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Orchestra 2001 is a collective of adventurous, virtuoso performers dedicated to the music of our time. The ensemble strives to be an international leader in connecting diverse audiences with the greatest music of the 20th and 21st centuries, engaging new listeners through exhilarating concerts, innovative artistic collaborations, and enriching community partnerships in Philadelphia and beyond.


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Justinian Tamusuza, composer

Na'Zir McFadden, conductor

Orchestra 2001 will be joined by the husband-wife team of composer Justinian Tamusuza and leading African ethnomusicologist, Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza who will share a cross-continental, virtual/live composer residency from Uganda, prior to visiting Philadelphia in June 2024. Justinian was trained in both Kiganda (Ugandan) folk music and Western classical music, receiving his doctoral degree in composition at Northwestern University. He will compose several new pieces for Orchestra 2001’s musicians, using extended instrumental techniques, microtones, and polyrhythms that marry contemporary classical music and traditional Kiganda folk music. 

Programs subject to change

Thursday, May 30, 2024; 5:00-6:00 pm

Renate's Kitchen – Porch Terrace  |  3940 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia 19104

Ekitundu Ekisooka for string quartet

Abaafa Luli for woodwind quintet


Thursday, June 6, 2024; 5:00-7:00 pm

Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll  |  Corner of 43rd Street & Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia 19104

Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere for solo horn

Engoma Enteera for solo timpani


Friday, June 14, 2024; 7:30 pm

Na'Zir McFadden, conductor

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul  | 1723 Race Str, Phila 19103 (18th & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, east side of Logan Square)

Tumutendereze Kabaka (2024, Premiere) for antiphonal bugles, organ, brass choir, drums, and chimes

Mu Kkubo Ery 'Omusaalaba (1991, rev. 2023) for string orchestra

Abaafa Luli for woodwind quintet

Baakisimba Zitujja (2023) for prepared harp, marimba, maracas, ankle bells, pitched drums, and hand clapping

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Thursday, September 14, 2023; 7:30 pm

Calvary Center for Culture and Community | 801 S. 48th Street, Philadelphia 19143 (48th & Baltimore Avenue, West Phila)

Mu Kkubo Ery 'Omusaalaba for string orchestra

Abaana Bange for soprano sax, marimba, and electric guitar

Baakisimba Zitujja (2023, Premiere) for prepared harp, marimba, maracas, ankle bells, clapping, and pitched drums 


ENGOMA ENTEERA has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

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Celebrating Cherry Street Pier’s First 5 Years:

Pier Pressure

5 Concerts Featuring Philadelphia Composers

Free Concerts Coming in Spring 2024!


Samuel Barber – Canzone (1961)

Melissa Dunphy – kommós for solo violin (2011)

Chuck Holdeman – Pier Music for violin and harp (2021; Premiere)


Orchestra 2001 Jazz Trio performing works by Philadelphians

Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Matt Davis, and others


Benjamin Franklin – String Quartet in F Major, excerpts (1778)

George Walker (Curtis grad) – Lyric for Strings (rev. 1990)

Nina Siniakova – Seven Minutes from My American Life for String Quartet (2012)


Supported by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia

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EMERGING MARKETS

Major support from:

Launched during the pandemic, EMERGING MARKETS is a series of informal musical events presented where Philadelphians shop, work, and play. Aimed at breaking down barriers to attendance, Orchestra 2001 tailors performances for markets and businesses in all corners of Philadelphia. 

EMERGING MARKETS was honored with the 2022 Arts + Business Council Award.

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RECENT PROGRAMS:

Mark Loria, conductor

Martha Guth, soprano

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023

7:30pm - 9:00pm

Teatro Esperanza

4261 North 5th Street, Phila. 19140

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Roberto Sierra – Bongo-O

Angélica Negrón – Quimbombó

Angélica Negrón – Tembleque

Ana María Hernández – Fantasía sobre el seis Mapeyé

Roberto Sierra – Canciones de amor, poetry by Julia de Burgos (World Premiere) *

Sonia Morales-Matos – Fiesta #1

This concert funded in large part by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

*Roberto Sierra's commission was funded by the Steven R. Gerber Trust. 


