The Next Festival with Seth Parker Woods

$15 senior and student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330.

Two-time GRAMMY nominee Seth Parker Woods, "a cellist of power and grace" (The Guardian), joins The Next Festival of Emerging Artists for a program of breathtaking scope showcasing the finest in contemporary music. Founder and Artistic Director Peter Askim leads a string orchestra composed of some of the world's foremost early-career string players in the world premiere of three new commissions: Essay #1: Leave the People — a searing exaltation of Black American Music by four-time GRAMMY nominee Curtis Stewart — and new works by Askim and GRAMMY-winning trumpeter and composer Michael R. Dudley. The evening concludes with Herencia, a deeply personal ode to hybrid cultural identity by composer-cellist Andrea Casarrubios and the East Coast Premiere of the shape-shifting Ire: Concerto for Cello, Strings, and Percussion by Rebecca Saunders with Woods as soloist. 

The Next Festival is dedicated to the nurturing of emerging artists with a passion for 21st century music. Learn more at www.next-fest.org.

The Next Festival of Emerging Artists 
Peter Askim, Artistic Director and Conductor
Seth Parker Woods, Cello

CURTIS STEWART - Essay #1 (World Premiere)
MICHAEL DUDLEY JR. - New Work (World Premiere)
PETER ASKIM - New Work (World Premiere)
REBECCA SAUNDERS - Ire: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings, and Percussion (Seth Parker Woods, Cello Soloist)
ANDREA CASARRUBIOS - Herencia