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Presenting new music to new audiences in new ways
IN THE KEY OF L:
Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line 
Part I
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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Tomorrow:
Jay Krush's
 Kaleidoscope
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
12:00 pm & 1:00 pm 
The Porch at 30th Street Station
2955 Market St, Philadelphia, 19104
FREE outdoor concert.

(Check our website in the event of rain.)
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 
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.
More about Jay's commission.
This Thursday:
Erin Busch's
 Hold Tight
Thursday, October 14, 2021
12:00 pm & 1:00 pm 
CHOP Karabots campus
(48th & Market Streets)
Patio/lawn at Lower Level entrance
4865 Market St, Philadelphia, 19139

Free outdoor concert. Free parking available in the lot or on street.
Pay what you can, to support more performances!

Min-Young Kim, violin
Elizabeth Kaderabek, violin
Nina Cottman, viola
Erin Busch, cello
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. 
More about Erin's commission.
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.

 
Upcoming:
Tom Whitman's
 Our Philadelphia
Saturday, October 30, 2021
late morning
Location will be announced soon! 

(We'll share the location in our emails and on the website.)
FREE outdoor concert.
Pay what you can, to support more performances!

Frances Tate, flute
Evan Ocharet, oboe
Nozomi Imamura, trumpet
Todd Williams, horn
Brad Ward, bass trombone
Phil O’Banion, percussion

Thomas Whitman, conductor

Our Philadelphia is commissioned by Orchestra 2001 with the support of the William Penn Foundation, as part of the ensemble's EMERGING MARKETS series. The composition refers to some of the city's well-known public marketplaces and will be played at those sites.

More about Tom's commission.
November: 
¡CONEXIONES! Argentina
Saturday evening, November 6, 2021 | 6:00pm to 9:30pm 
Teatro Esperanza
4261 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, 19140

Tickets are on sale now!
IN-PERSON TICKETS
LIVESTREAM TICKETS
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, 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.  
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