TAPROOT NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL: Quince
Liz Pearse, soprano
Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano
Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano
Premieres of three new pieces written especially for Quince—
Eren Gümrükçüoglu:
optimist (to a 1958 text by Nazim Hikmet)
Taproot Participating Composer
Maija Hynninen: Texture
Notes: weak/strong (text by Sawako Nakayasu)
Taproot Participating Composer
Aida
Shirazi: Portrait (based on a poem by
Meredith Herndon)
Taproot Participating Composer
and works by Gilda Lyons, Warren Enstrom, Laura Steenberge, Carrie Shaw, Eliza Brown, and David Reminick.
$12 Students and Children, $24 Adults (Open Seating)
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Singing with the precision and flexibility of modern chamber musicians, Quince Ensemble is changing the paradigm of contemporary vocal music. Described as “the Anonymous 4 of new music” by Opera News, Quince continually pushes the boundaries of vocal ensemble literature.
As dedicated advocates of new music, Quince regularly commissions new works, providing wider exposure for the music of living composers. They recently launched the Quince New Music Commissioning Fund, a fund to grow the repertoire for women and treble voices. Quince has released three studio albums, Realign the Time, Hushers, and Motherland, all available on iTunes, CD Baby, Spotify, and Amazon.
To read more about Quince, visit www.quince-ensemble.com.