Click to Read: An Exclusive Interview with Composer Alex Stephenson

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Click to Read: An Exclusive Interview with Composer Alex Stephenson 〰️

  • May 2026 Fire and Flow

    Fire and Flow: Photo Gallery Out Now

    Performed on May 16 & 17, 2026
    Conducted by Dean Whiteside, Tanya Chanphanitpornkit, and Mark Powell

    Thank you for attending! Check out the photo gallery of the concerts now.

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    NCO's 2025-26 Season is here!

    We are back with three exciting concerts featuring emerging composers and conductors.

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  • Georgia Markakis Mills conducting

    An Orchestra Unlike Any Other

    Learn about the New Conductors Orchestra’s mission: nurturing the future of classical music through collaboration with emerging conductors, composers, and musicians from diverse backgrounds.

    About Us
View fullsize Meet Tanya Chanphanitpornkit (@bass.icallytanya); a double bassist from Thailand, a conductor, and an educator. This May 16 and 17, she will be conducting Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in Movements 3 and 4 at our "Fire and Flow" concerts. As a
View fullsize Meet Alex Stephenson, composer of "An Elemental Music," which will premiere in New York in our “Fire and Flow” concerts this May 16 and 17, 2026. This week we had the honor of interviewing Stephenson in an exclusive story you c
View fullsize Dean Whiteside returns to guest-conduct for the New Conductors Orchestra! In our latest concert series, "Fire and Flow," Mr. Whiteside will be conducting Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in Movements 1 and 2 and Stephenson's "An Elemental Mus
View fullsize #BTS shots from rehearsals with Tanya Chanphanitpornkit (@bass.icallytanya), for our "Fire and Flow" concerts 🪄🎼. Don't miss this chance to see Tanya and our other guest conductor, Dean Whiteside, conducting for NCO on May 16 and 17, 202
View fullsize We're thrilled to announce our exciting new concert series, "Fire and Flow," 🔥 on May 16 and 17, 2026. Fire and Flow presents a fascinating dialogue between darkness and light, intensity and lyricism, tradition and innovation. It's a con
View fullsize In honor of Women's History Month, we are joining the #PurpleBaton campaign, led by Marin Alsop and the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (@marinalsop.conductor & @takialsopfellowship)—a movement advocating for greater representation of wome
View fullsize Give it up for Robin Haigh (@haigher): Acclaimed Ivor Novello and British Composer awardee, whose piece 'Concerto for Orchestra' will have its US premiere with NCO this February 21 and 22. Lying at the heart of Haigh’s music in 'Concerto for O
View fullsize Give a warm welcome to Benedikt Brydern (@wolfamadee): two-time Marmor Composition Award champion, whose score 'Night Train' will have its New York premiere with NCO this February 21 and 22. The bumpy train ride of this adrenaline-filled piece is re

The New Conductors Orchestra's concerts are made possible in part by public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by private funds from generous individuals.