Festive season kickoff / Free concert and reception

Trinity Center for Urban Life 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

Festive season kickoff - Free concert and reception featuring two major new concertos. It's a fundraiser/friendraiser: thanks for your support, give a gift to DSE, and please bring friends! Zhou Tian, Irises for Mimi Stillman, flute (version world première) Jacob Bancks, Concerto for Ricardo Morales, clarinet (Philadelphia première). With Charles Abramovic, piano

DSE Presents: NEW CLASSICS: DSE COMMISSIONS CONCERT + PANEL DISCUSSION WITH COMPOSERS

Trinity Center for Urban Life 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

Works by Jeremy Gill *, David Serkin Ludwig *, Jennifer Higdon *, Steven Mackey *, Steven Stucky *, Thomas Whitman *    Ashley Marie Robillard, soprano Randall Scarlata, baritone Dolce Suono Trio Mimi Stillman, flute Gabriel Cabezas, cello Charles Abramovic, piano Doris Hall-Gulati, clarinet Christine Lim, violin Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, percussion   * denotes DSE commission

$10 – $30

DSE Presents: I HATE MUSIC! HOLIDAY CABARET

Trinity Center for Urban Life 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

Works by Charles Abramovic *, J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, F.J. Haydn, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill   Ashley Marie Robillard, soprano Dolce Suono Trio (Stillman, Cabezas, Abramovic)   * DSE commission

$10 – $30

DSE Presents: MÚSICA EN TUS MANOS

Trinity Center for Urban Life 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

Works by Alberto Ginastera, Daniel de Jesús *, Tania León, Gabriela Ortiz   Dolce Suono Trio (Stillman, Cabezas, Abramovic) Celina Vélez, violin Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, percussion   * DSE commission + side-by-side performance with students of de Jesús at AMLA: Artístas y Músicos Latinoamericanos

$10 – $30

DSE Presents: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD

Trinity Center for Urban Life 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

Works by J.S. Bach, Benjamin C.S. Boyle *, Fang Man *, David Finko *, Antonio Vivaldi Norman Garrett, baritone Mimi Stillman, flute Katherine Needleman, oboe Charles Abramovic, piano   * DSE commission

$10 – $30