Academy Musicians Say Farewell As Final Concert Marks Completion of Their Two-Year Fellowship Program
Program Information
Sunday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m.
(Le) Poisson Rouge
ENSEMBLE ACJW
RYAN GALLAGHER Solo and Ensemble (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
ARVO PÄRT Summa
JOHANNES BRAHMS Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto, Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, arr. by Samuel Baron
ROBERT HONSTEIN Beginnings (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
GUSTAV MAHLER Urlicht, from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor arr. Brandon Ridenour
DAVID BRUCE Forgotten Boots (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
GABRIEL FAURÈ In paradisum from Requiem, Op. 48 arr. Paul Won Jin Cho
JOHN LENNON/ PAUL McCARTNEY In My Life arr. by Hamilton Berry
BÉLA BARTÓK Poco a poco più vivace, Piano Quintet BB 33
TARAF DE HAÏDOUKS Turcaeska arr. Yves Dharamraj
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 day of show
For more information call 212-505-3474.
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Lead Support of The Academy is provided by Goldman Sachs Gives.
Major funding for 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–has been provided by Susan and Edward C.
Forst and Goldman Sachs Gives, The Diller-von Furstenberg
Family Foundation, the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, The Irving Harris
Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, Martha and Bob Lipp, Judith and
Burton Resnick, and the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation.
Additional support has been provided by The Arnow Family Fund, Mr. and
Mrs. Nicola Bulgari, The Edwin Caplin Foundation, the Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Nancy A. Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse
Jr., the Edward John Noble Foundation, The Joe Plumeri Foundation, and
Suki Sandler.
Additional funding provided by Breguet, in partnership with Henry and Elizabeth Segerstrom.
The Academy is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York
City Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, and
the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of
State.
Ensemble ACJW—the performance arm of The Academy—completes its 2011–2012 season with a performance entitled Bite-Sized ACJW: Shreds and Sings at Greenwich Village’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on Sunday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m.
The program––also these musicians’ final concert in their two-year
fellowship with The Academy –– will feature rich dance beats and lush
melodies from Taraf de Haïdouks andThe Beatles to Arvo Pärt and Mahler,
along with world premieres by Ryan Gallagher, Robert Honstein, and David
Bruce, all whom were commissioned by Ensemble ACJW during the
fellowship program.
About Ensemble ACJW
Ensemble ACJW is an inspirational collective of outstanding
post-graduate musicians from The Academy that has earned accolades from
critics and audiences alike for the quality of its performances as well
as it fresh and open-minded approach to performance and programming.
All members of the group are alumni or current fellows of The Academy, a
two-year program that supports them as they develop careers as
top-quality performers, innovative programmers, and dedicated teachers
who are fully engaged with the communities in which they live and work.
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