MIDTOWN — New York's premier young musicians have announced 20 performances across the city for the ensemble's 2013-14 season.
The Ensemble ACJW — a two-year post-graduate fellowship by Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and Carnegie's Weill Music Institute that brings top musicians together with city high school students and teachers — will open its season on Oct. 21 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The ensemble will go on to perform series at Trinity Wall Street and have a residency at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.
The group is comprised of 20 musicians, each assigned to a city public high school:
Doug Balliett, double bass
Bronx MS 244 The New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge
Nanci Belmont, bassoon
PS 207 Elizabeth G. Leary in Marine Park
Thomas Bergeron, trumpet
Fordham High School for the Arts in Fordham
Stuart Breczinski, oboe
PS 112 Lefferts Park School in Dyker Heights
Liam Burke, clarinet
PS 21 Edward Hart in Flushing
Paul Won Jin Cho, clarinet
PS 200 Benson School in Bath Beach
Hannah Collins, cello
IS 061 William A. Morris in Randall Manor
Tony Flynt, double bass
NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies in Chelsea
Catherine Gregory, flute
PS/MS 46 Arthur Tappan School in Harlem
Megan Griffin, viola
City College Academy of the Arts in Washington Heights
Caleb Hudson, trumpet
Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge
Alexandria Le, piano
PS 241 Emma L. Johnston School in Crown Heights
Clara Lyon, violin
PS/MS 161 Pedro Albizu Campos in Harlem
Grace Park, violin
PS 157 Grove HillSchool in Melrose
Michelle Ross, violin
Brooklyn High School of the Arts in Boerum Hill
John Stulz, viola
The 51 Avenue Academy in Elmhurst
Ian Sullivan, percussion
MS 158 Marie Curie in Bayside
Laura Weiner, French horn
Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood
Tyler Wottrich, piano
Pelham Academy of Academic and Community Engagement in Bronxdale
Alice Yoo, cello
Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood
Of the ensemble's 20 scheduled performances, 15 will be in New York City, all of them in Manhattan:
Monday, Oct. 21: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, Nov. 12: Paul Hall at the Juilliard School
Thursday, Jan. 9: Paul Hall at the Juilliard School
Jan. 22, April 29, and June 11: Three-concert series at SubCulture
Friday, Feb. 28: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, March 9: Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church in Washington Heights
Tuesday, March 11: Paul Hall at the Juilliard School
Wednesday, March 26: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
April 10, 24 and May 1: Three-concert series at Trinity Wall Street.
Wednesday, May 28: Paul Hall at the Juilliard School
Sunday, June 1: Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church in Washington Heights
Members of ACJW, which was founded in 2007, will also perform more informal shows at senior centers, healthcare facilities and prisons.
For more information, the full performance schedule or the performance programs, visit the group's website.
