Composer Showcase Featuring Lakeshore Rush
Lakeshore Rush premieres new works by Illinois composers. Natasha Bogojevic writes a meditation on the effects of gun violence. Xavier Beteta weaves songs in an ancient Mayan language. Angel Bat Dawid writes about the Catacombs. Ethan Dymit’s “Child’s Play” uses nursery rhymes as a starting point.
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Program
Program:
Natasha Bogojevic † | Threnody of Hope *, text by Clare Harner
Ephraim Champion † | grace *, text by Joy Harjo
Ethan Dymit † | Kinderstucke *, traditional texts
Xavier Beteta † | Xib’nelab’ *, text by poet Humberto Ak’abal
Angel Bat Dawid † | Voice from the Catacombs *, text based on William Demby’s novel
Amos Gillespie † | Musics (2018)
I - Rhythmic, syncopated
III - Moderate, groove-like
IV - Dance-like
*World Premiere Performance
† Illinois-based Composer
Lakeshore Rush is a mixed chamber ensemble joined by five dynamic vocal soloists as they premiere works by Natasha Bogojevic, Ephraim Champion, Ethan Dymit, Xavier Beteta, and Angel Bat Dawid. The works range in scope from Bojojevic’s work "Threnody of Hope" written for the victims of gun violence everywhere, to Beteta’s work which is sung in the Mayan language Quiché, a score based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes from Dymit, and Dawid’s work based on William Demby's existential novel "The Catacombs."
Musics was written for the Gillespie Chamber Quartet and the premiere took place at the Green Mill in Chicago on May 20th, 2018.