Music pervades our world, yet who are the men and women creating the sounds we hear? Composers Now is a weeklong festival presented collaboratively by organizations citywide offering concerts, performances, lectures, conversations and other activities highlighting the contribution that composers make to the cultural fabric of our lives. This event puts a public face on the vitality, diversity, and innovations that composers bring to the world.

10:00-12:00:

• Mayoral Proclamation of Composers Now Day, followed by a panel discussion moderated by festival organizers Laura Kaminsky and Tania León with guest composers

12:00-12:15:

• Adam O’Farrill, New Work for trumpet and piano (Adam O'Farrill, trumpet & Arturo O'Farrill, piano)
• Suzanne Farrin, Corpo Di Terra (NY Premiere; Julia Lichten, cello)

12:15-12:30:

• George Walker, String Quartet No. 2 (Son Sonora Ensemble)

12:30-12:45:

• Fernando Otero; Milonga 10, La Abundancia, Pagina de Buenos Aires (Fernando Otero, piano and Nick Danielson, violin)

12:45-1:00:

• Tamar Diesendruck, On That Day (Damocles Trio)

1:00-1:15:

• Eric Nathan, Gathering (NY Premiere, Damocles Trio)

1:15-1:30:

• Avner Dorman, Piccolo Concerto (NY Premiere of Piano Reduction Version, Tara Helen O’Connor, piccolo & Margaret Kampmeier, piano)

1:30-2:15:

• MUSICAL NETWORKING BREAK

2:15-2:30:

• Nkeiru Okoye, Songs of Harriet Tubman (Diana Solomon Glover, soprano & Christopher Johnson, piano)

2:30-2:45:

• Joan Tower, Night Fields (Cassatt Quartet)

2:45-3:00:

• Timothy Dunne, Sonatines (NY Premiere, Timothy Dunne, piano)

3:00-3:15:

• John Duffy, We Want Mark Twain (World Premiere, Cassatt Quartet & Isaiah Sheffer, narrator)

3:15-3:30:

• Waddy Thompson, Monongahela Rising (World Premiere, Diana Solomon Glover, soprano & Christopher Johnson, piano)

3:30-4:15:

MUSICAL NETWORKING BREAK

4:15-4:30: 

• Du Yun, A Cockroach’s Tarantella (World Premiere, iO String Quartet & Du Yun, narrator)

4:30-4:45:

• Gabriel Alegria; Toro Mata, Piso 19, Pucusana (Afro-Peruvian Sextet: Gabriel Alegria, trumpet and flugel horn; Laura Andrea Leguia, tenor sax; Camila Meza, guitar; John Benitez, double bass; Peta Robles, cajón; Shirazette Tinnin, drums)

5:00-5:15:

• Mario Diaz de Leon, Trembling Time II (US Premiere, Talea Ensemble)

5:15-5:30:

• Victor Adan, Schisma (World Premiere, Talea Ensemble)

5:30-5:45:

• Jovino Santos Neto. Agradecendo (World Premiere, Tara Helen O'Connor, flute & Alice Jones, flute, Jovino Santos Neto, piano)

Cost: $15; All Day Pass $35

Location: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

More Info: Symphony Space Box Office at (212) 864-5400, http://www.symphonyspace.org