Miller Theatre, and Music Director George Steel begin a daring and ambitious series of twelve commissions for large ensemble with soloists. Called the Pocket Concertos for their size and ease of use, the works will be performed by the newly formed Gotham Sinfonietta. The Pocket Concertos series will be presented in three concerts, one each season, for the next three years.
The first concert is April 22nd, and features world premieres by Benedict Mason, John Musto, Ichizo Okashiro, Julia Wolfe.
Pocket Concertos: Year 1
Miller Theatre
April 22nd at 8:00 pm.
Gotham Sinfonietta, George Steel, Conductor
Julia Wolfe: Accordion Concerto (performed Guy Klucevsek)
John Musto: Piano Concerto Piano Concerto (John Musto, Piano)
Ichizo Okashiro: Starry Night (performed by Chitose Okashiro)
Benedict Mason: Doubled Concerto for Bass and Tuba
(performed by Joseph Carver & Marcus Rojas)
George Steel
Classical Domain conducts a no-holds
barred interview with Miller Theatre
Executive Director and Conductor
George Steel.
Covering Fine Art, Early Music, and an in depth look at the composers of the upcoming Pocket Concertos: Year 1.
“...we're also interested in returning music to public conversation. You think of things you talk about at a cocktail party, it's new books, new movies and two hundred year old music — it doesn't make any sense — so we are trying to make people talk about current music.”
Columbia University's Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate at 116th Street and Broadway on the Ground Floor of Dodge Hall.
