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Valerie Coleman

Through the Amplifying Voices program, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and San Diego Symphony are proud to co-commission composer Valerie Coleman.

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    Valerie Coleman

    Valerie Coleman is regarded by many as an iconic artist who continues to pave her own unique path, as a Grammy® nominated flutist, composer and entrepreneur.

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    The Philadelphia Orchestra

    The Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the world’s preeminent orchestras. It strives to share the transformative power of music with the widest possible audience, and to create joy, connection, and excitement through music in the Philadelphia region, across the country, and around the world.

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Valerie Coleman

Through the Amplifying Voices program, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and San Diego Symphony are proud to co-commission composer Valerie Coleman.

Co-commissioners: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and San Diego Symphony.

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Described as one of the “Top 35 Female Composers in Classical Music” by critic Anne Midgette of the Washington Post, Valerie Coleman is among the world’s most played composers living today. Whether it be live or via radio, her compositions are easily recognizable for their inspired style and can be heard throughout venues, institutions and competitions globally. The Boston Globe describes Coleman as having a “talent for delineating form and emotion with shifts between ingeniously varied instrumental combinations” and The New York Times observes her compositions as “skillfully wrought, buoyant music.” This is Coleman’s second work for The Philadelphia Orchestra – her piece Umoja was premiered last September. With works that range from flute sonatas that recount the stories of trafficked humans during Middle Passage and orchestral and chamber works based on nomadic Roma tribes, to scherzos about moonshine in the Mississippi Delta region and motifs based from Morse Code, her body of works has been highly regarded as a deeply relevant contribution to modern music. Coleman has received awards and/or honors from the National Flute Association, The Herb Alpert Awards, MAPFUND, ASCAP Concert Music Awards, NARAS, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund, Artists International, Wombwell Kentucky Award, and Michelle E. Sahm Memorial Award, to name a few.

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: VIRKO BALEY AT 85

March 29, 2024 | 7:00 pm

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

Plastic Dream Fugue – Aaron Larget-Caplan in Concert

March 29, 2024 | 7:30 pm

First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston 02116

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

An Evening of Roots Music with Jalopy Records

March 30, 2024 | 8:00 pm

LeFrak Concert Hall 153-49 Reeves Ave Flushing, NY 11367

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