EXCITED To be part of this! Excerpt from my opera BACKWARDS FROM WINTER sung by the incredible Francesca Federico.

Please join us for this historic event. Curated works from the fourteen composers participating in our inaugural opera history project will be presented by the same young artists who interviewed them.

The distinguished composers represented at our first concert will include Victoria Bond, Michael Dellaira, Kenneth Fuchs, Charles Fussell, Daron Hagen, Adolphus Hailstork, Louis Karchin, Douglas Knehans, Jo Kondo, Tobias Picker, Judith Shatin, Alice Shields, Faye-Ellen Silverman, and Scott Wheeler.

Our young artists for the evening include Aline Boyd, Christina Esser, Francesca Federico, Eugenia Forteza, Alize Francheska, Shelen Hughes, Jeanai La Vita, Andrea Moore, Matt Mueller, Monica Niemi, Mary Rice, Alexa Rosenberg, Caroline Spaeth, and Tislam Swift. Our pianist is Amir Farid and the emcee is Renee Heitman.

The program will last approximately 90 minutes and will take place without an intermission. Following the concert, we invite you to join us for a reception to meet both the composers and young artists.