NEW WORKS PROJECT
HELP US CREATE NEW WORKS OF MUSIC In 2017, in celebration of its 30th season, Bravo! Vail launched the New Works Project, aimed at commissioning and premiering brand-new music during the Festival, while also presenting the incredible wealth of music written by the leading composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. We believe it is the responsibility of all arts organizations to foster the creation of new art and music, to contribute to the growing musical canon, and to cultivate a thriving musical world. Bravo! Vail’s New Works Project continues as an important component of the Festival each year.
Recently commissioned works through the Bravo! Vail New Works project include: 2021
2017
• Bruce Adolphe: Diesen Kuss
• Edgar Meyer: Overture for
der ganzen Welt (“This kiss to all
Violin and Orchestra co-
the world”); co-commission with
commission with Academy of
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
St Martin in the Fields*
• Caroline Shaw: Evergreen for string quartet
• Roberto Sierra: Dos piezas para orquesta written for Dallas Symphony Orchestra*
2019 • Philip Glass: Perpetulum written for Third Coast Percussion • Edgar & George Meyer: Duo for Violin and Bass co-commission with Chamber Music Northwest
• Guillaume Connesson: Le Tombeau des Regrets written for The Philadelphia Orchestra* • Julia Adolphe: White Stone written for the New York Philharmonic* • David Ludwig: Pangaea for strings and piano*
2018 • Gabriella Smith: Requiem for vocal octet and string quartet* *Indicates world premiere at Bravo! Vail