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Article: New Music Group turns 20, and is still going strong
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- Daily Breeze
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- January 31, 2002
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New Music Group turns 20, and is still going strong
Hard as it is to believe, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is one of
the only orchestras in the world that maintains an ensemble within
its ranks, dedicated entirely to performances of modern and
contemporary music.
Not only does the orchestra support The Los Angeles Philharmonic
New Music Group, it has done so for 20 years, despite some near-
death experiences.
Tuesday at Colburn School's Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, the New
Music Group (which is presented as "The GreenUmbrella Series")
celebrated its 20th anniversary with a classy class reunion.
Appropriate homage was paid to Ernest Fleischmann, who, as the
Philharmonic's managing director, ...