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Post-concert composer talk with Mary Bianco and Dawn Norfleet.
E4TT's annual favorite returns with music by both women and nonbinary composers at Calliope East Bay Music & Arts
WORLD PREMIERES:
"Prologo and Celestine" for violin and piano by E4TT UPLIFT project co-lead and January 2023 #MTA composer Dawn Norfleet. Listen to her "A Meditation":
Duo for cello and piano by Mary Bianco. Listen to E4TT play her "Cello Solo for Abby":
WEST COAST PREMIERES
Songs from "Civil Words" by Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962):
Cello sonata No. I Movement II (2012) for cello and piano by 2019 OPERA American Discovery Grant for Female Composers recipient Niloufar Nourbakhsh (b. 1992):
CALIFORNIA PREMIERES
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" (2018), for piano by Jennifer Jolley (b. 1981):
"Music Pink and Blue" for piano by 2014 Guggenheim Fellow Elena Ruehr (b. 1963):
"Retrospect" for cello and piano (2015) by Chrysanthe Tan (b. 1973):
"Dervish" (2001) for cello and piano by Belize-born composer and M.B.E. Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958):
E4TT with violinist Ilana Blumberg
This concert can be viewed in person by masked, vaccinated attendees in strict alignment with local and statewide public health directives (public health and safety permitting) and will also be available for live stream viewing from Calliope East Bay Music and Arts.
E4TT's 2022/23 season is supported by a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission, and sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Ross McKee Foundation.
E4TT's UPLIFT project and 2022/23 season are supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.