Performers
Frank Abbinanti, piano
Richard Brasseale, alto saxophone
Nina Corwin, poetry
Michael Hall, viola
Sasha Ishov, flute
Natalie Landowski, piano
Janice Misurell-Mitchell, flutes
Joanie Pallatto, voice
Bradley Parker-Sparrow, pisno
Cesar Pino, piano
Rochelle Sennet, piano
Program
Day of the Dead: Troubled Water
Margaret Bonds † | Troubled Water
Quinn Mason | In Memoriam
Paul Coletti | Fantasia
Jacob TV | Garden of Love
Nina Corwin † and Janice Misurell-Mitchell† | Salome Gives Seven Explanations For A Kiss
Cesar Pino † | Dia de los Muertos
Javier Álvarez | Lluvia de Toritos
Marilyn Shrude † | Solidarnosc
Joanie Pallatto † and Bradley Parker-Sparrow † | In Memoriam: Jim De Jong, John Lennon
George Flynn † | American Nocturne II from American Nightmares
*World Premiere Performance
† Illinois-based Composer
Day of the Dead: Troubled Water
Sunday, November 2, is the second Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, celebrated in Mexican culture. The core of the celebration is to honor the dead, a sentiment that transcends cultural boundaries, a two day holiday that reunites the living and dead. Given our current political situation, we have chosen to expand the program in several ways, not only by including memorial pieces, but to acknowledge the conflicts we are experiencing in our social and political lives and finding imaginative expressions of these conflicts both poetically and musically.
Our featured performer, Rochelle Sennet, will play Margaret Bonds' Troubled Water, from her Spiritual Suite for piano, a piece which reminds us of resistance and hope.