The Orchestra Now (TON) to Perform A Free Concert At City College Center For The Arts

The Orchestra Now (TON) offers a FREE concert at City College Center for the Arts at Aaron Davis Hall. The performance is part of the ensemble's popular Around Town series, which attracts dynamically diverse new audiences of all ages. These free community outreach events have become crowd-pleasing neighborhood activities and are a great opportunity to introduce families and new explorers to the joys of classical music. The April 20 concert will feature artistic director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Mexico City and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Bruges Jan Latham-Koenig on the podium and showcases Schubert's Unfinished Symphony with masterworks by Vaughan Williams and Prokofiev. In the 2017-18 season, TON presented four other free performances as part of the Around Town series in Manhattan: Cooper Union (October 1), Symphony Space (November 19 and January 21), and Cooper Union (March 16).

Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7 PM

Aaron Davis Hall, City College Center for the Arts; 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031

All Around Town concerts are FREE. No tickets are necessary for this performance. RSVP at theorchestranow.org.

AROUND TOWN FREE CONCERT

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

City College Center for the Arts at Aaron Davis Hall
Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7 PM The Orchestra Now

Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite The Orchestra Now The Orchestra Now (TON) is a group of some 80 vibrant young musicians from more than 12 different countries around the globe, whose goal is to make orchestral music relevant to 21st-century audiences. They are lifting the curtain on the musicians' experience by sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment. Hand-picked from hundreds of applicants from the world's leading conservatories - including The Juilliard School, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal Conservatory of Brussels, and the Curtis Institute of Music - the members of TON are not only rousing audiences with their critically acclaimed performances, but also enlightening curious minds by presenting on-stage introductions and demonstrations at concerts, offering program notes written from the musicians' perspective, and connecting with patrons through one-on-one discussions during intermissions.

Conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein founded TON in 2015 as a master's degree program at Bard College, where he also serves as president. The Orchestra is in residence at Bard's Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, offering multiple concerts there each season as well as participating in the annual Bard Music Festival. The Orchestra also performs numerous concert series at major venues in New York, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as a schedule of free performances across New York City boroughs. TON has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Fabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard Schwarz, and JoAnn Falletta.

For upcoming activities and more detailed information about the musicians, visit theorchestranow.org. Press Contact: Pascal Nadon Pascal Nadon Communications