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The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra is a chamber
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, ...
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History

The orchestra was founded in 1987 by Richard Auldon Clark, who remains the Artistic Director and conductor. The orchestra performs music of all genres with a special focus on contemporary music by American composers. It performs an average of eight concerts per season in New York City and also tours.


Activities

It has premiered and/or recorded the music of William Grant Still,
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John Rutter Sir John Milford Rutter (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. Biography Born on 24 September 1945 in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, R ...
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, Alan Hovhaness, Otto Luening,
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, Randall Thompson, Eric Ewazen, David Amram, and Dave Soldier. The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra has released 30 CDs on the Newport Classic, KOCH International, AVANT, VOX, Helicon, KLEOS Classics, and Mulatta Records labels. It records an average of three new CDs per year.


References


External links


Manhattan Chamber Orchestra official site
Musical groups established in 1987 Chamber orchestras 1987 establishments in New York City Orchestras based in New York City {{US-orchestra-stub