GEORGE CRUMB: Scores at an Exhibition

Composer George Crumb - Agnus Dei (Peace sign) Score

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 | 2:45 PM

Teatro Esperanza: Student Event

4261 N. 5th Street, Phila. 19140


WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Main Gallery at Slought

4017 Walnut Street, Phila. 19104

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GEORGE CRUMB: SCORES AT AN EXHIBITION will explore Philadelphia’s well-known contemporary composer (1929-2022) and long-time Orchestra 2001 collaborator, in a visual arts setting. His stunning visual scores are works of art, and presenting them in a gallery context allows for a more complete appreciation of these masterpieces.


Exhibits of Crumb’s scores will be followed by performances of his music at Slought, Esperanza Arts, and Cherry Street Pier. Crumb’s brilliant “Metamorphoses, 10 Fantasies for Amplified Piano, Book 2” (2020) will be performed by the musician he wrote it for, Orchestra 2001 pianist Marcantonio Barone, with images of the artworks that influenced Crumb’s modern take on “Pictures at an Exhibition.”


Supported by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. 


Birth Of the Cool with Orchestra 2001

BIRTH OF THE COOL

FIRST PERFORMANCE: (SOLD OUT!)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023 | 7:30pm

Clef Club of Jazz

736 South Broad Street, Philadelphia 19146


ENCORE PERFORMANCE:

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023 | 7:30pm

Mummers Museum

1100 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia 19147

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A history-making jazz ensemble with humble beginnings in a basement apartment below a laundromat on Manhattan’s West 55th Street... the 12 tunes from that collaboration of jazz and classical giants are a collector’s classic, and forged decades of new directions in concert halls, jazz clubs, and film scores.


¡CONEXIONES! CUBA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Teatro Esperanza

Mark Loria, conductor

Ernesto Abelardo Valdés – Almendra

Tania León – Toque

Ileana Pérez Velázquez – Zunzun

Leo Brouwer – La Niña Bonita

Paquito D'Rivera – Preludio y Merengue

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Funded by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.


Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM

American Hats Factory Showroom


FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 | 7:30 PM

African American Museum in Philadelphia


William Grant Still — Summerland 

Undine Smith Moore — Afro-American Suite

Duke Ellington — Single Petal of a Rose

   (Elizabeth Steiner, harp)

George Walker — Lyric for Strings

Valerie Coleman — Portraits of Langston

Jessie Montgomery — Source Code

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"Harlem Renaissance and Beyond" is funded by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund.

American Hats Factory Showroom concert is funded by PNC Arts Alive and William Penn Foundation for EMERGING MARKETS.


In The Key of L: Music Along SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line

Orchestra 2001 will feature musical compositions by Philadelphia composers in pop-up concerts at train stops, parking lots, businesses, murals, and parks along the 45-minute SEPTA route that cuts across dozens of diverse communities.


Funded in large part by the Presser Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

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Left to right: Orchestra 2001 at CHOP Karabots campus (West Phila.), the "Love Lot" (Kensington), and 30th Street Station (University City).


STREAM THIS MUSIC ANYTIME – FREE

UNHINGED with the Barnes Foundation

¡CONEXIONES!-Mexico at Teatro Esperanza


Orchestra 2001 is Ensemble-In-Residence

at Cherry Street Pier

The COMPOSER AT WORK window features Philadelphia-area and visiting composers, and musicians of all ages and genres. Participants work on site and present their music to audiences at Cherry Street Pier and elsewhere in Philadelphia. Funded by generous grants from the Barra Foundation and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.


Donations support performances in all corners of Philadelphia!

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Our concerts would not be possible without the support of Individual Donors!


Orchestra 2001 thanks its Foundation, Government, and Organizational Contributors and Partners:

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