New Voices Festival 2024: Departures

Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:30PM

Departures opens with a program featuring three of today’s best interpreters of song presenting new works- many written specifically for them, including BASS commissions by Iain Bell and Huang Ruo.

Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:30PM

Each work on this program explores the meaning of loss.  Katherine Balch’s poignant reimagining of Schumann’s Dichterliebe,  Iranian-born Aida Shirazi’s new reflection on identity, and new works by Matthew Ricketts and Charlotte Bray.

Thursday, June 6, 2024 7:30PM

Lembit Beecher’s masterful Looking at Spring is a poignant reflection on aging.  New works by Daniel Felsenfeld and Jessica Meyer exploring themes of loneliness and Pandemic-era songs by Caroline Shaw and Alex Weiser round out the program.