San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) is a performing arts organization and unionized chamber orchestra that nourishes the creation and dissemination of new music through world-class performances, commissions, and community and education programs. The Players perform the music of composers from across cultures and stylistic traditions who are creating a vast and vital 21st-century musical language featuring the work of iconic and emerging composers, while shining a spotlight on works for large ensemble and California artists. The Contemporary Music Players incorporated in 1974 to give voice to the burgeoning genre of contemporary music in the Bay Area. They are solely devoted to contemporary repertoire, particularly the work of living composers and large ensemble works. The current Artistic Director is Eric Dudley.
The Contemporary Music Players are a 2018 awardee of the esteemed Fromm Foundation Ensemble Prize and a ten-time winner of the national ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players have performed more than 1,400 contemporary works, including many U.S., West Coast, and world premieres. The ensemble has commissioned over 70 new pieces from such composers as John Adams, Olly Wilson, John Cage, Earle Brown, Du Yun, Tyshawn Sorey, Myra Melford, Samuel Adams, Pamela Z, and Julia Wolfe.
The Contemporary Music Players have been presented by leading cultural festivals and concert series including San Francisco Performances, Los Angeles Monday Evening Concerts, Cal Performances, the Stern Grove Festival, the Festival of New American Music at CSU Sacramento, the Ojai Festival, and France’s prestigious MANCA Festival.
View repertoire list at https://sfcmp.org/repertoire/
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