AXIOMJeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Conductor

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AXIOMJeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Conductor

Recorded on November 18, 2020Judith Harris and Tony Woolfson Orchestral Studio

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune (1920),(1862-1918) arr. Arnold Schoenberg

VALERIE COLEMAN Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes (2015)(b. 1970)

GABRIELA LENA FRANK Danza de los Saqsampillos (2006)(b. 1972)

IGOR STRAVINSKY Octet for Wind Instruments (1923)(1882-1971) Sinfonia Tema con variazioni Finale

Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, by Valerie Coleman, VColeman Music Publishing, LLC (ASCAP)

Danza de los Saqsampillos. Composed by Gabriela Lena Frank (ASCAP). Used by Permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)

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ViolinGrace RosierMiyu Kubo

ViolaLindan Burns

CelloJulia Lee

Double BassKebra-Seyoun Charles

FluteCatherine Boyack

OboeMia Fasanello

ClarinetAlec Manasse

PercussionJake Borden

HarmoniumRichard Rivale

PianoHilda Huang

ViolinGrace Rosier

CelloJulia Lee

FluteKyungmin Eom

ClarinetAlec Manasse

PianoRichard Rivale

PercussionLeo SimonToby Grace

AXIOMJeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Conductor

DEBUSSYPrélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, arr. Schoenberg

COLEMANFreedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

FRANKDanza de los Saqsampillos

FluteKyungmin Eom

ClarinetHector Noriega Othon

BassoonJulian GonzalezMichael Lamar

TrumpetWilson ChildersErik Larson

TromboneTheo Swanson

Bass TromboneJustin Bain

STRAVINSKYOctet for Wind Instruments

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American conductor Jeffrey Milarsky (BM ’88, MM ’90, percussion) is the music director of AXIOM. Known for his innovative programming, he has been hailed for his interpretation of a wide range of repertoire, which spans from Bach to Xenakis. In recent seasons he has worked with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, MET Chamber Ensemble, Bergen Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New World Symphony, and the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra. In the U.S. and abroad, he has premiered and recorded works by many groundbreaking contemporary composers in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and IRCAM in Paris. Milarsky has a long history of premiering, recording, and performing American composers and in keeping with that, in 2013 was presented with the prestigious Ditson Conductor’s Award. His interest and dedication has brought forth collaborations with esteemed composers such as Adams, Babbitt, Cage, Carter, Corigliano, Crumb, Davidovsky, Druckman, Gordon, Lang, Mackey, Rouse, Shapey, Subotnick, Wuorinen, and an entire generation of emerging composers. A dedicated teacher, Milarsky serves on the conducting faculty at Juilliard and is a senior lecturer in music at Columbia University, where he is the music director and conductor of the Columbia University Orchestra. An in-demand timpanist and percussionist, Milarsky has been the principal timpanist for the Santa Fe Opera since 2005. In addition, he has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony. He has recorded extensively for Angel, Bridge, Teldec, Telarc, New World, CRI, MusicMasters, EMI, Koch, and London records. Milarsky received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Juilliard, where he was awarded the Peter Mennin Prize for outstanding leadership and achievement in the arts.

Meet Jeffrey Milarsky

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Orchestra Administration (as of November 18, 2020)

AXIOM

AXIOM, led by music director Jeffrey Milarsky, is dedicated to performing the masterworks of the 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. Since its debut in Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall) in 2006, the student-created group has established itself as a leading ensemble in New York City’s contemporary music scene with performances throughout Lincoln Center, in addition to appearances at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre and (Le) Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village. AXIOM is grounded in Juilliard’s curriculum. Students receive a credit for performing in the ensemble, and during any four-year period, AXIOM members will have the opportunity to perform works by John Adams, Harrison Birtwistle, Jacob Druckman, Marcus Lindberg, and Arnold Schoenberg, among other composers. Guest conductors of AXIOM have included Alan Gilbert, Susanna Mälkki, and David Robertson. In last year’s truncated season, AXIOM performed works by Igor Stravinsky, Toru Takemitsu, Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, George Lewis, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass (Diploma ’60, MS ’62, composition), Pierre Boulez, Thomas Adès, and Melinda Wagner, chair of Juilliard’s composition faculty. In the 2018-19 season, AXIOM performed Louis Andriessen’s De Staat as part of the New York Philharmonic’s Art of Andriessen Festival, celebrated faculty member John Corigliano’s 80th birthday, and concluded its season with works by Iannis Xenakis, Caroline Shaw, and Steve Reich (’61, composition). Highlights of the 2017-18 season included programs dedicated to Jacob Druckman (BS ’54, MS ’56, composition; faculty 1956-72) and Luciano Berio (faculty 1965-71) as well as a concert featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s complete Schnee. In the 2016-17 season, AXIOM performed programs honoring composer John Adams on his 70th birthday, Steve Reich on his 80th birthday, and a program devoted to the music of Kaija Saariaho.

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