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NOW ensemble: Mon oct. 19
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Jonathan Morris
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Oct 13, 2009 08:02 PDT
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NOW ENSEMBLE =0AFIRST-EVER DC PERFORMANCE HELD AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART=
=0ASelf-titled debut album named one of the year=E2=80=99s best albums by N=
ew Yorker critic Alex Ross=0A=0A=0AWHAT: =09On Monday, October 19, 2009, th=
e Corcoran Gallery of Art will welcome NOW Ensemble, a dynamic young group =
of performers and composers dedicated to making new chamber music for the 2=
1st century. Fusing classical tradition with a blend of diverse musical in=
fluences, the ensemble=E2=80=99s unique instrumentation caught the attentio=
n of the Obama/Biden campaign in 2008 (=E2=80=9CFolk Music=E2=80=9D) and ha=
s garnered praise from critics including the New Yorker=E2=80=99s Alex Ross=
. The Ensemble has performed in Carnegie Hall, been members of world class=
orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, l'Orchestre Symphonique de M=
ontreal, and the American Composers Orchestra, and have appeared onstage an=
d on recordings with indie rockers like Sufjan Stevens, The National, and B=
right Black Morning Light.=09=0A=0A=09=09More information on the group can =
be found online at www.nowensemble.com.=0A=0AThis event is supported in par=
t through Subito, the quick advancement grant program of the Washington, D.=
C. Chapter of the American Composers Forum, and by Dean Murry Sidlin and th=
e Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University.=0A=0AWHERE:=09Fr=
ances and Armand Hammer Auditorium at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 Seve=
nteenth St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20006=0A=09 =0AWHEN:=09Monday, October 19=
, 2009; 7:00 p.m.=0A=0ATICKETS:=09Admission is $20 for members of the publi=
c; $15 for Corcoran Members, and $10 for full-time students (phone or door =
only). Tickets are available online at www.corcoran.org/calendar or by cal=
ling (202) 639-1774.=0A=0A=0A=0A
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