NBCO @ Zimmerli: Voyager Reed Quintet presents "Groove"
Photo courtesy of the Voyager Reed Quintet.
The Voyager Reed Quintet presents “Groove” an exploration of different ways that the idea of ‘groove’ is expressed in various genres. Composers include George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass, and other new composers.
The quintet aims to explore the shared humanity of our players and audiences by performing music that traverses stylistic boundaries. We are inspired by the intersections of a wide variety of music, particularly that of living composers, jazz and popular music, contemporary classical music, and older works made new to the reed quintet medium through transcriptions and arrangements.
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Since its inception, Voyager Reed Quintet has performed throughout the northeast, most notably at The Juilliard School, the Imani Chamber Winds Music Festival, and Lincoln Center’s “Summer for the City” Concert Series. For 2024, the quintet was selected to be the recipient of an Ensemble Forward Grant from Chamber Music America (supported by The New York Community Trust), allowing Voyager to expand the scope of its mission to include community outreach efforts and the commission and recording of new works.
In order to present classical music in a different and exciting way that expands and explodes the conventions of the genre, we offer a new vision. It’s called "Reframing Classical Music." Our goal is to redefine the "norms" of classical chamber music. We begin by programming our concerts around a specific theme or idea.
The New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra performs music that matters, whether it was written in the Middle Ages or sometime next year, in the heart of Old Europe or the new conservatories of East Asia.
Since its founding a over half century ago, the group has evolved into a professional ensemble of 16 to 26 musicians that tackles some of the biggest assignments possible for chamber orchestras. Its repertoire runs the gamut from Handel’s “Messiah” and Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” to John Adams' "Shaker Loops" or Mohammed Fairouz’ “Named Angels”. Under the direction of our new Artistic Director, Dr. Julia Baumanis, the orchestra’s focus is on balance: presenting the full-spectrum of classical music from timeless masterworks to works by living composers, including commissions. In collaboration with the Composers Guild of New Jersey, we anticipate the world premiere of a major new work every year along with a smaller piece by an emerging composer.
For more information, visit https://newbrunswickchamberorchestra.org.