PROGRAMS
Fire & Ice
Ashley Fure: Wire & Wool for solo cello and live electronics (2009)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Transitions for solo cello (2015)
Lisa Streich: Fleisch for solo cello (2017)
Nina C. Young: Ainsi soit-il for solo cello (2016)
Liza Lim: Invisibility for solo cello (2009)
Osvaldo Golijov: Omaramor for solo cello (2001)
Home Again
Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko‘u inoa for solo cello (2017)
Caroline Shaw: In manus tuas for solo cello (2009)
Sam Suggs: Postlude for solo cello (2013)
Reena Esmail: Varsha for solo cello (2019)
Yaz Lancaster: diepenveen for singing cellist (2020)
Andrea Casarrubios: Seven (2020)
Meditation on Hildegard
Meditation on Hildegard integrates live performance, vibration, nature sounds, and the breath in a musically-guided meditation inspired by the mystical medieval writings and music of Hildegard von Bingen and Deep Listening works by Pauline Oliveros. Participants will be invited to listen deeply as they are led through a series of exploratory meditations to center the listener’s energy as they focus their breath and reception to sound.
Forward Music Project
Forward Music Project commissions new multimedia works for solo cello that elevate stories of feminine empowerment. The music of FMP directly engages with the world we live in by valuing vulnerability and unrelentless realism. These works are performed through the lens of solo cello by FMP founder and performer Amanda Gookin, electronics, video art by S Katy Tucker, and audio interludes by the composers. In performance, Amanda sings, chants, fights, gasps, and breathes life into these new works.