A Concert Signals Return and Remembrance with Valerie Coleman's "Fanfare for Uncommon Times"
“Before a concert by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s on a steamy Sunday afternoon here at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a jubilant James Roe, the ensemble’s executive director, told the audience that these musicians had not presented a live, in-person performance in 472 days … This return meant more than a mere visit from a Caramoor fixture … It felt like a real return to normal for classical music.” —The New York Times
Commisioned by OSL in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and live-streamed durinig the OSLive series, Valerie Coleman’s Fanfare for Uncommon Times premieres at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts to a live, in-person audience. Since then, the piece has been performed to audiences around the world.