Program

• Felix Mendelssohn, Lieder ohne Worte for cello & piano, Op. 109

• Sebastian Currier, Vocalissimus for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34

A notorious perfectionist and restless spirit, Brahms was his own harshest critic, writing and rewriting his scores with the precision of a poet. His piano quintet underwent three major transformations on the way to becoming the sublime essay we know today. Similarly, Vocalissimus is a tour de force of expressive possibility, as Currier interprets – and reinterprets – a single poem through a prism of 18 different characters.

Deborah Boldin, Artistic Director / Flute

Vivian Chang-Freiheit, Piano

Elizabeth Fayette, Violin

Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet

Mary Mackenzie, Soprano

Rafael Popper-Keizer, Cello

Sarah Rommel, Cello

Mika Sasaki, Piano

Matt Sharrock, Percussion

James Thompson, Violin

Scott Woolweaver, Viola

More information and tickets can be found HERE.

Program

• Felix Mendelssohn, Lieder ohne Worte for cello & piano, Op. 109

• Sebastian Currier, Vocalissimus for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34

A notorious perfectionist and restless spirit, Brahms was his own harshest critic, writing and rewriting his scores with the precision of a poet. His piano quintet underwent three major transformations on the way to becoming the sublime essay we know today. Similarly, Vocalissimus is a tour de force of expressive possibility, as Currier interprets – and reinterprets – a single poem through a prism of 18 different characters.

Deborah Boldin, Artistic Director / Flute

Vivian Chang-Freiheit, Piano

Elizabeth Fayette, Violin

Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet

Mary Mackenzie, Soprano

Rafael Popper-Keizer, Cello

Sarah Rommel, Cello

Mika Sasaki, Piano

Matt Sharrock, Percussion

James Thompson, Violin

Scott Woolweaver, Viola

More information and tickets can be found HERE.

Mary is thrilled to be performing her 10th Pierrot Lunaire with an exceptional group of Boston-based musicians!

Program:

Valentyn Sylvestrov Three Songs for Soprano and Piano (North American Premiere)

Nino Rota Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21

and Reflections on "Pierrot Lunaire" Collage/Paintings by Preston Trombly

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Julie Scolnik, flute

Rob Patterson, clarinet

Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

Mark Berger, viola

Jonah Ellsworth, cello

Max Levinson, piano

Sasha Scolnik-Brower, conductor

Mary Mackenzie, soprano
Yelena Beriyeva, piano
Tom Childs, smallpipes
with Michael Dell'Orto, MC

Join Monadnock Music for a traditional celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, the author of many Scottish poems. 

Mary & Yelena will perform Burns settings by Benjamin Britten, Maurice Ravel, Amy Beach, Robert Schumann, and more!

Schedule:

6:00pm - Arrival and Champagne with Bagpipe performance
6:20pm - Passed Appetizers and Fiddle performance
6:45pm - Seating with Poetry Reading
7:00pm - Blessing, Soup Course and First Scotch Tasting
7:30pm - Salad Course
8:00pm - Parade of Haggis, Second Scotch Tasting, then dinner plates served
8:30pm - Musical Performance, plates cleared
8:45pm - Third Scotch Tasting, Dessert and Coffee
9:00pm - Departure

An eclectic program that traverses a huge swath of today's practically infinite landscape of musically possibilities. Join us for this sumptuous feast of the unexpected!

Mary and fellow soprano Rose Hegele join Sound Icon to perform Saariaho’s stunning duet From the Grammar of Dreams, and Erin Gee’s ensemble work Mouthpiece 32

Admission: FREE!

​FULL PROGRAM

OPERA WITH OBJECTS                              Alvin Lucier

FROM THE GRAMMAR OF DREAMS        Kaija Saariaho

ORPHEUS SUITE                                        Elizabeth Ogonek

AUTANT DE LIBERTÉS QUE L'ESPRIT PRENDS AVEC LA NATURE      Joshua Fineberg          

MOUTHPIECE 32                                        Erin Gee

Program

• Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi for string quartet

• Charlotte Bray, Fire Burning in Snow for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello – US premiere

• Gordon Jacob, Sextet in B-flat Major for piano & winds, Op. 6

• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in d minor, Op. 9

Puccini shares a musical bouquet in memory of a friend, and Charlotte Bray reflects on obsession, desire, solitude, and lost love. Dedicated “to the memory of a great artist,” Rachmaninoff’s tribute to Tchaikovsky was composed in a flurry of emotion in just five weeks, revealing celestial glimpses of his mentor in a rapturous outpouring of pathos and passion.

