News — Jordan Millar

WQXR New Premiere

WQXR is once again partnering with the New York Philharmonic to showcase music written by fourteen extraordinary composers, all participants in the NYP's Very Young Composers program who are middle and high school students. The compositions are performed by the Parhelion Trio.

New York Youth Symphony 2023

The culminating event of New York Youth Symphony's 2022/23 season, “Composition Date 2023” will include sixteen world premieres, performed by members of the NYYS Orchestra, Chamber Music, Jazz, and Robert L. Poster Conducting programs, with direction by Dr. Kyle Blaha.

Poly Prep String Ensemble Performs Iridessa

Fellow Poly student Jordan Millar ‘24, who composed “Iridessa,” which the Upper School String Ensemble will perform on December 8. Through all her achievements, Millar remains humble and focused on honing her craft.

Prodigies! Mozart, Mendelssohn and More...

Jordan Millar will be featured at the Little Orchestra Society’s first concert series of the 2022/2023 season “Prodigies! Mozart, Mendelssohn and More...” on Saturday, October 22, 2022 and Sunday, October 23, 2022. The orchestra will perform her piece “Boogie Down Uptown”.

Jordan Millar Co-Hosts Philharmonic Young People’s Concert: Youth as Creator

On the 25th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers Program, we celebrate the power of children’s imaginations and showcase their captivating ideas. The Orchestra will perform works created by participants in Very Young Programs based in New York City, Finland, Israel, and Shanghai, as well as by Jon Deak, the program’s founder and director who hosts the concert.

Jordan Millar Chosen for Mata Jr. 2022

Jordan Millar was chosen for Mata Jr. 2022. MATA Jr. is a collaborative learning experience, connecting pre-college composers from around the world with MATA artists and performers.

MATA Jr. 2022 World Premiere Performance

Jordan Millar’s new piece will be featured at MATA Jr. 2022 World Premiere Performance. The performance will take place December 6, 2022 @ 7PM a Scholes Street Studio. Her piece “Island Blues” will be performed by Recap Percussion Ensemble.

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Jordan Millar Selected for Inaugural New Music Initiative for Black Voices

The New Music Initiative for Black Voices is a nationwide invitational that aims to celebrate and empower Black composers and their music.

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New Work Premiere by Hotel Elefant at New York Philharmonic Family Day

The NY Philharmonic and Lincoln Center are celebrating the re-opening of the newly renovated David Geffen Hall by throwing a Family Day filled with events on Sunday, October 30th from 10am-6pm. Lincoln Center has been collaborating with NYP Education to craft a day-long festival-type experience themed around the idea of "Home".

ASCAP Foundation Names Recipients of Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

The ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams has announced the recipients of the 2022 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, which encourage talented young creators of concert music ranging in age from 13 to 30.

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Opera Italiana Concert at Central Park

The concert, presented by Italian conductor Alvise Casellati, will include sopranos Dísella Làrusdóttir and Caitlin Gotimer and will feature two participants in the New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers program, 14-year-old singer Paloma Dineli Chesky and 15-year-old composer Jordan Millar.

15-Year-Old Composer Jordan Millar to Headline Opera Italian is in the Air Concerts This Summer

Opera Italiana is in the Air has announced two upcoming concert showcases in Washington D.C. and New York City. The concerts will feature the debut of Jordan Millar, a 15-year-old composer from Brooklyn who was been in the New York Philharmonic Young Composers Program since the age of nine.

Debut of The Hummingbird for Intersection LISTEN project

The Hummingbird was performed by Deanna Little, flute. Intersection’s LISTEN project is a multi-year initiative celebrating the voices of female-identifying, non-binary or gender non-conforming composers.

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WQXR Features NYC's Very Young Composers 2022

WQXR is partnering with the New York Philharmonic to showcase music written by seven extraordinary composers, all participants in the NYP's Very Young Composers program, all in grades 8th-11th. The compositions are performed by the O Kwarteto string quartet and were recorded at The Greene Space at WQXR.

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Announcing Bespoken's Spring 2022 Fellows

Bespoken congratulates and welcomes 19 incredible artists from around the world who make up our spring 2022 fellows cohort. Through this fellowship, each artist will receive monthly coaching, group workshops, and a network of women and non-binary musicians supporting one another.

Argus Quartet Composers Institute: Virtual Final Concert!

Join us virtually for the digital world premieres of 5 new works by the high school student composers in the Argus Quartet's inaugural Composers Institute. These 5 composers have been working with the Argus Quartet and faculty composers Carlos Simon and David Sanford for the past month to compose, revise, and workshop new pieces for string quartet.

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Chromic Duo and NY Philharmonic Augmented Reality Concert

NEW YORK, NY (July 2, 2021) - Chromic Duo is teaming up with the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers Program for a project entitled “Emerald Futures” combining the performance of the original compositions with an augmented reality sound walk. Jordan Millar composed “Constellations” for the project.

Announcing the 2020-21 Luna Composition Lab Fellows

Jordan Millar was selected as a Fellow for this year’s Luna Composition Lab which addresses the gender gap in the field of classical music by inspiring young self-identifying female, non-binary and gender nonconforming individuals to compose.

DC Theatre Scene: NY Philharmonic plays 13-year old Jordan Millar’s Arrangement of We Shall Overcome

This is THE anthem of THE American civil rights movement that many other movements for civil rights around the world have adopted. Listen to this version. It’s heart-searing. It soars.

ASCAP Foundation Names Recipients of 2019 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams announced the recipients of the 2019 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, which encourage talented young creators of concert music ranging in age from 10 to 30.

NWS Fellows collaborate with Very Young Composer Jordan Millar

A quartet of NWS string Fellows will perform at the Yamaha Artist Services studio.. The highlight of the program will be its finale, when violinists Alex Gonzalez and Christopher Robinson, violist Stephanie Block and cellist Drew Comstock will give the world premiere The Abandoned Castle, a NWS commission by Jordan Millar.

Metropolitan Youth Symphony Performs Boogie Down Uptown

Raúl Gómez closed MYS’s Portland concert with two pieces by 11-year-old African American composers Camryn Cowan and Jordan Millar.

Meet the 11-Year-Old Girls Whose Music Wowed the Philharmonic

Ms. Millar’s “Boogie Down Uptown” conjures stepping out of the subway onto the streets of Harlem for the first time, with musical textures inspired by the shadowy movement of Aaron Douglas paintings.

New Generation of Women Composers

What is the Sound of the World Today? This question was asked to composers before getting to composer their commissioned works for the Young People’s Concert to premiere at the New York Philharmonic concert, which featured American composer John Adams as well as these very new young generation of women composers.

Broadway World: New World Symphony's 'Collective Quartet' Performs World Premiere by Jordan Millar

The New World Symphony presents the world premiere of The Abandoned Castle, a work for string quartet composed by 12-year-old Jordan Millar, a member of the New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composer (VYC) program.