Wang Jie Receives American Composers Orchestra's Underwood Commission

Composer Wang Jie has been named the winner of American Composers Orchestra's 2009 Underwood Emerging Composers Commission. The $15,000 commission is for a work to be premiered by ACO's Orchestra Underground. Wang Jie was chosen from five finalists in one of the most coveted opportunities for emerging composers in America. Wang won honor at the ACO's annual Underwood New Music Readings with her work Symphony No. 1, (Awakening). The new work will premiere at ACO's Orchestra Underground Series at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall.