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Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute New Music Readings - Run Throughs at Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute New Music Readings at Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Courtesy of Heather Sikora | Posted on April 5, 2011

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Mon, June 6, 2011
7:30PM

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Free

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Jazz meets the orchestra when composers from the new Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute unveil new works.The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and ACO will present the first-ever Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings.

This innovative program is a new development in the jazz field. While many jazz composers seek to write for the symphony orchestra, opportunities for hands-on experience are few. JCOI aims to provide new resources for both jazz and classical music, promoting the emergence of composers trained in both jazz and new orchestral techniques.

The featured composers are Harris Eisenstadt, Mark Helias, Adam Jenkins, Marianne Trudel, Erica Lindsay, Nicole Mitchell, Rufus Reid, and Jacob Sacks....

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