Clarinetist

Although he established no stylistic school, we find Martinů’s methods reflected in the work of other composers. This program pairs two of his chamber works with those of his peers and successors.

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Program Ten • Martinů’s Legacy

Fisher Center at Bard

Groove along to this rhythmic and spirited program that explores how the Orchestra’s wind players pay homage to theatre, jazz, and living in the South.

Summer Winds

The Knobloch Family Farmhouse

Experience the world premiere of this new piece by percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. Commissioned by the American Symphony Orchestra, this chamber music composition incorporates stylistic elements from music across the Americas and takes us on a journey through history, spaces, and generations. It evokes the idea of ancestral sounds, and it is inspired by traditional musics from the Western Hemisphere: ancient songs from the Afro-Cuban tradition, Mexico, the African-American tradition, Venezuela, Haiti, and a “merging” between a J.S. Bach chorale and a Venezuelan Merengue.

America UNBOUND is a unique artistic experience that exalts the human condition and underlines the importance of multi-cultural influences in the shaping of the musics of the Americas. This new work is eclectic and multicultural, with a robust compositional design: the American continent unbound through a journey of musical histories and inter-generational melodies, making palpable the universality of sound, word, and song. Performed by a chamber ensemble of ASO musicians (violin, percussion, double bass, clarinet and trumpet) featuring GRAMMY-nominated Imani Winds’ oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz.

Clarinetist

Shari Hoffman

Events

Past events

Aug 17, 2025

Program Ten • Martinů’s Legacy · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Jun 9, 2024

Summer Winds · Orchestra LUMOS

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in Dance Preludes by Lutosławski

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

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