Gil-Ordóñez’s Orchestra Receives Grant from Mellon Foundation

Post-Classical Ensemble, the Washington, D.C.-based orchestra co-founded by Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Wesleyan’s director of orchestra studies, has been awarded $200,000 by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  The ensemble plans to use the money for programming and touring programs through the 2012-2013 season, as well as a DVD.

At Wesleyan, Gil-Ordóñez is director of private lessons, chamber music and ensembles, music director of the Wesleyan Orchestra and Wesleyan Concert Choir, and adjunct professor of music.

Founded in 2003, the ensemble specializes in thematic programming involving film, theater, dance and vernacular music.