New England Philharmonic Inc

1. DURING IT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON THE NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PRESENTED FOUR PUBLIC CONCERTS, EACH A DISTINCTIVE PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDED FIVE WORLD PREMIERE COMPOSITIONS, THREE OF WHICH WERE 'FANFARES' COMPOSED AS GIFTS TO THE NEP BY FORMER COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE, AND A VIOLIN CONCERTO COMMISSIONED BY THE NEP TO ITS CURRENT COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE. THE FIFTH WAS WRITTEN FOR THE ANNUAL FAMILY CONCERT BY A COMPOSER FRIEND OF THE NEP. THE BOSTON PREMIERE WAS COMPOSED BY THE WINNER OF NEP'S 2015-16 CALL FOR SCORES..ADDRESS INFORMATION: TSAI PERFORMANCE CENTER, 685 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02215.2. THE NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC FOSTERED THE MUSIC OF LIVING COMPOSERS BY HAVING A COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE WHOSE VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE NEP AND PREMIERED ON THE PROGRAM OF THE SEASON-CLOSING CONCERT WITH NEP'S CONCERTMASTER AS SOLOIST. ARTS FUSE CITED THIS PIECE AND PERFORMANCE AS ONE OF THE TOP CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES OF 2017.NEP ALSO FOSTERS THE COMPOSITION OF NEW MUSIC BY CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL CALL FOR SCORES FROM COMPOSERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO COMPETE TO HAVE THEIR RECENT COMPOSITION SELECTED FOR PERFORMANCE BY THE NEP DURING THE FOLLOWING SEASON. FORTY-ONE COMPOSITIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY COMPOSERS FROM NINE COUNTRIES..ADDRESS INFORMATION: THE COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE IS LOCATED AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY IN WALTHAM, MA WHERE HE IS NAUMBERG PROFESSOR OF COMPOSITION. THE CALL FOR SCORES IS CONDUCTED ELECTRONICALLY TO ANNOUNCE THE DATES AND RULES FOR SUBMISSION OF SCORES, FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SCORES BY THE COMPOSERS, AND FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNING SCORE AND COMPOSER..3. THE NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC NURTURED YOUNG MUSICIANS AND YOUNG AUDIENCES THROUGH ITS ANNUAL YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION AND FAMILY CONCERT AT WHICH THE YAC WINNING MUSICIAN PERFORMS WITH THE ORCHESTRA, THE MUSIC DIRECTOR ENGAGES WITH AND INVOLVES YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IN THE PROGRAM, AND A CHILD-SIZE INSTRUMENT 'PETTING ZOO' OFFERS CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT.THE NEP ALSO EXPOSED YOUNG CHILDREN TO BRASS, STRING AND WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR SOUNDS THROUGH NEP CHAMBER PLAYERS' MINI-CONCERTS AT THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM..ADDRESS INFORMATION: FAMILY CONCERT IS AT THE TSAI PERFORMANCE CENTER, AS CITED ABOVE; BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS AT 308 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON, MA 02110, AND PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM IS AT 161 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, MA 01970.4. THE NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC FOSTERS THE APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC BY ITS OUTREACH TO NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH THE NEP CHAMBER PLAYERS, COMPOSED OF PRINCIPAL PLAYERS FROM THE BRASS, STRINGS, AND WOODWIND SECTIONS OF THE FULL ORCHESTRA. IN ADDITION TO OUTREACH TO ENGAGE CHILDREN, AS CITED ABOVE, THE CHAMBER PLAYERS CREATE PROGRAMS, OFTEN RELATED TO INITIATIVES OF THE SPONSORING VENUES, THAT ENGAGE ADULT LISTENERS AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE DIVERSITY AND QUALITY OF THE MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE FULL ORCHESTRA. SPONSORING VENUES WERE ELLINGWOOD CONCERTS IN NAHANT AND PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM IN SALEM NORTH OF BOSTON, NEWTON FREE LIBRARY IN NEWTON WEST OF BOSTON, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL IN DORCHESTER SOUTH OF BOSTON, AND BOSTON ATHENAEUM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AND KING'S CHAPEL, SEE ALL ADDRESSES IN THE ADDRESS INFORMATION AT THE END OF THIS ITEMS. FOR THE NEP'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THE CHAMBER PLAYERS PREMIERED A SEPTET WRITTEN FOR THEM ON A PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED A COUNTERPART PIECE THEY RECEIVED FUNDING TO COMMISSION THE PRIOR SEASON. DURING THEIR SECOND FULL SEASON, THE CHAMBER PLAYERS PERFORMED 12 CONCERTS AT VENUES INCLUDING THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, KINGS CHAPEL, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL, NEWTON FREE LIBRARY, ELLINGWOOD CHAPEL, AND PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM..ADDRESS INFORMATION: IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSES CITED ABOVE, THE ATHENAEUM IS AT 10 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108; KINGS CHAPEL IS AT 58 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108; HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL IS AT SOLDIERS FIELD, BOSTON, MA 02163; NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS IS AT 21 QUEEN STREET, DORCHESTER, MA 02122; NEWTON FREE LIBRARY IS AT 330 HOMER STREET, NEWTON, MA 02459; ELLINGWOOD CHAPEL IS AT 195 NAHANT ROAD, NAHANT, MA 01908. SEE ADDRESSES FOR BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM IN THE ADDRESS INFORMATION FOR #3 ABOVE.