JUNE 11, 2014
MusicaNova announces 2014-15 season
Innovative Orchestra to present masterpieces of Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky alongside new compositions and a World Premiere
PHOENIX – With a committed passion to perform jewels of new and undiscovered classical music, MusicaNova announces its 2014-15 season. The year's highlights include two stunning soloists, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola) and Katrina Jia (piano) as well as a collaboration with The Paradise Winds. The 2014-15 season includes the world premiere of a new piece composed by ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award Winner and Juilliard prodigy Graham Cohen, hosted by SiriusXM's Martin Goldsmith, and new works from the MusicaNova Composition Fellows Program.
Tickets are $20 adults/$15 students and seniors, and are on sale now at www.musicanovaaz.com. Youth under 18 are free with a paid admission.
Elgar's "Viola Concerto," featuring soloist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
October 26, 2014 at 4 p.m.; Central United Methodist Church, Central Avenue at Palm Lane, in the Phoenix Central Arts District
• New Work by a MusicaNova Composition Fellow Sir Edward Elgar
• "Viola" Concerto Op. 25 (arr. Tertis), with Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (left), viola soloist
• P. I. Tchaikovsky, Orchestral Suite No. 2
World Premiere of "Unexpected Affinities," featuring the Paradise Winds, with special guest Martin Goldsmith
January 11, 2015 at 4 p.m.; Central United Methodist Church, Central Avenue at Palm Lane, in the Phoenix Central Arts District
• New Work by a MusicaNova Composition Fellow Graham Cohen: "Unexpected Affinities" a Concerto Grosso for Reed Quintet and String Orchestra, commissioned by the Selznick Tikkun Olam Foundation in memory of Holocaust survivors Max and Nina Gurin, with the Paradise Winds (World Premiere)
• Special appearance by Martin Goldsmith, noted author and classical music radio host on SiriusXM and NPR
• Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony
Rising Star plays Schumann, featuring 14-year old pianist Katrina Jia
April 12, 2015 at 4 p.m.; Central United Methodist Church, Central Avenue at Palm Lane, in the Phoenix Central Arts District
• New work by a MusicaNova Composition Fellow Robert Schumann: Konzertstück Op. 92
• Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, with Katrina Jia, piano soloist
• Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
