EarShot
An initiative of the American Composers Orchestra in partnership with the American Composers Forum, the League of American Orchestras, and New Music USA.
About EarShot
For the first time, Sarasota Orchestra hosted EarShot — the nation’s leading initiative for identifying and promoting promising orchestral composers on the national stage. On March 16, 2019, Los Angeles-based conductor Christopher Rountree led four rising composers in the professional premieres of their scores, following a week of intensive readings and workshops.
Experience the new sounds of classical music from the brightest voices of the future. Listen to the four featured orchestral compositions, performed by Sarasota Orchestra, below.
For the first time, Sarasota Orchestra hosted EarShot — the nation’s leading initiative for identifying and promoting promising orchestral composers on the national stage. On March 16, 2019, Los Angeles-based conductor Christopher Rountree led four rising composers in the professional premieres of their scores, following a week of intensive readings and workshops.
Experience the new sounds of classical music from the brightest voices of the future. Listen to the four featured orchestral compositions, performed by Sarasota Orchestra, below.
Meet the ConductorChristopher Rountree
Whether presenting his beloved chamber group Wild Up in a museum bathroom, directing a series of interdisciplinary ambient concerts called SILENCE in an oak grove, or leading renowned ensembles through new music freshest works at the world’s greatest concert halls, Rountree has distinguished himself as one of classical music’s most forward-thinking innovators in creativity and community building.
“I think of scenarios that will awaken people’s hearts or change people’s minds about something, then set them up, and see what happens,” Rountree, 36, says of his approach. “If I can imagine how a program will live in a space and that thought makes me smile, then I’m ready to start.”
