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The Orchestra Now (TŌN) is a graduate program of @bardcollege that is training the next generation of music professionals.

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Watch Steven Spielberg’s classic adventure “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, celebrating its 45th anniversary, as conductor James Bagwell and TŌN perform John Williams’s Grammy-winning score live to the film. Oct 31 and Nov 1 at @fishercenterbard. 🎟️Tickets and info and the link in our bio.
Experience the innovative special effects and iconic music in an event that’s perfect for the whole family. Audience members are encouraged to come in their best Indy costumes on October 31! by @theorchnow

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TŌN welcomes conductor Kellen Gray and violinist Melissa White for an evening of music by four iconic American composers. One night only, Oct 17 at @fishercenterbard. 🎟️Link in bio for tickets.
@kellengrayconductor @afroviolinist taken in Fisher Center at Bard by @theorchnow

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Applications are now open for the 2-year advanced certificate program beginning in Fall 2027. We have openings for violin, viola, cello, bass, oboe, bassoon, timpani, percussion, and harp. Apply by Jan 1 at the link in our bio. by @theorchnow

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Melissa White @afroviolinist performs Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with @theorchnow and Kellen Gray @kellengrayconductor Sat, Oct 17 at @fishercenterbard. 🎟️ Link in bio for tickets. taken in Fisher Center at Bard by @theorchnow

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TŌN welcomes guest conductor Kellen Gray, Associate Artist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Glasgow, UK) and Artistic Director of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra (Indiana, US) and violinist Melissa White, a first-prize laureate in the Sphinx Competition and a founding member of the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet, for a concert highlighting the music of four celebrated American composers. Aaron Copland’s rhythmically intricate 1933 “Short Symphony” will be performed alongside two works by Black composers of the same generation. The soulful Violin Concerto No. 1 by Florence Price dates to 1939, but was never performed in the composer’s lifetime, having only been found in 2009 and premiered in 2018. William Grant Still’s optimistic Fourth Symphony, “Autochthonous”, imagines America as a place of ingenuity and inclusivity. Also on the program is the meditative recent work Hymn for Everyone by Jessie Montgomery, Performance Today’s 2025 Classical Woman of the Year.

Copland Symphony No. 2, “Short Symphony”
Price Violin Concerto No. 1
Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Still Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous”

Melissa White, violin
Kellen Gray, conductor
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#music #classicalmusic #symphony #orchestra #kellengray taken in The Orchestra Now by @theorchnow

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Take a brief 2-minute break from scrolling to enjoy samples of the music by American composers that TŌN will be performing this Saturday, October 17 at @fishercenterbard with @kellengrayconductor and @afroviolinist. 🎟️Link in bio for tickets and info. by @theorchnow

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This week’s score study list is particularly exciting. It includes two pieces I will be conducting for the first time this weekend with @theorchnow : Copland’s Symphony No. 2 and Montgomery’s A Hymn for Everyone. Find my full score-study list below:

Copland: Symphony No. 2
Price: Violin Concerto No. 1
Montgomery: A Hymn for Everyone
Still: Symphony No.4 (Autochthonous)

#kellengray #kellenconducts #symphony #orchestra #classicalmusic by @theorchnow

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Yesterday, The Orchestra Now @theorchnow and guest suona soloist Zhang Weiwei came together for their first rehearsal ahead of the U.S. premiere of Li Shaosheng’s 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙠𝙮 this coming weekend.

Its second movement, titled "𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙠𝙮", looks back on humanity’s ancient dialogue with nature, from resisting floods and adapting to the rhythms of the seasons, to finding wisdom through hardship. That ancient spirit of perseverance lives on in today’s explorers, a collective force that continues to push humanity forward.

Suona artist Zhang Weiwei is an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the Central Conservatory of Music, China. While the suona is an ancient instrument, its voice continues to evolve in the modern world. Zhang frequently collaborates with contemporary composers on new works and premieres, as well as with leading Chinese traditional and symphony orchestras.

🎶 Hear the U.S. premiere of 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙠𝙮 this Saturday and Sunday!

🗓 Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 3:00 PM
📍 Fisher Center for the Performing Arts @fishercenterbard

📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 3:00 PM
📍 Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

🎟️ Ticket links in bio

#ChinaNowMusicFestival #NYCConcerts #suona #chinesemusic #lishaosheng by @theorchnow

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Here, librettist Su Wei shares the story behind the birth of 𝙈𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙠𝙚, tracing its origins back to the 1980s, alongside archival clips from the premiere performance in 2019 at Stanford University.

As this epic work returns to the New York stage, composer Zhou Long reflects on why its story still matters today:

“By bringing this work back to the stage today, I also hope that through music, more people will recognize that American history is a history written by people of many different backgrounds and ethnicities, and that the story of the Chinese railroad workers deserves its rightful place in that history.

Seven years have passed since the work’s premiere, and both our social environment and our audience’s awareness of history have changed. I hope today’s audience will not only feel the hardship, suffering, and tragedy portrayed in the work, but also hear the human dignity, hope, and shared destiny that lie beneath it.

𝙈𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙠𝙚 tells the story of the Chinese railroad workers, but ultimately, it is a story about all those who helped build this country, people who gave so much, often without being fully remembered by history.

I hope audiences from different cultural backgrounds can find an emotional connection through the music, and reflect on the meaning of historical memory, cultural inclusion, and our shared responsibility to create the future together.”

🗓 Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 3:00 PM
📍 Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 3:00 PM
📍 Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Use code 【FENGYA】 for 20% off

🎟️ Ticket links in bio.

#ChinaNowMusicFestival #NYCConcerts #cantonese #ChineseAmericanHistory #goldenspike by @theorchnow

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Our recent concert Epic Narratives: Gernsheim and Brahms, the opening event of the Gernsheim Festival, is available for on-demand streaming now through Oct 30 on TŌNtube and on TŌN’s YouTube page. 🔗 Link in bio. Recorded live at @fishercenterbard, the program features Friedrich Gernsheim’s “Zu einem Drama” and Symphony No. 3, “Song of Miriam”, followed by Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by @orionweiss_piano. taken in Fisher Center at Bard by @theorchnow

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Sample the music TŌN will be performing at this Sunday’s free concert – “Fate: Love and Death” at @symphonyspace. 🎟️RSVP at the link in our bio. taken in Symphony Space by @theorchnow

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Thank you to all the music lovers who joined us for our Season 12 opening weekend, celebrating the works of overlooked composer Friedrich Gernsheim with orchestra concerts, chamber concerts, and a panel discussion. If you were able to be there or watch one of the livestreams, please let us know what you thought in the comments!

📸: @omd17 taken in Bard College by @theorchnow

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