Composer Institute Concert
Osmo Conducts: Future Classics!
Fresh Orchestral Music from America's Top New Talent

FRI

Oct 26, 2007

8PM

Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Melissa Ousley and Steve Seel, hosts

Don’t miss your chance to discover new orchestral works by some of the country’s most talented emerging voices. With Osmo Vänskä on the podium and Minnesota Public Radio hosts Melissa Ousley (from Classical MPR) and Steve Seel (from 89.3, The Current) as your guides, you’ll sample and compare seven composers’ fresh takes on symphonic music. A grand night for celebrating creativity!

Trevor Gureckis (Astoria, NY)		Very Large Array	10'
Wes Matthews (Jamaica Plain, MA)		Terraces	10'
Daniel Bradshaw (Laie, HI)		Chaconne*	11'
Elliott Miles McKinley (Minneapolis, MN)		Four Moments for Grand Orchestra: A "Pocket" Symphony*	11'
Xi Wang (Ithaca, NY)		Above Light—a conversation with Toru Takemitsu *	9'
Stephen Wilcox (Bethlehem, PA)		Cho-Han*	15'
Jacob Cooper (New Haven, CT)		Odradek	8'

* World Premiere Performance; All other works will be receiving their premiere performance by a major orchestra.

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