Demanding Change
Music for piano and strings + World Premiere.

It’s time for our art form to reflect our community, which means just as much music by women as men and by people with diverse backgrounds and stories. No longer should a program of music by women be unusual, and this program features some of the best music you’ve never heard. Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s commanding and feisty Piano Quintet and Florence Price’s soulful and elegant Quartet in G will leave you wanting more from these two extraordinary women. We are thrilled commission Stephanie Berg again to add to the canon of great contemporary music.

Stephanie Berg            Who We Are - A World Premiere
Caroline Shaw            In Manus Tuas
Florence Price              Quartet in G
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich      Piano Quintet

Kyle Lombard, violin
Jane Price, violin
Laura Reycraft, viola
Valentina Takova, cello
Tim Weddle, bass
Nina Ferrigno, piano

NOTES: We are excited to be performing at SWIC for the first time! Join us in an intimate art gallery space for this exciting program. https://www.swic.edu/theschmidt/