Season 15: Legacies

Season 15: Legacies will consist of 8 programs in and around New York City, and include our North Carolina debut with a residency at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

We will continue our mission to perform programs combining classic masterworks and contemporary compositions by a diverse group of living composers, including Reena Esmail, Brad Balliett, Valerie Coleman, Jared Miller, Missy Mazzoli and Robert Paterson. 



Origins 

Friday, November 21 - 7pm 
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York City

Presented by Americas Society, this program will feature works by American composers inspired by folklore and nature, including the klezmer inspired Trioby Paul Schoenfield, based on traditional Eastern European folklore and a trio by Lowell Liebermann inspired by American ragtime. Nina C. Young's work Spero Lucem, based on a Latin phrase meaning "after darkness, I hope for light," transports the listener to a dark and unfamiliar soundscape, searching relentlessly for light. Robert Paterson's Summit Trio reminds us of our original, intrinsic connection to nature and the importance of protecting the planet. 

Program 
Paul Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Robert Paterson: Summit Trio 
Reena Esmail: Tasveer
Lowell Lieberman: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Pascal Archer, Clarinet
Rubén Rengel, Violin
Ramón Carrero-Martínez, Viola
Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello
Han Chen, Piano

Free Admission (Registration required)

UNCSA residency

Tuesday, January 20 - 7pm
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Watson Hall, 200 Waughtown st
Winston-Salem, NC

We are thrilled to participate in a new music residency at UNCSA working with the composition students of Jared Miller and Lawrence Dillon. The residency will culminate with a program including works that are part of our debut album Matters of Time. 

Program

Guillaume Connesson: Techno Parade
Reena Esmail: Tasveer
Gilad Cohen: A Dark Matter
Caroline Shaw: Limestone and Felt
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Brad Balliett: Wild Birds of New York
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane Op. 50
Jared Miller: The Bright Exuberant Silence

Folktales 

Friday, April 17 - 7pm 
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
440 Grand Street
New York City

This program centers around folk music with The Dreams and Prayer of Isaac the Blind, a monumental work by Osvaldo Golijov inspired by 6000 years of Jewish history and music. Missy Mazzoli's Lies you can believe in uses urban folk music as a way to create a story that may, or may not, be true, while Paul Frucht's Rhapsody explores Roma folklore in a virtuosic style. The program concludes with Adoration by Florence Price based on American spirituals. 

Program 

Missy Mazzoli: Lies you can believe in
Paul Frucht: Rhapsody 
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Florence Price: Adoration 

Pascal Archer, Clarinet
Miho Saegusa, Violin
TBD, Violin
Ramón Carrero-Martínez, Viola
Sofia Nowik, Cello



Fordham Composers Concert

Tuesday, April 21 - 7pm 
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
113 W. 60th Street, 12th Floor Lounge
New York City

This concert will be the culmination of our 8th collaboration with Dr. Daniel Ott and the Fordham Composers program, featuring new works by participating student composers. 

Free Admission

Concertante 

Sunday, May 31 - 3pm 
Venue TBD
Presented by the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra

Presented by WHCO, this program will end Season 15: Legacies with works showcasing woodwinds and strings, featuring The Life of Birds by Mason Bates, a set of five miniatures depicting peculiar scenes from a bird’s life. 

Program  
Valerie Coleman: Maombi Asante
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich: Divertimento
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre
Mason Bates: Life of Birds

Free Admission

Programs are subject to change