Composer Institute orchestra embed goes beyond music school

Composer Institute orchestra embed goes beyond music school

During a brief pause in a concert by the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall last weekend the conductor Thomas Søndergård turned to the audience and said, “So nice to see so many of you here, especially since there’s nothing on the program you’ve ever heard before.” Indeed, the concert, titled “Future Classics,” featuring the work of four largely unknown young composers, was nearly sold out. When all four of them returned to the stage for a fi…