American Composers Orchestra 2023 SONiC Festival
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American Composers Orchestra (ACO) announces the 2023 SONiC Festival, a New York City-wide celebration of the breadth and vibrancy of the nation's modern composers, taking place June 1-12, 2023. Spearheaded by the organization's new leadership, President & CEO Melissa Ngan and Artistic Director Curtis Stewart, the Festival is made possible with lead funding from the Fromm Music Foundation, and key partnership with Mannes School of Music/The New School, which is providing space for several events for the duration of the Festival. In addition, ACO partners with Kaufman Music Center, Hostos Community College in The Bronx, Dizzy's Jazz at Lincoln Center, Roulette Intermedium, Joe's Pub, Americas Society, Copland House, and leading performers and composers including Clarice Assad, Angélica Negrón, Miguel Zenón, Kamala Sankaram, Aaron Diehl, Alicia Hall Moran, inti figgis vizueta, Paula Matthusen, Missy Mazzoli, Ellen Reid, the Harlem and Bergamot Quartets, Music from Copland House, and more.
A Citywide Celebration of the Nation's Composers
June 1 – Ecstatic Music: Curtis Stewart and Aaron Diehl, Hosted by John Schaefer
June 1-2 – ACO's 31st Annual EarShot Readings led by Tito Muñoz
June 3 – Communal Sing-In with Kamala Sankaram
June 3 – The Next Festival of Emerging Artists
June 4 – Afternoon of Music Curated by Miguel Zenón and Angelica Negrón
June 5 – Latin Jazz & Classical Music: Clarice Assad and Yosvany Terry
June 6 – Bergamot Quartet with Dan Trueman
June 7 – SONiC Explorations with inti figgis vizueta and Paula Matthusen
June 8 – EarShot: NextFest Public Choreography Workshop
June 9 – Puentes Caribeños at the Americas Society
June 10 – Luna Lab Composer Showcase with International Contemporary Ensemble,
Hosted by Curators Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid
June 11 – EarShot CoLABoratory Showcase Concert by American Composers Orchestra
June 12 – Music From Copland House – CULTIVATE 2023
More information: https://americancomposers.org/sonic-festival-2023/.