2023 COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL
SONG Of MYSELF
ABOUT
Taking inspiration from Walt Whitman's opening inscription to his seminal work Leaves of Grass, we center around the question: what does it mean to sing of “One’s-self” in today’s America? In probing this question, we examine the art of song as an expression of identity, using the medium to explore the complexity, multiplicity, and intersectionality of identity in America today.
PROGRAM I
I AM
The Festival’s opening concert meditated on identity and the individual.
ARTISTS
Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano | Reginald Mobley, countertenor | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Shannon McGinnis, piano
PROGRAM
songs by
H. LESLIE ADAMS
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARC BLITZSTEN
WILLIAM BOLCOM
MARGARET BONDS
JONATHAN DOVE
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
JAKE HEGGIE
CHARLES IVES
JOCELYN MORELOCK
ROBERT OWENS
FLORENCE PRICE
HENRY PURCELL
JOE RAPOSO
NED ROREM
UNDINE SMITH MOORE
ERROLLYN WALLEN
PROGRAM II:
WE ARE
The festival’s second concert probes the nature of collective identity.
What happens when “I” becomes “We.” Who are we in the face of the communities around us? What is the relation of self to the “other”? How can we be seen? How can we see others in the fullness of their identities?.
ARTISTS
Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano | Laureano Quant, baritone | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Brent Funderburk, piano
PROGRAM
Songs by
JONATHAN DOVE
ALBERTO GINASTERA
RICKY IAN GORDON
JAKE HEGGIE
SHIRLEY HORNE
ROBERT OWENS
CHARLES IVES
MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA
LAUREANO QUANT
NED ROREM
CHARLIE SMALLS
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
CRAIG URQUHART