Symphonic Commissioning Project
Bravo! Vail's Symphonic Commissioning Project
In 2021, Bravo! Vail deepened our commitment to supporting living composers and their work by launching the Symphonic Commissioning Project. The new works will be written for, and performed by our resident orchestras. All performances are meant to be attended by the composers who, along with musicologists and other speakers, will present educational programs for audiences of all ages throughout the community.
In 2025, Bravo! Vail presents co-commissions and Colorado premieres of works by three female composers: Jessie Montgomery, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Sophia Jani.
JULY 1
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents the co-commissioned work I Wish You Daisies and Roses by Sophia Jani.
JULY 6
The Philadelphia Orchestra presents the Colorado premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s evocative Picaflor: A Future Myth, a co-commission with the orchestra.
JULY 16
The New York Philharmonic performs CHEMILUMINESCENCE by Jessie Montgomery, a co-commission with the New York Philharmonic and the SPHINX Organization.
PREVIOUS SYMPHONIC COMMISSIONING PROJECT WORKS
2022
- Samaa’ for solo piano, gongs, and strings by Chris Rogerson*
- music for young water that danced beneath my feet by Katherine Balch*
- Profiles by Carlos Simon*
2023
- Arquitecta by Angélica Negrón
- This Moment by Anna Clyne*
- The Mother is Standing by Nina Shekhar*
2024
- Lift Off by Jeff Tyzik
- ATLAS by Anna Clyne
- To See the Sky by Joel Thompson
*Indicates world premiere at Bravo! Vail