Orchestra 2001 is a collective of adventurous, virtuoso performers dedicated to the music of our time. The ensemble strives to be an international 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.
Justinian Tamusuza, composer
Na'Zir McFadden, conductor
Orchestra 2001 will be joined by the husband-wife team of composer Justinian Tamusuza and leading African ethnomusicologist, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza who will share a cross-continental, virtual/live composer residency from Uganda, prior to visiting Philadelphia in June 2024. Justinian was trained in both Kiganda (Ugandan) folk music and Western classical music, receiving his doctoral degree in composition at Northwestern University. He will compose several new pieces for Orchestra 2001’s musicians, using extended instrumental techniques, microtones, and polyrhythms that marry contemporary classical music and traditional Kiganda folk music.
Programs subject to change
Thursday, May 30, 2024; 5:00-6:00 pm
Renate's Kitchen – Porch Terrace | 3940 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia 19104
Ekitundu Ekisooka for string quartet
Abaafa Luli for woodwind quintet
Thursday, June 6, 2024; 5:00-7:00 pm
Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll | Corner of 43rd Street & Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia 19104
Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere for solo horn
Engoma Enteera for solo timpani
Friday, June 14, 2024; 7:30 pm
Na'Zir McFadden, conductor
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul | 1723 Race Str, Phila 19103 (18th & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, east side of Logan Square)
Tumutendereze Kabaka (2024, Premiere) for antiphonal bugles, organ, brass choir, drums, and chimes
Mu Kkubo Ery 'Omusaalaba (1991, rev. 2023) for string orchestra
Abaafa Luli for woodwind quintet
Baakisimba Zitujja (2023) for prepared harp, marimba, maracas, ankle bells, pitched drums, and hand clapping
Thursday, September 14, 2023; 7:30 pm
Calvary Center for Culture and Community
| 801 S. 48th Street, Philadelphia 19143 (48th & Baltimore Avenue, West Phila)
Mu Kkubo Ery 'Omusaalaba for string orchestra
Abaana Bange for soprano sax, marimba, and electric guitar
Baakisimba Zitujja (2023, Premiere) for prepared harp, marimba, maracas, ankle bells, clapping, and pitched drums
ENGOMA ENTEERA has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Celebrating Cherry Street Pier’s First 5 Years:
5 Concerts Featuring Philadelphia Composers
Free Concerts Coming in Spring 2024!
Samuel Barber – Canzone (1961)
Melissa Dunphy – kommós for solo violin (2011)
Chuck Holdeman – Pier Music for violin and harp (2021; Premiere)
Orchestra 2001 Jazz Trio performing works by Philadelphians
Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Matt Davis, and others
Benjamin Franklin – String Quartet in F Major, excerpts (1778)
George Walker (Curtis grad) – Lyric for Strings (rev. 1990)
Nina Siniakova – Seven Minutes from My American Life for String Quartet (2012)
Supported by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
EMERGING MARKETS
Major support from:
Launched during the pandemic,
EMERGING MARKETS is a series of informal musical events presented where Philadelphians shop, work, and play. Aimed at breaking down barriers to attendance, Orchestra 2001 tailors performances for markets and businesses in all corners of Philadelphia.
EMERGING MARKETS was honored with the 2022 Arts + Business Council Award.
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 | 1:30-3:30pm
Cherry Street Pier, 121 N. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia 19106
Carlos Rubio, violin | Luigi Mazzocchi, violin | Maite Lopez, viola | Jesús Morales, cello
A collaboration between Fleisher Art Memorial’s EL MERCADO CULTURAL and Orchestra 2001’s EMERGING MARKETS, join us for a free, amazing program of Latin American string quartet music while enjoying food and crafts from over a dozen vendors!
Supported by PECO Powering The Arts
Mark Loria, conductor
Martha Guth, soprano
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Teatro Esperanza
4261 North 5th Street, Phila. 19140
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
*Roberto Sierra's commission was funded by the Steven R. Gerber Trust.
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
GEORGE CRUMB: SCORES AT AN EXHIBITION will explore 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.
Exhibits of Crumb’s scores will be followed by performances of his music at Slought, Esperanza Arts, and Cherry Street Pier. Crumb’s brilliant “Metamorphoses, 10 Fantasies for Amplified Piano, Book 2” (2020) will be performed by the musician he wrote it for, Orchestra 2001 pianist Marcantonio Barone, with images of the artworks that influenced Crumb’s modern take on “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Supported by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.
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
A history-making jazz ensemble with humble beginnings in a basement apartment below a laundromat 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.
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
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM
American Hats Factory Showroom
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 | 7:30 PM
African American Museum in Philadelphia
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
American Hats Factory Showroom concert funded by PNC Arts Alive and William Penn Foundation for EMERGING MARKETS.
Orchestra 2001 will feature 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.
Funded in large part by the Presser Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.
Left to right: Orchestra 2001 at CHOP Karabots campus (West Phila.), the "Love Lot" (Kensington), and 30th Street Station (University City).
The COMPOSER AT WORK window features Philadelphia-area and visiting composers, and musicians of all ages and genres. Participants work on site and present their music to audiences at Cherry Street Pier and elsewhere in Philadelphia. Funded by generous grants from the Barra Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.
Donations support performances in all corners of Philadelphia!
Our concerts would not be possible without the support of Individual Donors!
Orchestra 2001 thanks its Foundation, Government, and Organizational Contributors and Partners:
Phone - 267-687-6243
email - info@orchestra2001.org
Permanent Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 7211, Philadelphia, PA 19101
Physical Address:
Cherry Street Pier, 121 N. Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Orchestra 2001 (O2001) presents: music of the 20th and 21st centuries, concerts in Philadelphia, PA., new American music, and American contemporary music.
© 2019 Orchestra 2001.