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Joining forces for the first time in concert, Liza (soprano/composer) and Jonathan (pianist/composer) have curated a program of music focused around George Crumb's haunting song cycle, Apparition, in celebration of his 90th birthday. Both Jonathan and Liza will include their own original songs. They will perform Jonathan's "Humility," and the world premiere of an aria from Liza's opera, I DID, DID I?. In addition, the concert will feature vocal music by Chicago based composers, including Niki Harlafti's song "When I too long…" and “Juarez” by Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez.

In the second half, Rachel Peters (violin) and Autumn Selover (harp) together as Deaf Rabbit will be showcasing new works for violin and harp by American composers. Opening the program is the official premiere of Glass Shards, written for Deaf Rabbit by Vietnamese-American composer Oswald Huynh. Journeying into the memory of a melancholy lullaby, Glass Shards recalls and shatters the melody of a traditional Southern Vietnamese song. Exploring the space occupied by both sound and music, is Nico Muhly's Drones & Violin. An attempt at "stylized noise", Drones & Violin invites the listener to playfully and thoughtfully process the constant noise with which we surround ourselves, an act not unlike "singing along with one's vacuum cleaner." Rounding out the program is Freya's Tears, a companion of Robert Paterson's larger work, The Book of Goddesses. A triptych embodying the female deities of Iris, Freya, and Sekhmet, and celebrating global influences inspired by the respective Greece, Norse, and Egyptian mythologies.

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