Deborah Boldin, Artistic director / Flute

Hazel Dean Davis, French horn

Francesca dePasquale, Violin

Nancy Dimock, Oboe

Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet

Nik Hooks, Bassoon

Mary Mackenzie, Soprano

Jessica Xylina Osborne, Piano

Sarah Rommel, Cello

Scott Woolweaver, Viola

Stephanie Zyzak, Violin

More information and tickets available HERE.

Program

• Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi for string quartet

• Charlotte Bray, Fire Burning in Snow for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello – US premiere

• Gordon Jacob, Sextet in B-flat Major for piano & winds, Op. 6

• Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque No. 2 in d minor, Op. 9

Puccini shares a musical bouquet in memory of a friend, and Charlotte Bray reflects on obsession, desire, solitude, and lost love. Dedicated “to the memory of a great artist,” Rachmaninoff’s tribute to Tchaikovsky was composed in a flurry of emotion in just five weeks, revealing celestial glimpses of his mentor in a rapturous outpouring of pathos and passion.

Deborah Boldin, Artistic director / Flute

Hazel Dean Davis, French horn

Francesca dePasquale, Violin

Nancy Dimock, Oboe

Gary Gorczyca, Clarinet

Nik Hooks, Bassoon

Mary Mackenzie, Soprano

Jessica Xylina Osborne, Piano

Sarah Rommel, Cello

Scott Woolweaver, Viola

Stephanie Zyzak, Violin

More information and tickets available HERE.

Fauré illuminates Verlaine’s moonlit scenes of rhapsody and reverie, and Andrea Clearfield explores the mysterious and wild place where dreams become manifest. Helen Grime unmasks the moondrunk clown, and Mendelssohn works his magic with a glorious chamber concerto of elegant, sparkling brilliance.

Program

• Claude Debussy, Première rhapsodie for clarinet & piano, L. 116

• Helen Grime, Pierrot Miniatures for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello & piano

• Gabriel Fauré, Cinq mélodies “de Venise” for soprano & piano, Op. 58

• Andrea Clearfield, Unremembered Wings for oboe & piano

• Felix Mendelssohn, Sextet for piano violin, 2 violas, cello & double bass, Op. 110

Deborah Boldin, flute

Vivian Chang-Freiheit, piano

Francesca dePasquale, violin

Nancy Dimock, oboe

Stephanie Fong, viola

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Kelli O’Connor, clarinet

Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Elizabeth Schumann, piano

Scott Woolweaver, viola

Randall Zigler, double bass

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Fauré illuminates Verlaine’s moonlit scenes of rhapsody and reverie, and Andrea Clearfield explores the mysterious and wild place where dreams become manifest. Helen Grime unmasks the moondrunk clown, and Mendelssohn works his magic with a glorious chamber concerto of elegant, sparkling brilliance.

Program

• Claude Debussy, Première rhapsodie for clarinet & piano, L. 116

• Helen Grime, Pierrot Miniatures for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello & piano

• Gabriel Fauré, Cinq mélodies “de Venise” for soprano & piano, Op. 58

• Andrea Clearfield, Unremembered Wings for oboe & piano

• Felix Mendelssohn, Sextet for piano violin, 2 violas, cello & double bass, Op. 110

Deborah Boldin, flute

Vivian Chang-Freiheit, piano

Francesca dePasquale, violin

Nancy Dimock, oboe

Stephanie Fong, viola

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Kelli O’Connor, clarinet

Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Elizabeth Schumann, piano

Scott Woolweaver, viola

Randall Zigler, double bass

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Collage New Music revisits a very special commission, A Sibyl, by James Primosch (whom, along with David Froom, the world lost very recently) in a performance that features the awe-inspiring soprano who premiered it, Mary Mackenzie. A new work for piano trio by the ever riveting Richard Festinger, an invigorating fantasy by the young Jihyun Kim (who now teaches at Oberlin), and a new composition by Marti Epstein, whose music is always filled with subliminal mystery, help create this rich and probing program.

