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READ: Academy fellow Shelley Monroe Huang interviewed composer Andrew Norman—member of the Sleeping Giant collective—whose Histories makes its Carnegie Hall and NYC premiere February 14 at Weill Recital Hall. Shelley, a bassoonist, interviewed Andrew while on residency at Skidmore College this week as part of her work with The Academy.
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Academy fellow ToniMarie Marchioni interviewed composer Ryan Gallagher, whose Oboe Quartet made its Carnegie Hall and NYC premiere on December 1 at Weill Recital Hall. The work will be played again this Sunday in Manhattan.
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VIDEO | READ: Earlier this year, Ensemble ACJW performed the New York premiere of David Bruce's, Carnegie Hall-commissioned, Steampunk. This PBS Arts mini-documentary—and the composer's program notes—place the work in the wider "steampunk" context.
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READ: Since the inception of the commissioning program in the 1990-1991 season, Carnegie Hall has regularly commissioned new works, ranging from solos to large orchestral pieces, and also works for jazz band. This continued throughout the 2010–2011 season, with the performance of 11 new pieces commissioned and co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
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