 2008 Readings

ACO's annual roundup of the country's brightest young and emerging composers.

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