Warm up your winter with a luminous evening of shimmering textures, celestial journeys, and profound musical visions.

Soprano Nathalie Colas and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang join Picosa for a captivating mid-winter journey.  Travel from the radiant optimism of James Stephenson’s Quartet for a New Tomorrow to the breathtaking emotional depth of Valerie Coleman’s Wish. Jonathon Kirk’s atmospheric Winter Meteors paints the night sky in rich vocal and instrumental colors, while Shulamit Ran’s mesmerizing Mirage blurs the boundaries of sound and illusion. This is an evening of celestial wonder you won’t want to miss.

Program

James Stephenson | Quartet for a New Tomorrow    (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)  
Valerie Coleman | Wish  (flute, piano)
Jonathon Kirk | Winter Meteors   (soprano, full ensemble)
Shulamit Ran | Mirage   (full ensemble)

Artists

Nathalie Colas | soprano
Jennie Oh Brown | flute
Andrea R. DiOrio | clarinet
Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite | violin
Russell Rolen | cello
Daniel Schlosberg | piano
Kuang-Hao Huang | piano
Jonathon Kirk | composer-in-residence