Nu Deco Ensemble Announces 2021-2022 Miami Concert Season
Feat. Guests Anthony Hamilton, Masego, Robert Glasper, JP Saxe & Madison Cunningham
New Beach Boys Suite Out October 29
For immediate release: Shorefire Media
“Chamber orchestra for the 21st century” – The New York Times
“Sonically spellbinding” – Billboard
“A cool and different sound” – KNKX (NPR)
Nu Deco Ensemble has announced its upcoming 2021-2022 concert season at The Bandshell and Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, FL – including spectacular guests Anthony Hamilton, Masego, Robert Glasper, JP Saxe & Madison Cunningham. Kicking off on November 5 at The Bandshell with Anthony Hamilton, the season will conclude with a special show featuring Robert Glasper at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on April 30, 2022 – tickets & full list of shows here, as well as below.
On the heels of Nu Deco’s collaborative album with roots-rock duo Larkin Poe, Paint the Roses: Live in Concert (#2 Classical Crossover, #5 Blues & #21 Classical on the Billboard Charts), the ensemble also just announced a new Beach Boys suite – Still Cruisin’ – An Orchestral Tribute to The Beach Boys will be released on October 29, 2021. The suite will include reimagining of material from The Beach Boys’ landmark album Pet Sounds, their unfinished SMiLE project, and older songs. Nu Deco Ensemble Co-Founder and Artistic Director Sam Hyken who arranged the music explains: “With always having the intention of bringing something fresh and new to this incredible music, the work creates new harmonic and groove environments, expands on and plays with famous melodies and motifs, and also pays tribute to the genius instrumentation and orchestration inherent in the original songs. Personally speaking, the music of The Beach Boys is some of my absolute favorite, and has musically impacted me since childhood.”
Jacomo Bairos – Nu Deco’s other Co-Founder and Artistic Director – continues: “What is lesser known about this transformative and innovative group, is not just the impact they had on the American vernacular, but how they incorporated Classical, Jazz, R&B, as well as innovative recording techniques and unique non-traditional instruments such as the Theremin into their wild, yet creative music. The wide pallets of colors, techniques and inspiration they drew from truly made them a genre-bending band who dared to create highly-curated, diverse and avant-garde music, while also producing some of the most memorable and melodic driven songs that have left numerous imprints on generations of music lovers for decades. We intentionally are highlighting the diverse and unique output of this transformational American band.”
The Miami-based contemporary hybrid orchestra has previously collaborated with Wyclef Jean, Tune-Yards, PJ Morton, Macy Gray, Jacob Collier, Ben Folds and others, reimagining the music of Daft Punk, Outkast & beyond. The ensemble was founded by conductor Jacomo Bairos (Juilliard, Boston Pops, San Francisco and St. Louis Symphonies) and composer/arranger/producer Sam Hyken (commissioned by Bad Bunny, Angelique Kidjo, Tank and the Bangas). Through youth orchestra initiative Nu Deco NXT, the founders also foster the artistry and development of Miami’s young musicians.
2021-2022 Season
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. Anthony Hamilton
November 5, 2021 at 8:30PM ET
- Tessellations by Gabriella Smith
- Portrait of a Queen by Carlos Simon
- Isley Brothers Symphonic Suite
- Special collaboration featuring Anthony Hamilton
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Masego
December 10, 2021 at 8:00PM ET
This performance is presented in partnership with YoungArts and Adrienne Arsht Center
- Nu Nutcracker Selections
- Sacred Earth by Chris Rogerson ft. J’Nai Bridges and projections by Keith Ladzinski
- Ray Charles Symphonic Suite
- Special collaboration featuring Masego
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. JP Saxe
January 22, 2022 at 8:00PM ET
- Dance Suite Mvmt. III by Bela Bartok
- Much Ado About Nothing by Erich Korngold
- Radiohead 2 Symphonic Suite
- Special collaboration featuring JP Saxe
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. Madison Cunningham
March 12, 2022 at 8:00PM
- Symphony No. 10, Mvmt. II by Dmitri Shostakovich
- Past Tundra by Valgeir Sigurðsson
- Nu Deco Original Work
- Pink Floyd Symphonic Suite
- Special collaboration featuring Madison Cunningham
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Robert Glasper
April 30, 2022 at 8:00PM
- Lyric for Strings by George Walker
- New Work by Robert Glasper
- Afro-Cuban Concerto by Valerie Coleman
- James Brown Symphonic Suite
- World-premiere orchestral work and commission from Robert Glasper