Letters to America
What would America look like if we heard from the women whose stories have too often gone untold?
Letters to America is a multi-movement work for soprano and orchestra that offers a fresh, emotionally charged perspective on the American narrative. Created by composer Brittany J. Green and soprano Karen Slack, the project explores the country's founding principles and historic documents through the lens of personal letters and texts gathered from women today. The result is a moving musical journey that speaks to our shared history and the power of individual voice.
Drawing on sources ranging from the Declaration of Independence to contemporary legal decisions, Letters to America invites audiences to reflect on how the American story has been written—and who has been asked to carry it forward.
Developed in partnership with the American Composers Orchestra, the work offers performance and engagement opportunities tailored to orchestras and communities across the country.
The Nu Deco Experience
The Nu Deco Experience is a groundbreaking program designed to bring the innovative spirit of Miami's Nu Deco Ensemble to symphony orchestras across the country. This unique initiative features members of our acclaimed rhythm section alongside our production team, collaborating directly with orchestras to create a transformative musical experience.The Nu Deco Experience showcases Maestro Jacomo Bairos leading a program of signature Nu Deco repertoire, renowned for its genre-blending artistry and vibrant energy, while also amplifying the host orchestra to new sonic heights, replicating the electrifying atmosphere of Nu Deco's Miami performances and fostering a shared sense of creativity and excitement that redefines the concert experience.
Talent & Phoenix
“Talent & Phoenix” is a large-scale song cycle (40-50 minutes) that will examine recent, catastrophic wildfires in Oregon from a number of lenses.
Dancing Together: Classical Violin Meets Scottish Fiddle | Violin & Orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine is featured as soloist in lush, Romantic classical works full of gorgeous traditional Scots tunes by Bruch and Mackenzie, interspersed with Celtic-flavored symphonic works.
Love and War, Baroque Style | Violin & Orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine serves as soloist and leader, transforming the symphony into a baroque orchestra in this program full of colorful and evocative music.
Concerto Chat
This series of short videos features interviews, short demonstrations, and colorful anecdotes on each of the piano concertos in Jon Kimura Parker’s active performing repertoire.
Karen Slack | Damien Geter: Justice Symphony
Karen frequently appears as the soloist for Damien Geter’s Justice Symphony for orchestra, soloist and SATB Choir.
Karen Slack | Gladys Bentley Project
Karen is a skilled storyteller, a champion for new work, and a thoughtful producer, and she is developing a project to honor the life of the iconic Harlem Renaissance performer Gladys Bentley, putting Black Queer voices front and center while exploring themes of Black love, identity, and artistry through the lens of the Harlem Renaissance.
Gabriel Kahane | emergency shelter intake form
Homelessness, eviction, and the lack of affordable housing are of great concern to many. The release of Matthew Desmond’s Evicted shed further light on the eviction crisis and was one of the inspirations for composer Gabriel Kahane’s emergency shelter intake form.
Anthony McGill | Anthony Davis’ You Have the Right to Remain Silent
In the mid-1970s, more than 40 years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for music, pianist and composer Anthony Davis was driving with his wife to Boston for a concert when a police officer pulled them over.
Andrei Ioniță | Enescu: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 8
George Enescu’s Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra holds a special place in Andrei Ionita's heart.