American Composers Orchestra Celebrates 10 Years of Orchestra Underground at Spring Benefit, 5/22

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) will hold its 2013 Spring Benefit on Wednesday, May 22 at 6:30 pm at Tribeca Rooftop (2 Desbrosses Street, Manhattan), celebrating 10 years of Orchestra Underground - ACO's enterprising and elastic ensemble that challenges conventional notions about symphonic music. Originally created for the opening of Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall's subterranean state-of-the-art auditorium, ACO's Orchestra Underground has played to sold-out audiences, bringing to life more than 70 world premieres and newly commissioned works in the last decade.

ACO's Spring Benefit will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by dinner and performances by some of the composers whose music has been premiered by Orchestra Underground, including Derek Bermel (clarinet), Lisa Bielawa (vocals), Kenji Bunch (viola), Uri Caine (piano), Paquito D'Rivera (saxophone), Susie Ibarra (drums), Gabriel Kahane (guitar/vocals), Joan La Barbara (vocals), and Daniel Roumain (violin); as well as multidisciplinary artist Joshue Ott (projections). ACO's Spring Benefit will be a rare opportunity to hear these composers, who are also accomplished performers, in such an intimate setting.

ACO's Spring Benefit committee includes Astrid and John Baumgardner, Derek Bermel, Anthony B. Creamer III, Guggenheim Partners, Gina Hubbell, Ellen and James S. Marcus, Tess Mateo and Gary Brewster, Annette McEvoy, and Frederick Wertheim.

The venue for ACO's Spring Benefit, Tribeca Rooftop at 2 Desbrosses Street, is a 15,000 square-foot loft-style penthouse with panoramic views of the Hudson River, Empire State Building, SoHo, and downtown Manhattan.

Tickets to ACO's Spring Benefit are offered at $500 per person, and may be purchased at www.americancomposers.org/benefit2013 or by calling Barbara Burch, 212-977-8495 x204.