UMS Commissions, New Productions & World and U.S. Premieres
04/05
Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and The Patient, Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. Written and Directed by Rezo Gabriadze. Produced by Baryshnikov Dance Foundation. UMS Co-Commission.
03/04
Arboresque, composed by Palestinian-American musician and composer Simon Shaheen. UMS Commission and World Premiere.
New work commissioned for Hilary Hahn. UMS Co-Commission.
New work commissioned for Richard Goode. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Kevin Puts commissioned for Eroica Trio. Scheduled to be completed by November 15, 2006. UMS Co-Commission.
02/03
blessing the boats, Sekou Sundiata. UMS Co-Commission.
An Eveningsong Special, Sweet Honey in the Rock with Toshi Reagon & Big Lovely. UMS Co-Commission and World Premiere.
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Royal Shakespeare Company. UMS Co-Commission and U.S. Premiere.
Atelier, Hubbard Street Dance Company. Choreographed by Lucas Crandall. UMS Co-Commission (not completed for performance).
New solo work by Bright Sheng commissioned for Yefim Bronfman. Should be completed in 2004 and will be part of Bronfman's 06/07 tour. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Osvaldo Golijov commissioned for the Kronos Quartet. Golijov will start the work in 2004. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Augusta Read Thomas commissioned for Chanticleer. Was premiered in San Francisco on September 26, 2004 and will be part of Chanticleer's 2004/05 tour.
01/02
Hallelujah: In Praise of Paradise Lost and Found, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. UMS Co-Commission.
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Peter Sparling Dance Company, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and UMS Choral Union. UMS Co-Production.
Rome & Jewels, Rennie Harris Puremovement. UMS Co-Commission.
Happiness, Laurie Anderson. UMS Co-Commission.
William Bolcom's From the Diary of Sally Hemings co-commissioned for Harolyn Blackwell and Florence Quivar using the poetry of Sandra Seaton. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Michael Daugherty commissioned for Manuel Barrueco. The work, entitled Bay of Pigs, received its world premiere in July 2006, and received its UMS premiere on November 19, 2006. UMS Co-Commission
New work commissioned for Thomas Hampson (composer tba). Expected to be included in Hampson's Fall 2006 tour. UMS Co-Commission.
Joan Panetti's Piano Quintet commissioned for the Tokyo String Quartet. UMS Co-Commission.
00/01
Boundaries, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Margot Greenlee and Vincent Thomas, Choreographers. Performed by All City Men's Group. UMS Commission.
Edda: Viking Tales of Lust, Revenge and Family, Benjamin Bagby with Ensemble Sequentia and Ping Chong and Company. UMS Co-Commission.
The Histories (Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3, and Richard III), Royal Shakespeare Company. UMS Co-Production.
Davenen, Pilobolus with the Klezmatics. UMS Co-Commission.
Libby Larsen's A word from your Jenny commissioned for Barbara Bonney. UMS Co-Commission.
Sonata by Tan Dun commissioned for Cho-Liang Lin scheduled to be completed in 2007. UMS Co-Commission.
99/00
Moby Dick, Laurie Anderson. UMS Co-Commission.
Vers la flamme, Martha Clarke. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Peter Liberson commissioned for Pamela Frank and Peter Serkin. Scheduled to be included in the 04/05 tour. UMS Co-Commission.
Bruce Adolphe's A Thousand Years of Love commissioned for Sylvia McNair. UMS Co-Commission.
Steve Mackey's Ars Moriendi commissioned for Borremeo Quartet. UMS Co-Commission.
98/99
How! Do! We! Do! A new work by Bill T. Jones and Jessye Norman. UMS Co-Commission.
New work by Nicholas Maw commissioned for Emanuel Ax. UMS Co-Commission.
Kenneth Fuch's Quartet No. 3 Whispers of Heavenly Death co-commissioned for the American String Quartet. World Premiere.
Lukas Foss's String Quartet No. 5 commissioned for the Guarneri String Quartet. UMS Co-Commission.
97/98
Wynton Marsalis' A Fiddler's Tale, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center. World Premiere.
Tobias Picker's Suite commissioned for Lynn Harrell. UMS Co-Commission.
Elliott Carter's Quintet for Piano and String Quartet commissioned for Arditti String Quartet & Ursula Oppens. UMS Co-Commission.
Jake Heggie's Songs to the Moon commissioned for Frederica von Stade. UMS Co-Commission.
96/97
William Bolcom's song cycle, Briefly it Enters, commissioned for Benita Valente and Cynthia Raim (piano). World Premiere and UMS Co-Commission.
The Harlem Nutcracker, choreographed by Donald Byrd for Donald Byrd/The Group. UMS Co-Commission.
94/95
Osvaldo Golijov's The Dream and Prayers of Isaac the Blind commissioned for the Cleveland String Quartet. UMS Co-Commission.
92/93
Christopher Stookey's Psalm of Life commissioned for the King s Singers 25th Anniversary Concert. World Premiere and UMS Commission.
R. Murray Schafer's Tristan and Iseult, King's Singers. World Premiere.
91/92
William Bolcom's Sonata for Cello and Piano commissioned for Yo-Yo Ma and Emmanuel Ax. UMS Co-Commission.
Danzalta commissioned for the Miami City Ballet. Choreographer Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros. UMS Co-Commission.
89/90
Donald Bryant's Genesis commissioned for UMS Choral Union, soloists, and orchestra for the Donald Bryant Tribute Concert. UMS Commission.