A new model for promoting diversity in the concert hall through a multifaceted collaboration among composers, performers, and educators reaches one of its first milestones this weekend. The inaugural orchestral concert of Composing Inclusion, a partnership between the Preparatory Division, the New York Philharmonic, and American Composers Forum, takes place on May 6 at the renovated David Geffen Hall.
My preview of this event for the Juilliard Journal is here.
Here’s my profile of James Díaz, whose and does the Moon also fall? is among the new commissions.
The program:
Jordyn Davis
As I AM (World premiere—Juilliard Preparatory Division Co-Commission with the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Forum)
James Díaz
and does the Moon also fall? (World premiere—Juilliard Preparatory Division Co-Commission with the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Forum)
Trevor Weston
Subwaves (World premiere—Juilliard Preparatory Division Co-Commission with the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Forum)
Jordyn Davis’ and James Diaz’ commissions are part of Composing Inclusion: a collaboration between the New York Philharmonic, American Composers Forum, and Juilliard’s Preparatory Division, made possible with funding from the Sphinx Venture Fund.
Trevor Weston’s work was co-commissioned by American Composers Forum, Juilliard’s Preparatory Division, and the New York Philharmonic. It was funded, in part, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 