Season 15: Legacies
This season, we will explore the many ways composers leave a lasting legacy - through bold artistic innovation, distinctive style, and technical mastery, as well as responding to the world around them.
Together these elements leave a profound influence for generations to come.
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.
September 2025
In Essence
Sunday, September 21 - 3pm
Candlewood Farm
95 Jacoby Road
Higganum, CT
For tickets and more information, contact:
arts@candlewoodfarmartsfoundation.org
Friday, September 26 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall
330 7th Avenue, 7th floor
New York City
In Essence explores how a single musical idea can transform into a fascinating musical journey. This program begins with Valerie Coleman's Red Clay & Mississippi Delta, a reflection on her musical heritage from the South, while also showing off the virtuosity of the wind quintet instruments through bluesy and flashy riffs. The Light is the Same by Reena Esmail is based on two ragas, or Indian scales, providing a flurry of contrasting colors and textures. The works by Elliot Carter and György Ligeti are both sets of miniatures showcasing their unique and masterful approaches to harmony, rhythm, and phrasing.
Program
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Elliott Carter: 8 Études and a Fantasy
György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
November 2025
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
Nina C. Young: Spero Lucem
Robert Paterson: Summit Trio
Lowell Lieberman: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Free Admission (Registration required)
January 2026
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
Gilad Cohen: A Dark Matter
Nina C. Young: Spero Lucem
Amy Brandon: Crown of the Sun
Albert Roussel: Divertissement
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane Op. 50
Jared Miller: The Bright Exuberant Silence
Free Admission
March 2026
Legacy
Friday, March 27, 2026 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall
330 7th Avenue (7th floor)
New York City
In a letter to his father, Mozart declared that his Quintet for Piano and Winds to be the “best thing I have ever written.” This iconic work later inspired many composers to write for woodwinds and piano, including New York-based composer Brad Balliett and French composer Mel Bonis.
Program
Brad Balliett: Quintet for Piano and Winds
Mel Bonis: Soir et Matin, Op. 76
W. A. Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds K. 452
April 2026
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
Fordham Composers Concert
Tuesday, April 21 - 7pm
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
113 W. 60th Street, 12th Floor Lounge
New York City
Program - Works in progress!
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
May 2026
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
Elle Taaffe Zwillich: Divertimento
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre
Mason Bates: Life of Birds
Free Admission
Programs are subject to change