The American Music Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and underwriting performances of American classical music of the past as well as selectively commissioning new works from American composers.

AMP makes successful New York debut

Anthony McGill (center) performs with the Jack Quartet (l to r) Christopher Otto (violin), Ari Streisfeld (violin), Kevin McFarland (cello) and John Pickford Richards (viola) in world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's Clarinet Quintet at Roulette, 11/20/15. Photo by Chris Lee
Photo by Chris Lee

Geoffrey Gordon’s Clarinet Quintet received a resounding world premiere Friday night by Anthony McGill and the JACK Quartet. This first American Music Project concert in New York featured the debut of Gordon’s Quintet, which the New York Times called “darkly seductive” and “a colorful and atmospheric journey.”

JACK also played music of Earle Brown, John Cage and John Luther Adams. The program will be repeated in Chicago March 6, 2016 at Ganz Hall.

Read reviews of this AMP concert from The New York Times and New York Classical Review.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/23/arts/music/review-jack-quartet-and-anthony-mcgill-perform-a-menu-of-american-delicacies.html?_r=0

http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/11/jack-quartet-and-anthony-mcgill-serve-up-american-music-spanning-65-years/