NYCityWoman
By George Gelles
April 6, 2021
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A pandemic shakeup is under way. Covid Fan Tutti, anyone?
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Jennifer Koh performing Alone Together.
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On a smaller scale, though no less serious, is the remarkable initiative undertaken by virtuoso violinist Jennifer Koh. Best known as a soloist and chamber musician in constant demand, Ms. Koh, in 2014, founded the ARCO Collaborative. To cite its aims, it “commissions, develops, and produces new musical works that highlight artists of color and women composers in collaborations that bring forth stories previously unheard in western art forms.”
In response to the pandemic, Ms. Koh conceived Alone Together, which, she has explained, is “an online commissioned project that brings composers together in support of the many freelancers among them. Twenty composers, most of whom have salaried positions or other forms of institutional support to carry them through this challenging time, agreed to donate a new 30-second micro-work for solo violin, while also recommending a fellow freelance composer to write a 30-second solo violin work on paid commission from the ARCO Collaborative.”
Ms. Koh premiered these donated and commissioned works and you can hear them on YouTube.
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