KeyedUp Music Project: Bolero and Beyond
The KeyedUp Music Project celebrates its 11th season with a concert featuring pianists Roberto Hidalgo and Marc Peloquin in a program titled Bolero and Beyond. Two premieres will be featured including the "Piano Sonata No. 2" by Roberto Sierra and the four-hand version of Latin Grammy-nominated "Mariachitlan" by Juan Pablo Contreras. Also included will be the rarely heard four-hand version of Ravel's "Bolero" and works for piano and voice by Mario Lavista which will feature soprano Luisa Hidalgo.
2022 First Commission
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Interim for trio and electronics (2022)
New Thread Quartet
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, soprano saxophone
Erin Rogers, alto saxophone & mentor
Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone
The recipient of the 2022 Composers Now First Commission Award is Ebun Oguntola. Ebun is a 16-year-old contemporary classical composer, violinist, pianist and saxophonist living in upstate New York. Her music was brought to the attention of Composers Now by the founders of Luna Composition Lab, Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid. With mentorship from composer/saxophonist Erin Rogers, Ebun will create a chamber work for the New Thread Quartet that received its world premiere as part of the Opening Event of the 2022 Composers Now Festival.
