Symphony Number One returns for another year of seasoned classics alongside stunning new music by emerging composers around the globe! This concert will feature Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale, Dan Deacon's "When I Was Done Dying," and the music of 13 other composers from across Baltimore and across the globe. Guest appearances by Martina Lynch and Benjamin Buchanan.
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT!
Performers:
- Andrew Ezell, Trumpet
- Jordan Randall Smith, Conductor
- Mateen Milan, Bassoon
- Matt Stiens, Percussion
- Michael Raymond Rittling, Bass
- Sarah Manley, Trombone
- Scott Johnson Jr., Clarinet
- Trista Wong, Violin
Performer-Composers:
- Martina Lynch, Vocals
- Benjamin Buchanan, Toy Piano
Composers:
- Ben Goldberg (SNO Composer-in-Residence)
- Dan Deacon
- Drew Rieger
- Frances Pollock
- Hangrui Zhang
- Jasmine Arielle Barnes
- Kevin Clark
- Mark Maarder
- Niloufar Nourbakhsh
- Raejéan Hill
- Rain Worthington
- Ruby Fulton
- Sara Corry
- Texu Kim
Program
- Ben Goldberg, Cornerstone
- Benjamin Buchanan, Concertoish for Toy Piano and Friends
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre, (arr. Raejéan N. Hill)
- Dan Deacon, When I was Done Dying" (arr. Ruby Fulton)
- Drew Rieger, Valse-Musette "The Irony of Success"
- George Gershwin, Summertime (arr. Rain Worthington)
- Hangrui Zhang, Baltimore Prelude
- Igor Stravinsky, Soldier's Tale
- Jasmine Arielle Barnes, The Mind
- Kevin Clark, America (Based on poems of Eubie Blake)
- Mark Maarder, Stars of Anacreon
- Martina Lynch, Dear Media (arr. Frances Pollock)
- Niloufar Nourbakhsh, America I got to know
- Sara Corry, Short-Circuit
- Texu Kim, Dub-Stravinsky
Presented In partnership with the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy and the Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association.
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