Orchestra 2001

Orchestra 2001 is an American orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which specialises in the performance of contemporary classical music. Orchestra 2001 is the performance ensemble-in-residence at Swarthmore College, and performs concerts at Swarthmore's Lang Concert Hall as well as in Philadelphia.
James Freeman founded Orchestra 2001 in 1988 as its artistic director and conductor, and continues to serve in both posts. The ensemble is noted for performances of works by composers based in the Philadelphia region, in particular George Crumb. Orchestra 2001 has performed many of Crumb's works since the ensemble's inception. These have included premieres of his American Songbooks series of compositions and other works such as Voices from a Forgotten World. The orchestra has also premiered compositions by other composers such as:
* Andrea Clearfield
* David Finko
* Gerald Levinson
* Robert Maggio
* Larry Nelson	
* Jay Reise
* Andrew Rudin
* Anna Weesner
* Thomas Whitman
Orchestra 2001 has made commercial recordings for such labels as Bridge Records, CRI Records, and New World Records, including compositions by:
* David Crumb
* George Crumb
* David Finko
* Timothy Greatbatch
* Gerald Levinson
* Robert Maggio
* Thea Musgrave
* James Primrosch	
* Jay Reise
* Arne Running
* Joseph Schwantner
* Steven Stucky
* Louise Talma
* Anna Weesner
* Thomas Whitman
==References==
==External links==
* Orchestra 2001 official site
* The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, announcement on US $45,000 grant to Orchestra 2001, 2009
* "Orchestra 2001 Opens Kimmel Center's Fresh Ink Series October 7". Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 24 September 2004 press release
* Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts page on Orchestra 2001, 2011
Category:American orchestras
Category:Contemporary classical music ensembles
Category:Musical groups established in 1988
Category:Musical groups from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania