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Announcing the 2021 Call for Scores
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Announcing the 2021 Call for Scores

BOSTON — The New England Philharmonic announces the commencement of their 36th Annual Call for Scores competition. Since 1985, the New England Philharmonic has been one of few orchestras of its size in the country with a Composer-in-Residence program that holds an annual Call for Scores competition, receiving dozens of submissions from around the world.

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New England Phil without the Phil
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New England Phil without the Phil

Instead of broadcasting prerecorded videos or a livestream to open its Covid season, the New England Philharmonic chose live programming on a small scale. Philadelphia-based composer TJ Cole’s Nightscape had

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Hoffer Concerto Premiere Highlights New England Philharmonic Program
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Hoffer Concerto Premiere Highlights New England Philharmonic Program

There is nothing complacent about the New England Philharmonic’s programming.

Sunday afternoon’s bracing matinee at Jordan Hall proved so again with a program titled “Together & Apart.” The concert offered the world premiere of a new concerto by Bernard Hoffer alongside music by John Adams and Judith Weir, plus an astonishingly belated Béla Bartók premiere.

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