Jihyun Kim: Once Upon a Time… (2018)
Boston Premiere
Richard Festinger: New Work (2023)
50th Anniversary Commission
World Premiere
Marti Epstein: New Work (2023)
50th Anniversary Commission
World Premiere
James Primosch: A Sibyl (2017)
2017 Commission and Premiere
Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Preconcert talk begins at 7:00 PM

The Bard takes center stage as Korngold channels Shakespeare’s story of courtship, crossed wires, and mistaken identities; Adès creates vivid character sketches of the Court of Naples; and David Matthews gives voice to Antony and Cleopatra. Elgar offers an Edwardian masterpiece of epic scope, embodying the gilded age and filled with unabashed romanticism and the pastoral grace of the English countryside.

Program

• Erich Korngold, Suite from Much Ado About Nothing for violin & piano, Op. 11

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk Song for English horn & piano (1926)

• David Matthews, Terrible Beauty for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet, Op. 104

• Thomas Adès, Court Studies from The Tempest for clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Edward Elgar, Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 84 (1918)

Deborah Boldin, flute

Clare Bourg, violin

Nancy Dimock, oboe

Elizabeth Fayette, violin

Gary Gorczyca, clarinet

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Sarah Rommel, cello

Mika Sasaki, piano

Scott Woolweaver, viola

Stephanie Zyzak, violin

Ina Zdorovetchi, harp

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The Bard takes center stage as Korngold channels Shakespeare’s story of courtship, crossed wires, and mistaken identities; Adès creates vivid character sketches of the Court of Naples; and David Matthews gives voice to Antony and Cleopatra. Elgar offers an Edwardian masterpiece of epic scope, embodying the gilded age and filled with unabashed romanticism and the pastoral grace of the English countryside.

Program

• Erich Korngold, Suite from Much Ado About Nothing for violin & piano, Op. 11

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk Song for English horn & piano (1926)

• David Matthews, Terrible Beauty for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet, Op. 104

• Thomas Adès, Court Studies from The Tempest for clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Edward Elgar, Piano Quintet in a minor, Op. 84 (1918)

Deborah Boldin, flute

Clare Bourg, violin

Nancy Dimock, oboe

Elizabeth Fayette, violin

Gary Gorczyca, clarinet

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Sarah Rommel, cello

Mika Sasaki, piano

Scott Woolweaver, viola

Stephanie Zyzak, violin

Ina Zdorovetchi, harp

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Unquestionably the capital of classical music, Vienna has long been a magnet for composers, painters, philosophers, and artists of all kinds. Mozart, Brahms, and countless others went to the City of Dreams to make their own come true, and in doing so created a rich and lasting musical legacy.

Program

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quartet in D Major for flute & strings, K. 285

• Elliott Schwartz, Vienna Dreams for clarinet, viola & piano

• Arnold Schoenberg, selections from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten for soprano & piano, Op. 15

• Aaron Jay Kernis, Mozart en Route (or, A Little Traveling Music) for string trio

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26

Deborah Boldin, flute

Francesca DePasquale, violin

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Kelli O’Connor, clarinet

Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano

Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Scott Woolweaver, viola

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Unquestionably the capital of classical music, Vienna has long been a magnet for composers, painters, philosophers, and artists of all kinds. Mozart, Brahms, and countless others went to the City of Dreams to make their own come true, and in doing so created a rich and lasting musical legacy.

Program

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quartet in D Major for flute & strings, K. 285

• Elliott Schwartz, Vienna Dreams for clarinet, viola & piano

• Arnold Schoenberg, selections from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten for soprano & piano, Op. 15

• Aaron Jay Kernis, Mozart en Route (or, A Little Traveling Music) for string trio

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26

Deborah Boldin, flute

Francesca DePasquale, violin

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Kelli O’Connor, clarinet

Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano

Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Scott Woolweaver, viola

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Andrew Davis* - On the Nature of Things, for choir, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Ania Vu° - Strange Birds, commission for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Josef Rheinberger - Die Nacht, for choir, violin, viola, and cello
Antônio Carlos Jobim - Double Rainbow, for choir, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Claudio Monteverdi - Hor che'l ciel for choir, flute, violin, cello, and piano
Libby Larsen - Dance Set, for choir, clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion
Emerson Voss^ - whereas, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion
Gunter Gaupp^ - those who watch, for piano
Derek Douglas Carter§ - Two Acts from "What Happened", for cello
Kian Ravaei§ - Writing a Book, for violin

