"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

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Pre-concert talk with composers Han Lash, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Tamara McLeod, and filmaker Pegah Pasalar 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.


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


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


"Okean" for amplified cello and tape by Tamara McLeod. Listen to E4TT perform the World Premiere of her "Spent":




PLUS

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


ko'u inoa by Leilehua Lanzilotti. Listen 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 (Nanette McGuinness, soprano and narrator) joined by Han Lash, dancer, Lylia Guion, violin, Megan Chartier, cello, and Taylor Chan, piano.

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