HELIX!

Helix! – the new music ensemble at Rutgers, will light up NYC’s hippest new music venue, LPR (le poisson rouge) with a celebration of Black women composers alongside Rutgers composition student world premieres by Ethan Isaac, Sergio Guerrero, Kyle Valorose, and Em Savarese. MGSA alum Courtney Bryan’s seminal work Yet Unheard with vocal soloist Joel Dyson traces the tragic events concerning Sandra Bland with poetry by Sharan Strange. Leila Adu-Gilmore’s Negative Spaces, Valerie Coleman’s Freemen of Five Civilized Tribes, Hannah Kendall’s Vera and Pulitzer prize-winner Tania León’s Indígena permeate this program, celebrating great music from exciting composers.

Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, NYC
lpr.com

Tickets $10-$20

Program

• Tania León – Indígena
• Ethan Isaac – A Conspiracy of Feelings*
• Hannah Kendall – Vera
• Sergio Guerrero – After Evening Thoughts*
• Kyle Valorose – Memory Grooves*
• Kats-Chernin – Cadences, Deviations and Scarlatti
• Em Savarese – The Beast*
• Jorge Tabares – Two Hispanic Dances
• Valeria Coleman – Freemen of Five Civilized Tribes
• Liela Adu-Gilmore – Negative Space
• Courtney Bryan – Yet Unheard

*indicates world premiere

Helix Personnel

• Flute – Pavana Karanth
• Oboe – Tyler Selvig
• Clarinet – Tanner Age
• Bassoon – Jonathan LiVolsi
• Horn – Stefan Williams
• Trumpet – Hugh Ash
• Trombone – Salvatore Quaratino
• Tuba – Dillon Jeffries
• Violins – Wan-Chun Hugh, Ye Ji Kim, Ann-Francis Rokosa, Wenting Bian
• Viola – Hsuan Chen
• Cellos – Tsung-Yu Tsai, Michael Zieglar
• Bass – Tom Forletti
• Piano – Stamatis Vlachodimitris
• Percussion – Yu-Cheng Chang

Vocal Quartet for Yet Unheard

• Soprano – Lauren Barchi
• Mezzo – Lauren Curnow
• Tenor – Michael La Porte
• Bass – Vincent Grana

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