Wednesday, May 6 at 10am (working rehearsal) Thursday, May 7 at 7:30pm (run-through)
American Composers Orchestra presents its 24th Annual Underwood New Music Readings. The proceedings are open to the public free of charge, giving audiences a chance to look behind the scenes at the process involved in bringing brand new, stylistically diverse orchestral music to life. The first day of Readings, a working rehearsal, will be presented from 10am to 1pm on Wednesday, May 6 the second day of Readings will take place on Thursday evening, May 7, at 7:30pm, during which all selected pieces will be polished and performed in their entirety. ACO's Artistic Director Derek Bermel directs the readings George Manahan conducts. Mentor-composers are Gabriela Lena Frank and Kevin Puts. Events are free and open to the public, but reservations are strongly recommended.
This year, seven of the nation's most promising composers in the early stages of their professional careers have been selected from over 200 submissions received from around the country. The selected composers - Yuanyuan "Kay" He, David Hertzberg, David "Clay" Mettens, Polina Nazaykinskaya, Jules Pegram, Igor Santos, and Carl Schimmel - represent a broad spectrum of musical backgrounds and sound worlds. They will receive a reading of a new work and one composer will be selected to receive a $15,000 commission for a new piece to be performed by ACO during an upcoming season.
In addition, this year the Readings offer a Career Development Seminar on Thursday, May 7 from 10am-4pm at the DiMenna Center. Workshop topics include Intellectual Property, Copyright Law and Commissioning Agreements Engraving and Self-Publishing Support and Fundraising for Composers New Developments with Record Labels and Publicity and Promotion. The cost for the Seminar is $30, which includes lunch. Reservations can be made at http://bit.ly/ACO_UNMR2015_Workshops
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