"Women in Transit"
Friday, April 4, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Cha Chi Ming Hall, Bowes Center, SF Conservatory of Music, 200 Van Ness, SF and livestreamed on SFCM's Vimeo channel

FREE

Pre-concert composer talk at 7:00 p.m.

A multimedia program exploring women's migration and identity. E4TT's fifth collaboration with the SF Conservatory of Music Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) Department.


THREE COMMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES

"Cavities" for piano trio by Iranian-American composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, to a new film by Pegah Pasalar. Listen to Nourbakhsh's "C Ce See":


Suite for dancer and piano trio by Han Lash . Listen to E4TT perform their "Wild Sage":


"Sappho Fragments" for cello, piano, tape, and spoken voice by Tamara McLeod . Listen to E4TT perform the World Premiere of her "Spent":




PLUS

"Vertical Response" for piano trio by Emma O'Halloran. Listen to it:


"ko'u inoa" by Leilehua LanzilottiListen to Andrew Yee perform it:


"A Crown for Sonia" by Zhou Tian (b. 1981). Listen to his "Night" for violin and piano:






AND

The winner of the E4TT/TAC multimedia student composition competition.

E4TT (soprano Nanette McGuinness) joined by guest artists violinist Lylia Guion, cellist Megan Chartier, and pianist Taylor Chan.

Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation.