Drs. Mark Alburger and Erling Wold founded the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra in 2001 in order to democratize the symphony orchestra, making it available to composers of many styles and in many stages of development, from the established to the very young. The orchestra consists primarily of composer/performers, including Lisa Scola Prosek, Jonathan Russell, Alexis Alrich, Michael Cooke and David Graves. At each performance they premiere six to eight new works by Bay Area composers.