IN THE KEY OF L:
Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line
Part I
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Orchestra 2001 will feature musical compositions by Philadelphia composers in socially-distanced pop-up concerts at train stops, parking lots, businesses, murals, and parks along the 45-minute SEPTA route that cuts across dozens of diverse communities.
Funded in large part by the Presser Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. Project logo by Athena Scott.
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Friday, October 8, 2021
12:00 pm & 1:00 pm
Parking Lot, Ruth St & Clearfield St
1810 E. Clearfield St.,
Philadelphia, 19134
Free outdoor concert.
Pay what you can, to support more performances!
Matt Davis, guitar
Rachel Segal, violin
Greg Riley, bassoon/tenor sax
Anthony DiBartolo, percussion
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As a response to pandemic-related food and housing insecurity, Step Up to the Plate transformed a Kensington parking lot into the "Love Lot"; where 500-600 residents receive catered lunches each day, as well as COVID-19 testing and opioid intervention.
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A dozen Orchestra 2001 musicians have performed at Love Lot lunches throughout the pandemic, funded in large part by the William Penn Foundation. The brick wall adjoining the parking lot is adorned with images by local artists, including a colorful “Hello, Sunshine” mural by Rosalind Pichardo, John Zerbe, and Leon Rainbow.
Through Orchestra 2001's partnership with Step Up to the Plate, Matt Davis has played solo guitar performances for the community at the Love Lot during much of the pandemic. On Friday he will share his new composition, The Hello Sunshine Suite, inspired by the mural, and dedicated to the passionate social work of Roz Pichardo. This new piece for four musicians consists of two movements which aim to express both the joy in helping others, as well as the profound challenges faced by many in this particular community.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
12:00 pm & 1:00 pm
The Porch at 30th Street Station
2955 Market St, Philadelphia, 19104
Free outdoor concert. In event of rain, check back for new location.
Pay what you can, to support more performances!
Tessa Ellis, trumpet
Andrew Moreschi, trumpet
Kathy Mehrtens, horn
Lyndsie Wilson, horn
Brad Ward, trombone
Barry McCommon, bass trombone
Bill Kerrigan, percussion
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Conductor-composer-tubist Jay Krush will lead an ensemble in two short lunchtime performances on the Market Street side of 30th Street Station, by the food trucks. The program will span several centuries including the rarely heard, pre-minimalist Sextet by Philip Glass; Peter Schickele’s fall tributes – Labor Day Dance, Hallowe’en, and Thanksgiving; culminating with Mr. Krush’s new Kaleidoscope for Rotating Brass Sextet and Migratory Drummer.
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
Open rehearsal: 11am
Premiere: 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm
West Philadelphia locations will be announced soon!
Free outdoor concerts.
Pay what you can, to support more performances!
Min-Young Kim, violin
Elizabeth Kaderabek, violin
Nina Cottman, viola
Erin Busch, cello
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Composer-cellist Erin Busch, founder of the Young Women Composers Camp, has selected a string quartet program with Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz; and excerpts from Pulitzer Prize-winning Caroline Shaw’s Plan & Elevation. Erin Busch’s own short composition responds to Hold Tight by Mural Arts artist Stephen Powers, at 51st and Market Streets, near the 52nd Street "L" [EL] stop.
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Learn more about IN THE KEY OF L: Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.
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Matt Davis
– Solo Guitar pop-up!
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
12:00 pm & 1:00 pm
The Porch at 30th Street Station
2955 Market St, Philadelphia, 19104
Free outdoor concert.
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November:
¡CONEXIONES! Argentina
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Saturday evening, November 6, 2021 | 6:30pm to 9:30pm | Teatro Esperanza
Orchestra 2001 will partner with celebrated bandoneónist Shinjoo Cho to perform Piazzolla Centennial: Lo que vendrá (What's to come), a marathon celebration of master composer and bandoneónist Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). In addition to Piazzolla’s music, the evening will include composers and teachers who influenced him: Béla Bartók, Nadia Boulanger, Duke Ellington, and Alberto Ginastera. It will conclude with the premiere of Hombre by the contemporary Argentine composer, Diego Schissi.
The performance will be presented as an in-person and live-streamed event. Ticket holders are welcome to enter and exit the Teatro between pieces throughout the evening. The audience will be limited to 50% capacity in the Teatro and masks are required throughout the event, regardless of vaccination status. Lo que vendrá was made possible with generous lead support by the Musical Fund Society, Steven R. Gerber Trust, and Presser Foundation, and is sponsored by Jacobs Music.
Ticket info coming soon!
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