Ensemble ACJW concludes its 2009–2010 season this spring with affordable or free concerts in venues throughout New York City, including Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, (Le) Poisson Rouge, and a variety of community locations. Highlights from April through June 2010 include a performance led by John Adams with guest pianist Jeremy Denk on Monday, May 10; two performances at (Le) Poisson Rouge to conclude the ACJW Gets Extreme series on Monday, April 26 and Sunday, June 13; a free concert at Juilliard’s Paul Hall on Wednesday, May 26; and a Carnegie Hall Family Concert on Saturday, June 5 and Neighborhood Concert on Sunday, June 6.First up, Ensemble ACJW performs in Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. conducted by James Baker with a program to include Samuel Barber’s Summer Music, Op. 31; Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor; Stefan Wolpe’s Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments; and Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite for Thirteen Instruments.
Another highlight at Carnegie Hall, on Monday, May 10 at 6:00 p.m., guest conductor John Adams leads Ensemble ACJW in his own composition, Son of Chamber Symphony, and Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds with guest soloist Jeremy Denk. The program also includes Louis Andriessen’s seminal 1976 work De Staat, which will conclude the Dutch composer’s extended residency at Carnegie Hall as holder of the 2009–2010 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair. Mr. Adams conducted the original US premiere of Andriessen’s breakthrough work, where all of his influences—from jazz, minimalism, and Stravinsky to the sonorities created from brass, keyboards, and bass guitars—came together to produce an unrelenting, rhythmic, loud, and intricate masterpiece that propelled the composer to international acclaim. (This program is also performed by Ensemble ACJW on Sunday, May 9 in the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.)The ensemble appears at Juilliard’s Paul Hall on Wednesday, May 26 at 8:00 p.m. with a program conducted by Steven Mackey that includes Mozart’s Quintet for Horn and Strings in E-flat Major; Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6; and Steven Mackey’s Micro-Concerto. Tickets are free and will be available at Juilliard’s Box Office beginning on May 12.
The group’s (Le) Poisson Rouge series, ACJW Gets Extreme, which launched earlier this season, continues on Monday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. with a program to include Stravinsky’s Fanfare for a New Theatre, selections from Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet and Musica ricercata, and Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music. The group completes the series on Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. with a program that includes Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major; Stravinsky’s Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra; and a series of six new pieces entitled the ACJW Dance Suite including works by Lembit Beecher, Timo Andres, Ted Hearne, Marcos Balter, Sam Adams, and Matthew Barnson. For this four-concert series, members of Ensemble ACJW developed the concept and have selected the works for each program, choosing music by composers who are considered “extreme” or finding repertoire that could be considered extreme chamber music.Ensemble ACJW also presents a Carnegie Hall Family Concert on Saturday, June 5 at 1:00 p.m. with storyteller, narrator, and singer Charlotte Blake Alston hosting the concert and with select musicians from the ensemble leading a pre-concert activity, one hour prior to the concert. For a full schedule of Carnegie Hall Family Concerts, visit carnegiehall.org/familyconcerts. For a second consecutive season, Ensemble ACJW will also perform a free Neighborhood Concert at Music of Our Saviour’s Atonement in Washington Heights on Sunday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m.
In addition to their New York City concerts this spring, members of Ensemble ACJW will perform over the summer at the Saratoga Arts Fest in Saratoga Springs, NY, on June 13 as well as on Music on the Lakes—a musical cruise around the Great Lakes—from June 19 to June 26, 2010.
The Academy/Ensemble ACJW
The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—is a two-year fellowship program for the finest young professional musicians designed to develop the artistic values and skills necessary for careers that combine musical excellence with education, community engagement, advocacy, and leadership. The program provides ongoing professional development and opportunities to perform and teach in concert halls, public schools, college campuses, and throughout local communities. The program reflects the belief that today’s artists require both the ability to perform at the highest level and the capacity to give back to the community, inspiring the next generation of quality musicians and music lovers. Ensemble ACJW—the performing arm of The Academy—comes together in different sizes, having the opportunity to play intimate chamber music as well as larger, conducted chamber orchestra works. A partnership with Skidmore College that began in the 2007–2008 season also brings performances and educational events to the Saratoga Springs community.
The Academy was launched in January 2007, initiated by Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson in partnership with Joseph W. Polisi, President of The Juilliard School. The fellows in the program were selected because of their extraordinary level of musicianship, deep commitment to education and community engagement, and leadership qualities. Fellows are graduates of leading music schools, including The Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Mannes College The New School for Music, New England Conservatory, and Yale School of Music. Please visit acjw.org for more information about the program.
Program Information
Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Weill Recital Hall
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
James Baker, Conductor
SAMUEL BARBER Summer Music, Op. 31
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
STEFAN WOLPE Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments
AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite for Thirteen Instruments
Tickets: $25
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Monday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
(Le) Poisson Rouge
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
ACJW GETS EXTREME
Program to include:
IGOR STRAVINSKY Fanfare for a New Theatre
GYÖRGY LIGETI Selections from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
GYÖRGY LIGETI Selections from Musica ricercata
PAUL SCHOENFIELD Café Music
Tickets: $15
For more information, visit lepoissonrouge.com.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
John Adams, Conductor
Jeremy Denk, Piano
JOHN ADAMS Son of Chamber Symphony
IGOR STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN De Staat
Tickets: $23
For more information, visit pcmsconcerts.org.
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Monday, May 10 at 6:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
John Adams, Conductor
Jeremy Denk, Piano
JOHN ADAMS Son of Chamber Symphony
IGOR STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN De Staat
Tickets: $22, $37
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Wednesday, May 26 at 8:00 p.m.
Paul Hall at Juilliard
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Steven Mackey, conductor
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Quintet for Horn and Strings in E-flat Major, K. 407
STEVEN MACKEY Micro-Concerto
BÉLA BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6
Tickets: Free (Available beginning on May 12 at The Juilliard Box Office)
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Saturday, June 5 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Explore the wide and wonderful world of music with Ensemble ACJW – made up of musicians of The Academy who inspire the music students of the NYC public schools.
Pre-concert activities will take place one hour before the performance and are free to all ticket holders.
Carnegie Hall Family Concerts are made possible, in part, by generous endowment gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., and the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund.
Tickets: $9
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Sunday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m.
Music at Our Saviour’s Atonement
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Program to include:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Quintet for Horn and Strings in E-flat Major, K. 407
BÉLA BARTÓK String Quartet No. 6
Sponsored by Target
Tickets: Free
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Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
(Le) Poisson Rouge
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
ACJW GETS EXTREME
Program to include:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
ACJW Dance Suite including works by:
LEMBIT BEECHER
TIMO ANDRES
TED HEARNE
MARCOS BALTER
SAM ADAMS
MATTHEW BARNSON
Tickets: $15
For more information, visit lepoissonrouge.com.
The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—is made possible by a leadership gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Major funding has also been provided by Mercedes and Sid Bass, The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, The Irving Harris Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, Martha and Bob Lipp, Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., Judith and Burton Resnick, Susan and Elihu Rose, and The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, with additional support from Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari, Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Susan and Ed Forst, Mrs. Nancy A. Marks, Edward John Noble Foundation, The William Petschek Family, and Suki Sandler.
The Academy School Partnerships benefitting NYC public school students are made possible, in part, by Bank of America.
The Academy and Ensemble ACJW are made possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Recovery Act, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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