Youth for Youth Commissioning Program
PACO's Youth for Youth commissioning program is an exciting project bringing the music of today's young composers together with our talented young musicians. Each season, PACO commissions a brand new work from a composer under the age of 21, which is then rehearsed intensively and performed on our fourth subscription concert in June. The composer is invited to attend all the rehearsals and to speak to the orchestra about the piece. In addition, the new composition is taken with PACO on tour - both our annual trip to Dunsmuir and Ashland as well as our tri-annual international tours.
An orchestra is not a museum, and classical music is a living, vital, ever-changing art. With PACO's Youth for Youth commissioning program, we provide a wonderful opportunity for a young composer to have a new piece written, rehearsed, and performed at the highest musical and technical level. In addition, we provide for our high-school string players a glimpse into the musical world of the future and a chance to participate in that future.
Click here for information on the 2007 application
The following list comprises PACO's commissioned works since its inception in 2006:
Matthew Cmiel: Leaving Home
June 3, 2006: Subscription Series, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Commissioned by The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Geoffrey Pope: Spires Unceasing
June 3, 2007: Subscription Series, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Commissioned by The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
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