Interstitial: A Book of (Musical) Stories @ CSUF

Los Angeles is a magnet for diverse individuals who embrace, explore, and celebrate their unique and intersectional identities. For Interstitial: A Book of (Musical) Stories, noted composers and librettists are teaming up to create six original pieces inspired by and amplifying the in-between cultures of the city, which will be performed by the nationally recognized chamber ensemble Brightwork newmusic and renowned vocal sextet HEX. Topics of this extraordinary, multi-part concert will include migration, gentrification, community, and more.

Composers:
Nicolas Lell Benavides
Carolyn Chen 
Saunder Choi
Veronika Krausas
Molly Pease
Fahad Siadat

Librettists:
Molly Bendall
Rickerby Hinds
Sarah LaBrie
Warren Liu
Renée Reynolds
Brian Sonia-Wallace

 

Program

Veronika Krausas: Stories (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Fahad Siadat: My House Is Not My House (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Molly Pease: Waterways and Dwellings (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Saunder Choi: Johns, One Through Fourteen: Our Secret Sermon (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Nicolás Lell Benavides: Intersections (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Carolyn Chen: Without History, Without Pain (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

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April 9, 2025
8:00 pm
Cal State University Fullerton - Meng Concert Hall
800 N. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92831

Interstitial_front
April 9, 2025
8:00 pm
Cal State University Fullerton - Meng Concert Hall
800 N. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92831

Los Angeles is a magnet for diverse individuals who embrace, explore, and celebrate their unique and intersectional identities. For Interstitial: A Book of (Musical) Stories, noted composers and librettists are teaming up to create six original pieces inspired by and amplifying the in-between cultures of the city, which will be performed by the nationally recognized chamber ensemble Brightwork newmusic and renowned vocal sextet HEX. Topics of this extraordinary, multi-part concert will include migration, gentrification, community, and more.

Composers:
Nicolas Lell Benavides
Carolyn Chen 
Saunder Choi
Veronika Krausas
Molly Pease
Fahad Siadat

Librettists:
Molly Bendall
Rickerby Hinds
Sarah LaBrie
Warren Liu
Renée Reynolds
Brian Sonia-Wallace

 

Program

Veronika Krausas: Stories (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Fahad Siadat: My House Is Not My House (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Molly Pease: Waterways and Dwellings (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Saunder Choi: Johns, One Through Fourteen: Our Secret Sermon (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Nicolás Lell Benavides: Intersections (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

Carolyn Chen: Without History, Without Pain (2022)

Brightwork ensemble, piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, soprano
Hex, voice

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