Please make a tax-deductible gift to Orchestra 2001 today for Giving Tuesday!
It’s been great to return to live concerts! Stay tuned in December for news about our exciting Spring 2023 line-up of programming.
Orchestra 2001 was honored to be selected as the only performing arts group in the city to receive the 2022 Philadelphia Arts & Business Council Award for our ongoing EMERGING MARKETS concert series, with dozens of concerts reaching thousands of Philadelphians where they work, shop, and play. Many of our events will continue to be offered free or pay-as-you-wish to the public, including in areas of the city with little or no access to live performing arts.
Help our musicians reach every corner of our city with beautiful, innovative, and meaningful live performances that embrace the rich cultural diversity of Philadelphia!
A few images from this past season...
¡CONEXIONES! CUBA Mark Loria, conductor
Teatro Esperanza (North Philadelphia), October 2022
Featuring works by Ernesto Abelardo Valdés, Tania León, Ileana Pérez Velázquez, Leo Brouwer, and Paquito D'Rivera.
Photography by James B. Abbott.
Harlem Renaissance and Beyond Na’Zir McFadden, conductor
American Hats Factory (a Harlem-based business in Bridesburg)
& African American Museum in Philadelphia, May 2022
Featuring works by Undine Smith Moore, Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, George Walker, Valerie Coleman, and Jessie Montgomery.
Photography by James B. Abbott.
In The Key of L: Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line
Site specific pop-ups, Fall 2021
Featuring micro-commissions by local composers Erin Busch, Matt Davis and Jay Krush.
Photography by Sharon Torello and Dave Tavani.
Your 100% tax-deductible donation of any amount will help us present music that serves our community more equitably.