{"id":404,"date":"2011-06-27T22:07:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2011\/06\/american_composer_orchestra_ja\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T22:07:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:07:27","slug":"american_composer_orchestra_ja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/06\/american_composer_orchestra_ja.html","title":{"rendered":"American Composer Orchestra: Jazz composers welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Composers Orchestra gave eight jazz-oriented composers a year to work up five minute pieces and composer-mentors to help, then staged readings conducted by George Manahan during one of the busiest weeks of the jazz summer. Read about it in my latest <a href=\"http:\/\/cityarts.info\/2011\/06\/22\/symphony-not-for-improvisers\/\">CityArts column<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/HarrisEisenstadt_courtesyACO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HarrisEisenstadt_courtesyACO.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/assets_c\/2011\/06\/HarrisEisenstadt_courtesyACO-thumb-480x360-20148.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Harris Eisenstadt, drummer and composer, and his score for &#8220;Palimpset&#8221; &#8211; photo courtesy of ACO. Columbia University&#8217;s Center for Jazz Studies partnered on this project.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Composers Orchestra gave eight jazz-oriented composers a year to work up five minute pieces and composer-mentors to help, then staged readings conducted by George Manahan during one of the busiest weeks of the jazz summer. Read about it in my latest CityArts column. Harris Eisenstadt, drummer and composer, and his score for &#8220;Palimpset&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1314,1315,552],"class_list":{"0":"post-404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-american-composers-orchestra","8":"tag-george-manahan","9":"tag-harris-eisenstadt","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-6w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1327,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/04\/jazz-composers-the-buffalo-philharmonic-orch-jazzapril-week-4.html","url_meta":{"origin":404,"position":0},"title":"Jazz composers @ the Buffalo Philharmonic Orch &#8211; JazzApril week 4","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"April 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Five jazz-associated composers took on the heady task of writing eight-minute works for full symphonic forces, introduced to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and worked up for performance by conductor Matt Kraemer on Tuesday and Wednesday this past week, thanks to\u00c2\u00a0Earshot \/Jazz Composers Orchestra Initiative, organized by American Composers Orchestra. 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