This is a series about starting a new music ensemble. In Philadelphia. In 2015. But it is also a series for anyone that’s ever tried to make something with other people. It’s about starting a non-profit, or an ensemble, or a business, or choosing not too. It’s about being unstoppable in the face of soul-crushing paperwork, or just finding your own path. It’s about asking the question “How are we going to do this?”, answering “I don’t know”, and giving it a shot anyway. It’s also a chance to hear some great music and words of wisdom.

Conversations with:

Alex Torra, Makoto Hirano, & Benjamin Camp (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation)
Hanna Khoury (Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture)
Brian McTear (Weathervane Music)

PROGRAM

Salvatore Sciarrino: Venere che le grazie la fioriscono (1989)
Chris Schelb, flute

Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea (1981)
Christopher Schelb, flute
Daniel Brooks, guitar

Milton Babbitt, Soli e duettini (1989)
Christopher Schelb, flute
Daniel Brooks, guitar

Raoul Pleskow, Zwei Albumblätter (2008)
Nicholas McNamara, saxophone

Adam Vidkisis Things That Live in the Whirligig (2014)
Adam Vidkisis, percussion and electronics

John Cage: Five (1988)
Christopher Schelb, flute
Nicholas McNamara, saxophone
Adam Vidiksis, electronics
Daniel Brooks, guitar
Heather Gardner, viola