Performers:

Lakeshore Rush:

Erin Kendall Murphy, flute
Laura McLaughlin, clarinet   
Janice Lee, violin
Christopher Ferrer, cello
Elena Doubovitskaya, piano

Ryan Alexander, baritone

Angela De Venuto, soprano

Christina Bernardoni, mezzo-soprano

Emily Venturella, soprano

Julian Otis, tenor

Program:

Xavier Beteta † | Xib’nelab’ *, text by poet Humberto Ak’abal

I. Q'at q'ij (Hour)
II. Xibinel (Spirit)
III. Xa ne k'ut (As Long As)

Ethan Dymit † | Kinderstucke *, traditional texts

Natasha Bogojevic † | Threnody of Hope *, text by Clare Harner

Amos Gillespie † | Musics (2018) 

I. Rhythmic, syncopated
II. Fast and light
III - IV. Steady, driving; dance-like

Angel Bat Dawid † | Voice from the Catacombs *, text based on William Demby’s novel

Ephraim Champion † | grace, Op. 21 *, text by Joy Harjo

I - Rhythmic, syncopated
III - Moderate, groove-like
IV - Dance-like

*World Premiere Performance
† Illinois-based Composer

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Lakeshore Rush is a mixed chamber ensemble joined by five dynamic vocal soloists as they premiere works by Xavier Beteta, Ethan Dymit, Natasha Bogojevic, Angel Bat Dawid and Ephraim Champion. The works range in scope from Bojojevic’s work "Threnody of Hope”, written for the victims of gun violence everywhere, to Beteta’s work, sung in the Mayan language Quiché, Champion’s piece in the setting of Joy Harjo’s poetry, Dymit’s score based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes, and Dawid’s work based on William Demby's existential novel "The Catacombs."

Musics was written for the Gillespie Chamber Quartet and the premiere took place at the Green Mill in Chicago on May 20th, 2018.