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    Commissions 

    Since its inception, Sage City Symphony has commissioned works from numerous composers. Following are links to websites or other information about a few of these composers. Commissioned composers not listed with works below include Robert Singley, Susan Hurley, Alice Spatz, and Su Lian Tan.

    Fantasia for piano and orchestra by Geoffrey Gee, performed November 13, 2022 
    Concerto for piano and orchestra by Michael Gallagher, performed May 22, 2022 
    E  (for Ekin) for symphony and jazz quartet by Leo Yucht, performed May 19, 2019 
    Appalachian Trail Symphony  by Keane Southard, performed March 20, 2018 
    Commissioned work by Vermont composer Robert (Zeke) Hecker, performed May 22, 2016 
    Seven Seals  for symphony and chorus by Marjorie Rooen; first movement performed March 13, 2016; additional movements performed in subsequent concerts; complete four-movement work performed March 10, 2019 
    XLIV  by Rolando Gori, performed May 16, 2015 
    Kora Saba: For Djembe and Chamber Orchestra  by Michael Wimberly, performed November 16, 2014, with soloist Michael Wimberly 
    Concerto for Cello and Orchestra  by Allen Shawn, performed in 1999, and with solo cellist Maxine Neuman on May 18, 2014 
    Table of Toys and Numbers  by Nick Brooke, performed in May 2012 
    Commissioned work by John Eagle, performed in May 2011 
    Mountain Path  by Bruce Hobson, performed in May 2000 
    The Birthmark  by Robert (Zeke) Hecker, performed in 1989 
    Blood Memory: A Long Quiet After the Call  by Tina Davidson, performed in 1986 
    Symphony for Orchestra with Piano Obligato  by Thomas L. Read, performed in 1986 
    Missa Brevis, Opus 72, by Louis Calabro, written for the Bennington College Chorus and recorded in 1984: Sage City Symphony 
    Tundra, by Michael Finckel 
    Sonnet for Baritone and Orchestra  by Vivian Fine, text by John Keats, with baritone Wayne Dalton, performed December 5, 1976 
    Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra  by Marta Ptaszynska, performed in October 1974 
    Concerto, Nomads  by Henry Brant, performed in 1974, conducted by the composer 
     

    Young Composers Program 

    Sage City Symphony's Young Composers project showcases original compositions by college or high school students. Links to info about past student composers are shown below:

    Sage City Symphony Presents Youth Concert This Sunday, Bennington Banner, March 14, 2014 
    Bennington College Student's Work to Premiere, March 2012 
    Eastwick Press, Local Student Composer to Premiere Work, March 2011 
    Patrick A Madden of Mount Greylock HS receives the Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship 
    Performance with Rap Solo and Sage City Symphony

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