NJSO Chamber Players perform works by Florence Price in collaboration with ONEcomposer

• NJSO string quartets perform Price’s Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and String Quartet in G Major in virtual concert
• Performance premieres May 6 with special Zoom event free and open to the public
• Program is part of ONEcomposer’s yearlong celebration of Price
• Performance will be available at njsymphony.org and on YouTube

NEWARK, NJ—The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform pathbreaking Black composer Florence Price’s revelatory Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and String Quartet in G Major in a special virtual performance, part of ONEcomposer’s yearlong celebration of Price.

The performance premieres on May 6 at 7:30 pm with a free Zoom event open to the public. The chamber concert will be available on demand on the NJSO’s website and YouTube channel.

In the special premiere event, NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick and Assistant Principal Cello Na-Young Baek chat about Price’s extraordinary legacy with NJSO Associate Vice President of Artistic Planning Patrick Chamberlain and ONEcomposer founders Stephen Spinelli and Tamara Acosta from Cornell University.

Patrons can register for the Zoom event at njsymphony.org/florenceprice.

A new arts advocacy initiative, ONEcomposer is a commitment to musicians whose contributions have been historically erased. ONEcomposer’s inaugural season has forged partnerships with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute and NJSO, producing rave reviews on NPR and in The Philadelphia Inquirer in honor of Price and her remarkable accomplishments.

This collaborative concert program features a pair of NJSO string quartets. Concertmaster Eric Wyrick, violinist Alexandra Neglia, violist Brett Deubner and cellist Philo Lee perform Five Folksongs in Counterpoint. Violinists JoAnna Farrer and Darryl Kubian, Principal Viola Frank Foerster and Assistant Principal Cello Na-Young Baek perform the String Quartet in G Major.

For additional information, visit njsymphony.org/florenceprice.

For more on ONEcomposer, visit onecomposer.org.

 

Celebrating Florence Price

With the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, in collaboration with ONEcomposer

Thu, May 6, at 7:30 pm

PRICE Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

     ERIC WYRICK violin
     ALEXANDRA NEGLIA violin
     BRETT DEUBNER viola
     PHILO LEE cello

PRICE String Quartet in G Major

     JOANNA FARRER violin
     DARRYL KUBIAN violin
     FRANK FOERSTER viola
     NA-YOUNG BAEK cello

 

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The NJSO Youth Orchestras have not only continued virtual instruction but have introduced an entirely new dimension to the program. Students are working together on a yearlong creative composition project—a uniquely engaging opportunity for students to explore their own musical voices and shape new works that draw from all the genres that inspire them.

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