American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: Letters to Us, from Us at Carnegie Hall

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is one of today’s most prolific and passionately committed presenters of new American music. As part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival ACO and soloists perform five incisive premieres by distinctive and distinguished composers Joseph C. Phillips Jr. Suzanne Kite Shelley Washington Jessie Montgomery and Brittany J. Green. As described by the ensemble these open letters to America “reflect narratives around the summer homes of turn-of-the-century Black folk dreams unspoken emotions rituals of celebration and the connection between the historic and current patriotism of Black American women.”

Performers
American Composers Orchestra
Carolyn Kuan Conductor
Amanda Gookin Cello
Cynthia Yeh Percussion
Karen Slack Soprano

Program
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. – We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident [World Premiere co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall]
Kite – Wičhínčala Šakówin [World Premiere]
Shelley Washington – Haymaker for Cello and Orchestra [World Premiere]
Jessie Montgomery Procession for Percussion and Orchestra [NY Premiere]
Brittany J. Green – Letters to America for Soprano and Orchestra [World Premiere]

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