Concert in support of Philadelphia Orchestra musicians. Program included:

• Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2
• Prokofiev: Quintet, Op. 39
• Mendlessohn Octet with Philadelphia Orchestra members.

Self-presented recital at AxD gallery. We had more people than seats in attendance, a packed reception afterwards!

The first half is an “open rehearsal” where the audience participates in the process and watches how we rehearse and workshop Prokofiev’s quintet. After a short break, we performed the complete work in costume!

Gabriella Smith wrote a wonderful piece based on Edwidge Danticat’s book, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

As Project440s Group in Residence, we performed in libraries and schools throughout Savannah, GA culminating in a recital at Savannah Arts Academy.

We rehearsed and performed side-by-side with the school’s orchestra, gave seminars on our ensemble’s working life, and an open rehearsal.

Point of Origin

Point of Origin

Part of Curtis Institute’s Chamber Music Marathon, we played a world premiere by Gabriella Smith. The audience was split- half giving us a standing ovation and whooping, the others whispering “scheiss Musik.” We like getting such strong reactions to our work!

Works by Ravel, Gabriella Smith, and David Ludwig

The culmination of a 2 week residency: a recital of entirely world premiers!

A week-long residency at Curtis where we premiered 6 brand new works by each of the Curtis composers and worked with eighth blackbird in coachings and learning how they go about premiers.

We performed to full audiences of Savannah students at the Trustees Theater, at schools and libraries, and in collaborations with other musicians and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane dance company

In addition to leadership positions within the orchestra, we performed a complete recital and chamber music with fellows at the festival.

Composer Katerina Kramarchuk wanted to showcase her work, which has become a staple in our repertoire, at the Juilliard School’s Composition Recital.

We performed selections of Prokofiev’s Quintet for the young donors at Curtis.

We brought a diverse program of Mozart, Gabriella Smith, Katerina Kramarchuk, and Prokofiev to a living room in Washington, DC’s Columbia Heights. Our favorite part was when a child in the audience began dancing to Gabriella’s Children of the Fire right in the front of the room!

As runners-up for the Savvy Musician in Action’s Chamber Music Competition, judged on innovation and musical abilities, we performed throughout and participated within a weeklong seminar on musical entrepreneurship. Our favorite performance was at Tapps, which is Columbia, SC’s center of contemporary music and art!

BEARDFEST is a music and sustainability festival in southern New Jersey. The band that creates it, Out of the Beardspace, asked if we would like to represent classical music on their series! We offered some solo Bach for bass, works by Gabriella Smith and David Ludwig, and some Dvorak! Although much of our audience was attentively listening, some were juggling, doing yoga, dancing, and otherwise experiencing the music!

This program was a cutting-edge collaboration with Pennsylvania Ballet, composers from Curtis Institute of Music and Ensemble39.