Critical Reviews & Articles
Narratively: “My blood starts quickening”
Rolling Stone: “The crowd goes nuts, cheering wildly”
The Brooklyn Rail: “Burning like a rocket through the brain”
Tiny Mix Tapes: “The coolest orchestral season of all time”
New York Times: “Magical things happening”
New York Magazine: “Few have rejected orthodoxy with such gusto”
New York Times: “Not just a good orchestra, but an important one”
Symphony Now Magazine: “Programs came from conversations with people in the community”
The Brooklyn Rail: “Connecting with the community with intensity and focus”
Capital New York: “People have to become creative”
Daily News: “So much thought and so much energy has gone into redesigning the organization”
The L Magazine: “The command of different genres showcased the Philharmonic’s range”
New York Times: “A lively Russian-speaking crowd”
National Public Radio: “So much optimism and so much integrity”
The Brooklyn Rail: “One of the most exciting orchestras in the country”
Wall Street Journal: “A desire to rethink who the Philharmonic serves and how it does so”
The Brooklyn Paper: “Re-imagining the orchestra as a connection point”
Time Out New York: “So much creativity here, and real community”
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: “Bursting with passion, creativity and rebellion”
The L Magazine: “Really glad the Brooklyn Philharmonic exists”
WQXR Radio: “A wonder of artisanal artistry, exploding with mysticism”
New York Times: “Irresistible, suffused with conviction and ennobling warmth”
National Public Radio: “The priority is to make really great orchestral music”
Brooklyn Ink: “Standing room only” (video)
Brooklyn Rail: “A transformative event far beyond what other orchestras have imagined”
WNET New York Public Media: “What’s happening culturally and how can an orchestra contribute?”
Tiny Mix Tapes: “Classical and electronic really are better together”
Bed-Stuy Patch: “Pulsing with adrenalin”
New York Times: “Responding to its audience in a way that has been truly inspiring”
Tiny Mix Tapes: “2012-13 The Coolest Orchestral Season of All Time”
Broadcasts
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Avett Brothers and the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Live WQXR Q2 Webcast: 2012-13 Season Preview Concert
Live WQXR Q2 Webcast: Mos Def & the Brooklyn Phil
NYC Media television profile of the Brooklyn Phil
CableVision television profile of the Brooklyn Phil
Video Archive (embeddable for use by Press)
BKLN PHIL Mos Def’s Life in Marvelous Times
BKLN PHIL Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose
BKLN PHIL Waka Flocka Flame’s Paintball
BKLN PHIL David Herman’s Something Spiritual
BKLN PHIL DJ Eddie Marz’s Ill Harmonic
BKLN PHIL Mos Def’s Casa Bey
BKLN PHIL Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, Eroica, IV. Finale
BKLN PHIL Mos Def’s Revelations
BKLN PHIL Corey Dargel’s What Might Have Been
BKLN PHIL Artist Spotlight: Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin
BKLN PHIL Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Winnie Pooh Goes Visiting (Vinni Puh Idet v Gosti)
BKLN PHIL Gennady Gladkov’s One Destiny to Share
BKLN PHIL Artist Spotlight: Ian M. Colletti
BKLN PHIL Restoration Rocks
BKLN PHIL Yasiin Bey’s Revelations
BKLN PHIL Tim Fite’s Copycat
BKLN PHIL Charlie Looker’s Eve’s Prayer
BKLN PHIL Jeremiah Lockwood’s As Long as the Breath Rattles
BKLN PHIL Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, III. Scherzo
BKLN PHIL Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Here
BKLN PHIL Charles Wesley’s Idumea
BKLN PHIL Matt Mehlan’s Canvas
BKLN PHIL Sufjan Steven’s The BQE
BKLN PHIL Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 1
BKLN PHIL David Little’s Am I Born? (full version)
BKLN PHIL 2011-2012 Season
BKLN PHIL Harold Arlen’s Stormy Weather
BKLN PHIL Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 with Yasiin Bey
BKLN PHIL Jerome Kern’s Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
BKLN PHIL Yasiin Bey’s Climb
BKLN PHIL Cablevision‘s Neighborhood Journal
BKLN PHIL The New Yorker Magazine Profile
BKLN PHIL 2011-2012 Outside-In Fellows
BKLN PHIL Smart Arts Academy
BKLN PHIL NYC Media Profile
BKLN PHIL Russian Cartoon Music Trailer
BKLN PHIL Brooklyn Village Trailer
Photos (downloadable for use by Press)
Alan Pierson Conducting
Alan Pierson at Station
Alan Pierson at Brooklyn Village
Family Workshop on Shape Note Singing
Family Workshop on Shape Note Singing, continued
Alan Pierson Conducting at the Bed-Stuy Tradition
Alan Pierson and Yasiin Bey at the Bed-Stuy Tradition
Yasiin Bey at the Bed-Stuy Tradition
Leslie Uggams at the Bed-Stuy Tradition
Alan Pierson Conducting at the Outside-In Fellowship
Charlie Looker at the Outside-In Fellowship
Jeremiah Lockwood at the Outside-In Fellowship
Tim Fite at the Outside-In Fellowship
Alan Pierson Conducting Russian Cartoon Music
The Philharmonic performs Russian Cartoon Music
Singers perform voices to Russian Cartoon Music
Audience Reacts to Russian Cartoon Music
The Philharmonic Plays a School Time Concert
Children React to the School Time Concert
Children Line Up in the Student Chamber Festival
Children Perform in the Student Chamber Festival
Press Releases
2012-13 Revised Season Press Release
2011-12 Full Season Program Book
Brooklyn Philharmonic 2011 October Preview Announcement
Brooklyn Philharmonic 2011-2012 Season Announcement
Brooklyn Philharmonic 2011-12 Season at a Glance
Brooklyn Philharmonic appoints Alan Pierson as New Artistic Director
Selected Press Quotes about Alan Pierson
Press Inquiries
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