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Winter Concert
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010
8:00 p.m.
Turner Recital Hall
Blair School of Music

ALIAS continues its series Emerging Voices, focusing on the work of women composers, presenting works by three very diverse women. Deborah Kavasch will join ALIAS to sing her own work, The Fox and the Grapes. Later on the program are two works by women composers that feature baroque instruments: Cari Musici by Bianca Maria Meda (1690); and unusually, Envision, a string quartet by American composer Belinda Reynolds (2006).

The concert also features two unusual string quartets. The first, by Anton Arensky, is scored for two celli, rather than the traditional two violins. The second, American Dreams, is a serious work by composer Peter Schickele, more popularly known as P.D.Q. Bach.

Deborah Kavasch The Fox and the Grapes for english horn and soprano#
Anton Arensky String Quartet in A minor, op. 35
Bianca Maria Meda Cari Musici for soprano, two violins, and continuo#
Belinda Reynolds Envision for baroque string quartet#
Peter Schickele String Quartet no. 1, “American Dreams”

OnStage at the Schermerhorn
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
5:30 p.m.
Laura Turner Hall
Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Gabriela Lena Frank Selections from Quijotadas for string quartet#

For tickets and more details about this event, click here to visit the OnStage at the Schermerhorn site.

Spring Concert
Friday, May 14, 2010
8:00 p.m.
Turner Recital Hall
Blair School of Music

Closing out the season, and the Emerging Voices series focusing on women composers past and present, is a remarkable string quartet by Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Gabriela Lena Frank. Also on the program by Frank is Danza de los Saqsampillos for two marimbas. Soprano Sharon Mabry returns to the ALIAS stage to sing three songs by Lili Boulanger. Rounding out the program is a rarely heard work for two cellos by French composer Philippe Hersant, and the well-loved Introduction and Allegro by Maurice Ravel.

Philippe Hersant 11 Caprices for two cellos
Gabriela Lena Frank Danza de los Saqsampillos for two marimbas#
Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet
Lili Boulanger Attente, Le Retour, Reflets, for soprano and piano#
Gabriela Lena Frank Quijotadas for string quartet#

All proceeds benefit Progress, a Nashville-based service organization for individuals with developmental disabilities.

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General Admission $12

Students w/ID $5

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