Rufus Reid hears his orchestral score read by American Composers Orchestra; photo by Michael Geller/Greg Evans
The American Composers Orchestra’s Jazz Composers Orchestra Initiative rides again — application deadline April for a two part intensive beginning August 2015.
I blogged about at length about the Buffalo Philharmonic’s 2013 reading of  first symphonic works by five highly skilled performer-composers who otherwise would be hard-pressed get a chance to write for such an ensemble. Subsequently I interviewed Rufus Reid, Richard Sussman, Anita Brown, Joel Harrison and James Newton about the experience, an article just published — please read!
Matt Kraemer conducts Buffalo Philharmonic in rehearsal of JCOI works; photo by Greg Evans
As Newton told me, “I dream of the day when we have an orchestra that has a mission to work with musicians coming out of the jazz tradition to produce new work, and also to play the great works writtenalready.†Wouldn’t that be something to hear?
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