2022/2023 Season

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¡CONEXIONES! CUBA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022  |  7:30 PM

Teatro Esperanza
4261 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia 19140
(Directions & Parking)

Find Esperanza’s current COVID safety policies HERE.

Generously funded by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

 

Birth Of the Cool Orchestra 2001

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
(Corner of 2nd St. & Washington Ave.)
Cash bar & FREE parking behind museum!

A history-making jazz ensemble with humble beginnings in a basement apartment below a laundromat on Manhattan’s West 55th Street...
the 12 tunes resulting 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. This performance will feature Orchestra 2001’s jazz players, including eight leading musicians from The Philly Pops.

 

composer Justinian Tamusuza and leading African ethnomusicologist, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza.

ENGOMA ENTEERA: 
Classical Music from Uganda

Justinian Tamusuza, composer
Launching MAY 2023 | multiple venues

Throughout 2023 and 2024, we will be joined by the husband-wife team of composer Justinian Tamusuza and leading African ethnomusicologist, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza. With support from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, they will share a cross-continental, virtual/live composer residency from Uganda, prior to visiting Philadelphia in 2024. Na’Zir McFadden, conductor.

Described as “an African Bartók,” 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. Stay tuned for more information about our initial public concerts for this exciting series starting early April 2023. 

 

Composer George Crumb - Agnus Dei (Peace sign) Score

GEORGE CRUMB: Scores at an Exhibition

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Main Gallery at Slought
4017 Walnut Street, Phila. 19104
Pay-What-You-Can Tickets! 
$0 – $50

 

FREE STUDENT EVENT: Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 2:45 PM | Teatro Esperanza, 4261 N. 5th Street, Phila. 19140

MAY 2023 – Exhibition at Cherry Street Pier

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 several of his chamber music works 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, presented with images of the works of art that influenced Crumb’s modern take on “Pictures at an Exhibition.”

Supported by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. 

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