Generously supported by the Boston Cultural Council

Encore!
CANCELLED due to COVID-19

Audience favorites from Juventas's 2018-19 season, “The American Dream"
Learn about the music and hear sound samples below.

Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 7:30 PM
First Church Boston
66 Marlborough St. (at Berkeley St.)

FEATURING WORKS BY

Oliver Caplan
The New Colossus (2018)

Sets the text by American poet Emma Lazarus that graces the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, familiar to many as a message of hope to the disenfranchised

Ursula Kwong-Brown
Cover the Walls (2019)

Inspired by poems carved into the walls of the Angel Island detention center by Chinese immigrants entering San Francisco in 1910-40

Mari Kotskyy
Reminiscence (2019)

Recalls the challenges of adapting to a new life in New York after immigrating around the globe from the composer's native Japan

Ari Sussman
Aurora (2017)

The composer's response to time spent in Acadia National Park in Maine, in friendship and in solitude

Libby Meyer
Wild Beauty (2018)

Inspired by the North County National Scenic Trail, which stretches over 4,600 miles from North Dakota to New York

Dayton Kinney
The Canary Who Sang (2016)

An allegorical commentary on today’s political climate and the strength of a single voice to disrupt, challenge, and change opposition

Steven Serpa
Canciones de Desamor (2016)

Sets three Mexican poems about heart-break in early adulthood, a reminder that heartbreak and loss are not things one carries alone

WITH PERFORMANCES BY
Julia Scott Carey, Piano
Minjin Chung, Cello
John Dowd, Bass
Kelley Hollis, Soprano
Anne Howarth, Horn
Wolcott Humphrey, Clarinet
Tian Hui Ng, Conductor
Olga Patrmanska-Bell, Violin
Thomas Schmidt, Percussion
Ryan Shannon, Violin
Nicholas Southwick, Flute
Lu Yu, Viola

WANT MORE?
Come at 6:00 for a complimentary pre-concert talk with Professor Karen Ruymann of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Light dinner provided. And join us after the concert for a complimentary reception.