Performers:
Sabrina Langlois, soprano
Joanne Evans, mezzo-soprano
Brent Funderburk, piano
Program:
Blair Boyd † | The Hermitess*, text by Alyx Chandler
Andrei Skorobogatykh † | Paradoxical Ode*, text by James Clerk Maxwell
Liza Sobel Crane † | Worth*, text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Eric Malmquist † | Hawk Hour*, text by Mark Turcotte
Bradley Robin † | Bliss*, text by Maggie Gautier
Asher Sizemore † | Everyone Dies in the Gender Reveal Apocalypse*, text by Asher Sizemore, Kevin Whiteneir
Paul Novak † | youth*, text by Victoria Flanagan
* World Premiere Performance
† Illinois-based Composer
Ear Taxi Festival is proud to partner with Ravinia’s Steans Institute to present Sabrina Langlois, soprano, Joanne Evans, mezzo-soprano, and Brent Funderburk, piano for an evening of freshly composed art songs. Paul Novak’s "youth" sets a text by Chicago-based poet Victoria Flanagan and explores ghosts and haunting as a metaphor for queerness and trauma. Liza Sobel Crane’s work “Worth” focuses on social media and how it affects users’ body image. Bradley Robin’s “bliss” charmingly explores recovering from the loss of innocence when a child's knowledge of the world is realized. Blair Boyd writes music for a series of poems about a woman who has decided to leave society and be alone.
