Concert Performances

Julia Perry’s A Short Piece for Orchestra

The Orchestra Now, conducted by Joseph Young, performs Julia Perry‘s A Short Piece for Orchestra in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on April 23, 2022.

Julia Perry
Born: 3/25/1924 in Lexington, KY
Died: 4/24/1979 at age 55 in Akron, OH

Written: 1952, at age 28; revised 1955, 65
Premiered: 1952 in Turin, Italy; Turin Symphony; Dean Dixon, conductor

Concert notes by TŌN percussionist Petra Elek.