Giving voice to our cultures and traditions is at the heart of SOLI’s final concert of the season, presented with guest artists EnsembleNEWSRQ. The Afro-Dutch traditions of the colonial period and the contributions of Africans to the formation of New York and the country are deftly illuminated in Trevor Weston’sPinkster Kings, scored for SOLI’s instrumentation plus percussion and narrator. Originally written in 2001 and just as applicable in today’s climate, Kevin Puts’And Legions Will Rise affirms the power in all of us to transcend during times of tragedy and personal crisis. Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Shawi’ Imanompa’ (Raccoon Talk)”, based on an ancient Chickasaw Raccoon Song, includes a unique opportunity for the audience to exercise their voice in the performance – creating textures of sounds evocative of the animals’ chattery troublemaking nature.

PROGRAM

Puts, Kevin | And Legions Will Rise (2001) | clarinet, violin, marimba

Harrison, Lou | Varied Trio (1987) | violin, piano, percussion

Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Jerod | Shawi’ Imanompa’ (Raccoon Talk)(2019) | violin, audience

Samodaieva, Ludmila | Five Pieces for Clarinet Solo (2017) | solo clarinet

Weston, Trevor | Pinkster Kings (2020) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, narrator

The repertoire for SOLI’s second concert of the season features composers who weave the sounds and spirit of their cultural heritages into contemporary classical works. Latin Grammy-award-winning composer Gabriela Frank’s Hilos “…alludes to the beauty of Peruvian textiles, both in their construction and in their pictorial content of everyday life” and creates sonorities evocative of indigenous music. African-American composer Shawn Okpebholo’s compositions have been described as “devastatingly beautiful” and “fresh and new and fearless,” and his ethnomusicological fieldwork in both East and West Africa often finds its way into his music. SOLI will give the world premiere of CONFLUX by San Antonio native Niccolo Athens, known for blending the Western tonalities and heritage of his youth with the Eastern modes and harmonic palate of his adopted home Tianjin, China.

PROGRAM

Athens, Niccolo | CONFLUX – World Premiere (2022) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Frank, Gabriela Lena | Hilos (2010) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Frolyak, Bohdana | Three Miniatures (2009) | violin, cello, piano

Okpebholo, Shawn | ‘Take It Easy, But Take It’ (2021) | violin, piano

WILLIS-KNIGHTON MASTERWORKS SERIES

Saturday, December 17—7:30 PM
RiverView Theater
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
Megan Hilty, vocalist

Megan Hilty, star of the hit TV series “Smash” and Broadway productions of Wicked, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and 9 to 5, will celebrate the holidays with the SSO. Her powerful and distinctive voice will amaze you!

Piano & Strings with Aldo López-Gavilán
Sunday, November 20 at 3 PM
Anderson Auditorium, Centenary College

Pianist Aldo López-Gavilán will present solo works, followed by three Latin-influenced pieces with string quartet that you will not want to miss.

WILLIS-KNIGHTON MASTERWORKS SERIES

Saturday, November 19—7:30 PM
RiverView Theater
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
Aldo López-Gavilán, piano/composer

PIAZZOLLA/Longfield  Oblivion
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN  Emporium
JAMES EAKIN  Cloud Scraper: Symphony Americana  (world premiere)
RAVEL  Boléro

Experience phenomenal Cuban pianist/composer Aldo López-Gavilán in a program celebrating music of the Americas, plus Ravel’s sultry Boléro. Native son James Eakin’s Cloud Scraper: Symphony Americana, commissioned by the SSO, receives its world premiere.

Pre-concert talk begins at 6:40 PM

QuartetES will give the WORLD PREMIERE of composer Elena Ruehr’s 9th quartet “Keweenau”

Presenter: MIT Office of the Arts

PROGRAM

Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 20 no 4/H 3 no 34

Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major

Ruehr: String Quartet No. 8 “Insect Dances”

Ruehr: String Quartet No. 9 "Keweenau"

QuartetES: Anton Miller (Violin); Ertan Torgul (Violin); Rita Porfiris (Viola); Jennifer Kloetzel (Cello)

PROGRAM

GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Featured Artists

Delyana Lazarova, conductor

Michael Shih, violin

PROGRAM

GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Featured Artists

Delyana Lazarova, conductor

Michael Shih, violin

PROGRAM

GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Featured Artists

Delyana Lazarova, conductor

Michael Shih, violin

A Tango Extravaganza celebrating the music of Astor Piazzolla and the passion of Argentine Tango

Jackson Theatre, Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Ohlone College

43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont

$40 - General Seating

A Tango extravaganza celebrating the music of Astor Piazzolla and the passion of Argentine Tango!

All Saints Episcopal Church, 911 Dowling Blvd. San Leandro

$60 - Limited seating for this one-hour concert followed by a delicious reception of empanadas, wine, and dancing.

PROGRAM

Fazil Say “Four Cities” for cello & piano

Astor Piazzolla Milonga en Re for violin & piano

Beethoven ‘Ghost’ Trio

Trio Suono: Ertan Torgul, violin - Jennifer Kloetzel, cello - Aileen Chanco, piano

SOLI presents works that fuse together nature, arts, and ideas, inspired by the San Antonio Botanical Garden’s current exhibit, Rooted (large-scale sculpture by Steve Tobin). Angélica Negrón mirrors electricity’s element of surprise in nature through her use of electronics; Christopher Vu reflects on the degree of disorder and randomness in the universe; and Kati Agócs captures the present-day idea of “alone together.” The concert’s centerpiece is I Remember You by emerging African-American composer Benjamin Horne, winner of the first Cross-Country Chamber Consortium award, of which SOLI is a founding member.

PROGRAM

Rodriguez, Andrew | Dark Water (2015) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Negrón, Angélica | Columpio (2008) | toy piano, electronics

Kim, Hee Yun | RIP 2020 (2021) | clarinet, soprano

Horne, Benjamin | I Remember You – World Premiere (2022) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Yurina, Ludmila | Irrlicht (2000) | solo cello

Agócs, Kati | Thirst and Quenching (2020) | solo violin

Vu, Christopher | Holy Mess (2018) | clarinet, violin, cello, piano