The Binghamton University Explorchestra (commonly known as "Explorchestra" or "Explo"), is a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

based in

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

Binghamton, New York Binghamton ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the c ...

. The ensemble performs exclusively original music.

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James Mayr, Maxim Pekarsky, and Manar Alherech, Explorchestra has premiered hundreds of new works by university and guest composers. The ensemble is dedicated to promoting new music in all genres by composers from diverse backgrounds. Explorchestra consistently performs original contemporary classical repertoire,

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film music A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

, and videogame music. All members of Explorchestra have the opportunity to submit and, if they choose to, conduct new works. Explorchestra members learn the many facets of leading a modern orchestra, from

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

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, and

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, and

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. An increasingly important member of the

Broome County Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton. The county was named for John Broome, the state's lieutenant governor when ...

arts community, Explorchestra partnered with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra to offer its first Composers' Competition in 2011 and again in 2022. The orchestra also collaborates with local businesses and campus organizations, supporting arts, sports, and fashion shows,

/ref> and such charity fundraisers as St. Baldrick's Foundation,

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, 2011 Binghamton Area floods, and Jump Nation.J.U.M.P nation, 2013
/ref> Explorchestra is run by 8 elected executive board members.

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