MusicaNova Orchestra

MusicaNova Orchestra We believe in the future of great music and regularly feature exceptionally talented young performers and works by brilliant young composers.

A creative, professional orchestra that plays great new, unjustly neglected, and traditional symphonic music in ways you’ve never heard, introduces the finest new artists, and gives you the greatest musical experience you’ve never had – yet! MusicaNova is a professional ensemble whose concerts feature new works, unjustly neglected works, new interpretations of the classics, and new collaborations

with artistic and cultural partners. We engage in outreach to underserved, low income and minority communities and schools in the Phoenix area, including the Harmony Project Phoenix. We perform primarily at the Musical Instrument Museum and Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

From the collection of Cheng Jin Koh, MNO composition fellow!
05/11/2026

From the collection of Cheng Jin Koh, MNO composition fellow!

05/10/2026
05/07/2026

Saturday's concert is titled Calming Waters, and this excerpt from Victoria Polevá's "Turn the River" shows why. Add the pure spring water of Sibelius' Sixth Symphony, the yearning in Pulitzer finalist Carter Pann's "My Cross for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra," the call of Peruvian folk song in Pultizer winner Gabriela Lena Frank's "Concerto Consequeño," and the Buddhist ideas of enlightenment of Cheng Jin Koh's "Water Moon," and you are guaranteed to leave feeling refreshed. 7 p.m. Saturday at the Tempe Center for the Arts. Tickets via musicanovaaz.org.

05/07/2026

SNEAK PEAK! Saxophonist Christopher Creviston and MusicaNova Orchestra will present the world premiere of Pulitzer finalist Carter Pann's "My Cross for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra." Here are 22 seconds from the first time it was played anywhere. To hear the entire thing -- and lots of other great music -- be at the Tempe Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Saturday. Get your tickets at https://purchase.tempecenterforthearts.com/ChooseSeats/66601

05/06/2026

Gabriela Lena Frank won the Pulitzer Prize for Music this week, the 11th woman to do so. You can hear her earlier Concerto Cosqueño this Saturday. Like the work that won the Pulitzer, it leans heavily on Peruvian folk music. Also on the program: works by two other women, as well as Sibelius. 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets at https://purchase.tempecenterforthearts.com/ChooseSeats/66601

Join us for the world premiere of Water Moon, a mesmerizing new work by Singaporean composer and yangqin artist Cheng Ji...
05/06/2026

Join us for the world premiere of Water Moon, a mesmerizing new work by Singaporean composer and yangqin artist Cheng Jin Koh, whose music has graced the stages of Lincoln Center and the Sydney Opera House. Rooted in Buddhist philosophy, Water Moon explores beauty that can be felt but never held. Led by the brilliant Tengku Irfan, praised by The New York Times for his "incisiveness and power," and with a Carnegie Hall debut to his name. We will premiere this piece on Saturday, May 9th at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

Tickets: musicanovaaz.org

New podcast alert! KBACH's Greg Kostraba sat down with saxophonist Christopher Creviston and Maestro Warren Cohen to tal...
05/05/2026

New podcast alert! KBACH's Greg Kostraba sat down with saxophonist Christopher Creviston and Maestro Warren Cohen to talk about MusicaNova Orchestra's upcoming performance: Calming Waters: Sibelius & Frank. This performance will bring together music from Finland, Ukraine, Peru, and Singapore, along with the World Premiere of Carter Pann's My Cross for saxophone and orchestra, performed by saxophonist Christopher Creviston.

Tickets: musicanovaaz.org or tempecenterforthearts.com

The MusicaNova Orchestra presents its “Calming Waters” concert Saturday, May 9th at 7pm at the Tempe Center for the Arts. The program features music from Finland and Ukraine to Peru and Singapore, including the World Premiere of the version for saxophone and orchestra of My Cross by Carter Pann....

A world premiere you can't miss! Carter Pann's My Cross for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra makes its debut with soloist...
05/05/2026

A world premiere you can't miss! Carter Pann's My Cross for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra makes its debut with soloist Christopher Creviston. Join us this Saturday, May 9th at Tempe Center for the Arts for Pann's work of beauty, breath, and bel canto.

Tickets: musicanovaaz.org

05/04/2026
Bravo to MNO, the entire orchestra with shout outs to music director Warren Cohen, Peter Eom, cello soloist; with MNO or...
02/08/2026

Bravo to MNO, the entire orchestra with shout outs to music director Warren Cohen, Peter Eom, cello soloist; with MNO orchestra soloists Maria Simez on cello Danny Yang on violin & Megan Bender on viola -a beautifully performed outstanding concert!

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