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Orchestra 2001 is a collective of adventurous, virtuoso performers dedicated to the music of our time. The ensemble is a leader in connecting diverse audiences with the greatest music of the 20th and 21st centuries, engaging new listeners through exhilarating concerts, innovative artistic collaborations, and enriching community partnerships in Philadelphia and beyond.


Orchestra 2001 is a Programming Partner at Cherry Street Pier.



EMERGING MARKETS  • •  PLAYING THE MARKETS  


Orchestra 2001's ongoing project has presented contemporary classical music and jazz to thousands of Philadelphians where they shop and work, including parts of the city with little access to live music. Aimed at eliminating barriers to attendance, EMERGING MARKETS was honored with an Arts and Business Council Award from the Chamber of Commerce.


Audience engagement is now being expanded with PLAYING THE MARKETS; pop-ups are now followed by return visits featuring chamber music groups and conducted ensembles. Pop-ups started the 2024-25 PLAYING THE MARKETS series at Reading Terminal Market and Philadelphia Mills (formerly Franklin Mills) Flea Market.

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Pier Pressure

Celebrating 5 Years of Cherry Street Pier with Music by Philadelphia Composers


Saturday, May 18, 2024; 6:00 pm

Orchestra 2001 Jazz Trio – Mark Allen, alto saxophone | Matt Davis, guitar | Nimrod Speaks, bass

Music by Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and others


Monday, June 3, 2024; 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm

Rachel Segal, violin | Samantha Wittchen, harp

Chuck Holdeman – Pier Music for violin and harp (2021; Premiere) 

Melissa Dunphy kommós for solo violin (2011)


Wednesday, October 23, 2024; 10:30 am and 1:30 pm (open rehearsals)

Kim Trolier, flute | Evan Ocheret, oboe | Doris Hall-Gulati, clarinet | Darryl Hartshorne, bassoon | Kathy Merhtens, horn

Vincent Persichetti Pastorale for Wind Quintet (1951)

Samuel Barber Summer Music for Wind Quintet (1956)

Andrea Clearfield Compass Kaleidoscope (2015)


Coming Soon:

Adam Silverman Downtown is the Battery for Percussion (2018)

Maurice Wright Set-Up Music for Percussion (1982)


RECENT PROGRAMS:


Composer Justinian Tamusuza, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza, Orchestra 2001, conductor Na'Zir McFadden (standing center); Cathedral Basilica rehearsal, June 2024

Justinian Tamusuza, composer

Na'Zir McFadden, conductor


Orchestra 2001 was joined by husband-wife team composer Justinian Tamusuza and ethnomusicologist, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza who shared a cross-continental composer residency from Uganda, prior to visiting Philadelphia in June 2024. Justinian was trained in both Kiganda (Ugandan) folk music and Western classical music, and composed music for our musicians, using extended instrumental techniques and polyrhythms that marry contemporary classical music and traditional Kiganda folk music. Six concerts were presented along West Philadelphia's Baltimore Avenue Corridor, prior to the finale on June 14, 2024 at the Cathedral Basilica.


ENGOMA ENTEERA – Project Summary  (Sharon Torello, Videographer)


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Mark Loria, conductor; Martha Guth, soprano

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023; 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Teatro Esperanza

4261 North 5th Street, Phila. 19140

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Roberto Sierra – Bongo-O

Angélica Negrón – Quimbombó

Angélica Negrón – Tembleque

Ana María Hernández – Fantasía sobre el seis Mapeyé

Roberto Sierra – Canciones de amor, poetry by Julia de Burgos (World Premiere)

Sonia Morales-Matos – Fiesta #1


GEORGE CRUMB: Scores at an Exhibition

Composer George Crumb - Agnus Dei (Peace sign) Score

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 | 2:45 PM

Teatro Esperanza: Student Event

4261 N. 5th Street, Phila. 19140


WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Main Gallery at Slought

4017 Walnut Street, Phila. 19104

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GEORGE CRUMB: SCORES AT AN EXHIBITION explores Philadelphia’s well-known contemporary composer (1929-2022) and long-time Orchestra 2001 collaborator, in a visual arts setting. His stunning visual scores are works of art, and presenting them in a gallery context allows for a more complete appreciation of these masterpieces.


Birth Of the Cool with Orchestra 2001

Miles Davis' BIRTH OF THE COOL

FIRST Performance: (SOLD OUT!)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023 | 7:30pm

Clef Club of Jazz

736 South Broad Street, Philadelphia 19146


ENCORE Performance:

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023 | 7:30pm

Mummers Museum

1100 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia 19147

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History-making jazz with humble beginnings in a basement on Manhattan’s West 55th Street... the 12 tunes from that collaboration of jazz and classical giants are a collector’s classic, and forged decades of new directions in concert halls, jazz clubs, and film scores.


¡CONEXIONES! CUBA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Teatro Esperanza



Mark Loria, conductor


Ernesto Abelardo Valdés – Almendra

Tania León – Toque

Ileana Pérez Velázquez – Zunzun

Leo Brouwer – La Niña Bonita

Paquito D'Rivera – Preludio y Merengue

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Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM

American Hats Factory Showroom


FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 | 7:30 PM

African American Museum in Philadelphia



Na'Zir McFadden, conductor


William Grant Still — Summerland 

Undine Smith Moore — Afro-American Suite

Duke Ellington — Single Petal of a Rose

   (Elizabeth Steiner, harp)

George Walker — Lyric for Strings

Valerie Coleman — Portraits of Langston

Jessie Montgomery — Source Code

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In The Key of L: Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line

Orchestra 2001 featured musical compositions by Philadelphia composers in pop-up concerts at train stops, parking lots, businesses, murals, and parks along the 45-minute SEPTA route that cuts across dozens of diverse communities.


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Left to right: Orchestra 2001 at CHOP Karabots campus (West Phila.), the "Love Lot" (Kensington), and 30th Street Station (University City).


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UNHINGED with the Barnes Foundation

¡CONEXIONES! Mexico at Teatro Esperanza

UNHINGED with the Barnes Foundation

¡CONEXIONES! Mexico at Teatro Esperanza


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Orchestra 2001 is grateful to its Foundation, Government, and Organizational Contributors and Partners:

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