Tickets available here

Andrew Davis* - On the Nature of Things, for choir, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Ania Vu° - Strange Birds, commission for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Josef Rheinberger - Die Nacht, for choir, violin, viola, and cello
Antônio Carlos Jobim - Double Rainbow, for choir, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Claudio Monteverdi - Hor che'l ciel for choir, flute, violin, cello, and piano
Libby Larsen - Dance Set, for choir, clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion
Emerson Voss^ - whereas, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion
Gunter Gaupp^ - those who watch, for piano
Derek Douglas Carter§ - Two Acts from "What Happened", for cello
Kian Ravaei§ - Writing a Book, for violin

Tickets available here

Christopher Buchenholz - Liebeslied, for soprano, clarinet, and piano
Trevor Weston - Water Songs, "Endtown" and "Thanks", for soprano, cello, and percussion
Nathan Courtright - The closer you come to, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion
Charles Mason - Senderos Que se Bifurcan, for clarinet and piano
Patrick Andrew Thompson - Moments Sweep Past: three poems of Tracy K. Smith, for soprano, violin, and piano
Madeline Barrett - The Flowers That Close at Night, for flute, cello, and piano

Tickets available here

Program:

• Olivier Messiaen, Theme et variations for violin & piano

• Charles Martin Loeffler, Deux Rhapsodies for oboe, viola & piano

• Steven Stucky, Sappho Fragments for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Franz Liszt, Romance oubliée for cello & piano, S. 132

• Cesar Franck, Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 14

Tickets: $22-49

Program:

• Olivier Messiaen, Theme et variations for violin & piano

• Charles Martin Loeffler, Deux Rhapsodies for oboe, viola & piano

• Steven Stucky, Sappho Fragments for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Franz Liszt, Romance oubliée for cello & piano, S. 132

• Cesar Franck, Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 14

Tickets: $22-49

Each year, Brandeis University celebrates the life, legacy, and music of composer, educator, and founder of the Brandeis School of Creative Arts Irving Fine, known for his remarkable gift for lyricism, whose masterfully crafted scores inevitably "sing." Aaron Copland wrote that his music "wins us over through its keenly conceived sonorities and its fully realized expressive content," praising it for "elegance, style, finish and a convincing continuity." Virgil Thomson cited an "unusual melodic grace."

Martin Boykan taught at Brandeis University from 1957 until his retirement in 2009, after which he served as the Irving G. Fine Professor of Music, emeritus.

Mary and pianist Keith Kirchoff will appear on the program, performing Boykan’s Voyages (1992) and Sea Gardens (1993).

Admission: FREE! but advance registration required here

Program:

• Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen “Fairy Tales” for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132

• Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba

• Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)

• Lou Harrison, Ariadne for flute & percussion

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60

From Brahms’ illustration of Goethe’s Werther to Szymanowski’s miniatures from Greek mythology, Lou Harrison’s portrayal of the goddess of the labyrinth to Miriam Gideon’s nursery rhyme parodies, we open our winter season with five fantastical tales of whimsy and enchantment.

Tickets: $22-$49

Program:

• Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen “Fairy Tales” for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132

• Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba

• Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)

• Lou Harrison, Ariadne for flute & percussion

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60

From Brahms’ illustration of Goethe’s Werther to Szymanowski’s miniatures from Greek mythology, Lou Harrison’s portrayal of the goddess of the labyrinth to Miriam Gideon’s nursery rhyme parodies, we open our winter season with five fantastical tales of whimsy and enchantment.

Tickets: $22-$49

The final concert of our WOMXN X LOFTrecital season, The Pulitzers, will broadcast on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 7 PM Central. Join us as we present an evening of works by the 8 female Pulitzer Prize-winning composers. It’s going to be an eventful evening of stunning music, performed by our extended LOFT family from across the country. So tune in and help us raise a glass to our season finale. We’re going out with a bang, folx...you won’t want to miss it!

Watch for free on Facebook until June 24, 2021

Program:

ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: LAMENT (2000)

Duo Chiaroscuro:

Sara Male, cello, and Maria Thompson Corley, piano

SHULAMIT RAN:

LOVE’S CALL (2016)

Mary Mackenzie, soprano

Sarah Bob, piano

MELINDA WAGNER:

ROMANZE WITH FAUX VARIATIONS (2004)

Elise Parker, violin

Jane Cords-O’Hara, cello

Mary Jo Gothmann, piano

JENNIFER HIGDON:

THREADED (2003)

Anna Laurenzo, mezzo-soprano

Shannon McGinnis, piano

CAROLINE SHAW:

AURORA BOREALIS (2017)

text by Mary Jo Salter

Bergen Baker, soprano

James Barnett, piano

JULIA WOLFE:

MINK STOLE for Violin and Piano (1997)

Rachel Brown, violin

Jonathan Hannau, piano

DU YUN:

When A Tiger Meets A Rosa Rugosa (2012)

Itamar Zorman, violin

Liza Stepanova, piano

ELLEN REID:

Comme les Ailes d'un Oiseau (2012)

text by Amin Maalouf

Evan Bravos, baritone

Mabel Kwan, piano

Mary joins Kelli O’Connor (clarinet), Rafael Popper-Kaizer (cello), & Matt Sharrock (marimba) in Miriam Gideon’s Rhymes from the Hill.

• Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132

• Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba

• Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)

• William Alwyn, Naiades – Fantasy Sonata for flute & harp

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60

Mary joins Kelli O’Connor (clarinet), Rafael Popper-Kaizer (cello), & Matt Sharrock (marimba) in Miriam Gideon’s Rhymes from the Hill.

• Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132

• Miriam Gideon, Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba

• Karol Szymanowski, Mythes for violin & piano, Op. 30 (1915)

• William Alwyn, Naiades – Fantasy Sonata for flute & harp

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60

After premiering Gabriele Vanoni’s Island of Peoples with Ensemble Parallax last spring in New York City, Mary is thrilled to tour the chamber opera with them in New England!

Island of Peoples is based on stories of immigrants coming to the United States and draws inspiration and material from the stories of the Ellis Island Oral Histories, a project of the Ellis Island Museum, that preserves and collect interviews of US immigrants who went through Ellis Island between 1900 and 1954. The concert includes original material obtained directly from actual immigrant interviews.

These interviews include amazing stories of struggle, pain and sadness, but also of joy, love, friendship and faith. In the opera, the stories are told and unfold intertwined around a few common traits: the longing for home, the perils of traveling for days, and the cultural, social and human uncertainties of the new world. The stories reveal common aspects that become a sort of collective memory, that reach and touch universal, human experiences that everyone can relate to: we are all “wanderers,” and to be an immigrant, to be eradicated, just makes this perception more acute.

After premiering Gabriele Vanoni’s Island of Peoples with Ensemble Parallax last spring in New York City, Mary is thrilled to tour the chamber opera with them in New England!

Island of Peoples is based on stories of immigrants coming to the United States and draws inspiration and material from the stories of the Ellis Island Oral Histories, a project of the Ellis Island Museum, that preserves and collect interviews of US immigrants who went through Ellis Island between 1900 and 1954. The concert includes original material obtained directly from actual immigrant interviews.

These interviews include amazing stories of struggle, pain and sadness, but also of joy, love, friendship and faith. In the opera, the stories are told and unfold intertwined around a few common traits: the longing for home, the perils of traveling for days, and the cultural, social and human uncertainties of the new world. The stories reveal common aspects that become a sort of collective memory, that reach and touch universal, human experiences that everyone can relate to: we are all “wanderers,” and to be an immigrant, to be eradicated, just makes this perception more acute.

After premiering Gabriele Vanoni’s Island of Peoples with Ensemble Parallax last spring in New York City, Mary is thrilled to tour the chamber opera with them in New England!

Island of Peoples is based on stories of immigrants coming to the United States and draws inspiration and material from the stories of the Ellis Island Oral Histories, a project of the Ellis Island Museum, that preserves and collect interviews of US immigrants who went through Ellis Island between 1900 and 1954. The concert includes original material obtained directly from actual immigrant interviews.

These interviews include amazing stories of struggle, pain and sadness, but also of joy, love, friendship and faith. In the opera, the stories are told and unfold intertwined around a few common traits: the longing for home, the perils of traveling for days, and the cultural, social and human uncertainties of the new world. The stories reveal common aspects that become a sort of collective memory, that reach and touch universal, human experiences that everyone can relate to: we are all “wanderers,” and to be an immigrant, to be eradicated, just makes this perception more acute.

Five world premiere mini-operas written by composers from our international call for proposals. Composers and librettists to be featured are: Leah Reid, Caroline Louise Miller, Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (دانیال رضا سبزقبایی) and Mina Salehpour (librettist), Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, and Niko Yamamoto.

The Emergence Fellowship performing ensemble features soprano Felicia Chen (Debut), soprano Mary Mackenzie (Debut), baritone Brian Church, clarinetist Amy Advocat, saxophonist Philipp Stäudlin, and percussionist Mike Williams.