BROOKLYN METRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Celebrating its 16th season, Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra remains the only resident classical music group playing solely to Brooklyn. BMCO is dedicated to enriching Brooklyn’s cultural infrastructure by premiering modern works from new composers and keeping each concert program diverse.

June 8th, 2019 | The Park Church Co-Op | The Brooklyn Community Pride Center joins BMCO to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community of Brooklyn through a concert highlighting gay composers of past and present. One of America's rising opera stars, Raehann Bryce-Davis joins Maestro Nuzzo and the BMCO in works by Schubert, Ravel Chausson and Foster. Also featured is Italian oboe virtuoso Sandro Gori who makes his New York debut in Handel's Concerto in f minor. The program concludes with music by Tchaikovsky.

May 18th, 2019 | BAM Fisher | BMCO partners with The New York Women’s Foundation to celebrate orchestral works by female composers. BMCO premieres its 2019 commission, Six Narratives, a song cycle for six voices and chamber orchestra by Brooklyn resident Hannah Selin, Behind Barbed Wire for Solo Saxophone with Chamber Orchestra, Narrator, and Video by Deon Nielsen Price, and Concertino for flute, piano and orchestra by Germaine Tailleferre. The orchestra will be led by guest conductor Corrado Valvo. Soloists include Sylvia Kahan, piano, Eva Ding, flute, Chika Inoue, saxophone, Amber Evans, soprano, Christina Kay, soprano, Shannyn Rinker, soprano, Melanie Long, mezzo-soprano, Megan Schubert, mezzo-soprano and Elenna Sindler, mezzo-soprano.

THE CHELSEA SYMPHONY

The Chelsea Symphony is a dynamic, self-governing ensemble with a major cultural presence in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. We present music of the highest caliber while upending the traditional hierarchy of the classical orchestra: our musicians rotate as featured soloists, conductors, and composers. Through this collaborative model, we provide professional development opportunities for our members while performing inspiring concerts of music both old and new.

September 13th, 2014 | St. Paul’s Church | A Skirmish of Wit: Works by Mendelssohn, Chausson, Berlioz, & Korngold